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ICESA, a Coordinating Committee of the International Lithosphere Programme, was formed with the overall objective of promoting and coordinating geoscientific work in Africa by facilitating the exchange of scientific personnel, information and collaboration among African countries and similar organisations working in the field of earth sciences. ICESA is also devoted to the initiation of training programmes for African scientists and technicians as well as to the organisation of meetings/seminars for the exchange of ideas among earth scientists.
Currently, ICESA activities are centred on a single core project which is to produce a book on the Geology of the African Plate, covering Africa and the Middle-East. The book project is currently sponsored by ILP and IASPEI but we expect more sponsors, e.g. UNESCO, Mining Companies, any governmental and non-governmental body in the future. A critical stage of this project will be the organization of the INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF AFRICA: EARLY 21st CENTURY REVIEW.
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April 28, 2008
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