High-level policy dialogue presentation by Hans-Jörg Lutzeyer at the "Effective and Efficient Research and Innovation Partnerships" seminar on March 14, 2017, AUC Commission, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
TAAT AARP presentation by Irene Annor Frempong at the "Effective and Efficient Research and Innovation Partnerships" seminar on March 14, 2017, AUC Commission, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
LEAP-Agri ERA-NET cofund presentation by Maurice Héral at the "Effective and Efficient Research and Innovation Partnerships" seminar on March 14, 2017, AUC Commission, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
PROIntensAfrica project presentation by Oluwole Fatunbi at the "Effective and Efficient Research and Innovation Partnerships" seminar on March 14, 2017, AUC Commission, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
PROIntensAfrica pathways concept and research agenda by Philippe Petithuguenin at the "Effective and Efficient Research and Innovation Partnerships" seminar on March 14, 2017, AUC Commission, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
PROIntensAfrica partnership proposal by Carolyn Glynn at the "Effective and Efficient Research and Innovation Partnerships" seminar on March 14, 2017, AUC Commission, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
High-level policy dialogue presentation by Hans-Jörg Lutzeyer at the "Effective and Efficient Research and Innovation Partnerships" seminar on March 14, 2017, AUC Commission, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
TAAT AARP presentation by Irene Annor Frempong at the "Effective and Efficient Research and Innovation Partnerships" seminar on March 14, 2017, AUC Commission, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
LEAP-Agri ERA-NET cofund presentation by Maurice Héral at the "Effective and Efficient Research and Innovation Partnerships" seminar on March 14, 2017, AUC Commission, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
PROIntensAfrica project presentation by Oluwole Fatunbi at the "Effective and Efficient Research and Innovation Partnerships" seminar on March 14, 2017, AUC Commission, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
PROIntensAfrica pathways concept and research agenda by Philippe Petithuguenin at the "Effective and Efficient Research and Innovation Partnerships" seminar on March 14, 2017, AUC Commission, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
PROIntensAfrica partnership proposal by Carolyn Glynn at the "Effective and Efficient Research and Innovation Partnerships" seminar on March 14, 2017, AUC Commission, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
CCAFS East Africa CANA Training PresentationCANAAFRICA
This a presentation by CCAFS East Africa during the CANA partners training.
The presentation highlights the different areas the program works in across East Africa.
Rolling out the Science Agenda for Agriculture in Africa (S3A) at country levelHillary Hanson
Scientific and Technical Partnerships in Africa: Technologies, Platforms, and Partnerships in support of the African agricultural science agenda, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, April 4&5, 2017
CAADP and CGIAR alignment efforts - expanding the role of Institutional and t...Hillary Hanson
Scientific and Technical Partnerships in Africa: Technologies, Platforms, and Partnerships in support of the African agricultural science agenda, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, April 4&5, 2017
Workstream 1: Technology Platform: Case StudiesHillary Hanson
Scientific and Technical Partnerships in Africa: Technologies, Platforms, and Partnerships in support of the African agricultural science agenda, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, April 4&5, 2017
A Scoping study of the evolving institutional structures for the delivery of ...Hillary Hanson
Scientific and Technical Partnerships in Africa: Technologies, Platforms, and Partnerships in support of the African agricultural science agenda, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, April 4&5, 2017
Bridging the Gap: the application of agricultural innovation and technologyHillary Hanson
Scientific and Technical Partnerships in Africa: Technologies, Platforms, and Partnerships in support of the African agricultural science agenda, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, April 4&5, 2017
Comprehensive Overview of Investment and Human Capacities in African Agricult...Hillary Hanson
Scientific and Technical Partnerships in Africa: Technologies, Platforms, and Partnerships in support of the African agricultural science agenda, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, April 4&5, 2017
A Scoping study of the evolving institutional structures for the delivery of ...Hillary Hanson
Scientific and Technical Partnerships in Africa: Technologies, Platforms, and Partnerships in support of the African agricultural science agenda, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, April 4&5, 2017
Presentation conducted at 2016 Biodiversity Information Management and Foundational Biodiversity Information Programme Forum. Detailing the Biodiversity Information Management at SANBI, GBIF and Biodiversity for Development components
Political economy of agricultural policy processes in Africa with a focus on ...futureagricultures
Presentation by Colin Poulton at the event "The Political Economy of Agricultural Policy Processes in Africa", September 2014.
http://www.future-agricultures.org/events/the-political-economy-of-agricultural-policy-processes-in-africa
CCAFS East Africa CANA Training PresentationCANAAFRICA
This a presentation by CCAFS East Africa during the CANA partners training.
