Dear WAYS Africa EC

Please note that I am leaving ICSU Regional Office to take up a manager's position at the Innovation Fund, National Research Foundation, on 1 October 2007. I will move to another office in the same building.
My email address: j.chantson (@) nrf.ac.za
Work telephone: +27 (0)12 481 4145

Regards
Janine

The outline of the project proposals on Sustainable Energy in Africa (attachment) is now available. ICSU ROA is now on the match towards the implementation of its 4 science plans. This will be done in collaboration with several interested national, regional and international partners. Kindly disseminate this information and encourage your colleagues and their organizations/institutions and companies to get involved in the implementation of these 2 mega projects in Africa – (a) Energy Models & Scenarios for Africa and (b) Biofuels for Africa.

Looking forward to your active participation,

ICSU Regional Office for Africa is now in position to call for your individual, institutional, corporate, and national active and productive participation in the formulation and implementation of the projects/research areas embodied in the 4 Science Plans of the ICSU Regional Office for Africa.

Kindly go through all the 4 slides (power point presentation), indicate your interest/choice and register your names (plus 1-page CV, maximum length) as suggested in the slides.

WAYS Africa will be introduced to the AU/NEPAD office for S&T at a meeting in May.

Young Scientists participating at the WAYS-Africa launch/general assembly gave speed presentations [view as pdf's]

Latest news:
1. Henry has been interviewed for the NRF newsletter.
2. 12-19 May is National Science Week in SA. I am busy finding out what events are taking place and if there are opportunities for WAYS Africa to promote itself.
3. ICSU ROA will be participating at the IST-Africa 2007 exhibition in Maputo, 9-11 May. If we can get some flyers published by then, ICSU ROA is willing to display the material at its stall.
4. Henry has been invited to give a talk on WAYS Africa at the IFS meeting in Pretoria at the end of May.

SAJEMS is one of only a select few journals in the field of economic and management sciences in Africa with international accrediation by Thompson ISI.
A special issue on environmental resource and ecological economics is planned for December 2007.
For further information email sajems@up.ac.za.

Dear EC
I will prepare a brief summary/description of the WAYS Africa launch/regional assembly for posting to the ICSU Africa website.
Henry, I can organise for Linda Nordling of Research Africa to interview you telephonically.
I will be out of the office until after Easter.

Hope the Easter bunny brings you all plenty of chocolates!
Janine