First seminar on GNSS promotion for the development of countries in Sub-Saharan Africa

Posted on: October 11, 2012


This seminar is the first of several regional seminars organised by AIA project consortium with the support of the European Commission. The aim is to vulgarise scientific and technological aspects of GNSS and their applications.
GNSS are considered as essential tools for the economical and social development of developing countries as they can benefit directly to numerous and fundamental applications related to the agriculture, transport means, environmental management…
This seminar will help participants to understand concretely what the added values of GNSS are to support countries’ development with respect to environmental constraints and to struggle against poverty.
Scientifics, experts and industrials from Europe and Africa will meet to discuss of the new opportunities which are enabled by the GNSS. This will be the opportunity for African responsible to discover the numerous benefits of GNSS use. This seminar is the opportunity to create users’ networks among private companies and administrations or institutions.

Objectives:

  • To demonstrate the GNSS benefits to African stakeholders responsible for the development of their region or country
  • To support and encourage public and private partnership and to promote the cooperation between Sub-Saharan Africa and Europe
  • To define concrete actions of partnerships to make African stakeholders benefits from GNSS use
  • To increase the number of GNSS applications’ users

It is scheduled for the 2-3 of November 2012 at Institut Africain d’Informatique (IAI) in Libreville, Gabon

For subscriptions, please contact seminar organisers on these addresses:
Email : secretariat@acsal-science.org and obalira@iai-siege.com
More information is available here: http://www.gnss4africa.lu