WACREN

1. Background

WACREN is the West and Central African Research and Education Network which supports interconnections and fosters collaboration between R&E institutions in the region and international peers by building and operating a world class network infrastructure, developing state of the art services, promoting collaboration among national, regional, and international R&E communities, and building the human capacity of the REN community. 

WACREN will hold a Service Outreach Workshop in collaboration with GÉANT (pan-European RREN) and RENATER (French NREN) to create awareness and foster interest in relevant REN services available in the West and Central African region.

WACREN regrettably announces that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, its WACREN 2020 Conference has been cancelled. The event will be postponed in the first week of February 2021 in Cotonou, Benin.

The West and Central African Research and Education Network (WACREN), EIFL and COAR will organise a LIBSENSE workshop on June 3, 2020 on “Co-designing policies, repository infrastructures and services and strengthening open science communities in Africa.”