Objective Regional Impact of Information Society Technologies in Africa (IST-Africa) is proposed as a Specific Support Action (SSA) under Action Line 2.3.6.2 (To prepare for future international co-operation in IST), supporting International Cooperation with Developing ACP Countries in Africa. IST-Africa is a collaborative initiative between two European partners and government agencies in Mozambique, South Africa and Tanzania responsible for national ICT exploitation. The goal is to have a Regional Impact on the Digital Divide by opening up the ERA.The main objectives of IST-Africa (2005 - 2006) are:- To promote dissemination and exploitation of European IST research results in Southern Africa;- To adapt relevant European research results to regional requirements and develop modular eGovernment, eHealth, eLearning, ICT for Agriculture and ICT Sensitization training materials;- To develop European and national case studies for Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania and Botswana, that will facilitate customization of training workshops for different target countries;- To deliver 10 training modules and related case studies as a series of 2 and 3 day workshops (20 - 40 participants) held in Mozambique (10), South Africa (10), Tanzania (10) and Botswana (4);- To deliver 2 international conferences in Africa (100 - 200 delegates) to facilitate EU-ACP networking, and highlight IST exploitation and international cooperation research opportunities;- To publish 2 annual comparative research reports including case studies on ICT adoption and eGovernment, eHealth and eLearning activities in Mozambique, South Africa and Tanzania;- To reinforce wider regional exploitation and impact of IST-Africa training materials by engaging with key regional stakeholders and potential partner programmes in Africa;- To publish IST-Africa training materials, related European and national case studies, workshop reports, conference papers and presentations on the IST-Africa portal Programme(s) FP6-IST - Information Society Technologies: thematic priority under the specific programme "Integrating and strengthening the European research area" (2002-2006). Topic(s) IST-2004-2.3.6.2 - To prepare for future international co-operation in IST Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme SSA - Specific Support Action Coordinator IIMC INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT CORPORATION LIMITED EU contribution No data Address 13 DOCKLANDS INNOVATION PARK, 128 EAST WALL ROAD 3 DUBLIN Ireland See on map Total cost No data Participants (4) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH South Africa EU contribution No data Address MEIRING NAUDE ROAD BRUMMERIA 0184 PRETORIA See on map Total cost No data TANZANIA COMMISSION FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Tanzania EU contribution No data Address ALI HASSAN MWINYI DAR ES SALAAM See on map Total cost No data THE COMMONWEALTH NETWORK OF INFORMATIONN TECHNOLOGY FOR DEVELOPMENT Malta EU contribution No data Address NATIONAL ROAD GATTARD HOUSE HMR 02 BLATA L BAJDA See on map Total cost No data UNIDADE TECNICA DE IMPLEMENTACAO DA POLITICA DE INFORMATICA Mozambique EU contribution No data Address AV. GUERRA POPULAR NO. 20, 2° ANDAR, PORTAS 201-205 MAPUTO See on map Total cost No data