To prepare Africa for future Climate Change challenges.

EU Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme.

Project coordinator: Stichting IHE Delft, Netherlands. Other partners from EU Members are: - Réseau International des Organismes de Bassin Association, France; - Global Water Partnership Organization, Sweden; - Stichting Both Ends, Netherlands; - Stichting Akvo, Netherlands; - Water, Environment and Business for development SI, Spain; - Office International de l'Eau, France; - Universiteit Twente, Netherlands; and - European Water Supply and Sanitation Technology Platform, Belgium.

The approach includes knowledge sharing and technology transfer through demos/pilot projects via Action Groups (in form of Communities of Practice for selected thematic demonstration and pilots).

Requested EC Contribution for LDC partner (Burkina Faso): Fondation 2IE Association, EUR 121,222,5.

Water and climate change-related challenges.

- Increased African preparedness for Climate Change by addressing the nature of the knowledge gap of African stakeholders; - Improved knowledge sharing and technology transfer in online and offline environments and events for African and ELI stakeholders in water and climate; and - Improved water and climate monitoring and forecasting processes and tools in Africa.

Completed

60 months (start date 1 March 2016)

https://afrialliance.org/ https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/689162

Gaetano Casale: q.casale@unesco-ihe.org: Meike Remmers: m.remmers@unesco-ihe.org: Uta Wehn: u.wehn@unesco-ihe.orq; Rafaela Wever: r.demesquitawever@unesco-ihe.org.

Global trends in population growth and rising economic prosperity will increase the demand for energy, food and water, with more severe impact in fast-growing economies, such as in several African countries. The constraints on water, energy, and food could hamper economic development, lead to social and geopolitical tensions, and cause lasting environmental damage. DAFNE project advocates an integrated and adaptive water resources planning and management approach that explicitly addresses the water-energy-food nexus from a novel participatory and multidisciplinary perspective.

EU Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme.

The project coordinator: Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule Zuerich. Other partners from EU Members are: - Politecnico di Milano, Italy; - International Center for Research on the Environment and the Economy, Greece; - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium; - The University Court of the University of Aberdeen, the United Kingdom; - Universitaet Osnabrueck, Germany; - Vista Geowissenschaftliche Fernerkundung Gmbh, Germany; - Atec-3d Ltd, the United Kingdom; and - European Institute for Participatory Media EV, Germany. Other Non-EU Partners: - International Water Management Institute Iwmi, Sri Lanka; and - African Collaborative Centre for Earth System Science (Access), Kenya.

- Mozambique: Universidade Eduardo Mondlane; and - Zambia: University of Zambia.

A decision-analytic-framework will be developed to quantitatively assess the social, economic, and environmental impact of expanding energy and food production in complex physical and political contexts. The DAFNE approach will be demonstrated by analysing two cross-boundary case studies, the Zambezi and the Omo river basins.

Total Requested EC Contribution: EUR 3,408,658.75. Requested EC Contribution for LDC partners: - Mozambique: Universidade Eduardo Mondlane: EUR 129,425. - Zambia: University of Zambia: EUR 188,395.

Water resources management, water, energy, and food nexus.

DAFNE has led to a better understanding of the WEF nexus, and generated and explored alternative planning and management solutions based on the cooperation of public and private stakeholders. This is expected to foster both profitable and equitable use of resources without exceeding environmental limits or creating societal and/or stakeholder conflicts. The project also supported the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Completed

50 months (start date 1 September 2016).

https://dafne.ethz.ch/ https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/690268

Paolo Burlando, paolo.burlando@ethz.ch: Agatha Keller qrants@sl.ethz.ch

AfriCultuReS – Enhancing Food Security in AFRIcan AgriCULTUral Systems with the Support of REmote Sensing - aims to design, implement and demonstrate an integrated agricultural monitoring and early warning system that will support decision making in the field of food security. AfriCultuReS will deliver a broad range of climatic, production, biophysical and economic information, for various regions in Africa.

EU Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme.

The project coordinator: GMV AEROSPACE AND DEFENCE SA (Spain). Other partners from EU Members are: - ARISTOTELIO PANEPISTIMIO THESSALONIKIS (Greece); - DRAXIS ENVIRONMENTAL S.A. (Greece); - NOORT HARMANNUS, CONRADUS PIETER (Pays-Bas); - UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA (Italie); - SVERIGES METEOROLOGISKA OCH HYDROLOGISKA INSTITUT (Suède) - UNIVERSIDAD DE CANTABRIA (Espagne) ; - UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS (Royaume-Uni) ; - THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD (Royaume-Uni) ; Other non-EU Members involved in the project are: - CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SERVICES LBG (Ghana); - LOCATE IT LIMITED (Kenya); - OBSERVATOIRE DU SAHARA ET DU SAHEL (Tunisie); - SOUTH AFRICA NATIONAL SPACE AGENCY (Afrique du Sud) ; Responsible partner from LDC: - CENTRE REGIONAL AGRHYMET (Niger); - UNIVERSIDADE EDUARDO MONDLANE (Mozambique); - GEOSAS CONSULTING SERVICE PLC (Éthiopie); - UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA (Rwanda).

CENTRE REGIONAL AGRHYMET (Niger); - UNIVERSIDADE EDUARDO MONDLANE (Mozambique); - GEOSAS CONSULTING SERVICE PLC (Éthiopie); - UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA (Rwanda).

The research will strengthen user's operational capability in agricultural areas management activities, reducing costs and increasing performance by: - accessing relevant online services and integrating innovative R&D products, previously tested by end user organizations, into their own decision making chain; - acquiring more updated and accurate information which may improve their preparedness level and operational efficiency; - obtaining information on crop & livestock status in a reliable, transparent and fast way, increasing trans-national cooperation between users who can share the same information.

Project Requested EC Contribution: EUR 8,531,533,20 Total requested EC Contribution for LDC countries: EUR 1,190,320 of which: - CENTRE REGIONAL AGRHYMET (Niger): EUR 494,132.50 - UNIVERSIDADE EDUARDO MONDLANE (Mozambique): EUR 140,812.50 - GEOSAS CONSULTING SERVICE PLC (Éthiopie): EUR 387,500 - UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA (Rwanda): EUR 167,875.

Crop yield and biomass prediction models will be enhanced through the fusion of EO data and climate models, emphasizing the use of the complementary sensors of the EU Sentinels constellation.

The project will: - produce a web tool that supports early decision-making for the stakeholders of African food production; - increased involvement of citizens and stakeholders in food production and food supply chain management in Africa, taking into account the gender dimension and women's role in food production and supply; - improve participation of African organisations in GEO and Copernicus (GMES & Africa initiative); - foster cooperation with initiatives developing the Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) in African countries; - contribute to implementing the SDGs, in particular SDG 2 'End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture' and SDG 13 'Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts'; - provide a strong Earth observation building blocks for an EU-Africa Research and Innovation Partnership focusing on food and nutrition security and sustainable agriculture; - contribute to independent and neutral evaluation of agricultural production in Africa; - improve decision making capacity regarding food supply and management in Africa; - move projection of food supply and agricultural risk assessment at the level of the African continent beyond the current capability.

Current or in progress

1 November 2017 to 31 October 2021.

GMV AEROSPACE AND DEFENCE SA, Calle Isaac Newton Parque Tecnológico De Madrid, 28760 Tres Cantos.

The E-SHAPE proposal is driven by the need to develop operational EO services with and for the users and to create a conducive environment whereby the strengths of Europe are exploited towards addressing societal challenges, fostering entrepreneurship and supporting sustainable development. The proposal objectives are 1) to develop operational EO services with and for users active in key societal sectors; 2) to demonstrate the benefits of the EO pilots through the coordinated downstream exploitation of EO data and the utilization of existing EO resources; 3) to promote the uptake of pilots at national and international scale, across vertical markets (private and public) and amongst key user communities; 4) to enable the long-term sustainability of the numerous pilots, their penetration in public and private markets and support their upscaling; 5) to increase uptake by raising awareness on the solutions developed through tailored and well-targeted communication, dissemination and outreach activities. The proposal aims at setting-up and promoting a sustainable organization dedicated to users' uptake of European EO resources, building on Copernicus and GEOSS through the development of co-design pilots (i.e. application-oriented products, services or solutions) built on a user-centric approach and delivering economic, social and policy value to European citizens. It has also the ambition through the development of 27 pilots organized in seven showcases to deliver information that will also contribute to the three GEO engagements (SDGs, Paris Agreement and Sendai Framework).

EU Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme.

