ERAfrica: Developing Africa-European joint collaboration for Science and Technology
Research summary
Establish a long-term framework for communication, collaboration and coordination of programme owners/ managers related to S&T co-operation from Europe and Africa .
Reinforce EU-Africa S&T collaboration by promoting joint learning by African and European research programme owners and managers and identifying relevant instruments to address more effectively the global challenges of sustainable development.
Develop joint funding schemes and procedures between European and African programme owners aiming at supporting joint activities.
Strengthen African research capacities and improve the impact of research for development in Africa. Strengthening the impact and the influence of S&T research implies enhancing the transfer of new knowledge to the benefit of the society. It also implies the achievement of greater coherence between research outputs and policies and funding instruments in other areas than research.
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Research title
ERAfrica: Developing Africa-European joint collaboration for Science and Technology
Research timeline
1.12.2010 - 1.11.2014
Keywords
innovation joint funding science technology
Region
Africa
Countries
Finland
Institution
UniPID / University of Jyväskylä
Social Sciences and Philosophy
Jyväskylä, Finland
Head of research
Jeremy Gould
Research team
Melissa Plath
Partners
Institute of Research for Development (France); Commission for Development Studies - Austrian Agency for International Cooperation in Education and Research (Austria); Inter-University Council of the French-Speaking Universities of Belgium: the University Committee for Development (Belgium); Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (Egypt); Finnish Ministry of Employment and the Economy (Finland); International Bureau, Project Management Agency, German Aerospace Center (Germany); German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany); Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology (Kenya); Foundation for Science and Technology (Portugal); Department of Science and Technology (South Africa); Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (Spain); Swiss National Science Foundation (Switzerland); Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (Turkey)
Contact information
Melissa Plath
+358400248075
melissa.a.plath@jyu.fi
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Record last updated
10.12.2013