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With deep sorrow, the RedCLARA family hugs RNP, the Brazilian academic network, to give a farewell to its founder, the beloved Tadao Takahashi, who left an indelible legacy in the world of national research and education networks in Latin America and certainly in our regional network. Below we present the sensitive communication published by the RNP Executive Directorate.

The 10^th edition of TICEC, the annual conference of the Ecuadorian advanced network CEDIA and most important ICT event in Ecuador, announced the opening of its call for papers. The deadline to apply closes on June 19, and the call will focus on the topics of Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Software Development and ICT.

Seven leading regional and national Research and Education networks and organisations across multiple continents announced the establishment of the "Bridging Europe, Africa and the Americas" (BEAA) Collaboration, aiming to increase the resilience of their networks across a set of transoceanic links that interconnect their communities in Eastern and Southern Africa, Europe and Latin America.

The MANRS (Mutually Agreed Standards for Routing Security) community launched the call for the MANRS Fellows program for the third year in a row, offering highly motivated individuals the opportunity to learn about the initiative's mission and work on its international development.

With the aim of improving the understanding of global problems through the use of data, the Co-Afina 2022 hackathon will be held between March and May 2022. It is a creative initiative promoted by LA-CoNGA Physics and supported by RedCLARA, in which university students of Latin America will collaboratively develop solutions to solve problems related to scientific and educational issues with social impact.

The launch webinar of LACNet, the first global enterprise-grade blockchain network in production, will take place on Wednesday, February 23, at 3:00 p.m. GMT (10 EST) with the participation of representatives from RedCLARA, LACNIC and the IDB Lab.