The project coordinator: ASSOCIATION POUR LA RECHERCHE ET LE DEVELOPPEMENT DES METHODES ET PROCESSUS INDUSTRIELS (France) Other partners from EU Members are: - ACADEMY OF ATHENS (Greece); - ASSOCIATION EUROPEENNE EURISY (France); - CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS (France); - CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN ECOLÓGICA Y APLICACIONES FORESTALES (Spain); - COLLECTE LOCALISATION SATELLITES (France); - CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE (Italy); - Centro Internazionale in Monitoraggio Ambientale - Fondazione CIMA (Italy); - DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET (Denmark); - DEIMOS SPACE SOCIEDAD LIMITADA UNIPERSONAL (Spain); - DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST (Germany); - DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUER LUFT - UND RAUMFAHRT EV (Germany) - DIABALKANIKO KENTRO PERIBALLONTOS (Greece); - DRAXIS ENVIRONMENTAL S.A. (Greece); - ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS (Greece); - EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF REMOTE SENSING COMPANIES (Belgium); - EUROPEAN UNION SATELLITE CENTRE (Spain); - EVENFLOW (Belgium); - EUR GeoSurveys - EGS (Belgium); - FONDAZIONE CENTRO EUR -MEDITERRANEOSUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI (Italy); - HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM FUR UMWELTFORSCHUNG GMBH - UFZ (Germany); - HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM GEESTHACHT ZENTRUM FUR MATERIAL- UND KUSTENFORSCHUNG GMBH (Germany); - HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO (Finland); - ILMATIETEEN LAITOS (Finland); - INSTITUTO PORTUGUES DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA IP (Portugal); - INTEGRATED CARBON OBSERVATION SYSTEM EUROPEAN RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURECONSORTIUM (Finland); - INTERNATIONALES INSTITUT FUER ANGEWANDTE SYSTEMANALYSE (Austria); - ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA (Italy); - LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Luxembourg); - MARIENE INFORMATIE SERVICE MARIS BV (Netherlands); - MARTIN-LUTHER-UNIVERSITAET HALLE-WITTENBERG (Germany); - Masarykova univerzita (Czech Republic); - NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS (Greece); - NEUR PUBLIC AE PLIROFORIKIS & EPIKOINONION (Greece); - OPEN GEOSPATIAL CONSORTIUM (EUROPE) LIMITED LBG (United Kingdom); - PLANETEK ITALIA SRL (Italy); - PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY (United Kingdom); - STICHTING DELTARES (Netherlands); - STICHTING WAGENINGEN RESEARCH (Netherlands); - SUOMEN YMPARISTOKESKUS (Finland); - SVERIGES METEOROLOGISKA OCH HYDROLOGISKA INSTITUT (Sweden); - TRANSVALOR S.A. (France); - UMWELTBUNDESAMT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG (UBA GMBH) (Austria); - UNIVERSITA DELLA CALABRIA (Italy); - UNIVERSITAET BAYREUTH (Germany); - UNIVERSITEIT TWENTE (Netherlands); - VEDURSTOFA ISLANDS (Iceland); - VLAAMSE INSTELLING VOOR TECHNOLOGISCH ONDERZOEK N.V. (Belgium); - ZENTRALANSTALT FUR METEOROLOGIE UND GEODYNAMIK (Austria) Other non-EU Members involved in the project are: - SCHWEIZERISCHES FORSCHUNGSINSTITUT FUER HOCHGEBIRGSKLIMA UND MEDIZIN IN DAVOS (Switzerland); - TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY (Israel); Responsible partner from LDC: - MEKELLE UNIVERSITY (Ethiopia).

- MEKELLE UNIVERSITY (Ethiopia) End-user: KIFIYA, ATA, IFAD, MoA, MoF, State Banks, Public Finance Enterprise Agency, Insurance companies, Farmers.

The research will: - Provide a financial service delivery to smallholder farmers in Ethiopia with a geodata-driven risk-mitigation (insurance) product that offers a basic safety net to protect them against weather related perils. The provision of the service will be supported by on-site training, eSupport to create a long-duration product sustainability and a country-specific independence in knowledge and skills.

Overall budget: EUR 15 772 895,84. Maximum EU Grant Amount: EUR 14 998 976,27. Total requested EC Contribution for LDC country (Ethiopia): EUR 51,812.50 of which: - MEKELLE UNIVERSITY (Ethiopia): EUR 51,812.50.

Vegetation-Index Crop-Insurance.

The project will: - Assist farmers with actionable advises, - Support farmers to CAP conformance, - Mapping Crop type and monitor CAP's Greening obligations, - Identify Crop through the use and fusion of EO, in-situ and crowd sources data.

Current or in progress

1 May 2019 until 30 April 2023.

https://www.armines.net/fr

ASSOCIATION POUR LA RECHERCHE ET LE DEVELOPPEMENT DES METHODES ET PROCESSUS INDUSTRIELS, Boulevard Saint Michel 60, 75272 Paris, France.

MONOCLE innovates and develops sensor, platform, and data handling technologies to increase coverage and lower the cost of in situ sensors in inland and coastal water bodies. These ecosystems are particularly vulnerable to direct anthropogenic impacts but of high economic importance and crucial to sustainable food, energy, and clean water supply. At the same time, these water bodies represent areas of the weakest performance in present EO capability to date.

EU Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme.

The project coordinator: PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY (United Kingdom). Other partners from EU Members are: - PEAK DESIGN LIMITED (United Kingdom); - INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE-DEZVOLTARE PENTRU GEOLOGIE SI GEOECOLOGIE MARINAGEOECOMAR (Romania); - SCHMIDT NORBERT CARL (Netherlands); - DRONEGRID (Belgium); - CONSERVATION EDUCATION AND RESEARCH TRUST (United Kingdom); - AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS (Spain); - WATER INSIGHT BV (Netherlands); - THE UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING (United Kingdom); - UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN (Netherlands); - VLAAMSE INSTELLING VOOR TECHNOLOGISCH ONDERZOEK N.V. (Belgium) Responsible partner from LDC: - TANZANIA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Tanzania)

- TANZANIA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Tanzania).

The research will: - will reduce uncertainties in Earth Observation (EO) by characterising atmospheric and water optical properties. - will deploy new and improved sensors on autonomous platforms (buoys, ships, drones), and further fill information gaps by developing low-cost complementary solutions for citizen scientists. - provide essential reference observations needed to further improve and grow EO-based water quality services.

Project Requested EC Contribution: EUR 4,999,862.50. Total requested EC Contribution for LDC country (Tanzania): EUR 119,125 of which: - TANZANIA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Tanzania): EUR 119,125.

The campaign will focus on biological water quality issues.

The project will - demonstrate the added value of EO and water quality oriented sensor network to Copernicus EO services, GEOSS data brokering and GEO capacity building initiatives through a number of validation campaigns and use cases, including data-poor regions where no similar infrastructure yet exists. - provide information necessary to ensure food, water and energy security, to cope with the scarcity of natural resources, to develop mitigation and adaptation solutions to climate change, and to make communities more resilient to natural hazards. - Lower technology and computing requirement for innovators and consultants.

Current or in progress

1 February 2018 until 31 July 2022.

https://www.pml.ac.uk/

PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY, Prospect Place, The Hoe, Pl1 3dh Plymouth, United Kingdom

The objective of FarFish is to improve knowledge on and management of EU fisheries outside Europe, while contributing to sustainability and long term profitability. 21% of EU catches originate from non-EU waters. These fisheries are often poorly regulated, management decisions are sometimes based on limited knowledge and enforcement capabilities, compliance and trust between stakeholders tend to lack. FarFish will address these shortcomings in a multidisciplinary and innovative way by focusing on six diverse case studies, four in Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement (SFPA) waters and two in international waters. Firstly, FarFish will analyse biological, ecological, technological, economic, political and social impacts of EU fisheries in the case studies to advance knowledge and promote sustainable and profitable exploitation. Secondly, introduce Results-Based Management approaches and new decision support tools into these fisheries and test their applicability in collaboration with stakeholders. Thirdly, build capacities in fisheries management and related disciplines amongst stakeholders. The results of FarFish will both have immediate and long-term application. FarFish includes a diverse group of stakeholders, EU and third country fleets representatives, scientists, decision makers, Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs), relevant industries and stakeholders from areas outside the case studies but of importance for the EU fleet, forming a platform for future cooperation between EU and third countries. FarFish addresses the work programme by improving knowledge within the relevant fisheries, developing management tools and models, improving professional skills and sharing new findings in correspondence to the priorities of SFPAs, RFMOs and the CFP. FarFish will contribute to sustainable management, resilience and efficiency in the seafood value chains, increase European food security, boost long-term profitability and promote jobs.

EU Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme.

