AFRICAN NETWORK OPERATORS GROUP - AfNOG

2002 WORKSHOP ON NETWORK TECHNOLOGY

Lome, TOGO - May 5-10

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forwarded from BDPA-Africa

Original message from
"Chief Technology Officer-ISPKenya"

Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002

AfNOG 2002 Announcement and Application Form

In conjunction with the third meeting of African
Network Operators Group(AfNOG) in May 2002, AfNOG is
holding a Network Technology Workshop prior to the
meeting. The workshop will be held in facilities of
the Mercure Hotel, Sarakawa, Lome, Togo, during May 05
- May 10, 2002. The workshop will offer advanced
training to operators of existing African Internet
Service Providers (ISPs) who are participants in the
process of developing and enhancing a national
Internet with regional and international
connectivity.

Attendance at the workshop includes attendance at
AfNOG's third meeting, AfNOG 2002 (www.afnog.org), and
the third of AfriNIC (www.afrinic.org), which will be
held in Lome on May 12th-13th and 14th respectively,
following the workshop.

This workshop builds upon the experiences of the
previous AfNOG workshops held in Cape Town, South
Africa, Accra, Ghana and the INET workshops held
during 1993-2000 at eight locations around the world.

GOALS
The goals of the workshop are:

1. To train a critical mass of trainers and
professionals in network infrastructure and services
to be able to support an extension of Internet-related
activities within the African countries represented.

2. To identify and share individual and institutional
contacts as well as information sources that will
assist the process of national development,
using international Internet connections.

3. To build robust professional linkages between all
participants in the programs so that the
mentor-student and colleague-colleague relationships
formed during the workshop and conferences will remain
strong and of continuing usefulness well beyond the
workshop and conference.

4. To increase the level of co-operation among
existing projects and activities for establishing
public data networks in Africa.

5. To train people and groups of people who will
return to their country and region and who will teach
others what they have learned at the workshop.

PROGRAM
An intensive program of instruction is planned for the
workshop, composed of two instructional tracks.

Participants attend only one of the two tracks, since
the tracks run concurrently.

All participants will engage in extensive hands-on
training, setting up and managing prototype
infrastructure and services.

The course descriptions below include for each
instructional track:

1. Who should attend this course.
2. What you need to know to enter this course and
benefit from it(Prerequisites).
3. What you will learn in this course (Subjects).

TRACK 1. SCALABLE INTERNET SERVICES
Who should attend: Technical staff who are now
providing mail, file, web, and other TCP/IP based
services to local and/or dial-up end users.

Prerequisites: UNIX use and some Unix system
administration.

Subjects: large-scale provision of UNIX-based TCP/IP
services such as:
· DNS (Domain Name Service)
· SMTP mail exchange
· POP mail delivery
· Mailing lists
· HTTP web service
· Security

TRACK 2. SCALABLE NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE
Who should attend: Technical staff who are now
operating a wide area TCP/IP network, likely with
international and/or multi-provider connectivity.
Those who will be involved in the establishment and/or
operation of a basic national network infrastructure
in the country.

Prerequisites: experience using TCP/IP-based
networking technologies.

Subjects: configuration and operation of larger scale
backbones, including:
· Basic routing
· OSPF routing
· BGP routing (limited)
· Management of router configuration
· NOC (Network Operation Center)
· Exchange points between networks
· Security

PLACE
The workshop activities to be held at the Mercure
Hotel, Sarakawa, Lome, Togo. Sponsored participants
will be offered room and board at the Mercure
Hotel during the workshop and the AfNOG and AfriNIC
meetings, which follow. Shuttle bus and taxi
transportation is available from the airport to the
workshop accommodations.

DATES
Participants should plan to arrive in Lome on or
before 1800 hours on Saturday 4th May,2002, and leave
after 1800 hours on Tuesday 14th May.
Workshop sessions will be held starting in the
afternoon, Sunday 05th May, and end in the evening of
Friday 05th May. The AfNOG 2002 meeting begins at 0900
hours, Sunday 12th May 2002, and AfriNIC begins at
0900 hours, Tuesday, 14th May 2002.

ELIGIBILITY
The workshop is specifically directed toward the needs
of people from Africa who are playing an important
part in introducing and extending public
internetworking in their countries and region.
Attendees should be involved in establishing the
Internet's presence, in institutionalising its
operation, and in assisting the country's schools and
universities, governmental agencies, local firms, and
residents in exploiting the range of services
available through the net. By the Internet, we mean
the publicly accessible Internet, with unrestricted
access for educational and commercial institutions and
the not-for-profit community.

