1 Building Biregional Partnerships for Global Challenges CAASTNet Plus is funded by the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7/20072013) under grant agreement n 0 311806. This document reflects only the author’s views and the European Union cannot be held liable for any use that may be made of the informaQon contained herein. Science, Technology and Innova>on Coopera>on between SubSaharan Africa and Europe caastnetplus.org Author(s): Melissa Plath, Masahudu Fuseini, ConstanQne Vaitsas Organisa>on Name(s): UniPID, CSIRSTEPRI, FORTH
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Building Bi-‐regional Partnerships for Global Challenges CAAST-‐Net Plus is funded by the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7/2007-‐2013) under grant agreement n0 311806. This document reflects only the author’s views and the European Union cannot be held liable for any use that may be made of the informaQon contained herein.
Science, Technology and Innova>on Coopera>on between Sub-‐Saharan Africa and Europe
• Ministry of Higher EducaQon and ScienQfic Research, Egypt
• Council for Scien>fic and Industrial Research, Ghana • Department of Science and Technology, South Africa • Research Research (Africa), South Africa • Ministry of Science and Technology, Kenya • Uganda NaQonal Council for Science and Technology,
Uganda • Ministry of EducaQon Rwanda, Rwanda • Ministry of Higher EducaQon, Science, and InnovaQon,
Cape Verde • Ministry of Higher EducaQon and ScienQfic Research,
Senegal • NaQonal Office for Technology AcquisiQon and
PromoQon Act, Nigeria • DirecQon of Research, Ministry of NaQonal EducaQon
and ScienQfic Research, Madagascar • Ministry of Educa>on, Science and Technology,
Malawi • AssociaQon of African UniversiQes, Ghana
Europe • Associa>on of Commonwealth Universi>es, UK • Research Council of Norway, Norway • InsQtute of Research and Development, France • Project Management Agency in the German Aerospace
Centre, Germany • University of Jyväskylä/UniPID, Finland • FoundaQon for InternaQonal CooperaQon, Health, and
Social Policy, Spain • FoundaQon for Science and Technology, Portugal • Council on Health Research for Development
AssociaQon, Switzerland • The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural
CooperaQon, Netherlands • Founda>on for Research and Technology, Greece • United NaQons Environment Programme Riso Centre,
Denmark • Centre for Social InnovaQon, Austria
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Quick facts CAAST-‐Net Plus Advancing Sub-‐Saharan Africa-‐European Union Research and
Innova>on Coopera>on for Global Challenges
Period 2013-‐2016
Coordinator Dr Andrew Cherry ([email protected]) AssociaQon of Commonwealth UniversiQes UK
Africa Regional Coordinator
Dr Eric Mwangi ([email protected]) Ministry of Higher EducaQon, Science and Technology, Kenya
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Our goal? To strengthen the cooperaQon in research and innovaQon
between Africa and Europe
Why? To more
effecQvely tackle the global
challenges of health, food security, and climate change
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Specific Objec>ves
Building Bi-‐regional Partnerships for Global Challenges
To encourage new and diverse mul>-‐stakeholder partnerships that, through research and innovaQon, tackle global challenges in health, food security, and climate change that affect Africa and Europe.
To enable beYer understanding between the public and private sector in Africa and Europe of the link between research and
innovaQon, and to idenQfy and share opportuniQes for cooperaQon through networking and communicaQon.
To facilitate exchanges that result in learning and that support formal policy dialogues, in parQcular Partnership 8 of the Joint Africa-‐EU strategy, for more effecQve research and innovaQon cooperaQon.
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Building Bi-‐regional Partnerships for Global Challenges CAAST-‐Net Plus is funded by the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7/2007-‐2013) under grant agreement n0 311806. This document reflects only the author’s views and the European Union cannot be held liable for any use that may be made of the informaQon contained herein.
Malawi in FP7
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Malawi in FP7
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• 15 parQcipaQons in 15 EU-‐funded projects (total by September 2013, excluding Marie Curie acQons)
• €3.1 million of EU contribuQon for research • Malawi is the 16th most successful African country in FP7 in terms of numbers of parQcipaQons in projects
• Malawi is the 17th in terms of total EU contribuQon
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Malawi in FP7
Success Rate
15 main listed proposals out of 63 with Malawian participation
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INELIGIBLE 5%
MAINLIST 24%
REJECTED 62%
RESERVE 9%
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Evolution over time (2007-2013) for successful projects
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7
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2008 2009 2010 2011 2013
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Most prominent themes
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INCO INFRA SiS KBBE ICT ENV HEALTH
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EC Contribution per theme for Malawi
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500 000
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Science in Society InformaQon and CommunicaQon Technologies
Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
AcQviQes of InternaQonal CooperaQon
Environment (including Climate Change)
Health
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Most prominent Malawian Participants
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0 €
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CITIZENS FOR JUSTICE
THE REGISTERED TRUSTEES OF THE
UNGWERU
MZUZU UNIVERSITY
Malawi Ministry of Health
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
THE REGISTERED TRUSTEES OF THE PARENT AND CHILD HEALTH
INITIATIVE TRUST
THE REGISTERED TRUSTEES OF THE RESEARCH FOR EQUITY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH TRUST
University of Malawi
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EC contribution for each Malawin Participant
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2 projects
2 projects
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EU Coordinators
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Coordinators country of origin
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AT BE ES IT SE IE UK
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Malawi in FP7 Most prominent EU countries for cooperation
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UK :6
Sweden:1
Italy :1
Ireland :4
Belgium :1
Austria :1
Spain :4
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ETATMBA -‐ Enhancing human resources and use of appropriate technologies for maternal and perinatal survival in Sub-‐Saharan Africa
Aim : to develop the educaQon and training for Non-‐Physician Clinicians (NPCs) who work with mothers and babies in rural and urban areas of
Africa. • From February 2011 to July 2014 EU contribuQon of €2.6 million • Led by the University of Warwick (UK) with 2 other European partners and
3 African partners including University of Malawi • [hrp://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/med/about/global/etatmba ]
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REACHOUT -‐ Reaching out and linking in: Heath systems and close-‐to-‐community services
Aim: To work with well-‐respected and widely quoted close-‐to-‐community (CTC) services to idenQfy how these can best be delivered and document generic lessons for system development and strengthening, in order to maximize the equity, effecQveness and efficiency of CTC services in rural
and urban slum areas of the six parQcipaQng countries.
• From February 2013 to January 2018 • EU contribuQon of €5.7 million • Led by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (UK) with 1 other
European partner and 4 African partners including the Research for Equity and Community Health Trust (Malawi)
• [www.reachoutconsorQum.org ]
HEALTH
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CAAST-‐Net Plus Building bi-‐regional partnerships for global challenges CAAST-‐Net Plus is funded by the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7/2007-‐2013) under grant agreement n0 311806. This document reflects only the author’s views and the European Union cannot be held liable for any use that may be made of the informaQon contained herein.
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