The project coordinator: MATIS OHF, Iceland Other partners from EU Members are: - AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS, Spain - ASOCIACIÓN NACIONAL DE FABRICANTES DE CONSERVAS DE PESCADOS Y MARISCOS CENTRO TÉCNICO NACIONAL DE CONSERVACIÓN DE PRODUCTOS DE LA PESCA, Spain - CENTRO TECNOLÓGICO DEL MAR - FUNDACIÓN CETMAR, Spain - ORGANIZACIÓN DE PRODUCTORES DE PESCA FRESCA DEL PUERTO Y RIA DE MARIN, Spain - SHUTTLE THREAD LIMITED, United Kingdom - UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH HIGHER EDUCATION CORPORATION, United Kingdom - CENTRO DE CIENCIAS DO MAR DO ALGARVE, Portugal 33 - UNIVERSIDADE DO ALGARVE, Portugal - SYNTESA AP, Denmark - CONSEJO CONSULTIVO DE FLOTA DE LARGA DISTANCIA EN AGUAS NO COMUNITARIAS, Spain Other partners from non-EU countries are: - UNIVERSIDADE DE SAO PAULO, Brazil - INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE DESENVOLVIMENTO DAS PESCAS, Cape Verde - SP/F SYNTESA, Faroe Islands - HAFRANNSOKNASTOFNUNIN, Iceland - HAFRANNSOKNASTOFNUN, RANNSOKNA- OG RADGJAFARSTOFNUN HAFS OG VATNA, Iceland - UNIVERSITE CADI AYYAD, Morocco - HAVFORSKNINGSINSTITUTTET, Norway - UNIVERSITETET I TROMSOE - NORGES ARKTISKE UNIVERSITET, Norway - NOFIMA AS, Norway - SEYCHELLES FISHING AUTHORITY, Seychelles.

Mauritania: - INSTITUT MAURITANIEN DE RECHERCHES OCEANOGRAPHIQUES ET DES PECHES Senegal: - CONSERVATION AND RESEARCH OF WEST AFRICAN AQUATIC MAMMALS (COREWAM) - INSTITUT SENEGALAIS DE RECHERCHES AGRICOLES.

Project requested EC contribution: EUR 69,999,440 Requested EC Contribution for LDC partner.

Current or in progress

From 1 June 2017 to 31 May 2021.

Sustainable management of human activities affecting Atlantic marine ecosystems is critical to maintain its health and to support the blue economy of the bordering countries. TRIATLAS will contribute to this by delivering knowledge of the current state and future changes of the Atlantic marine ecosystems. We achieve this through a basin-wide approach integrating research from the North and South, that closes critical knowledge gaps in the Tropical and South Atlantic which impede an understanding of the entire basin. We bring together an interdisciplinary team of marine ecologists, physical oceanographers, climate researchers, and social scientists from 34 different institutions in Europe, Africa, and South America, together with multisectoral and regional stakeholders. We will enhance knowledge of the marine ecosystems in key areas of the Atlantic using existing and pivotal new (physical, biological, societal) observations. Earth system, ecological, and socio-economic models and observations will be used to assess the cumulative impacts of (climatic, pollution, and fishing) pressures driving fluctuations in the marine ecosystem, and the potential for tipping point behaviour and regime shifts. We will develop the first predictions of the marine-ecosystem for the next 40 years for the whole Atlantic, by combining state-of-the-art climate prediction and ecosystem models, with Shared Socioeconomic Pathways, and by conducting socioeconomic vulnerability assessments services, with stakeholder engagement. TRIATLAS will enhance capacity in marine ecosystems, oceanography, and climate research in countries bordering the South and Tropical Atlantic Ocean. There will be close cooperation and alignment with relevant European Commission services and the South-South Framework for Scientific and Technical Cooperation, as well as other relevant initiatives in the field. We will contribute to upscale cooperation around the Atlantic.

EU Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme.

The project coordinator: UNIVERSITETET I BERGEN, Norway Other partners from EU Members are: - HELMHOLTZ ZENTRUM FUR OZEANFORSCHUNG KIEL, Germany - JOHANN HEINRICH VON THUENEN-INSTITUT, BUNDESFORSCHUNGSINSTITUT FUER LAENDLICHE RAEUME, WALD UND FISCHEREI , Germany - LEIBNIZ-ZENTRUM FUER MARINE TROPENFORSCHUNG (ZMT) GMBH, Germany - CHRISTIAN-ALBRECHTS-UNIVERSITAET ZU KIEL, Germany - METEO-France, France - CENTRE EUROPEEN DE RECHERCHE ET DE FORMATION AVANCEE EN CALCUL SCIENTIFIQUE, France - INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT, France - CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS, France - UNIVERSITE PAUL SABATIER TOULOUSE III, France - BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER - CENTRO NACIONAL DE SUPERCOMPUTACIÓN, Spain - UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID, Spain - SORBONNE UNIVERSITE, France - AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS, Spain - ECOLE NORMALE SUPERIEURE, France - NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND GALWAY, Ireland - UNITED KINGDOM RESEARCH AND INNOVATION, United Kingdom - UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA, Spain - UNIVERSIDAD DE VIGO, Spain Other partners from non-EU countries are: - UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN, South Africa - INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE DESENVOLVIMENTO DAS PESCAS, Cape Verde - HAVFORSKNINGSINSTITUTTET, Norway - STIFTELSEN NANSEN SENTER FOR MILJOOG FJERNMALING, Norway - INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACAO PESQUEIRA, Angola - UNIVERSITE FELIX HOUPHOUET BOIGNY, Cote d'Ivoire - CENTRE DE RECHERCHES OCEANOLOGIQUES, Cote d'Ivoire - UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE-FURG, Brazil - UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE PERNAMBUCO, Brazil - UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA CATARINA, Brazil - UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO, Brazil - NORCE NORWEGIAN RESEARCH CENTRE AS, Norway - UNIVERSIDADE DE CABO VERDE, Cape Verde - UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO NORTE, Brazil - UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA, Namibia.

Benin: - UNIVERSITE D'ABOMEY-CALAVI Senegal : - INSTITUT SENEGALAIS DE RECHERCHES AGRICOLES.

Project requested EC contribution: EUR 11 074 400.

Current or in progress

From 1 June 2019 to 31 May 2023.

https://triatlas.w.uib.no/

Refining understandings of the multi-level determination of migration processes. Documenting how configurations of policies and non-policy factors shape migration processes. Refining understandings of the multi-level impacts of migration processes on development. Documenting how configurations of migration and non-migration factors shape development outcomes Identifying opportunities for sound management of transit migration. Examining the links between migration legislation and new policy tools for migration management Clarifying the links between migration management, development processes, and migrant integration. Disentangling the foundations of policy incoherence in European migration and development policy Assessing the effectiveness of the overall European approach to third-country cooperation on migration. Ensuring impact through continuous, professional, and effective engagement with stakeholders.

DG Research and Innovation of the European Commission, Horizon 2020 programme.

Consortium MIGNEX (Grant agreement 770453).

SAMUEL HALL CONSULTING CO, Afghanistan.

Grant for research and innovation

EUR 669,500.00

Social sciences and humanities.

Improved living conditions of migrants.

Current or in progress

Five-years (since 1 September 2018).

https://www.mignex.org/

Coordinator Peace Research Institute Oslo, Norway.

The goal of our European project Sonar-Global is to build a sustainable international network to strengthen the active participation of the social sciences in the prevention and response to infectious threats, including those posed by antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and vaccine hesitancy. Our activities will foster complementarities and synergies among social scientists and other stakeholders.

DG Research and Innovation of the European Commission, Horizon 2020 programme.

SoNAR-Global Consortium (Grant agreement 825671).

BRAC UNIVERSITY, Bangladesh.

Grant for research and innovation.

EUR 260,738.75 (for the whole duration of the project).

Governance and other challenges in the preparedness for and the response to infectious threats

Improved health conditions.

Current or in progress

Three-years (since 1 January 2019).

https://www.sonar-global.eu/

Coordinator INSTITUT PASTEUR, France.

Although vaccination is an effective way to reduce the huge disease burden associated with diarrhoea caused by enteric pathogens, many attempts to develop vaccines for shigellosis and ETEC infections have failed and a number of current approaches are too complex and costly to provide an adequate solution for LMICs. This Consortium is dedicated to advancing a radically new approach against Shigella and ETEC based not on the immunodominant, but highly variable Shigella LPS O-antigen, target of almost all past and current vaccine development efforts. There are four pillars on which the ShigETEC vaccine has been designed: (i) Elimination of the LPS O-antigen to allow recognition of multiple antigens on the cell surface that are shared among different serotypes of Shigella and are increasingly being recognized as important in protection from shigellosis. These antigens are also closely related to those of ETEC and may also help in protecting against that pathogen as well. (ii) Elimination of the invasiveness of Shigella by disruption of the invasion complex resulting in a much safer/less reactogenic oral vaccine that can take advantage of gut mucosal immunity, possibly allowing administration of high vaccine doses and therefore addresses the low immunogenicity seen with other live attenuated vaccine candidates. (iii) Addition of detoxified toxin antigens of ETEC that will induce neutralizing/blocking antibodies to these critical virulence factors. (iv) Rational molecular design of ShigETEC will allow future generations of vaccines to include additional antigens for other pathogens. The work programme entails manufacture of clinical trial material, first-in-human testing for safety and immunogenicity in non-endemic adults, a sero-epidemiology study to learn about natural immune response to the vaccine, and importantly testing the vaccine in endemic populations. The Consortium comprises partners from EU and Bangladesh that bring along highly complementary expertise.

