<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><p data-kwik="6" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 16.200000762939453px;" class="">Dear Colleagues </p><div class=""><br class=""></div><p data-kwik="6" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 16.200000762939453px;" class="">We are proudly announcing the call for applications for the 2016 FIRE Grants.</p><div class=""><br class=""></div><p data-kwik="7" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 16.200000762939453px;" class="">The Fund for Internet Research and Education (FIRE Africa) is a venture between AFRINIC, The Internet Society (ISOC) and the International Development Research Center (IDRC) that supports projects that use ICT to develop innovative solutions to Africa's unique education, access, information, infrastructure and communication needs.</p><div class=""><br class=""></div><p data-kwik="8" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 16.200000762939453px;" class="">This year, the available types of Grants are:</p><p data-kwik="9" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 16.200000762939453px;" class="">-The FIRE Africa Grants will provide four Grants of up to US$25,000 each for projects aligned with one of the following categories:</p><ul data-kwik="11" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 16.200000762939453px;" class=""><li data-kwik="12" class="">Technical Innovation</li><li data-kwik="13" class="">Community Development</li><li data-kwik="14" class="">Governance Enhancement</li><li data-kwik="15" class="">Education</li></ul><p data-kwik="16" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 16.200000762939453px;" class="">-The Internet Society Africa Grant will provide two Grants of US$ 25,000 each for two projects that focus on one of the two categories:</p><ul data-kwik="21" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 16.200000762939453px;" class=""><li data-kwik="22" class="">Internet Security (including collaborative security)</li><li data-kwik="24" class="">Access Provision</li></ul><p data-kwik="25" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 16.200000762939453px;" class="">-The FIRE Africa Scale-Up Grants will provide three Grants of up to US$ 30,000 each for three existing projects to scale up activities and move to the next level of their cycle.Projects must be aligned with one of the following categories:</p><ul data-kwik="27" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 16.200000762939453px;" class=""><li data-kwik="28" class="">Technical Innovation</li><li data-kwik="29" class="">Community Development</li><li data-kwik="30" class="">Governance Enhancement</li><li data-kwik="31" class="">Education</li></ul><p data-kwik="32" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 16.200000762939453px;" class="">The application deadline for the 2016 Awards has been set for 31 May 2016, 23:59 UTC.</p><p data-kwik="33" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 16.200000762939453px;" class="">For detailed information about competition categories, conditions of entry, and submission procedures, please visit <span data-kwik="34" class=""><a href="http://www.fireafrica.org/" rel="nofollow" data-kwik="35" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;" class="">www.fireafrica.org</a> or send us an email at: <span data-kwik="36" class=""> <a href="mailto:fireprogram@afrinic.net" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;" class="">fireprogram@afrinic.net</a>.</span></span></p><p data-kwik="38" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 16.200000762939453px;" class="">Please follow us <strong class=""><a href="http://twitter.com/fireafrica" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);" class="">@FIREAfrica</a></strong></p><p data-kwik="39" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 16.200000762939453px;" class=""><br class=""></p><p data-kwik="39" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 16.200000762939453px;" class="">------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p data-kwik="39" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 16.200000762939453px;" class=""><br class=""></p><p data-kwik="39" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 16.200000762939453px;" class=""><a href="http://www.staging.mu.afrinic.net/en/library/news/1201-fire-grants-announce#" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;" class="">VersionFrançaise</a></p><p data-kwik="45" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 16.200000762939453px;" class=""><br class=""></p><p data-kwik="45" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 16.200000762939453px;" class="">ANNONCE DES SUBVENTIONS DU PROGRAMME FIRE</p><div class=""><br class=""></div><p data-kwik="47" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 16.200000762939453px;" class="">Nous avons l'honneur d'annoncer l'appel à candidatures pour les subventions FIRE 2016.</p><div class=""><br class=""></div><p data-kwik="48" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 16.200000762939453px;" class="">Le Fond pour la Recherche sur Internet et l'Education (FIRE) est une collaboration entre AFRINIC, ISOC et IDRC pour soutenir les projets qui utilisent les TIC pour développer des solutions innovantes aux besoins uniques de l'éducation, l'accès, l'information, des infrastructures et de la communication en Afrique.</p><p data-kwik="49" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 16.200000762939453px;" class="">Cette année, les catégories de subventions disponibles sont:</p><div class=""><br class=""></div><p data-kwik="50" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 16.200000762939453px;" class="">- FIRE Africa fournira quatre subventions allant jusqu'à 25.000 $ chacun pour les projets alignés sur l'une des catégories suivantes:</p><ul data-kwik="52" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 16.200000762939453px;" class=""><li data-kwik="53" class="">Innovation technique</li><li data-kwik="54" class="">Développement communautaire</li><li data-kwik="55" class="">Appui a la Gouvernance</li><li data-kwik="56" class="">Éducation</li></ul><p data-kwik="57" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 16.200000762939453px;" class="">- Les subventions Internet Society <span style="line-height: 16.2px;" class="">fournira deux subventions de 25.000 $ chacun pour deux projets qui mettent l'accent sur l'une des deux catégories:</span></p><ul data-kwik="59" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 16.200000762939453px;" class=""><li data-kwik="60" class="">Internet Security (y compris la sécurité collaborative)</li><li data-kwik="61" class="">Innovation en matière d'accès</li></ul><p data-kwik="62" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 16.200000762939453px;" class="">- Les Subventions Scale-up FIRE Africa, fournira trois subventions allant jusqu'à 30.000 $ chacun pour trois projets existants pour intensifier les activités et passer à la prochaine étape de leurs cycle.Projects doit être aligné avec l'une des catégories suivantes:</p><ul data-kwik="64" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 16.200000762939453px;" class=""><li data-kwik="65" class="">Innovation technique</li><li data-kwik="66" class="">Développement communautaire</li><li data-kwik="67" class="">Appui a la gouvernance</li><li data-kwik="68" class="">Éducation</li></ul><p data-kwik="69" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 16.200000762939453px;" class="">La date limite d'inscription pour les 2016 prix a été fixée au 31 mai 2016, 23:59 UTC.</p><p data-kwik="70" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 16.200000762939453px;" class="">Pour plus d'informations sur les catégories de la concurrence, les conditions d'entrée et les procédures de soumission, s'il vous plaît visitez <a href="http://www.fireafrica.org/" rel="nofollow" data-kwik="71" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;" class="">www.fireafrica.org</a> ou envoyez-nous un courriel à: <a href="mailto:fireprogram@afrinic.net" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;" class="">fireprogram@afrinic.net</a>.</p><p data-kwik="73" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 16.200000762939453px;" class="">Veuillez nous suivre sur Twitter <strong class=""><a href="http://twitter.com/fireafrica" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);" class="">@FIREAfrica</a></strong></p><div class=""><br class=""></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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