[Olpc-europe] Request to participate in the Roundtable 4 - Creating partnerships to bring e-schools to rural Africa: Offering incubator-backed seed and early stage funding

[Sven AERTS]

I concurr.  Everything is ok now.

On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 7:27 PM,  <Christine.Leurquin at ses.com> wrote:
> Mhmed- I do not know what the issue is really. As soon as I received Sven's
> e-mail I agreed to have him join the roundtable. Since I am not in charge of
> formal invitations what can I do more?
>
> Regards,
> Christine
>
> ________________________________
>
>   From: EU-Africa Business Forum [eabf at acpbusinessclimate.org]
>   Sent: 03/23/2014 07:18 PM CET
>   To: Sven AERTS <svenaerts228 at gmail.com>; Christine Leurquin
>   Cc: AfricaCDM <africacdm at googlegroups.com>; olpc-europe at lists.laptop.org
>   Subject: Re: Request to participate in the Roundtable 4 - Creating
> partnerships to bring e-schools to rural Africa: Offering incubator-backed
> seed and early stage funding
>
>
> Dear Sven, Christine,
>
> I suppose you have come to an agreement !
>
> M'Hamed
>
>
> On 17 March 2014 13:54, Sven AERTS <svenaerts228 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Dear M.,
>>
>> we are the One Laptopschool Per Child community. OLPC is an open
>> source, open hardware, open robotics project supported by Kofi Anan,
>> Ban Ki MOON, Unicef etc.
>>
>> We are shocked to see that  in the Roundtable 4 - Creating
>> partnerships to bring e-schools to rural Africa
>>
>> you have in the panel John Vassalo, Strategic Adviser to Microsoft
>> Corporation
>> and no one from the
>> open-source/open-hardware/open-robotics/open-community.
>>
>> We urge to restore balance by giving us a seat in the session.
>>
>> As a reminder/update: About ALL kids in Uruguay, Peru, Rwanda, several
>> Island States and soon Australia, have the XO, an open-source,
>> open-hardware, open-robotics and open-community laptop convertible
>> into a tablet annex robots; Haiti, Australia, Cameroon, Mongolia and
>> several school networks in the United States are going along the same
>> path.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> skype SvenAERTS - OLPC Community Brussels
>> www.EuAndDiasporaLeadershipDevelopmentInstitute.tk
>> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Europe
>> Tel: +32 2 7 876 7 21
>> gsm: +32 487 580 265
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 1:38 PM, Sven AERTS <svenaerts228 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Dear M.,
>> >
>> > we are the One Laptopschool Per Child community and would like to
>> > offer you to give a lecture/update/workshop in your Roundtable on ICT
>> > in education and in agri-business.
>> >
>> > As a reminder:
>> >
>> > a. 2014 ends the 2005-2014 UN Decade of Education for Sustainable
>> > Development
>> > b. 2014 ends the 2005-2014 UN Second International Decade of the
>> > World's Indigenous People
>> > c. 2014 starts the 2014-2024 United Nations Decade of Sustainable Energy
>> > for All
>> > d. 2014 is the 4th year in the 2011-2020 UN Third International Decade
>> > for the Eradication of Colonialism.
>> > e. 2014 is the 7th year in the 2008-2017 Second United Nations Decade
>> > for the Eradication of Poverty
>> > f. in the African Union's strategic plan http://agenda2063.au.int ,
>> > 2014 is the African Union's Year of Agriculture: "Transforming
>> > Africa's Agriculture : harnessing opportunities for inclusive growth
>> > and sustainable
>> >
>> >
>> > OLPC aligns with Millennium Development Goal nr2. and supported by
>> > Kofi ANAN, Ban KI-MOON, Unesco, etc.
>> >
>> > Have a quick look at the 2' video's on the iniative on
>> > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Africa or http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Europe
>> >
>> > Agenda proposal for a 15' lecture at your venture:
>> > # An open source AND open hardware laptopschool annex tablet paid for
>> > by CO2e certificates
>> > # FAQ and Most Frequent Misconceptions
>> > ## How much does the laptop cost? 160 EURO + 30 EURO for the PV panel
>> > ## The deployment pays for itself thanks to the CO2e certificates the
>> > deployment generates and the additional tax revenues from an ict
>> > literate and equipped population who is more capable in generating
>> > additional value and consequently spends on more advanced
>> > gsm/satellite etc. on which the gvt. levies taxes.
>> > # Plan of Action
>> > ## A budget for a labo in every region where the educational landscape
>> > can meet the XO-XS, robotics
>> > # An olpc cell in your organization?
>> >
>> > Update: About ALL kids in Uruguay, Peru, Rwanda, several Island States
>> > and soon Australia, have the XO, an open-source, open-hardware,
>> > open-robotics and open-community laptop convertible into a tablet
>> > annex robots; Haiti, Australia, Cameroon, Mongolia and several school
>> > networks in the United States are going along the same path.
>> >
>> > Sincerely,
>> > skype SvenAERTS - OLPC Community Brussels
>> > www.EuAndDiasporaLeadershipDevelopmentInstitute.tk
>> > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Europe
>> > Tel: +32 2 7 876 7 21
>> > gsm: +32 487 580 265
>> >
>> >
>> > On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 12:55 PM, <eabf at acpbusinessclimate.org> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Dear Mr. Sven AERTS,
>> >>
>> >> I would like to thank you for registering your interest in attending
>> >> the upcomping 5th EU-Africa Forum. By now, you should have received a
>> >> confirmation letter in a pdf format.
>> >>
>> >> Should this letter has not gotten through to you and you are still
>> >> planning to come to the forum, I would appreciate it very much if you could
>> >> drop me a line. Should you be unable to attend, I would also appreciate
>> >> knowing it.
>> >>
>> >> Kindly vist the webiste at www.euafrica-businessforum.eu or liaise with
>> >> the Forum Secretariat at eabf at acpbusinessclimate.org for further information
>> >> and arrangements.
>> >>
>> >> Your Faithfuly,
>> >>
>> >> M'Hamed CHERIF
>> >> ACP Business Climate (BizClim)
>> >> Rue Belliard, 205
>> >> 1040 Brussels - Belgium
>> >> Tel: +32 2 669 98 25
>> >> Fax: +32 2 669 97 86
>> >> www.acpbusinessclimate.org
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