DG Research and Innovation of the European Commission, Horizon 2020 programme.

Consortium SHIGETECVAX (Grant agreement 815568).

INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH BANGLADESH, Bangladesh.

EUR 1,924,713.27 (for the whole duration of the project).

Health research and innovation.

Improved health conditions.

Current or in progress

Five-years (since 1 September 2019).

https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/222521/factsheet/en

Coordinator EUROPEAN VACCINE INITIATIVE EWIV, Germany.

Schistosomiasis is a poverty-related neglected tropical disease, impacting one billion people in 74 countries. Science ranked a schistosomiasis-vaccine as one of the top-10 vaccines urgently needed. Chemotherapy is the preferred method for schistosomiasis control; but the effectiveness of mass-treatment programs is compromised by reinfection requiring regular re-treatment. An efficacious vaccine, with long-lasting protection against all schistosomiasis forms, would impact disease control. We request funding for the clinical development of our SchistoShield®-vaccine (Sm- p80 antigen+GLA-SE adjuvant) in Burkina Faso and Madagascar, where Schistosoma mansoni (causing intestinal/ hepatic schistosomiasis) and S. haematobium (causing urinary schistosomiasis) are endemic. In baboon studies, SchistoShield® has been effective against all major schistosome species. It is the only vaccine candidate having consistently exhibited potent prophylactic, anti-fecundity, egg-induced pathology resolving, transmission-blocking and therapeutic efficacy. The objectives are to 1) assess the safety/immunogenicity of SchistoShield® in a Phase I clinical study in healthy adults from Africa; 2) refine and develop a female worm schistosome human challenge model; 3) identify correlates of protection, innate and adaptive immune signatures, gene expression and the role of antibodies in the prevention/control of Schistosoma infections; and 4) foster a global consortium to advance research on schistosomiasis disease burden, vaccines and address downstream access constraints in resource-poor settings. The funding requested will allow the clinical development of SchistoShield®. African site research capacity will be improved and epidemiological burden data using novel diagnostic techniques will be used to advance clinical development to Phase 2 and potential future elimination project

DG Research and Innovation of the European Commission, Horizon 2020 programme.

Consortium VASA (Grant agreement 815643).

GROUPE DE RECHERCHE ACTION EN SANTE SARL, Burkina Faso.

Grant for research and innovation.

EUR 643,812.51 (for the whole duration of the project).

Health research and innovation.

Improved health conditions.

Current or in progress

Five years (since 1 June 2019).

https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/223199/factsheet/en

Coordinator THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, UK.

Schistosomiasis is a poverty-related neglected tropical disease, impacting one billion people in 74 countries. Science ranked a schistosomiasis-vaccine as one of the top-10 vaccines urgently needed. Chemotherapy is the preferred method for schistosomiasis control; but the effectiveness of mass-treatment programs is compromised by reinfection requiring regular re-treatment. An efficacious vaccine, with long-lasting protection against all schistosomiasis forms, would impact disease control. We request funding for the clinical development of our SchistoShield®-vaccine (Sm- p80 antigen+GLA-SE adjuvant) in Burkina Faso and Madagascar, where Schistosoma mansoni (causing intestinal/ hepatic schistosomiasis) and S. haematobium (causing urinary schistosomiasis) are endemic. In baboon studies, SchistoShield® has been effective against all major schistosome species. It is the only vaccine candidate having consistently exhibited potent prophylactic, anti-fecundity, egg-induced pathology resolving, transmission-blocking and therapeutic efficacy. The objectives are to 1) assess the safety/immunogenicity of SchistoShield® in a Phase I clinical study in healthy adults from Africa; 2) refine and develop a female worm schistosome human challenge model; 3) identify correlates of protection, innate and adaptive immune signatures, gene expression and the role of antibodies in the prevention/control of Schistosoma infections; and 4) foster a global consortium to advance research on schistosomiasis disease burden, vaccines and address downstream access constraints in resource-poor settings. The funding requested will allow the clinical development of SchistoShield®. African site research capacity will be improved and epidemiological burden data using novel diagnostic techniques will be used to advance clinical development to Phase 2 and potential future elimination project

DG Research and Innovation of the European Commission, Horizon 2020 programme.

Consortium VASA (Grant agreement 815643).

UNIVERSITE OUAGA I PROFESSEUR JOSEPH KI-ZERBO, Burkina Faso.

Grant for research and innovation.

EUR 259,672.78 (for the whole duration of the project).

Health research and innovation.

Improved health conditions.

Current or in progress

Five-years (since 1 June 2019).

https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/223199/factsheet/en

Coordinator THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, UK.

Horizon 2020 is the financial instrument implementing the Innovation Union

DG Research and Innovation of the European Commission, Horizon 2020 programme.

Consortium SCUBY (Grant agreement 825432).

NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH, Cambodia.

Grant for research and innovation.

EUR 446,700.00 (for the whole duration of the project).

Health research and innovation.

Improved health conditions.

Current or in progress

Four-years (since 1 January 2019).

https://www.scuby.eu/

PRINS LEOPOLD INSTITUUT VOOR TROPISCHE GENEESKUNDE, Belgium.

Horizon 2020 is the financial instrument implementing the Innovation Union.

DG Research and Innovation of the European Commission, Horizon 2020 programme.

Consortium TRAFIG (Grant agreement 822453).

ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY, Ethiopia.

Grant for research and innovation.

EUR 62,847.00 (for the whole duration of the project).

Social sciences and humanities.

Improved living conditions.

Current or in progress

Three-years (since 1 January 2019).

https://trafig.eu/

Coordinator Bonn International Centre for Conversion, Germany.

Horizon 2020 is the financial instrument implementing the Innovation Union.

DG Research and Innovation of the European Commission, Horizon 2020 programme.

Consortium ADMIGOV (Grant agreement 822625).

ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY, Ethiopia.

Grant for research and innovation.

EUR 41,414.00

Social sciences and humanities.

Improved living conditions of migrants.

Current or in progress

Four years (since 1 February 2019).

http://admigov.eu/

Coordinator University of Amsterdam (UvA), the Netherlands.

Horizon 2020 is the financial instrument implementing the Innovation Union.

DG Research and Innovation of the European Commission, Horizon 2020 programme.

Consortium AGRUMIG (Grant agreement 822730).

ARBAMINCH UNIVERSITY, Ethiopia.

ARBAMINCH UNIVERSITY, Ethiopia.

EUR 45,012.50

Social sciences and humanities.

Improved living conditions in rural areas of low income countries.

Current or in progress

Three-years (since 1 February 2019).

http://agrumig.iwmi.org/

Coordinator School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UK.

Horizon 2020 is the financial instrument implementing the Innovation Union.

DG Research and Innovation of the European Commission, Horizon 2020 programme.

Consortium AGRUMIG (Grant agreement 822730).

MEKELLE UNIVERSITY, Ethiopia.

Grant for research and innovation.

EUR 45,012.50

Social sciences and humanities

Improved living conditions in rural areas of low income countries

Current or in progress

Three-years (since 1 February 2019).

http://agrumig.iwmi.org/

Coordinator School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UK.

Schistosomiasis is a poverty-related neglected tropical disease, impacting one billion people in 74 countries. Science ranked a schistosomiasis-vaccine as one of the top-10 vaccines urgently needed. Chemotherapy is the preferred method for schistosomiasis control; but the effectiveness of mass-treatment programs is compromised by reinfection requiring regular re-treatment. An efficacious vaccine, with long-lasting protection against all schistosomiasis forms, would impact disease control. We request funding for the clinical development of our SchistoShield®-vaccine (Sm- p80 antigen+GLA-SE adjuvant) in Burkina Faso and Madagascar, where Schistosoma mansoni (causing intestinal/ hepatic schistosomiasis) and S. haematobium (causing urinary schistosomiasis) are endemic. In baboon studies, SchistoShield® has been effective against all major schistosome species. It is the only vaccine candidate having consistently exhibited potent prophylactic, anti-fecundity, egg-induced pathology resolving, transmission-blocking and therapeutic efficacy. The objectives are to 1) assess the safety/immunogenicity of SchistoShield® in a Phase I clinical study in healthy adults from Africa; 2) refine and develop a female worm schistosome human challenge model; 3) identify correlates of protection, innate and adaptive immune signatures, gene expression and the role of antibodies in the prevention/control of Schistosoma infections; and 4) foster a global consortium to advance research on schistosomiasis disease burden, vaccines and address downstream access constraints in resource-poor settings. The funding requested will allow the clinical development of SchistoShield®. African site research capacity will be improved and epidemiological burden data using novel diagnostic techniques will be used to advance clinical development to Phase 2 and potential future elimination project.