The presentation highlights the different areas the program works in across East Africa.
Rolling out the Science Agenda for Agriculture in Africa (S3A) at country levelHillary Hanson
Scientific and Technical Partnerships in Africa: Technologies, Platforms, and Partnerships in support of the African agricultural science agenda, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, April 4&5, 2017
CAADP and CGIAR alignment efforts - expanding the role of Institutional and t...Hillary Hanson
Scientific and Technical Partnerships in Africa: Technologies, Platforms, and Partnerships in support of the African agricultural science agenda, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, April 4&5, 2017
Workstream 1: Technology Platform: Case StudiesHillary Hanson
Scientific and Technical Partnerships in Africa: Technologies, Platforms, and Partnerships in support of the African agricultural science agenda, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, April 4&5, 2017
A Scoping study of the evolving institutional structures for the delivery of ...Hillary Hanson
Scientific and Technical Partnerships in Africa: Technologies, Platforms, and Partnerships in support of the African agricultural science agenda, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, April 4&5, 2017
Bridging the Gap: the application of agricultural innovation and technologyHillary Hanson
Scientific and Technical Partnerships in Africa: Technologies, Platforms, and Partnerships in support of the African agricultural science agenda, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, April 4&5, 2017
Comprehensive Overview of Investment and Human Capacities in African Agricult...Hillary Hanson
Scientific and Technical Partnerships in Africa: Technologies, Platforms, and Partnerships in support of the African agricultural science agenda, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, April 4&5, 2017
A Scoping study of the evolving institutional structures for the delivery of ...Hillary Hanson
Scientific and Technical Partnerships in Africa: Technologies, Platforms, and Partnerships in support of the African agricultural science agenda, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, April 4&5, 2017
Presentation conducted at 2016 Biodiversity Information Management and Foundational Biodiversity Information Programme Forum. Detailing the Biodiversity Information Management at SANBI, GBIF and Biodiversity for Development components
Political economy of agricultural policy processes in Africa with a focus on ...futureagricultures
Presentation by Colin Poulton at the event "The Political Economy of Agricultural Policy Processes in Africa", September 2014.
http://www.future-agricultures.org/events/the-political-economy-of-agricultural-policy-processes-in-africa
Towards a Tangible Legacy
Workshop of WP2: Africa-Europe STI cooperation on the Climate Change global challenge
Plenary session, Tuesday, 8th September 2015
CAAST-Net Plus is a network of 26 partner organisations from all over Europe and sub-Saharan Africa working together to support bi-regional cooperation in research and innovation.
Several partners of this project support the Research Fairness Initiative.
Lessons learned from building Africa-EU research and innovation partnerships ...Francois Stepman
Increasing the quantity and quality of the cooperation in research and innovation (R&I) between the EU and Africa will require concerted effort by actors from across sectors, disciplines and regions. In this Policy Brief CAAST-Net Plus shares its proposals
for building enduring partnerships that address global challenges.
GCARD2: Briefing paper North-South and South-South Collaborative ActionsGCARD Conferences
The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) and the European Forum on Agricultural Research for Development (EFARD) through The European Alliance on Agricultural Knowledge for Development (AGRINATURA), joined forces in the implementation of the Platform for African-European Partnership on Agricultural Development (PAEPARD), established with funding from the European Union. Among the problems addressed by PAEPARD are: insufficient capacities of African agricultural knowledge organisations, at regional and national levels, on multi-stakeholder partnership for innovation systems; lack of effective linkages between research, extension and rural development.
