[gu-l] (12/30/01)"Improving Access to Education via Satellites in Africa"
by Mathy Vanbuel
Tak Utsumi
utsumi@columbia.edu
Sun, 30 Dec 2001 15:12:53 +0000 (GMT)
<<December 30, 2001>>
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Helena Bijnens <helena.bijnens@atit.be>
Mathy Vanbuel <mathy.vanbuel@atit.be>
Sally Reynolds <sally.reynolds@atit.be>
Dr. Barbara Blanckmeister <blanckmeisterb@cdg.de>
Walter Seidel <w_seidel@dse.de>
Mr. Thomas LAWO <lawo@eadi.org>
Henrik Faudel <Henrik_Faudel@etf.eu.int>
Dr. Rabson J. Mgaya <rmgaya@cs.udsm.ac.tz>
Honest C. Kimaro <h.c.kimaro@cs.udsm.ac.tz>
Dear Helena:
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(1) Many thanks for your msg (ATTACHMENT I), as introducing Mathy's
excellent report "Improving Access to Education via Satellites in
Africa: A Primer."
It is very excellent, indeed. I downloaded, printed (about 140
pages), and browsed through with great interest. It is very readable
-- even for layman like me. I will read it more closely later.
Dear Dr. Mgaya and Mr. Kimaro, and E-Colleagues:
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(2) I highly suggest that you download and read this report.
Pls also get and read his excellent book "Toward a learning
organization: Reviewing technologies for company training"
Leuven University Press, Blijde-Inkomststraat 5, B-3000 Leuven
(Belgium), ISBN 90-5867-072-4, D/2000/1869/66, 2000.
This was mentioned in my previous list distribution "Report on
trip to European Commission in Luxembourg and Brussels - January
22, 2001," which can be retrieved at
http://www.friends-partners.org/utsumi/gu-l/early-2001/1-22-a.html
Dear Mathy:
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(3) My sincere congratulations to your superb work!!
Dear Sally:
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(4) Almost a year has passed since I met you and Mathy in Brussels.
Many thanks for your msg (ATTACHMENT II) again.
I took the liberty of admitting those people you kindly introduced to
me, into our list so that they can be kept updated with our daily
progress.
Dear Mathy and Sally:
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(5) Pls take a look of the following my previous list distributions which
mentioned the possible project with Dr. Mgaya and Mr. Kimaro in
Tanzania;
(a) [gu-l] (12/15/01) Possible Tanzanian connection
(b) [gu-l] (12/24/01) Tanzania connection
which can be retrieved at
http://www.friends-partners.org/pipermail/gu-l/2001q4/date.html
If everything goes well on Tanzania side, I would like to have your
participation in and guidance to this project.
Very Happy, Healthy and Peaceful New Year!!
Best, Tak
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ATTACHMENT I
Subject: satellite primer
Date: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 3:26 AM
From: Helena Bijnens <helena.bijnens@atit.be>
To: <utsumi@columbia.edu>
Dear Professor Utsumi,
I'm Helena Bijnens and I'm a collegue of Sally Reynolds and Mathy Vanbuel who
send you there best regards.
I'm writing you because we would like to inform you that we have published a
report which might be of any interest to you. It is about how satellite
technology can improve education in Africa and was commissioned by IMFUNDO, a
UK based development agency (www.imfundo.org). It is called 'Improving Access
to Education via Satellites in Africa: A Primer' and its objective is to
provide an overview of the opportunities afforded by recent developments in
satellite technology in meeting educational and development needs especially
in Sub-Saharan Africa.
It can be found at the following URL:
http://www.imfundo.org/satprimer/contents.htm
I hope it can be useful to you and I wish you happy reading,
Best Wishes,
Helena
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ATTACHMENT II
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 16:40:05 +0100
To: utsumi@columbia.edu
From: Sally Reynolds <sally.reynolds@atit.be>
Subject: contacts among development organisations
Cc: mathy.vanbuel@atit.be
Hello,
it was very nice to meet you again in Brussels the other day and I
hope the rest of your trip to Europe went well. When we met I
mentioned that there are a number of European organsations involved
in development who are also actively exploring the potential of
Information and Communication Technologies to further their
objectives who may be interesting for you to have contact with in the
light of your work with the Global University System. As you know
there are a great number based in Europe or with a significant
presence here, however I have made a small selection of 4
organisations or agencies I have been in contact with in the past
year or so who are actively working in this field and where I have
specific contact names...