DG Research and Innovation of the European Commission, Horizon 2020 programme.

Consortium VASA (Grant agreement 815643).

UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar.

Grant for research and innovation.

EUR 864,420.38 (for the whole duration of the project).

Improved health conditions.

Current or in progress

Five-years (since 1 June 2019).

https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/223199/factsheet/en

Coordinator THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, UK.

Horizon 2020 is the financial instrument implementing the Innovation Union.

DG Research and Innovation of the European Commission, Horizon 2020 programme.

Consortium AGRUMIG (Grant agreement 822730).

SOCIAL SCIENCE BAHA, Nepal.

Grant for research and innovation.

EUR 78,948.75

Social sciences and humanities.

Improved living conditions in rural areas of low-income countries.

Current or in progress

Three-years (since 1 February 2019).

http://agrumig.iwmi.org/

Coordinator School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UK.

VHFMoDRAD will develop and deliver rapid and point-of-care multiplex diagnostic tool(s) that will significantly increase our capacity to handle outbreaks with Filoviruses and other viral hemorrhagic fever diseases in Africa. The major expected results are the development of innovative and novel diagnostic tools for VHF diseases and the reinforcement of capacity building. VHFMoDRAD will also put in place a strong capacity building programme in West Africa. The project will disseminate widely all results as they become available, notably to public health bodies and non-governmental organisations (NGOs), via a strong outreach programme.

Innovative Medicines Initiative, Horizon 2020 programme.

Consortium VHFMoDRAD (Grant agreement number 823666).

INSTITUT PASTEUR DE DAKAR.

Grant for research and innovation.

EUR 146,250.00 (for the whole duration of the project).

Health research and innovation.

Better, faster diagnosis of viral haemorrhagic fevers like Ebola.

Current or in progress

Four-years (since 1 January 2019).

https://vhfmodrad.eu/

Folkhälsomyndigheten - Public health agency of Sweden, Prof. Ali Mirazimi.

The goal of our European project Sonar-Global is to build a sustainable international network to strengthen the active participation of the social sciences in the prevention and response to infectious threats, including those posed by antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and vaccine hesitancy. Our activities will foster complementarities and synergies among social scientists and other stakeholders.

DG Research and Innovation of the European Commission, Horizon 2020 programme.

SoNAR-Global Consortium (Grant agreement 825671).

CENTRE REGIONAL DE RECHERCHE ET DE FORMATION A LA PRISE EN CHARGE CLINIQUE DU VIH SIDA ET MALADIES ASSOCIEES DE DAKAR CRCF, Senegal.

Grant for research and innovation.

EUR 113,750.00 (for the whole duration of the project).

Governance and other challenges in the preparedness for and the response to infectious threats.

Preparedness and response to infectious threats.

Current or in progress

Three-years (since 1 Jan 2019).

https://www.sonar-global.eu/

Coordinator INSTITUT PASTEUR, France.

Identify and address the political, ethical, administrative, regulatory, and legal (PEARL) barriers and solutions related to combining, analysing and sharing a range of datatypes and specimens across infectious disease cohorts. Develop and implement a roadmap, tools and analytic methods to reconcile, analyse and link "high density laboratory" data with synthesized clinical-epidemiological metadata from objective 2. Develop and implement a roadmap, tools and analytical methods to reconcile, analyse and link human clinical, epidemiological, and diagnostic laboratory data within and across infectious disease cohorts. Develop a local governance model and searchable portal for decentralized cataloguing of data repositories and biobanks.

DG Research and Innovation of the European Commission, Horizon 2020 programme.

Consortium RECODID (Grant agreement 825746).

INSTITUT PASTEUR DE DAKAR, Senegal.

Grant for research and innovation.

EUR 123,250.00 (for the whole duration of the project).

Health research and innovation.

Improved health status.

Four-years (since 1 January 2019).

https://recodid.eu/

Coordinator UNIVERSITAETSKLINIKUM HEIDELBERG, Germany.

We will integrate and scale up services for diabetes and hypertension in clinics in Tanzania and Uganda, either as standalone or integrated with HIV-infection. This builds on pilot studies that the partners are conducting, funded by UK NIHR, on the prevention and management of HIV, diabetes and hypertension in Africa. The aim of INTE-AFRICA is to assess the effectiveness and feasibility of large-scale scale up. Research evidence needed by African health services to scale-up and sustain the screening and management of diabetes and hypertension in different settings will be generated. The objectives include: to re-organise primary health care services so that diabetes and hypertension can be diagnosed and treated in dedicated chronic care clinics in two large regions, one in Tanzania and in Uganda; to decentralise care from health facilities to the community in order to reduce patient load at clinics and reduce reliance on (scarce) clinical staff; to evaluate these approaches in terms of acceptability (by patients and the community), numbers of patients treated and retained in care, patient clinical outcomes (blood pressure control, blood glucose control), costs of delivering integrated care for the health service and cost-effectiveness (compared to current standard care); to use the data generated to contribute evidence to the development of clinical guidelines; to develop the sustainable partnerships needed between researchers, government policy makers, public-private partnerships on an ethos of openness and equality so as to facilitate the expansion of the scale-up nationally. The majority of individuals with either hypertension or diabetes are identified after they develop complications, which leads to their poor outcomes, and to catastrophic costs to both the health service and the patient. Scaling up services for would prevent clinical complications in patients and could result in immense cost savings for patients and the health service.

DG Research and Innovation of the European Commission, Horizon 2020 programme.

DG Research and Innovation of the European Commission, Horizon 2020 programme.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH, Tanzania.

Grant for research and innovation.

EUR 898,752.50 (for the whole duration of the project)

Health research and innovation.

Improved health conditions.

Current or in progress

Four-years (since 1 January 2019).

https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/219829/factsheet/en

Coordinator LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE, UK.

Horizon 2020 is the financial instrument implementing the Innovation Union.

DG Research and Innovation of the European Commission, Horizon 2020 programme.

Consortium TRAFIG (Grant agreement 822453).

DIGNITY KWANZA - COMMUNITY SOLUTION, Tanzania.

Grant for research and innovation.

EUR 57,956.00 (for the whole duration of the project).

Social sciences and humanities.

Improved living conditions.

Current or in progress

Three-years (since 1 January 2019).

https://trafig.eu/

Coordinator Bonn International Centre for Conversion, Germany.

We will integrate and scale up services for diabetes and hypertension in clinics in Tanzania and Uganda, either as standalone or integrated with HIV-infection. This builds on pilot studies that the partners are conducting, funded by UK NIHR, on the prevention and management of HIV, diabetes and hypertension in Africa. The aim of INTE-AFRICA is to assess the effectiveness and feasibility of large-scale scale up. Research evidence needed by African health services to scale-up and sustain the screening and management of diabetes and hypertension in different settings will be generated. The objectives include: to re-organise primary health care services so that diabetes and hypertension can be diagnosed and treated in dedicated chronic care clinics in two large regions, one in Tanzania and in Uganda; to decentralise care from health facilities to the community in order to reduce patient load at clinics and reduce reliance on (scarce) clinical staff; to evaluate these approaches in terms of acceptability (by patients and the community), numbers of patients treated and retained in care, patient clinical outcomes (blood pressure control, blood glucose control), costs of delivering integrated care for the health service and cost-effectiveness (compared to current standard care); to use the data generated to contribute evidence to the development of clinical guidelines; to develop the sustainable partnerships needed between researchers, government policy makers, public-private partnerships on an ethos of openness and equality so as to facilitate the expansion of the scale-up nationally. The majority of individuals with either hypertension or diabetes are identified after they develop complications, which leads to their poor outcomes, and to catastrophic costs to both the health service and the patient. Scaling up services for would prevent clinical complications in patients and could result in immense cost savings for patients and the health service.

DG Research and Innovation of the European Commission, Horizon 2020 programme.

Consortium INTE-AFRICA (Grant agreement 825698).

TASO LIMITED, Uganda.

Grant for research and innovation.

EUR 481,530.00 (for the whole duration of the project).

Health research and innovation.

Improved health conditions.

Current or in progress

Four-years (since 1 January 2019).

https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/219829/factsheet/en  

Coordinator LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE, UK.

The goal of our European project Sonar-Global is to build a sustainable international network to strengthen the active participation of the social sciences in the prevention and response to infectious threats, including those posed by antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and vaccine hesitancy. Our activities will foster complementarities and synergies among social scientists and other stakeholders..

