EU-African R&D Cooperation

A Workshop on European-African R&D projects for bridging the digital divide

eLearning Africa 2006
May 24, 2006, 10:00h - 18:00h
UNCC - United Nations Conference Centre
Menelik II Ave. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

http://www.eLearning-Africa.com

The workshop will address the following topics

Focus of the morning session

• Relevant aspects of the 6th and 7th EU R&D Framework Programmes
• how to manage the consortium building process and submit successfully a proposal to the European Commission
• how to forge consortia on two or three continents;
• how to manage a European Commission funded R&D project from an African point of view;
• what have been the challenges, solutions, achievements and lessons learnt so far

Focus of the afternoon session:

• Two more project presentations
• Panel and Plenary discussion
• EU-African R&D programme: project proposal evaluation criteria
• Presentation and discussion of project ideas from the participants

At the end of this workshop participants will:

• have gained insights into the European Commission „Information Society Technologies“ and R&D programmes;
• be aware about the funding opportunities for African institutions and corporations offered under the new Euro-African partnership strategy framework;
• have gained authentic information from existing European-African R&D projects;
• have discussed their own possible contributions for future European-African R&D projects with European R&D stakeholders.