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21/01/2008
b>The meeting organised in Paris the 15, 16 and 17th of January allowed to collect the recommendations of international experts about the first version of the hydrogeological map of Africa ; this initiative will have to take account of the different information system related to water, that are being developed in Africa
- First version of the hydrogeological map of Africa
- Pictures of the meeting
21/01/2008
UNESCO-BRGM meeting related to the hydrogeological map of Africa : presentation done
- Toward an hydrogeological map of Africa at 1/10M
- AEGOS initiative for the Water field - Activities GISAfrica done in WAEMU
21/01/2008
UNESCO-BRGM meeting related to the hydrogeological map of Africa : presentation done - next
- WHYMAP - World Wide Hydrogeological Mapping Assessment Programme
- IGRAC - Programme of activities with the international community
03/12/2007
The preparatory meeting of the coordination action AEGOS, held on November 25, 2007 at the WAEMU Commission in Ouagadougou, allowed to expose the general objectives and ideas for projects to be implemented in the field of water
- Presentations by the BRGM
- List of participants
01/10/2007
AEGOS initiative "Africa-Europe Georesources Observation System". The coordination action completed in May 2007, within the framework of the FP7, received the maximum technical note and it could lead to the financing of activities in 2008
- AEGOS flyer (english and french)
- Maputo Declaration (in english and in french)

Congress
20/06/2007
3rd International Conference on Sustainable Development Indicators in the Mineral Industry (SDIMI 2007),
Milos Island, Greece, http://milos.conferences.gr/?sdimi2007
- Sustainable indicators for mining projects: application to the uranium mine in Arlit (Niger)
- Summary of the presentation
12/05/2007
First international Colloquium related to the water management in Democratic Republic of Congo , 5-12 may 2007, Kinshasa
- BRGM communication : the hydrogeological of Africa : a draft map at the 1/10.000 000 scale
- Photo of participants

Training
05/07/2007
The GIS Africa hydrogelogist of Kenya C.JUMA will undertake a Phd in France in 2007
. The PhD will be done in the university of Poitiers in the framework of the MARAWI project with CIFEG coordination ; some collaboration with the Univesrity of Avignon are scheduled
- http://www.mawari.net/

Whorkshops - Missions
23/03/2007
SigAfrique mission in Mauritania, realised from the 23rd to the 30rth of March 2007,
by Y. Itard in order to set up the update procedures of the SIGAfrique databases (deposits and metadata) from the geological national information system (SIGM)
17/03/2007
SigAfrique mission in Bissau Guinea, realised from the 17th to the 23rd of March 2007,
by Y. Itard in order to present the SIGAfrique network to the Ministry of Natural Resources, to implement the team in the Ministry of Mining and Hydraulics, and to install the SIGAfrique databases
13/03/2007
SigAfrique mission in Niger, realised from the 13th to the 17th of March 2007,
by Y. Itard in order to implement the SIGAfrique team for the mining observatory topic and identify the training needs and programmes in the field of geosciences
27/02/2007
SigAfrique mission in Niger, realised from the 27th of Feburary to the 3rd of March 2007,
by Y. Itard in order to install SIGAfrique software and present the hydrogeological map of Africa
18/02/2007
SigAfrique mission in Mali, realised from the 18th of August to the 23rd of February 2007,
by Y. Itard in order to develop contacts within SIGAfrique network and implement the AEGOS project


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Filing :Announcements
01/09/2005
Preparation of the installation of the data servers in the two regional centres, in Ouagadougou and Dar-es-Saalam
- Procedures for updating and enriching the data of the official SigAfrique site (french version).
- Procedures for updating and enriching the data of the official SigAfrique site (englsih version).
23/12/2004
FINALITY OF THE SIGAFRIQUE PROJECT
To support the regional African policies dedicated to the reduction of poverty, based on the valorisation/dissemination of earth sciences information , and working for the promotion of the mineral resources and the reinforcement of the national geological surveys
- Contact us
20/02/2004
The architecture of the information system has been designed
- Consult the document of presentation in french for this architecture
- Consult the document of presentation in english for this architecture

Filing :Congress
15/05/2006
The 21st Colloquium of African Geology, Maputo, Mozambique, 2-5 July 2006
- Visit the web site
- Round table meeting to specify perspectives of the SIGAfrica network
26/04/2004
The 20th Colloquium of African Geology was held on in Orleans, from the 2nd until the 7th of June, 2004
- Visit the web site