DG Research and Innovation of the European Commission, Horizon 2020 programme.

SoNAR-Global Consortium (Grant agreement 825671).

MAKERERE UNIVERSITY, Uganda.

Grant for research and innovation.

EUR 93,750.00 (for the whole duration of the project).

Governance and other challenges in the preparedness for and the response to infectious threats.

Improved health status.

Current or in progress

Three-years (since 1 Jan 2019).

https://www.sonar-global.eu/

Coordinator INSTITUT PASTEUR, France.

Improve compliance with international standards in terms of air safety and security in Zambia, with the support of European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and other service provider to be yet contracted (two separate but interlinked components of the same project). The programme aims to assist in the development of improved policies and an improved institutional and regulatory framework for the aviation sector (which will include aviation safety and security and gender sensitivity).

Ministry of Transport and Communications, Civil Aviation Authority, Zambia Airports Corporation Ltd and other agencies.

EUR 5.6 million.

Civil Aviation.

Capacity building for setting-up, maintaining and operating internationally compliant Management Information Systems, reporting standards, air navigation services and national security plan for airports and air traffic management; Know-how transfer necessary to produce secondary legislation and management procedures ensuring improved safety oversight in line with international requirements (ICAO); Know-how transfer for civil aviation training centres (training-of-trainers).

Current or in progress

November 2016 - November 2024.

https://www.eu-assp-z.org/

Chasiya Kazembe: ckazembe@nao.gov.zm Carlos Tortosa: Carlos.TORTOSA@easa.europa.eu Juan Fernández: juan-bautista.fernandez-osuna@ec.europa.eu

The project aims to a) promote enabling regulatory framework, renewable energy friendly policies and more effective and inclusive sector institutions; b) enhance government and private sector capacities to develop gender inclusive Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency projects; c) improve Energy Efficiency at household and industry level by awareness raising and support to economic activities.

Ministry of Energy, Energy Regulation Board, Rural Electrification Authority, ZESCO (national utility) and other public agencies.

EUR 40 million, TA component of approx. EUR 10 million.

Energy sector.

Improved policies and planning for investments in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (RE/EE), demonstration projects implemented and increased number of people getting access to energy services. Capacity building for strengthening and improvement of national institutions for improved policy making and planning for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (RE/EE) deployment, as well as procurement and oversight of RE/EE projects; Know-how transfer to public and private entities on technical and economic aspects relating to RE/EE solutions/business models; Awareness raising of the society on effective and productive use of RE/EE solutions/applications; Incentives (grants) for private developers to stimulate investment in low-carbon technologies to contribute to country goals on energy access and climate change mitigation (investment component separate from TA part: EUR 25 million).

Completed

March 2018 to March 2023.

davide.bixio@eeas.europa.eu; adam.grodzicki@eeas.europa.eu

The Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture (DG EAC) is responsible for Erasmus+. Erasmus+ is the European Union (EU) programme for education, training, youth and sport for the period 2014-2020. The programme promotes cross-border cooperation and mobility inside Europe, but also has a strong international dimension. Under this worldwide dimension, Erasmus+ funds projects that involve partners from "Programme Countries" and "Partner Countries" throughout the world. The 34 programme countries comprise the 28 EU Members plus six other European countries. Partner Countries are located all over the world.

European Union> European Commission > Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture (DG EAC).

Individuals - students, PhD candidates, trainees, professors, administrative staff- constitute the main target population of the Programme. However, the Programme reaches these individuals through organisations, institutions, bodies or groups that organise such activities (e.g. higher education institutions). The conditions of access to the Programme therefore relate to these two actors: the "participants" (individuals participating in the Programme) and the "participating organisations". For both participants and participating organisations, the conditions for participation depend on the country in which they are based.

Least developed countries feature as priority targets for certain actions such as the short term academic mobility for students, PhD candidates and staff (the top three academic disciplines covered by partnerships with developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America are business, engineering and economics). Furthermore, additional scholarships are reserved for certain least developed countries for joint master programmes taught by consortia of European universities, the additional scholarships awarded in this reporting period covered studies in areas such as energy efficiency, gender studies, urban development, water and marine management. Regarding joint university projects, Erasmus+ Capacity Building Projects in Higher Education focus on developing countries and benefit least developed countries. Such projects are aimed at modernising and reforming higher education institutions, developing new curricula, improving governance, and building relationships between higher education institutions and enterprises. The most ambitious projects can also tackle policy topics and issues, preparing the ground for higher education reform, in cooperation with national authorities. The capacity-building projects are channelling university cooperation into development goals, so each year the projects between them cover the topics of nearly all the individual SDGs (smart buildings, boosting employability, increasing female participation in STEM, etc.)

Individual participants (i.e. students) are provided with scholarships and financial contributions are provided to the organisations implementing the projects.

Erasmus+ is not focusing on formal technology transfers but funds international cooperation projects and academic mobility projects which contribute to the reinforcement of higher education systems; better training of students and staff and exchanges of qualified staff.

Other

https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/node_en For specific results in LDCs see factsheets "worldwide": https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/about/factsheets_en

bruno.castro@ec.europa.eu

The overall objective of the programme is the sustainable economic development and poverty reduction in ACP countries through closer regional integration and increased participation in the global economy. The purposes of the project are to: -Enhance the capacity of ACP countries to formulate and implement sustainable trade policies; -Assist ACP countries to participate effectively in international trade negotiations and to implement international trade agreements to their benefit; and -Strengthen ACP Private Sector competitiveness by supporting trade facilitation and trade promotion. Following the 24-month implementation of the Programme under Programme Estimate No.1, the key priorities of this Programme Estimate are: 1. Trade policy and regulation; 2. EPAs, regional and WTO trade agendas; 3. Customs matters; 4. Market access and standards; 5. Competitiveness and investment.

Agriconsulting Europe (AESA Consortium)

Secretariat of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP Group); The Islamic Republic of Mauritania; Mozambique Ministry of Sea, Inland Water and Fisheries (National Institute for Fish Inspection), Ministry of Industry and Trade (National Institute for Standards Quality and Institute for Promotion of Small and Medium Enterprises); CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ); African Organisation for Standardisation (ARSO) and PIF Secretariat.

There are several ongoing interventions under the Programme Estimate No. two encouraging the promotion of technology transfer, as per the WTO definition, with LDCs: 1. Renforcement des systèmes d'information commerciale et de la compétitivité de la Mauritanie (Strengthening Mauritania's Trade Information Systems and Competitiveness) Objective: To contribute to sustainable economic development and poverty reduction in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, through support for the development and strengthening of the country's policies and trade rules. Relevant specific objective: Development of a critical mass of media in support of an effective national commercial information system. 2. Targeted Assistance for EPA implementation through SPS conformity for fisheries and aquaculture, and enhanced export capacity of fisheries in Mozambique. Objective: To contribute to improving the macroeconomic performance of Mozambique through effective integration in its regional and international export markets for sustainable development and poverty reduction. Relevant specific objective: Development of national standardisation strategy for the fisheries sector. 3. Targeted assistance to strengthen regional trade-related quality infrastructure through intra-ACP partnerships - CROSQ, ARSO and PIFS General objective: To contribute to the CARICOM and intra-ACP trade capacity, competitiveness, diversification and economic performance through strengthening of their regional quality infrastructure and partnerships. Relevant specific objective: Contribute to the activation of intra-regional quality infrastructure agreements in support of market access and improved trade performance.

1. EUR 247,880.00; 2. EUR 282,509.00; 3. EUR 299,945.00

Know-how, best practices ICT technology and skills.

In relation to the first project, the specific outputs are: i) Preparation of the legal framework for the preparation of the National Information Network (Normative Texts); ii) Creation of industrial, economic, trade-related statistics databases; iii) Establishment of a new database on foreign trade, standards, experts, technological innovations, patents and inventions, niche markets, information on the WAEMU zone, ECOWAS, EU, America and Asia; iv) Technical Capacity Building and Training for Stakeholders of the National Business Information System. Regarding project 2: i) National strategy for standardization and conformity assessment developed; ii) Capacity to manage certification and standardization processes enhanced; iii) Roadmap for ISO 7020 and ISO 22000 accreditation processes developed and implementation supported; iv) Fisheries industries meet the international Standard ISO 22000. Finally, regarding project 3: i) Improved capacity in Standards and technical regulations development and implementation in CARICOM; ii) Feasibility study conducted for developing trade capacity enabling Sustainability Standards and associated conformity assessment modalities by CROSQ, modelling the success of ARSO.

