AERAP will hold a side-event on 'AERAP: Investing in Science Infrastructure' on Tuesday 14 July 2015 in Addis Ababa from 18.15 - 19.45. The event is being held as part of the UN 3rd International Conference on Finance for Development (FfD3).
The African-European Radio Astronomy Platform (AERAP) will hold a seminar, on 14 July 2015, at the UN 3rd International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD3) taking place in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia from 13-16 July 2015. Participants are invited to attend and explore how investment in infrastructure and capacity to do ‘collaborative science’ can contribute to a country’s economic development. A corollary of such investment is an effective mix of policy and regulation and participants at this seminar will also investigate how this can be achieved.
Participants wishing to attend the side-event can register by following this link. Details will then be transferred to UN Coordinators at the conference.
The FfD3 conference will assess progress made in the implementation of the ‘Monterrey Consensus’ and the ‘Doha Declaration’ and will look to reinvigorate and strengthen efforts made to finance development. The conference will help with the identification of obstacles to the achievement of the goals and objectives contained within these previous UN agreements. Emerging issues that can take into account the evolution of the development landscape and the complex inter-relationship between different sources of development finance will also be brought to light over the course of the four days.
The Irish Minister of State for Development, Trade Promotion and North-South Co-operation, Seán Sherlock, TD, will provide opening remarks at the event.
Speakers will include:
Please click here to register to attend the event. Your details will then be transferred to the UN Coordinators for the conference.
Coordination is provided by ISC Intelligence in Science as one of the initiators of AERAP, together with the South African Mission to the EU.
Contact: info@aerap.org or +32 2 8888 111