This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020research and innovation programme under grant agreement n° 654237

Introduction to the Sci-GaIA Project & CoPs

Amos Nungu, Dar Es Salaam Institute of TechnologyUbuntuConnect2016, 2nd Nov 2016, Uganda

Outline

§ Sci-GaIA Project§ Objectives§ Workshop Outputs

Sci-GaIA in a Nutshell

Sci-GaIA

§ ConceptTo support Communities of Practice with advanced ICT including

Science Gateways and e-Infrastructures

§ AimTo create a sustainable foundation of educational material and

procedures for the development and management of Science Gateways and e-Infrastructures in Africa and beyond to energise scientific endeavour (Open Science)

Project Objectives

Based on the bigger Concept and Aims of Sci-GaIA, four objectives were defined:

CommunitiesofPracticeSupport

e-InfrastructureServiceDevelopment

• Data,software,computation,sensors,publications,3Dprinters…

EducationandTraining• Openlyaccessible

educationalmaterials• Scientists,Technologists,

NRENs,students(UniversitiesandTTA)

OpenSciencee-InfrastructuresScienceGateways

NRENs

Project Outcomes

§ Naming a few Outcomeso Produced training and educational materials o Provided capacity building trainings o Developed a collaborative web-based user-forumo Support the creation of an African Open (and Linked) Data infrastructure o Deployed Policy Management Authorities and Identity Federations o Deploying the Africa Grid Science Gateway at an African Institutiono Supported creation of Communities of Practices (CoPs)

Working Definition of Communities of Practices - CoPs

§ Communities of Practices are defined as “groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly”

§ http://wenger-trayner.com/introduction-to-communities-of-practice/

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Sci-GaIA supported communities include

§ The Technology Transfer Alliance (TTA), which is a network of Universities, coordinated by KTH,

§ The iGRID (Smart Grid Capacity Development and Enhancement in Tanzania) project,

§ The WiMEA-ICT (Improving East Africa’s Weather Information Management through the Application of Suitable ICTs') project

§ The Bioinformatics Club in Tanzania§ Pamoja Lab, a network of Living Labs (LL) in Tanzania;

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Thank you!