Visit the conference site for more information: http://www.egfar.org/gcard-2012
Le Forum pour le Recherche Agricole en Afrique (FARA) et le Forum Européen sur le Recherche Agricole pour le Développement (EFARD) à travers l’Alliance Européenne sur la Connaissance Agricole pour le Développement (AGRINATURA) ont joint leurs efforts dans la mise en place de la Plate forme pour le partenariat Afrique-Europe sur le Développement Agricole (PAEPARD), élaborée avec le financement de l’Union Européenne. Parmi les problèmes abordés par la PAERPARD on peut citer : la faible capacité des Organisations Africaines de Connaissance Agricole, aux niveaux régional et national, et sur le partenariat multi-acteurs pour les systèmes d’innovation ; le manque de relations effective entre la recherche, la vulgarisation et le développement rural.
Visitez le site web de la GCARD2 pour plus d'informations: http://www.egfar.org/gcard-2012
14/09 + 15/09 LEAP4FNSSA Final writeshop, General Assembly and IRC Launch – towards an AU-EU International Research Consortium on Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture https://paepard.blogspot.com/2022/09/science-and-partnerships-for_15.html
African perspectives on Africa-Europe relations
Geneva Centre for Security Policy, European Training Course in Security Policy
Dr. Damien Helly
Policy Officer, ECDPM
19 March 2014
14/09 + 15/09 LEAP4FNSSA Final writeshop, General Assembly and IRC Launch – towards an AU-EU International Research Consortium on Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture https://paepard.blogspot.com/2022/09/science-and-partnerships-for_15.html
Speech by Gerhard Pienaar From The European UnionSATN
Mr Gerhard Pienaar’s (Project Officer Science & Technology, Delegation of the European Commission to South Africa) speech at the SATN Annual Conference 2009.
Theme: “Technological innovation at Universities in South Africa: towards industrial and socio-economic development”
16 - 17 July 2009
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Bellville Campus.
Food Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture Knowledge Management and ...Francois Stepman
9-10 November 2016. Johannesburg, South Africa. This CAAST-Net Plus event offered a platform through which mechanisms of dialogue between policy-makers and science academies could be instituted to support the Africa-EU High Level Policy Dialogue on science, technology and innovation, as well as the implementation of the research and innovation Roadmap on Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture.
14/09 + 15/09 LEAP4FNSSA Final writeshop, General Assembly and IRC Launch – towards an AU-EU International Research Consortium on Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture https://paepard.blogspot.com/2022/09/science-and-partnerships-for_15.html
Building international cooperation with key global partners – the example of ...Francois Stepman
Building international cooperation with key global partners The example of the EU-African Union Partnership on Food and nutrition security and sustainable agriculture Yemi Akinbamijo, Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA)
Observation of Io’s Resurfacing via Plume Deposition Using Ground-based Adapt...Sérgio Sacani
Since volcanic activity was first discovered on Io from Voyager images in 1979, changes
on Io’s surface have been monitored from both spacecraft and ground-based telescopes.
Here, we present the highest spatial resolution images of Io ever obtained from a groundbased telescope. These images, acquired by the SHARK-VIS instrument on the Large
Binocular Telescope, show evidence of a major resurfacing event on Io’s trailing hemisphere. When compared to the most recent spacecraft images, the SHARK-VIS images
show that a plume deposit from a powerful eruption at Pillan Patera has covered part
of the long-lived Pele plume deposit. Although this type of resurfacing event may be common on Io, few have been detected due to the rarity of spacecraft visits and the previously low spatial resolution available from Earth-based telescopes. The SHARK-VIS instrument ushers in a new era of high resolution imaging of Io’s surface using adaptive
optics at visible wavelengths.
Introduction:
RNA interference (RNAi) or Post-Transcriptional Gene Silencing (PTGS) is an important biological process for modulating eukaryotic gene expression.
It is highly conserved process of posttranscriptional gene silencing by which double stranded RNA (dsRNA) causes sequence-specific degradation of mRNA sequences.
dsRNA-induced gene silencing (RNAi) is reported in a wide range of eukaryotes ranging from worms, insects, mammals and plants.
This process mediates resistance to both endogenous parasitic and exogenous pathogenic nucleic acids, and regulates the expression of protein-coding genes.
What are small ncRNAs?
micro RNA (miRNA)
short interfering RNA (siRNA)
Properties of small non-coding RNA:
Involved in silencing mRNA transcripts.
Called “small” because they are usually only about 21-24 nucleotides long.
Synthesized by first cutting up longer precursor sequences (like the 61nt one that Lee discovered).
