[Experts] FW: Higher Education Conference for Eastern Africa, 2-4 May 2017, Djibouti

[Odido, Mika]

The UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa is planning a Higher Education Conference for Eastern Africa from the 2-4 May 2017 in Djibouti

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).

The concept note and agenda for the meeting are attached.


Mika Odido
IOC Coordinator in Africa
IOC Sub Commission for Africa and the Adjacent Island States
UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa
UN Gigiri Complex Block C
P.O. Box 30592-00100
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254 20 7621244
Email: m.odido at unesco.org<mailto:m.odido at unesco.org>
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