Current or in progress

May 2018 to May 2020 (i.e. 24 months)

http://www.tradecom-acpeu.org/

Chloé Allio - Head of Sector, Trade

Netherlands

Effective and innovative cervical cancer screening, including direct treatment and follow-up for women in resource-poor or hard-to-reach settings in the world, by improving availability, accessibility, acceptability and quality of services

European Commission, Horizon 2020

ACADEMISCH ZIEKENHUIS GRONINGEN

INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH BANGLADESH

Research and innovation project

135 750 euro

Implementation research into cervical cancer screening and secondary prevention in different settings

Improved health conditions

Current or in progress

3 years (started on 01/02/2021)

https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/964270

Project coordinator, ACADEMISCH ZIEKENHUIS GRONINGEN

Netherlands

Effective and innovative cervical cancer screening, including direct treatment and follow-up for women in resource-poor or hard-to-reach settings in the world, by improving availability, accessibility, acceptability and quality of services

European Commission, Horizon 2020

ACADEMISCH ZIEKENHUIS GRONINGEN

FRIENDSHIP

Research and innovation project

239 375 euro

Implementation research into cervical cancer screening and secondary prevention in different settings

Improved health conditions

Current or in progress

3 years (started on 01-02-2021)

https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/964270

Project coordinator, ACADEMISCH ZIEKENHUIS GRONINGEN

Netherlands

Effective and innovative cervical cancer screening, including direct treatment and follow-up for women in resource-poor or hard-to-reach settings in the world, by improving availability, accessibility, acceptability and quality of services

European Commission, Horizon 2020

ACADEMISCH ZIEKENHUIS GRONINGEN

UGANDA RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAMME

Research and innovation project

243 437,5 euro

Implementation research into cervical cancer screening and secondary prevention in different settings

Improved health conditions

Current or in progress

3 years (started on 01.02.2021)

https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/964270

Project coordinator, ACADEMISCH ZIEKENHUIS GRONINGEN

Netherlands

Effective and innovative cervical cancer screening, including direct treatment and follow-up for women in resource-poor or hard-to-reach settings in the world, by improving availability, accessibility, acceptability and quality of services

European Commission, Horizon 2020

ACADEMISCH ZIEKENHUIS GRONINGEN

UGANDA CANCER INSTITUTE

Research and innovation project

79 000 euro

Implementation research into cervical cancer screening and secondary prevention in different settings

Improved health conditions

Current or in progress

3 years (started on 01.02.2021)

https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/964270

Project coordinator, ACADEMISCH ZIEKENHUIS GRONINGEN

Spain

The EU-Africa PerMed project has the final objective of integrating African countries into ICPerMed activities as a means to contribute to the implementation of Personalised Medicine (PM) in the global context, fostering joint PM projects and programmes between Europe and Africa

European Commission, Horizon 2020

SOCIEDAD PARA EL FOMENTO DE LA INNOVACIÓN TECNOLÓGICA S.L. - INNOVATEC

EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AFRICA HEALTH COMMUNITY

Research and innovation project

133 475 euro

Strengthening bilateral EU-AU science, technology and innovation in health

Improved health conditions

Current or in progress

4 years (starting date 01/02/2021)

https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/964333

Project coordinator, SOCIEDAD PARA EL FOMENTO DE LA INNOVACIÓN TECNOLÓGICA S.L. - INNOVATEC, Spain

The EU-funded BETTEReHEALTH project seeks to greatly improve e-health in Africa by helping inform policy and ensuring better quality of and access to healthcare services

European Commission, Horizon 2020

SINTEF AS

HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS PROGRAMMES LIMITED

Research and innovation project

157 575 euro

Successful implementation of e-health services

Improved health conditions

Current or in progress

2 years (starting date 01.01.2021)

https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101017450

Project coordinator, SINTEF AS, Norway

ASTRAL will develop new, sustainable, profitable and resilient value chains for integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) production within the framework of existing, emerging and potential Atlantic markets. The proposal gathers four IMTA labs including open offshore (Ireland, Scotland), flow-through inshore (South Africa) and recirculation inshore (Brazil) systems and one prospective IMTA lab (Argentina), focusing on a regional challenge-based perspective, including fish, mollusc, echinoderm, crustacean and algae species. ASTRAL will increase circularity by 50-60% compared to monoculture baseline aquaculture and will provide a circular business model, boosting revenue diversification for aquaculture producers increasing profitability by at least 30%. New and improved innovative technology will be developed, including biosensors, sensors, IoT and an AI data analytics platform to be validated at IMTA labs at TRL 5. Potential environmental and climatic risks for Northern and Southern Atlantic regions will be addressed, delivering a monitoring programme and recommendations for Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs), pathogens and microplastics. ASTRAL will deliver an ambitious and gender-sensitive human capital development plan (HUCAP) which will improve professional skills and create a highly trained workforce. ASTRAL will share, integrate and co-generate knowledge, technology, practices and efforts with and for society, oriented towards pro-poor and gender-sensitive development. A collaborative ecosystem will be provided within the project framework bringing together and connecting industrial partners, SMEs, scientists, policy makers, social representatives and other relevant stakeholders promoting data exchange, knowledge sharing and business opportunities.

European Commission - Horizon 2020 Programme - H2020-BG-2019-2

UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE (BR); COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH (ZA); CONSEJO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS Y TÉCNICAS (AR); UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN (ZA); M&O PARTNERS REPRESENTACOES LTDA (BR); VIKING AQUACULTURE (PTY) LTD (ZA); NIGERIAN INSTITUTE FOR OCEANOGRAPHY AND MARINE RESEARCH

Research Grant

EU contribution EUR 7 939 354,88

A circular business model for aquaculture producers

https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/863034

Current or in progress

until 31 August 2024

https://www.astral-project.eu/

elisa.ravagnan@norceresearch.no

iAtlantic will take an interdisciplinary scientific approach to unifying stakeholder efforts to better inform sustainable management and enhance human and observational capacity throughout the Atlantic. The integration of ecosystem data with major circulation pathways connecting the North and South linked with climatic data and forecasts provides a systematic approach to jointly assess and tackle policy challenges. Ocean physics and ecosystem connectivity will enable high-resolution oceanographic hindcasts and forecasts of future circulation together with ground-truthing genomic data. Advances in eDNA genomics, machine learning and autonomous underwater robotics will be combined with existing data to provide a step-changes in predictive habitat mapping approaches to expand species and biodiversity observations from local to basin-scales. Ecological timeseries, including innovative palaeoceanographic and genomic reconstructions, will provide an unprecedented view of the impacts of climate change on Atlantic ecosystems. Assessment of the impact of multiple stressors will identify key drivers of ecosystem change and tipping points. New data will come from 12 carefully selected regions in the deep sea and open ocean that are of international conservation significance and of interest to Blue Economy and Blue Growth sectors. Innovative and efficient data handling and data publishing approaches will establish a better integrated Atlantic Ocean observation data community. Capacity and cooperation between science, industry and policymakers bordering the Atlantic will be boosted by joint multi-disciplinary research cruises, enhanced S Atlantic monitoring arrays, scientific training events, iAtlantic Fellowships and industry focussed workshops. Results will be used to stimulate dialogue with stakeholders and critically assess current ocean governance frameworks generating increased capacity for Marine Spatial Planning and enabling Blue Growth scenarios to be rapidly evaluated.

European Commission - Horizon 2020 Programme - H2020-BG-2018-2

FUNDACAO UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO ITAJAI (BR); UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE (ZA); UNIVERSIDADE DE SAO PAULO (BR); UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL (ZA); CONSEJO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFÍCAS Y TÉCNICAS (AR); Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (BR); NELSON MANDELA UNIVERSITY (ZA); UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA CATARINA (BR); UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN (ZA); NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION (ZA)

Research Grant

EU contribution EUR 10 631 224

Measuring the impact of climate change on the Atlantic

https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/818123/results

Current or in progress

ending 31 May 2023

https://www.iatlantic.eu/

Murray.Roberts@ed.ac.uk

The main ambition of AANChOR is to promote the implementation of the South Atlantic Research and Innovation Flagship initiative and the Belém Statement (BS), signed by the EU, Brazil and South Africa in 2017, to upscale research and innovation cooperation within the Atlantic basin, from Antarctica to the Arctic. AANChOR will pursue this ambition by providing the EC and the BS Implementation Committee (to be established by signatories of the Statement) with a framework to identify and contribute to the implementation of concrete long-term collaborative activities, reinforcing international cooperation between Europe and tropical and South Atlantic countries and connecting with the challenges and research needs of the North Atlantic Ocean. AANChOR will be responsible for launching a multi-stakeholder platform to identify collaborative activities, building on national and international ongoing initiatives such as the All Atlantic Ocean Research Alliance and addressing activities aimed at reinforcing capacity building, promoting academia-industry knowledge transfer for an enhanced ocean innovation, developing common standards, enhancing citizen awareness and ocean literacy and converging and aligning R&I infrastructure initiatives. To contribute to the implementation of the identified joint activities, AANChOR will provide seed money for the first development stages of selected joint pilot actions and support the identification of the most appropriate existing funding mechanisms and tools for further development of the selected activities. AANChOR will also define long term measures for the sustainability of the cooperation framework beyond the lifetime of the CSA. Recognizing the evolving nature of the BS implementation, flexibility has been incorporated into the structure of the CSA allowing its activities adjustment wherever needed. The consortium brings together partners from 5 European Countries, 2 Latin American countries and 2 African countries.