Silence an mRNA by base pairing with some sequence on the mRNA.
Discovery of siRNA?
The first small RNA:
In 1993 Rosalind Lee (Victor Ambros lab) was studying a non- coding gene in C. elegans, lin-4, that was involved in silencing of another gene, lin-14, at the appropriate time in the
development of the worm C. elegans.
Two small transcripts of lin-4 (22nt and 61nt) were found to be complementary to a sequence in the 3' UTR of lin-14.
Because lin-4 encoded no protein, she deduced that it must be these transcripts that are causing the silencing by RNA-RNA interactions.
Types of RNAi ( non coding RNA)
MiRNA
Length (23-25 nt)
Trans acting
Binds with target MRNA in mismatch
Translation inhibition
Si RNA
Length 21 nt.
Cis acting
Bind with target Mrna in perfect complementary sequence
Piwi-RNA
Length ; 25 to 36 nt.
Expressed in Germ Cells
Regulates trnasposomes activity
MECHANISM OF RNAI:
First the double-stranded RNA teams up with a protein complex named Dicer, which cuts the long RNA into short pieces.
Then another protein complex called RISC (RNA-induced silencing complex) discards one of the two RNA strands.
The RISC-docked, single-stranded RNA then pairs with the homologous mRNA and destroys it.
THE RISC COMPLEX:
RISC is large(>500kD) RNA multi- protein Binding complex which triggers MRNA degradation in response to MRNA
Unwinding of double stranded Si RNA by ATP independent Helicase
Active component of RISC is Ago proteins( ENDONUCLEASE) which cleave target MRNA.
DICER: endonuclease (RNase Family III)
Argonaute: Central Component of the RNA-Induced Silencing Complex (RISC)
One strand of the dsRNA produced by Dicer is retained in the RISC complex in association with Argonaute
ARGONAUTE PROTEIN :
1.PAZ(PIWI/Argonaute/ Zwille)- Recognition of target MRNA
2.PIWI (p-element induced wimpy Testis)- breaks Phosphodiester bond of mRNA.)RNAse H activity.
MiRNA:
The Double-stranded RNAs are naturally produced in eukaryotic cells during development, and they have a key role in regulating gene expression .
Multi-source connectivity as the driver of solar wind variability in the heli...Sérgio Sacani
The ambient solar wind that flls the heliosphere originates from multiple
sources in the solar corona and is highly structured. It is often described
as high-speed, relatively homogeneous, plasma streams from coronal
holes and slow-speed, highly variable, streams whose source regions are
under debate. A key goal of ESA/NASA’s Solar Orbiter mission is to identify
solar wind sources and understand what drives the complexity seen in the
heliosphere. By combining magnetic feld modelling and spectroscopic
techniques with high-resolution observations and measurements, we show
that the solar wind variability detected in situ by Solar Orbiter in March
2022 is driven by spatio-temporal changes in the magnetic connectivity to
multiple sources in the solar atmosphere. The magnetic feld footpoints
connected to the spacecraft moved from the boundaries of a coronal hole
to one active region (12961) and then across to another region (12957). This
is refected in the in situ measurements, which show the transition from fast
to highly Alfvénic then to slow solar wind that is disrupted by the arrival of
a coronal mass ejection. Our results describe solar wind variability at 0.5 au
but are applicable to near-Earth observatories.
The increased availability of biomedical data, particularly in the public domain, offers the opportunity to better understand human health and to develop effective therapeutics for a wide range of unmet medical needs. However, data scientists remain stymied by the fact that data remain hard to find and to productively reuse because data and their metadata i) are wholly inaccessible, ii) are in non-standard or incompatible representations, iii) do not conform to community standards, and iv) have unclear or highly restricted terms and conditions that preclude legitimate reuse. These limitations require a rethink on data can be made machine and AI-ready - the key motivation behind the FAIR Guiding Principles. Concurrently, while recent efforts have explored the use of deep learning to fuse disparate data into predictive models for a wide range of biomedical applications, these models often fail even when the correct answer is already known, and fail to explain individual predictions in terms that data scientists can appreciate. These limitations suggest that new methods to produce practical artificial intelligence are still needed.
