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<p><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri",sans-serif; COLOR: black">The UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa is planning a Higher Education Conference for Eastern Africa from the 2-4 May 2017 in Djibouti</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri",sans-serif; COLOR: black">The conference will address the themes of Science, Technology and Innovation, policy and science research, climate change, peace and security and information and communication
technologies (ICTs). It will also tackle the following key cross-cutting issues: financing, gender equity, renewal of aging faculties of science and engineering, and brain drain/brain regain (contribution of African diaspora).</span><span lang="FR" style="COLOR: black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri",sans-serif; COLOR: black">The concept note and agenda for the meeting are attached.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Century Schoolbook",serif; COLOR: black">Mika Odido<br>
IOC Coordinator in Africa</span><span lang="FR" style="COLOR: black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Century Schoolbook",serif; COLOR: black">UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa</span><span lang="FR" style="COLOR: black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Century Schoolbook",serif; COLOR: black">P.O. Box 30592-00100</span><span lang="FR" style="COLOR: black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Century Schoolbook",serif; COLOR: black">Tel: +254 20 7621244</span><span lang="FR" style="COLOR: black"></span></p>
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</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma",sans-serif; COLOR: black"><a href="mailto:m.odido@unesco.org" target="_blank"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Century Schoolbook",serif">m.odido@unesco.org</span></a></span><span lang="FR" style="COLOR: black"></span></p>
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