Individual Participants - Rui Fernandes

I think is my obligation to introduce to you the KILI2008 project. The idea of this project started last year in Nairobi when I was the facilitator of a course for AFREF (African Reference Frame)... There, I discussed with a participant of SMD (Surveys & Mapping Division of Tanzania) the benefits of doing such project... Lugalla discussed the idea within SMD when he returned to Tanzania... and all this started...
The involvement from several Portuguese institutions, from RCMRD (Kenya), and NRIAG (Egypt) will come later as soon as we started to prepare all the logistics for the project. The participation of all these institutes were/are fundamental in order to make this project a reality. I must also stress the importance of Trimble (USA), which is supporting KILI2008 significantly. They provided a CORS GNSS station, which will continue to operate after the end of the project as an AFREF station and they are providing the GNSS equipment for the expedition.
But I must do not forget the support of other entities... With the support of the Portuguese National Scientific Foundation (FCT), this project was not possible... And I must also thank the support of PanEuropa and, last not least, the personal support of Lousã County (where I live) and Licor Beirão (which we will use to celebrate the arrival to the top of Kilimanjaro).