In this talk, I will discuss our work in (1) building an integrative knowledge infrastructure to prepare FAIR and "AI-ready" data and services along with (2) neurosymbolic AI methods to improve the quality of predictions and to generate plausible explanations. Attention is given to standards, platforms, and methods to wrangle knowledge into simple, but effective semantic and latent representations, and to make these available into standards-compliant and discoverable interfaces that can be used in model building, validation, and explanation. Our work, and those of others in the field, creates a baseline for building trustworthy and easy to deploy AI models in biomedicine.
Bio
Dr. Michel Dumontier is the Distinguished Professor of Data Science at Maastricht University, founder and executive director of the Institute of Data Science, and co-founder of the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable) data principles. His research explores socio-technological approaches for responsible discovery science, which includes collaborative multi-modal knowledge graphs, privacy-preserving distributed data mining, and AI methods for drug discovery and personalized medicine. His work is supported through the Dutch National Research Agenda, the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, Horizon Europe, the European Open Science Cloud, the US National Institutes of Health, and a Marie-Curie Innovative Training Network. He is the editor-in-chief for the journal Data Science and is internationally recognized for his contributions in bioinformatics, biomedical informatics, and semantic technologies including ontologies and linked data.
Seminar of U.V. Spectroscopy by SAMIR PANDASAMIR PANDA
Spectroscopy is a branch of science dealing the study of interaction of electromagnetic radiation with matter.
Ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy refers to absorption spectroscopy or reflect spectroscopy in the UV-VIS spectral region.
Ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy is an analytical method that can measure the amount of light received by the analyte.
Professional air quality monitoring systems provide immediate, on-site data for analysis, compliance, and decision-making.
Monitor common gases, weather parameters, particulates.
Nutraceutical market, scope and growth: Herbal drug technologyLokesh Patil
As consumer awareness of health and wellness rises, the nutraceutical market—which includes goods like functional meals, drinks, and dietary supplements that provide health advantages beyond basic nutrition—is growing significantly. As healthcare expenses rise, the population ages, and people want natural and preventative health solutions more and more, this industry is increasing quickly. Further driving market expansion are product formulation innovations and the use of cutting-edge technology for customized nutrition. With its worldwide reach, the nutraceutical industry is expected to keep growing and provide significant chances for research and investment in a number of categories, including vitamins, minerals, probiotics, and herbal supplements.
2. PROIntensAfrica
• Emerged from a joint CIRAD-WUR proposition to FARA
– African sub-regional organisations
– 13 European institutions involved in agri research with African
institutions
• Develop a proposal long term research and innovation
partnership between Europe and Africa:
– improving food security and livelihoods of farmers through
sustainable intensification of agri-food systems.
• Integrated approach the basis as well as pooling of
resources
– where instruments of joint programming like ERA-NET, JPI and
– article 185 aim to accomplish synergy and increase the
effectiveness of resources.
3. PROIntensAfrica
• Builds on earlier initiatives and is very well
aligned with the Horizon2020 Call in terms
of:
– the problems being addressed and the
establishment of strong and
– durable African-European research and
innovation partnerships.
• Balanced between both continents with 23
partners overall
• Seven work packages
4. Work Package 5
• To develop a concerted, effective and
efficient bilateral African-Europe
governance structure to support the
implementation of an EU-AU joint
programming Research and Innovation
partnership, e.g. an ERA-NET (like
ERAfrica), an article 185 initiative, or other
relevant modalities.
5. Tasks and activities
• Task 5.1: Rules and regulations on governance
aspects of joint programming activities
• Activity 1: Analysis existing governance
mechanisms – process and update
• Task 5.2: Dialogue with selected key actors
• Activity 2: Interviews with selected key resource
persons
• Activity 3: Workshop in Pretoria on governing
issues
• Activity 4: Governance options for future
partnership
6. Key deliverables – WP 5
• D 5.1: A review of governance structures
used in other article 185 or other large-
scale partnership programmes (month 6).
• D 5.2: Proposed guidelines for efficient and
effective governing structures (considering
various alternatives, with their pros and
cons) that will serve the proposed long-
term research and innovation partnership
(month 20)
7. Context
• The European Union (EU) and Africa have engaged in multilateral
relations that stretch back to the very launch of the European
Economic Community in 1957.
