GESCI will be launched as an international non-governmental organisation on September 29th at 12.30pm at the Internet Governance Forum in Nairobi. Please send us a congratulatory message through our home page www.gesci.org! The journey from Ireland to Kenya, where international GESCI will be based, has been a rewarding if testing one. The organisation was lucky enough to be guided by Jyrki Pulkkinen, whose steadfast objective to secure international status for GESCI never wavered. Jyrki returned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Finland assured that in the weeks that were to come the final agreement would be signed with the Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We are all grateful to the Kenyan government for their willingness to forge this momentous partnership with GESCI and we look forward to continuing our work with our host government over the years to come. Jerome Morrissey has taken over from Jyrki , making the transition from Founding Director of The National Centre for Technology in Education in Ireland to Chief Executive Officer of GESCI. The GESCI team are braced for an engrossing six months that will see the launch of the African Union’s African Leadership in ICT program which GESCI is implementing; the development and launch of the Kenya ICT in Education Strategy with the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology; and in Tanzania, with the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training, GESCI will prepare for the training of 350 Science, Mathematics and English teachers in 35 secondary schools in ICT basic skills and how to use ICT in teaching and learning. You can learn more about GESCI’s new CEO by downloading a press release here.