ACTA UNIVERSITATIS UPSALIENSIS Skrifter rörande Uppsala universitet C. Organisation och historia 88
Regional and Interregional Cooperation to Strengthen Basic Sciences in Developing Countries
Addis Ababa, 1– 4 September 2009
Proceedings of an International Conference organized by The International Science Programme (ISP), Uppsala University, Sweden, in association with The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and Addis Ababa University (AAU), Ethiopia, and under the auspices of The African Union Commission (AUC)
Editor: Christer Kiselman c Uppsala University and the authors 2011 ISSN 0502-7454 ISBN 978-91-554-7910-7 Printed in Sweden by Edita Västra Aros, Västerås, 2011 Distributor: Uppsala University Library, P. O. Box 510, SE-751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
The front cover illustration was made by Peter Sundin and Hossein Aminaey at the International Science Programme and indicates the complexity of regional collabora- tion accounted for in this volume. Colours are arbitrary. Table of contents
Kerstin Sahlin Preface ...... 9 Joseph Nordgren Dedication ...... 11