Merci!

Everyone on our team knows that it took a lot of work to prepare for, execute, and support the recent workshop and our visit. Mr. Tatah offered thanks in his closing remarks at the workshop, and many of us were able to express our gratitude as well. I want to take one more opportunity to acknowledge the contributions of many IFEL and APN staff without whom our efforts would have been substantially diminshed. This includes:

• the translators who worked diligently to enable effective communications
• the technicians who kept everything working
• the administrative staff who handled the details and the preparation and made it all work
• the IT staff who helped us get everything working for presentations and demonstrations
• the dining staff who prepared and served delicious meals
• the staff who prepared the breaks and provided coffee and tea for us
• the staff who printed and copied materials for the workshop
• the housekeeping and maintenance staff who set things up and cleaned up after us
• the security staff who watched over us
• the protocol staff who escorted and transported and took very good care of us

If I've overlooked anyone, it is unintentional, and I hope others on the team will point it out.

I am sure I speak for all of us when I express our sincere gratitude for everything that each of you did to make the workshop a success and our visit most pleasant. Merci beaucoups!