Transcript IFORS PRESENTATION

Developing OR in Africa:
initiatives of IFORS and EURO
Graham K. Rand
Alexis Tsoukias
IFORS Vice-President, 1998-2000 Secretary, EURO
http://www.ifors.org
http://www.euro-online.org
Department of Management Science,
Lancaster University
LAMSADE-CNRS,
Université Paris Dauphine
IFORS
International Federation of
Operational Research Societies
founded in 1959 by
UK, USA and France
IFORS
45 national Operational Research Societies,
in four regional groupings
IFORS
EURO
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Netherlands Yugoslavia
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Portugal
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Australia
China
Hong Kong
India
Japan
Korea
Malaysia
New Zealand
The Philippines
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Chile
Mexico
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IFORS PUBLICATIONS
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International Transactions in Operational Research
International Abstracts in Operations Research
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Newsletter
OR in Developing Countries Newsletter
Developing Countries
• form a subset of the IFORS national
members
• particularly in APORS and ALIO regions
• though many DCs have no OR Society
IFORS and DCs
- a brief history
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Japan 1975
Washington 1984
First Teachers’ Workshop, Ahmedabad 1986
First ICORD conference, Ahmedabad 1992
OR for Development Prize
Africa
• The only African OR Societies affiliated
to IFORS are in Egypt and South Africa
• a society has recently begun in Tunisia
and another was created in Algeria
IFORS African Initiatives
• Creation of a network
• Support of conferences
• Co-operation with EURO initiatives
Africa OR Network
Why?
Because only African OR Societies
are Egypt and South Africa
yet many Africans have been educated in OR
Africa OR Network
- current membership
62 in total
Nigeria
Kenya
Zimbabwe
Algeria
Tunisia
Morocco
18
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6
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3
Zambia
3
Mozambique 3
Ghana
2
Tanzania
2
Namibia
2
(Lesotho, Uganda, Botswana, Congo 1 each)
Africa OR Network
- main conclusions
• All wish for contact and the
development of a network
• All are happy about ORSSA involvement
in developing a network
• All but four want regional groupings
Africa OR Network
- Key issues
• what should be supplied to the network
members
• ways to contact others
ICORD Conferences
International Conferences on OR for Development
• Purpose
• Four held so far
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Ahmedabad 1992
Rio de Janeiro 1996
Manila 1997
South Africa 2001
• And one planned
– India 2002
EURO African initiatives
• EURO considers the creation of
permanent OR structures within the
African continent to be of strategic
importance.
• EURO objective: create in the near
future as many as possible OR societies
(not necessarily national) in Africa.
What EURO does?
• EURO Africa project:
15000€ during 2002 in order to support
projects which aim to establish OR
structures
(details in http://www.euro-online.org)
Actions
• Before Summer 2001 a call for bids
circulated widely (more than 100
addresses).
• More than 10 projects have been
received.
• 2 projects have been accepted.
Projects in progress
• Conference in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), 5-7
January 2003, organised through the RAMAD
(Réseau Africain Mathématiques de la Décision:
universities from more than 10 West African
countries).
chair of the PC: Jacques Teghem
([email protected])
chair of the OC: Blaise Somé ([email protected])
Projects in Progress
• Conference in Dar Es Salaam (Tanzania),
June 2003, organised by Universities in
Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda (with the
support of ORSSA).
• Establishment of ORSEA (Operational
Research Society of East Africa)
Organiser: Joe Kakeneno
[email protected]
Further Projects
• Re-conduct the Africa project budget for
2003.
• Further fund raising with International
Organisations in order to support OR in
Africa.
• Insert the Africa project within the EU
FP6