Dr. Barbara Blanckmeister
Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft e.V.
Foundation for International Training and Development
Division of Development Cooperation
Progamme Manager
Section for Infrastructure and Communication
Weyerstr. 79-83
50676 Koeln
email: blanckmeisterb@cdg.de
tel: +49 221 2098-337
fax: +49 221 2098- 113
http://www.cdg.de/
see in particular their Global Campus 21 Initiative
Walter Seidel,
The German Foundation for International Development (DSE)
Tulpenfeld 5
D-53113 Bonn
Tel.: +49-228-2434-5
Fax: +49-228-2434-766
email:w_seidel@dse.de
http://www.dse.de
European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes
(a European umbrella organisation)
Mr. Thomas LAWO
Kaiser-Friedrich-Strasse 11
53113 Bonn
Germany
Tel.: (49) 228 - 26 18 101
Fax: (49) 228 - 2618 103
E-mail: lawo@eadi.org
http://www.eadi.org/
Henrik Faudel
European Training Foundation
(Focussed on Central Europe)
Villa Gualino,
Viale Settimio Severo,
65, I-10133 Torino
Italy
Tel: (39)011 630 22 22
Fax: (39)011 630 22 00
email: Henrik_Faudel@etf.eu.int
WWW: http://www.etf.eu.int
I hope these are useful
kind regards
Sally
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Helena Bijnens
ATiT - Audiovisual Technologies, Informatics and Telecommunications
F. LIntsstraat 202
B-3000 Leuven
tel +32 16 223 273
fax +32 16 223 743
e-mail helena.bijnens@atit.be
http://www.atit.be/
Mathy Vanbuel
ATiT Audiovisual Technologies, Informatics and Telecommunications
E. Lintsstraat 202
B-3000 Leuven
Belgium
+32-(0)-16-223-273
Fax: +32-(0)-16-223-743
Mobil: +32-(0)-75-449-064
mathy.vanbuel@atit.be
mathy_vanbuel@pophost.eunet.be
Sally Reynolds
ATiT & Associates
Audiovisual Technologies, Informatics & Telecommunications
202 F. Lintsstraat
B-3000 Leuven
Belgium
T: +32 (0) 16/284-040
F: +32 (0) 16/223-743
M: +32 (0) 477/321-791
sally.reynolds@atit.be
www.atit.be
Dr. Barbara Blanckmeister
Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft e.V.
Foundation for International Training and Development
Division of Development Cooperation
Progamme Manager
Section for Infrastructure and Communication
Weyerstr. 79-83
50676 Koeln
email: blanckmeisterb@cdg.de
tel: +49 221 2098-337
fax: +49 221 2098- 113
http://www.cdg.de/
see in particular their Global Campus 21 Initiative
Walter Seidel,
The German Foundation for International Development (DSE)
Tulpenfeld 5
D-53113 Bonn
Tel.: +49-228-2434-5
Fax: +49-228-2434-766
email:w_seidel@dse.de
http://www.dse.de
European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes
(a European umbrella organisation)
Mr. Thomas LAWO
Kaiser-Friedrich-Strasse 11
53113 Bonn
Germany
Tel.: (49) 228 - 26 18 101
Fax: (49) 228 - 2618 103
E-mail: lawo@eadi.org
http://www.eadi.org/
Henrik Faudel
European Training Foundation
(Focussed on Central Europe)
Villa Gualino,
Viale Settimio Severo,
65, I-10133 Torino
Italy
Tel: (39)011 630 22 22
Fax: (39)011 630 22 00
email: Henrik_Faudel@etf.eu.int
WWW: http://www.etf.eu.int
Dr. Rabson J. Mgaya
Research Coordinator
Department of Computer Science
University of Dar es Salaam
P.O. Box 35062
Dar es Salaam - Tanzania
Tel: +255-22-241-0657
rmgaya@cs.udsm.ac.tz
Honest C. Kimaro (Msc. Technical Informatics)
Department of Computer Science
University of Dar es Salaam
P.O. Box 35062
Dar es Salaam - Tanzania
Tel: +255-22-241-0657
h.c.kimaro@cs.udsm.ac.tz
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