Proposed Africa Network in Earth System Science: a planning workshop

将在地球系统科学伙伴关系（ESSP）的主持下举办一次讲习班，以评估非洲科学界对区域网络组织的性质的需要和偏好，这种网络组织能够最好地满足非洲科学界支持全球变化科学的需要。该讲习班将：该项目将有助于确定非洲区域研究的共同需要和共同目标;鼓励非洲地球系统科学界更有效地相互交流，并将其研究与国际社会的研究更好地联系起来;并将使非洲各国的大学和国家机构更多地注意全球变化研究。讲习班将有广泛的专家参加，其中包括本区域的科学家和积极参与本区域研究的其他国家的科学家;管理和/或资助全球变化研究的国家机构的代表;非洲科学院和第三世界科学院;四个欧洲社会科学计划全球全球变化研究方案;以及支持发展的国家机构的代表。预计：讲习班将在非洲的一个地点举行，这将鼓励广大非洲科学家参加;讲习班的成果将包括确定该地区需要开发的长期数据集;将作出安排，确保将讲习班的成果传递给所有有关各方，包括非洲区域组织和其他国际方案和组织。

A workshop will be convened under the aegis of the Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP) to gauge the needs and preferences of the African scientific community as to the nature of a regional networking organization that could best meet this regional community's needs in support of global change science. This workshop will: contribute to identification of common needs and common goals for regional research in Africa; encourage the African earth system science community to more effectively communicate among themselves and to better connect their research with that of the global community; and will bring global change research more to the attention of universities and national agencies in African countries. The workshop will involve a wide range of experts, including scientists from within the region and scientists from other countries who are actively involved in research in the region; representatives of national agencies that manage and/or fund global change research; the African Academy of Sciences and the Third World Academy of Sciences; the four ESSP worldwide global change research programs; and representatives of national agencies that support development. It is expected that: the workshop will be held at an African location that would encourage participation by a wide range of African scientists; products of the workshop will include identification of long-term data sets that need to be developed in the region; and arrangements will be made to assure that results of the workshop are transmitted to all interested parties, including African regional organizations and other international programs and organizations.