Workshop Schedule

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

10:00h – 10:45h Introductory Lecture

Jacques Babot, Results of EU-African R&D projects under the 6th Framework Programme and the new opportunities for African participation at the forthcoming 7th Framework Programme.

10:45h – 11:15h

Prof. Jorn Braa, From a EU-African project manager perspective: How did we succeed with the EU-African project proposal for BEANISH? What are the R&D issues? How did we built our consortium with partners in Africa, Europe and Asia?

11:15h – 11:45h

Dr. Rahel Bekele, From the BEANISH project partner perspective: obstacles and highlights in implementing our eHealth project in Ethiopia.

11:45h – 12:30h

Dr. Nicolas.Balacheff, The European research network Kaleidoscope as an integrator of leading research in the scientific evolution of technology enhanced learning

12:30h – 13:00h

Defining key questions from the plenary with regards to the forthcoming EU R&D programmes and to the presented EU-African R&D projects, to be discussed in the afternoon session.

13:00h – 14:00h

Lunch

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

14:00h – 14:30h

Chris Morris, The EU-African IST project and how did we ensure that requirements and needs from an African perspective are taken up by the project.

14:30h – 15:00h

Mogotsa Moses Kewagamang, Conceptualizing and initiating a national eLearning competence center in Botswana

15:00h – 16:00h

Panel and plenary discussion of key issues and questions with regards to established EU-African R&D projects and the forthcoming R&D programmes

16:00h – 16:30h

Coffee Break

16:30h – 17:00h

Jacques Babot, What makes a good EU-African R&D proposal - evaluation criteria and cases

17:00h – 18:00h

Presentation and discussion of project ideas and concepts submitted by participants