• For decades, these relations were mostly circumscribed by the
Lomé Convention – a trade and aid framework between the EU and
the Africa Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) .
• Since the 2000s a separate multilateral relationships have
developed between the EU and African Union (AU), binding both
sides to heads of government summit meetings every three years
and expanding regular engagement between the organs of both
regional institutions.
• The areas of engagement between the two sides have also been
vastly increased to include, among others, science and technology,
political dialogue, human rights and good governance. The
framework guiding the EU-AU (or EU-Africa, to include AU non-
member Morocco) is the Joint Africa-EU Strategy (JAES).
8. Context
• The fourth EU-Africa Summit in 2014 bound the two
sides to an updated JAES and a new “Roadmap”.
• The Roadmap includes promises of cooperation on
“sustainable and inclusive development and growth and
continental integration” including comprehensive and
joint cooperation in a range of areas pertaining to
agriculture.
• Most of the cooperative plans are to be conducted
through NEPAD’s Comprehensive Africa Agriculture
Development Programme (CAADP) or else a recently
formed Contact Group on Agriculture between the EU
and AU Commissions (Report of the Contact Group on
Agriculture, Food Security and Food Safety).
9. Survey of existing and past relationships
• To gauge the “state of play”, assessing multilateral
partnerships between the EU and Africa highlighting their
internal governance structures.
• Analysis looks at EU-Africa continent-wide programmes
and then proceed to investigate other initiatives in Sub-
Saharan African on a geographic basis (South, West,
Central and East).
• Recognising that various definitions of agricultural
governance and global governance are broad, we a
broad brush as we assess the range of multilateral
partnerships between Africa and Europe in existence
today.
10. EU-Africa Partnerships (beyond ACP)
• The EU’s “Advancing Agriculture in Africa”
Communication provides an initial sketch of the EU’s
ambitions in this area. The AU and NEPAD, along with
the continent’s Regional Economic Communities were
targeting as partners for the implementation of
cooperation. Coordination was set to work at three
levels:
– with African institutions, within the framework of the CAADP. The AU
Commission and NEPAD will play a key role at this level;
– with other donors, through the Global Donor Platform for Rural
Development (GDPRD), which includes the Commission and several
Member States;
– within the EU, by improving the exchange of information and by
developing joint assistance initiatives for African agriculture.
11. EU-Africa Partnerships (beyond ACP)
• The JAES was updated at the 4th EU-Africa Summit in
2014; the eight partnerships were replaced by a
Roadmap containing five similarly themed priorities.
They are:
– Peace and Security
– Democracy, Good Governance and Human Rights
– Human development
– Sustainable and inclusive development and growth and
continental integration
– Global and emerging issues
• Science, Technology and Innovation
• CAADP
• SPS
12. Other collaborative partnerships of relevance
– CAAST-Net Plus (2013-2016)
– MED-SPRING (2013-2016)
– Partnership for Research and Innovation in
the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA)
– EAU4Food project
– European & Developing Countries Clinical
Trials Partnership (EDCTP)
– Global Strategic Alliances for the Coordination
of Research on the Major Infectious Diseases
of Animals and Zoonoses (STAR-IDAZ)
13. e.g. CAAST-Net Plus (2013-2016)
• The Network for the Coordination and Advancement of sub-Saharan Africa-EU
Science and Technology Cooperation (CAAST-Net) (2008-12) will continue as
CAAST-NET Plus with a special focus on food security, climate change and health.
CAAST-Net Plus aims to:
• Encourage more and better bi-regional STI cooperation for enhanced outcomes
around topics of mutual interest, and particularly in relation to the global societal
challenges of climate change, food security and health.
• Foster discussion among stakeholders for gathering informed opinion and experience
about the bi-regional cooperation process, formulating and disseminating it in such a
way as to be admissible to the formal bi-regional STI policy dialogue process and to
programme owners.
• Internal governance: CAAST-Net Plus is funded by the European Union's Seventh
Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development. It is running
from 2013 to 2016. The network consists of 22 participants (11 European and 11
African participants).
