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immense interest in the FIRE Programme Awards 2013, we are
extending the deadline, again. We don’t want you to miss
out, so here is your last opportunity to apply for the
awards.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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deadline for submission is now 31 May 2013! That gives you
more than a month to apply. So get ready, and start
applying.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">To join
the select group of FIRE winners, you must apply for the
2013 Awards. The winner gets US$ 3,000.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Fund for Internet Research and Education (FIRE) is an
initiative of AFRINIC, the regional Internet registry for
Africa that aims to encourage innovation and find creative,
accessible and acceptable solutions to Africa’s ICT
challenges.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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are open from 15 March 2013 to 31 May 2013.</span></u><span
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normal"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">The
FIRE Award will be given to initiatives “already completed
or in their final implementation phase” and aligned to the
funding categories and eligibility criteria 2013. There will
be one winner for each category.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Roman","serif";
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for 2013:</span></u></b><span
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normal"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Innovation
on access provision:</span></b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman""><b> </b>ICT access is a common
issue in the African region, especially for services that
require broadband connectivity. Innovative solutions
offering low cost deployment, low power consumption and low
maintenance that expanded fixed and mobile access to the
Internet through new forms of technical and organisational
arrangements as well as improved the quality of access based
on issues of accessibility, disability and linguistic
diversity.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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normal"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">The development, deployment and
enhancement of content, applications and solutions to
support timely and relevant information dissemination on a
large scale using a range of network infrastructures through
a variety of devices.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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of expression:</b> </span><span
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Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">Initiatives related to freedom
of expression, freedom of association, privacy, security,
consumer’s rights, new forms of intellectual property in the
digital environment, and a wider range of issues related to
Internet and human rights.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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addition to the above categories, there will be a Community
Choice Award category for the best social media campaign.
The winner will be a project receiving the most number of
votes from the community.</span><span
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";
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more information on the Award and application process,
please contact:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
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Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Thuron, <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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visit
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:FR" lang="FR">L’Award FIRE
2013</span></b><span
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Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:FR" lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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normal"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:FR" lang="FR">Chers Collègues,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:
normal"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:FR" lang="FR">Vu l'intérêt
suscitée par le Award du Programme FIRE 2013, AFRINIC a le
plaisir de vous informer que la période de dépôt des
candidatures est prolongée.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:
normal"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:FR" lang="FR">Nous
souhaiterions vous donner l'opportunité de remporter ce
prestigieux prix, la date de soumission de vos projets est
maintenant fixée au 31 mai 2013.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:
normal"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:FR" lang="FR">Vous avez
maintenant l'opportunite de soumettre votre candidature
jusqu'au 31 mai 2013. N'attendez plus !<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:
normal"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:FR" lang="FR">Vous contribuez
à l’innovation des TIC en Afrique à travers vos projets?
AFRINIC invite les organisations à soumettre des projets
afin qu’ils soient considérés pour un Award de $ 3000.
Rejoignez le groupe sélect des gagnants de l’Award FIRE
maintenant. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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normal"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><u><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:FR" lang="FR">Les
applications sont prolongées au 31 mai 2013.</span></u><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:FR" lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:
normal"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:FR" lang="FR">Les projets
devront être déjà complétés ou en phase terminale, en ligne
avec les catégories et critères d’éligibilités 2013. Un
gagnant sera designe pour chaque categorie</span></font></p>
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style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:
normal"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><b><u><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:FR" lang="FR">Catégories
2013:</span></u></b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:FR" lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:
normal"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:FR" lang="FR">Innovation en
matière d’accès</span></b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Times New
Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New Roman";mso-ansi-language: FR" lang="FR"><b>:</b> La
problématique en matière d’accès est pertinente pour la
région africaine plus spécifiquement pour la connectivite à
haut débit. Des solutions peu coûteuses, à faible
consommation énergétique et d’entretien facile sont requises
afin d’étendre l’accès fixe et mobile à travers la mise en
place de nouveaux dispositifs techniques et organisationnels
ainsi qu’une amélioration de la qualité d’accès axée sur
l’accessibilité, les difficultés d’accès et la diversité
linguistique.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:
normal"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:FR" lang="FR">E-Développement: </span></b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:FR" lang="FR">Le
développement, le déploiement et l’amélioration des
contenus, d’applications et de solutions pour soutenir une
diffusion opportune et pertinente de l’information à grande
échelle à travers une large gamme d’infrastructures de
réseaux et une variété de dispositifs.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:
normal"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:FR" lang="FR">Liberté
d’expression</span></b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:FR" lang="FR"><b>:</b> Les
initiatives liées à la liberté d’expression, à
l’association, à la protection de la vie privée, à la
sécurité, aux droits des consommateurs, aux nouvelles formes
de propriété intellectuelle dans la sphère numérique ainsi
qu’à un plus large éventail de questions liées à Internet et
aux droits de la personne.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:FR" lang="FR">De plus, un prix
spécial est alloué à la meilleure campagne destinée aux
réseaux sociaux suite à la sélection des gagnants par
catégorie. Le gagnant sera celui qui recevra un maximum de
votes de la communauté.</span><span
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"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:FR" lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Roman","serif";
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href="mailto:fireprogram@afrinic.net">fireprogram@afrinic.net</a></span><span
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notre site web </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
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New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.fireafrica.org/">www.fireafrica.org</a><o:p></o:p></span><br>
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