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Advancing ICT for DRM in Africa

Project Full Name Advancing ICT for DRM in Africa
Acronym AIDA
Geographical footprint Mali
Contact Persons

DEBRUYN, WALTER
Tel: +32-14-336849
Fax: +32-14-32279

Main/Partner organisations

INSTITUT D'ECONOMIE RURALE,  MALI
CSIR - COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH, SOUTH AFRICA
ARDHI UNIVERSITY, TANZANIA
FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, MINNA,  NIGERIA
INSTITUT D'ECONOMIE RURALE, MALI

NET QI SA, SWITZERLAND
GEOSAT TECHNOLOGY SARL, FRANCE
TECHNOLOGIES SANS FRONTIERES ASBL, LUXEMBOURG
THE EUROPEAN ORGANISATION FOR THE EXPLOITATION OF METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITES, GERMANY
STICHTING INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR GEO-INFORMATION SCIENCE AND EARTH OBSERVATION, NETHERLANDS

Contact Details

Contact Organisation: VLAAMSE INSTELLING VOOR TECHNOLOGISCH ONDERZOEK N.V.
Boeretang 200, Belgium

Objectives and short summary of activities

The AIDA project aims at acquiring and sharing knowledge about affordable ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) solutions in Africa with the ambition to reduce the risk of natural disasters and to improve the capacity to respond to disasters.

Objectives:

Reduce Risks of Natural & Man induced Disasters

Improve the Capacity to respond to Disasters

Bridge the ICT Information Gaps in Africa

Provide African Stakeholders in with decent access to ICT information

Promote existing, successful and adequate ICT Solutions

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Funding source
Public Co-funding
Project start date
Jan 01, 2008 11:55 AM
Funding duration
Status
finished
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