Filing :Project Meetings
25/11/2005
Final meeting and Steering comitee of the project, November 29-30, 2005, in Dar-es-Salaam
Presentations by CIFEG - France
- Results of the project - CIFEG (Laval, Michel)
25/11/2005
Final meeting and Steering comitee of the project, November 29-30, 2005, in Dar-es-Salaam
Presentation by BRGM - France
- Results of the project - BRGM (Lescuyer, Jean-Luc)
25/11/2005
Final meeting and Steering comitee of the project, November 29-30, 2005, in Dar-es-Salaam
Presentation by BRGM on Western Africa
- Western Africa - BRGM (Milési, Jean-Pierre)
25/11/2005
Final meeting and Steering comitee of the project, November 29-30, 2005, in Dar-es-Salaam
Presentation by BRGM on Eastern Africa
- Eastern Africa - BRGM (Milési, Jean-Pierre)
25/11/2005
Final meeting and Steering comitee of the project, November 29-30, 2005, in Dar-es-Salaam
Presentation by the Mines and Geological Department, Kenya
- MGD Presentation - Kenya (Biwott, L.K.)
25/11/2005
Final meeting and Steering comitee of the project, November 29-30, 2005, in Dar-es-Salaam
Presentation by the Geological Survey of Ethiopia
- GS Presentation - Ethiopia (Tadesse, Ketema)
25/11/2005
Final meeting and Steering comitee of the project, November 29-30, 2005, in Dar-es-Salaam
Presentations by the Geological Survey, Tanzania
- GS Presentation - Tanzania (Minde, Anicet)
25/11/2005
Final meeting and Steering comitee of the project, November 29-30, 2005, in Dar-es-Salaam
Presentation by UEMOA
- UEMOA Presentation (Kone, Abdoulaye ; Ballofet, Emmanuel)
25/11/2005
Final meeting and Steering comitee of the project, November 29-30, 2005, in Dar-es-Salaam
Presentation by the National Directorate of Geology and Mines - Mali
- DNGM Presentation - Mali (Dembélé, Alexis Lamine)
25/11/2005
Final meeting and Steering comitee of the project, November 29-30, 2005, in Dar-es-Salaam
Presentation by the Ministry of Mines and Industry, Mauritania
- MMI Presentation - Mauritania (Dia, Souleye Aly)
25/11/2005
Final meeting and Steering comitee of the project, November 29-30, 2005, in Dar-es-Salaam
Presentation by the Center of Geological and Mining Research, Niger
- CRGM Presentation - Niger (Gonda, Ousmane)
25/11/2005
Final meeting and Steering comitee of the project, November 29-30, 2005, in Dar-es-Salaam
Presentation by BUMIGEB, Burkina Faso
- BUMIGEB Presentation - Burkina Faso (Mihin, Souleymane)
25/11/2005
Final meeting and Steering comitee of the project, November 29-30, 2005, in Dar-es-Salaam
Presentation by the Directorate of Mines and Geology, Senegal
- DMG Presentation - Senegal (Sylla, Moussa)
25/11/2005
Final meeting and Steering comitee of the project, November 29-30, 2005, in Dar-es-Salaam
Presentation by the National Directorate of Geology, Guinea
- DNG Presentation - Guinea (Cissé, Aliou)
25/11/2005
Final meeting and Steering comitee of the project, November 29-30, 2005, in Dar-es-Salaam
East African Pole
- East African Pole (Bernard, Philippe)
25/11/2005
Final meeting and Steering comitee of the project, November 29-30, 2005, in Dar-es-Salaam
Presentations by the Ministry of Energy and Mines, Madagascar
- MEM Presentation - Madagascar (Rakotonomenjanahari, Vololona)
25/11/2005
Final meeting and Steering comitee of the project, November 29-30, 2005, in Dar-es-Salaam
Presentations by DGSM (Uganda)
- DGSM Presentation - Uganda (Lugayizi, Isa)
25/11/2005
Final meeting and Steering comitee of the project, November 29-30, 2005, in Dar-es-Salaam
Conclusion by UNECA
- UNECA Conclusion (Pedro, Antonio M.A.)
24/10/2005
Meeting GIS UEMOA, 24-28 October 2005,
with the participation of 8 member countries to define and build a project of extension of SigAfrique over the whole UEMOA zone
17/12/2004
Steering Committee the 14th of March 2005 in Orleans