14. EU-ACP Partnerships
• Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA)
• Economic Partnership Agreements
• Farm Risk Management for Africa (FARMAF)
• Technical Assistance Facility of the African Agriculture Fund
• Support to Farmers’ Organizations in Africa Programme (SFOAP)
• FARA
• Platform for African-European Partnership on Agricultural Research
for Development (PAEPARD) (Phase II)
• Programme PIP Quality and Conformity Fruits and Vegetables -
Phase 2
• Strengthening Food Safety Systems through Sanitary and
Phytosanitary Measures (EDES)
• Consolidation of the Action Framework for the EU-Africa Partnership
on Cotton
15. Sub-regional partnerships
• Southern Africa-EU Partnerships
– Southern Africa Network for Biosciences (SANBio)
– BIOTA Africa
– Wellcome Trust’s African Institutions Initiative
– Southern Africa Innovation Support (SAIS)
• Central Africa-EU Partnerships
– Regional Indicative Programme
• East Africa-EU Partnerships
– ASARECA
– Partnership Agreement For Sustainable Development Of Lake
Victoria Basin
– East Africa Agricultural Productivity Project (EAAPP)
• West Africa-EU Partnerships
– EU funds good economic governance in the UEMOA
16. Preliminary results
• The survey revealed that the bulk of the big budget
cooperative projects between the EU and Africa at the
pan-African level were EDF funded, though a significant
number benefited from FP7 (and now H2020) funding.
• At the level of regional cooperation, partnerships often
included strong funding from a particular country (e.g.
Finland in the case of Southern Africa Innovation
Support programme) or other international organisation
(e.g. World Bank and ASARECA).
• Different funding sources also differ in terms of reporting
expectations and the level of public transparency
required.
17. Going forward
• Interviews with the relevant authorities of the
partnerships to seek clarification on governance
mechanisms and best practices.
• Detailed information about ongoing initiatives
– Protocols: bilateral (separate agreements between states)? Multilateral
(agreements between organisations)? Designated lead country/group?
– Composition of Executive: President , Vice-president, Secretariat?
– General Assembly: membership? Associate members?
– Committees and boards: Scientific Advisory Board/Scientific communities?
Monitoring committee? Steering committee? Support unit? Strategic advisory
committee?
– Focal Points: Programme director? Regional coordinator?
– Other stakeholders:
18. Workshop
• Stakeholder Workshop on ProIntensAfrica Governance
Mechanisms
• To solicit views of different stakeholders on an effective
and efficient governance mechanism for the proposed
long-term partnership between the European and African
organisations.
• The specific objectives are:
– To create awareness about the ProIntensAfrica programme
– To obtain inputs/comments and other information about similar governance
mechanisms for effective and impactful ProIntensAfrica
– To share the results of the desk study done on alternative governance
mechanisms for EU/Africa partnerships under WP5
– To explore synergies with WP4 partners in developing the funding and
governance details of such mechanism
– To engage relevant stakeholders with the view to facilitate their contribution
towards identifying an effective and efficient governance mechanism for
ProIntensAfrica.
19. Expected workshop outcomes
• Increased awareness about the PROIntensAfrica
programme
• Guidelines for efficient and effective governing structures
(considering various alternatives, with their pros and
cons) that will serve the proposed long-term research
and innovation will be jointly developed with
stakeholders.
• Development of a new governance mechanism for the
effective, efficient and impactful PROIntensAfrica
partnership.
• Entwine funding and governance details that will serve
the proposed long-term research and innovation.
• Date: 20 - 21 July 2016
• Venue: ARC, Pretoria, South Africa
20. Some key issues
• Development of strong research partnership (Europe
and Africa) on agricultural intensification pathway and
cross exchange among research partners in the two
continent.
• Fostering high level policy and political engagement
for resource commitment to advance the development
of the desired future for Africa agriculture and the walk
for its attainment through research and development
efforts.
• Engendering civil society consciousness to
sustainability issues and other trade-off from current
pattern of agricultural production assets use versus
current and future needs.
• Sustaining effective livelihood from agriculture.
21. Conclusion
• The WP5 exercise for PROIntensAfrica will
provide details about past, current and future
governance mechanisms for EU-Africa
agriculture projects.
• This exercise will serve as a basis for discussion
about possibilities and best practices in
partnership governance based on the number of
partnerships already existent at the EU-Africa
level.
• The development of a coherent scientific
program to harmonies knowledge and develop
sustainable agricultural intensification pathway
for Africa and Europe.