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2010 highlights!• June: the Garden of Plants and Nature welcomed
seven interns in the context of its collaboration with
the technical agricultural High school of Adja-Ouèrè. For a retrospective of our activities in 2009, see
our Annual
report. Other news:• The C.V. Raman fellowships for
African researchers provides fellowships
for African researchers for a period of 1 to 12
months. The Federation
of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry is the
co-ordinating partner of the programme. Deadline for
applications is May 31 2010, and candidates are expected
to be placed in various Indian
institutions by January 2011. More information at http://www.ficci.com/ficci-in-news-page.asp?nid=3683 or
send an email to ficci@ficci.com.
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Latest news Last updated: 24/08/2010 • [Aug. 23-27] Launching of the workshop Learning opportunity of Web 2.0 in partnership with the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation - CTA. Twenty five actors of civil society, academic area, rural development and ICT take part in this training which will enable them to implement Web 2.0 tools in their professional area. • [Aug. 2-6] Launching with funding from UNESCO through the Japanese Funds in Trust, of the workshop Remise en route du système de documentation des collections d'un musée (how to reactivate a museum documentation system). This workshop aims to provide the participants with necessary tools to build an adequate documentation system or to improve and complete the existing one. • [Aug 02] Mr. Jacques Toubon, secretary in charge of the fiftieth anniversary of independence for African countries at the Elysée is visiting EPA. Accompanied for the occasion by Messrs William Benichou, his adviser and Patrice Leroy, adviser at the cultural cooperation service of the French Embassy in Benin, they are having a meeting with the staff about EPA's activities and challenges. • [July 29] Fallo Baba Keita, former Manager of the AFRICA 2009 Programme at ICCROM, officially took up his new duties as Director of the Ecole du Patrimoine Africain (EPA). • [July 27-29] Fourth meeting of the steering committee of the Museums in the service of development-MSD programme, financed by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Representatives of the French Foreign Affairs, EPA, Musée du Quai Branly and other partners are participating. • [July 22] Pr. Célestin Kanimba Misago has left us. Doctor in archaeology and after a long academic career in former Zaïre, he pursued his activity in Rwanda, where he was Director of the Institute of National Museums of Rwanda and President of the National Commission for the Fight Against Genocide, posts which he was holding when he died. He brought an important contribution to the promotion of Rwanda and African cultural heritage.
• [July 22] Ms Christine Mengin, Vice-President of International Affairs at the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne is visiting EPA. She had a meeting with the staff and met the participants of the twelfth International University course, financed by the Getty Foundation. • [July 19-22] Launching of the seminar "National pedagogic institutes and integration policies for cultural heritage in the curricula in sub-Saharan Africa". Twenty participants from national pedagogic institutes and cultural heritage directors are meeting in this workshop organized by the Museum at the Service of Development - Msd programme with funding from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. |