Filing :Whorkshops - Missions
25/02/2006
Training about documentation at BUMIGEB, Ouagadougou (20-24 february 2006)
The budget for this formation was given by CIFEG and the SIGAfrique representative from Burkina (Souleymane Mihin, specialist in documentation) trained the documentalist of the Geological Survey of Sierra Leone (Abdul Amara).
- Photo: the participants (S. Mihin, E. Ballofet, A. Amara)
14/10/2005
SigAfrique workshop in Niger, realised from the 14th to the 21st of October 2005,
by E. Balloffet to support the scientific process aiming at realising a regional map of water resources
01/09/2005
Workshop for the realisation of the hydrogeological map of Africa at 1:5M scale :Ouagadougou, 31st october-4th november 2005, in Dar-es-Saalam, 14th-18th november 2005
20/06/2005
Training workshop for the african partners in Orleans, from the 20th of June until the 8th of July (CIFEG, BRGM, University of Orleans)
11/06/2005
SigAfrique workshop in Guinea, realised from the 31st of May to the 10th of June 2005,
by E. Balloffet, to work with the SigAfrique partners, and to meet the main actors in the field of earth and environmental sciences.
26/05/2005
Workshop for the validation of the geological and ore deposit maps. (UEMOA, Ouagadougou, 16-20 may 2005)
Workshop realised with the representatives of Burkina, Niger, Mali, Guinea, Senegal, Mauritania
20/03/2005
SigAfrique workshop in Senegal, realised from the 12th to the 19th of March 2005,
by E. Balloffet, to work with the SigAfrique partners, and to meet the main actors in the field of earth and environmental sciences.
03/03/2005
SigAfrique workshop in Mauritania, realised from the 7th to the 21st of January 2005,
by E. Balloffet with the Mauritanian SigAfrique team.
- Photo - one participant to the workshop (M. Bouderbala)
11/10/2004
SigAfrique meetings in Niger, realised from the 2nd to the 10th of October 2004,
by E. Balloffet with the SigAfrique partners (DRGM, MHE) and potential partners (AGRHYMET, CERMES, IRD, EMIG).
11/10/2004
SigAfrique mission in Mali, realised from the 29th of August to the 3rd of September 2004,
by E. Balloffet with the SigAfrique partners (DNGM, DNH) and potential partners (ENI, MEA, IRD, DNSI, IGM).
05/10/2004
Workshop in Ouagadougou (18th October - 19th November) and Dar-es-Salaam (1st November - 10th December)
The worshops were devoted to geology, mineral resources, mineral observatory, and hydrogeology.
- Workshop schedule
- Photo : several participating people
26/04/2004
Workshops at the UEMOA, Ouagadougou April 26 to May 21, 2004<br> For one-week workshops were successively held, with the representatives of Burkina Faso, Guinea, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal:
. Use and maintenance of the SIGAfrique databases, by BRGM
. GIS (georeferenced data, future evolutions, softwares), by BRGM
. Reference indexation (PANGIS software), by CIFEG
. Saving/managing data and meta-data, by BRGM
- Photo: in the training room
- Photo: the participants to the workshop database and GIS
23/03/2004
First workshops at the SEAMIC, Dar-es-Salaam March 15 to April 9, 2004
For one-week workshops were successively held, with the representatives of Angola, Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzanie:
. Use and maintenance of the SIGAfrique databases, by BRGM
. GIS (georeferenced data, future evolutions, softwares), by BRGM
. Reference indexation (PANGIS software), by CIFEG
. Saving/managing data and meta-data, by BRGM
- Photo: the participants to the workshop database and GIS
06/11/2003
Kick-off meeting and 1st steering comitee of the project, November 4-5, 2003, in Ouagadougou
These meetings were held on with the participation of the representatives of the 11 partner countries (Angola, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Tanzania), the 4 regional organizations (UEMOA, SEAMIC, UNECA, ACP group), and the French technical assistants for Angola, Guineae, Madagascar, Niger and Tanzania.
- Consult the charter of partnership