European Commission - Horizon 2020 Programme - H2020-BG-2018-1

EU contribution EUR 3 995 892,50

ocean research and technology

Current or in progress

30 September 2022

https://allatlanticocean.org/main

The overall objective of AquaVitae is to increase aquaculture production in and around the Atlantic Ocean in a sustainable way by developing new and emerging low trophic species and by optimising production in existing aquaculture value chains. The value chains that AquaVitae will focus on include macroalgae production, integrated multi-trophic aquaculture, and production of new echinoderm species as well as existing shellfish and finfish species. A series of cross-cutting Work Packages (WPs) will include research on biosensors, Internet of Things (IoT), product characteristics, consumer attitudes, market potential, sustainability, environmental monitoring, risk assessment, analysis of value chains, profitability, and other socioeconomic aspects. AquaVitae will contribute to various policy dialogues and produce briefs on policy and governance issues. The AquaVitae consortium consists of 36 full partners from Europe and countries bordering the Atlantic Ocean, in addition to an Industry Reference group, a Policy Advice Group, and an External Advisory Group. AquaVitae supports extensive communication and outreach activities, employs a multi-actor approach to ensure stakeholder engagement in all phases of the project, and will set up a durable aquaculture industry and research network around the Atlantic Ocean. Industry partners are present in all case studies, and they have a special responsibility for exploitation and commercialization of the project research results and outcomes. AquaVitae will have a lasting impact on society through the introduction of new species, and through the development of new processes and products based on a circular economy / zero waste approach with improved sustainability. AquaVitae will produce Good Practice standards, facilitate industry apprenticeship and student exchange, support extensive training programs for industry, academia, and the public, and contribute to the implementation of the EU-Brazil-South Africa Belém Statement.

European Commission - Horizon 2020 Programme - H2020-BG-2018-2

EU contribution EUR 8 000 000

Sustainable and innovative aquaculture across the Atlantic Ocean

Current or in progress

30 November 2023

https://aquavitaeproject.eu/

MISSION ATLANTIC develops and systematically applies Atlantic Integrated Ecosystem Assessments (IEAs). IEAs enable identification of ecosystem components most at risk from natural hazards and the consequences of human activities. The project employs all available information on those sources, the pressures they impose and the ecosystem components are affected, to identify the most important risk factors influencing sustainable development. IEAs are developed at basin and regional scales, using a nested approach with key case study (CS) areas including sub-Arctic and Tropical regions in the Atlantic Ocean. To support IEAs we map, model and assess Atlantic Ocean ecosystems including resilience and responses to cumulative pressures. Regional indicators are provided for both pelagic and benthic components, using existing and new data from monitoring programs, including information from new glider technology. Coupled end-to-end physical-biological models are developed and validated at the basin scale to simulate ecosystem dynamics, defining new biogeographical regions and resolving connectivity between CSs. Ecosystem state indicators are then evaluated under four future climate projections of the models, to identify future risks of crossing identified tipping points into undesirable ecosystem states. In support of the Bélem Statement, the project brings together scientists, managers and stakeholders from Brazil, S.Africa and the EU as well as US & Canada. Regional stakeholder platforms are established to support the IEAs and the interactions between researchers, industries, policy makers and authorities across the Atlantic. The platforms are delivered via partners with recognized experience in "science to governance" interfacing. Training and professional development opportunities across the Atlantic are provided via mobility, PhD and MsC programmes building around IEA theory and using an adaptive e-learning platform and examples to ensure programme legacy.

European Commission - Horizon 2020 Programme - H2020-BG-2019-2

UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN (ZA); UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA CATARINA (BR); HAFRANNSOKNASTOFNUN, RANNSOKNA- OG RADGJAFARSTOFNUN HAFS OG VATNA (IC); UNIVERSIDADE DE SAO PAULO (BR); SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE (ZA);

Research Grant

EU contribution EUR 11 501 717,50

Climate projections of the models to identify future risks

https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/862428/results

Current or in progress

31 August 2025

https://missionatlantic.eu/

pat@aqua.dtu.dk

The ambition of AtlantECO is to develop and apply a novel, unifying framework for providing knowledge-based resources to design policies, support decisions making and engage with citizens to encourage responsible behaviour to manage the Atlantic system and protect its Ecosystem Services (ES) provision. The aim of AtlantECO is to determine the structure and function of Atlantic microbiome in the context of ocean circulation and presence of pollutants, e.g. plastics, to assess its role in driving the dynamics of Atlantic ecosystems at basin and regional scales; its potential of being used as a sensor of ecosystem state and the mechanisms by which it drives the provision of 5ES. This is key to improve our predictions on future provision of ES in the basin and to favour the establishment of a sustainable Blue Growth strategy for an All-Atlantic community. To realise this vision, AtlantECO has four objectives which are to 1) Assess dynamics of Atlantic marine ecosystems, their ES provision and the interplay of both with socio-economic activities; 2 increase knowledge and data on microbiomes, plastics, the plastisphere and carbon fluxes that support ecosystems at basin scale using best practices and integrative sampling strategies, novel genomics, imaging and biogeochemical methods, bioinformatics and modelling approaches; 3) Assess and predict the cumulative impacts of multiple stressors on ecosystem status and dynamics and ES provision, identifying their drivers and role on tipping points, assessing their changes in recovery of ecosystem structures, functions and services, and developing eco-socio-economic models to predict future trajectories and 4) Deploy a systemic strategy to build capacity and transfer knowledge for a seamless engagement between science, industry, policy, and society. To achieve these objectives AtlantECO brings together experts and pioneers from Europe, South America and South Africa with the relevant resources, knowledge and experience.

European Commission, Horizon 2020 Programme - H2020-BG-2019-2

EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZUERICH (CH); UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SAO CARLOS (BR); UNIVERSIDADE DE SAO PAULO (BR); UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA (ZA); UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN (ZA); UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA CATARINA (BR); SINTEF AS (NO); COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH (ZA); UNIVERSITAET BERN; UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DA BAHIA (BR); UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE (BR)

Research Grant

EU contribution EUR 10 925 660,13

The role of the Atlantic microbiome in driving the dynamics of Atlantic ecosystems

https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/862923/results

Current or in progress

31 August 2024

https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/862923

iudicone@szn.it

The objective of the EU-Africa Research and Innovation Partnership on FNSSA s to overcome fragmentation of efforts, mobilise knowledge (new and traditional) to sustain innovation processes and establish a jointly funded long-term partnership.

European Commission (DG Research and Innovation, DG Agriculture, DG International Partnerships), African Union Commission

Institutions in EU Member Countries and Associated Countries and AU Member Countries

Research and Innovation Actions, Coordination and Support Actions, Innovation Actions

Total funding mobilised from 2016-2020: 390 million Euros

Food Systems (Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture) and Bioeconomy

Impacts of research, innovation and capacity building are often only recognizable in the long term, but in the short and medium term can be measured through creation of new technologies, services and products. Most of the projects are still ongoing and have not yet produced records of specific outputs. Many of the projects are applying a multi-actor approach. They combine the knowledge systems of scientists, advisors, farmers and other food systems actors in creation, execution and implementation of results. They are addressing challenges within a regional, national or local context, if successfully implemented, they have potential to contribute towards increased knowledge, and to stimulate local and scaled-up innovation processes. Considering, in addition that the projects align with global developmental challenges such as addressing poverty, hunger and malnutrition, combating the effects of climate change and conserving biological resources. The projects have the potential for generating technologies and solutions with relevance and potential for uptake in LDCs in Africa and other partner countries. Further facilitation of adoption and use of outputs from research and innovation initiatives in the partnership will be supported by a new innovation initiative towards improvements in agricultural eco-productivity, enterprise development in food systems.

Current or in progress

The ten year roadmap 2016-2026 is in implementation: https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/default/files/research_and_innovation/strategy_on_research_and_innovation/documents/eu-africa_roadmap_fnssa.pdf

Partnership website: https://ec.europa.eu/info/research-and-innovation/strategy/strategy-2020-2024/europe-world/international-cooperation/eu-africa-cooperation/partnership-food-and-nutrition-security-and-sustainable-agriculture-fnssa_en Partnership project database: https://library.wur.nl/WebQuery/leap4fnssa-projects?q=*

EC, DG Research and Innovation: Hans-Joerg.Lutzeyer@ec.europa.eu