Working engineers from international and bilateral
technical co-operation agencies, as well as
engineering professionals having substantial
involvement in international technical assistance
activities, are also eligible for admission as space
allows.

Participants who have attended the AfNOG 2000 & 2001
training or any of the INET Developing Countries
Workshop will be considered eligible to attend
the AfNOG 2002 workshop on a space-available basis;
however, these former participants must apply for a
course of study other than subjects studied
previously. Their request must be consistent with
their responsibilities in a national and/or regional
context, and a convincing argument for repeated
attendance must accompany the application. This should
include a statement of the activities carried out as a
result of the previous workshop. Less financial aid
will be available for repeat attendees than for
first-time applicants.

APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION
To apply for admission, please complete the
application form and return it as soon as possible,
but no later than 21st February, 2002. If you expect
to attend the workshop as the result of being awarded
a United Nations or similar fellowship awarded by a
multilateral of bilateral aid agency, please inform us
of the details in your application.

Applicants will be notified of their acceptance to the
program and the amount of financial aid available to
them by March 15th.

Please note that the workshop activity includes
attendance at the AfNOG 2002 and AfriNIC meetings. If
you are admitted to the workshop, you should NOT
register separately for the meeting; that will be done
automatically for you.

NOTE: Applicants are required to submit their
application via email, and also to give an electronic
mail address for future correspondence regarding
the workshop. A reliable FAX number should also be
included on your application.

Please be sure that all of the contact information you
submit is legible and accurate, or we will not be able
to contact you.

VISAS
Every visitor to Togo must have a valid passport in
order to obtain the necessary visa from Togo. If you
apply to attend the workshop, be prepared to obtain a
passport immediately upon receiving an invitation to
attend, or sooner if practical, since visa procedures
may be lengthy.

It is the responsibility of participants to ascertain
the visa requirements that apply to them and to obtain
any appropriate visas (including transit visas) needed
to attend the workshop and the related meetings. (see
www.republicoftogo.com/english/pratiques.php).AfNOG
will assist applicants in this matter by providing
visa application information as well as information
regarding the Workshop, AfNOG and its professional
goals and activities.

HEALTH RESTRICTIONS
Accepted participants will be notified of any health
restrictions and regulations for entry into the
country.

COSTS
The cost of attending the workshop and associated
events is U.S.$1600.

This fee includes:

All tuition and fees for the workshop.
All lodging charges from Sunday, 05th May through
Tuesday, 14th May 2002. All meal charges for the
period starting with dinner on Sunday evening,
05th May through dinner on Tuesday evening, 14th May
2002. Registration at the AfNOG 2002 meeting ( 12-13th
May) and the AfriNIC meeting (Tuesday, 14th May),
including the midday meals included in registration
for those meetings.

Participants should bring the equivalent of U.S. $30
for airport transfers. They may wish to budget
approximately U.S.$50 for optional travel and other
needs and activities (laundry, etc.) Sunday, 05
May,2002 through Tuesday, 14th May 2002.

For some candidates, the AfNOG Workshop will provide
financial assistance to cover a part or all of each
participant's overall expenditures. If you
request financial aid for the workshop, please be
certain to provide the financial information that is
requested in the application for admission.
Financial aid will take the form of either pre-paid
airline tickets for travel to and from Lome a partial
or total coverage of the workshop fee, or both.

The overall amount of aid available will be extremely
limited. Please make all possible efforts to secure
whatever funding is possible from sources
known to you. If you are requesting financial aid from
the Workshop, please tell us why it is necessary, how
you expect to fund part of your expenses, and what
efforts you have made and are making to obtain
additional aid. Please note that aid from AfNOG may
depend upon your ability to obtain partial financial
support from other sources.

YOU MUST SEND YOUR COMPLETED APPLICATION BY ELECTRONIC
MAIL. Completed applications should be sent to:
[email protected]
The "Subject" line of the message should contain your
surname or family name in the following format:
Subject: AfNOG Workshop Application:

If you have questions regarding this announcement and
application, they may be addressed to:
[email protected]
To receive a copy of this announcement and application, send e-mail to:
[email protected]