FP7 Projects Focused on Cooperation with Sub-Saharan Africa
These are some examples of projects funded under FP7, which are focused on cooperation with Sub-Saharan Africa.
IST-Africa - Regional Impact of Information Society Technologies in Africa
IST-Africa is a multi-stakeholder initiative focused on closing the digital divide in Africa and building co-operation opportunities between African and European researchers. Funded as a Specific Support Action, the consortium of IST-Africa (2008 - 2009) consisted of partners from Ireland, Malta, Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Uganda and United Republic of Tanzania. During 2008 - 2009 IST-Africa will focus on raising wider awareness of African research capacity, promote participation of African organizations in the ICT Theme of FP7 (FP7-ICT) and identify co-operation opportunities in fields of mutual interest. The goal is to increase visibility of mutual RTD potential and network relevant European and African stakeholders.
6DEPLOY
6DEPLOY is a Specific Support Action funded under FP7 to support the deployment of IPv6 in e-Infrastructure environments; FP7 projects; Developing countries (Africa, Latin America, Asia and Eastern Europe) and Industrial environments in Europe
Partners offer basic training to organisations in Europe and developing countries, and support real IPv6 deployments. 6DEPLOY continues the IPv6 training activities performed in the EC project 6DISS.
AIDA - Advancing ICT for DRM in Africa
The AIDA project aims at acquiring and sharing knowledge about affordable ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) solutions in Africa with the ambition to reduce the risk of natural disasters and to improve the capacity to respond to disasters. This project was funded as a SICA under FP7-ICT-Call 2. It commenced in June 2008 and will run until May 2010 with partners from Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Mali, Netherlands, Nigeria, South Africa, Switzerland and Tanzania.
BELIEF II - Bringing Europe's eLectronic Infrastructures to Expanding Frontiers
BELIEF II is funded under FP7 Research Infrastructures and this phase of the project commenced in April 2008 with partners from Brazil, Greece, Italy, India, United Kingdom and South Africa.
BELIEF promotes and supports the development and the exploitation of e-Infrastructures in the world (particularly in Europe, India, Latin America and South Africa), coordinates the communication of results, fosters and supports the exchange of contacts and the flow of information between the European projects and the e-Infrastructures users.
CAAST-NET
CAAST-NET is an INCO-NET (2008 - 2011) funded under the FP7 Capacities programme, with the goal of promoting improved cooperation in science and technology between Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa. The CAAST-Net Consortium is made up of eighteen organisations - ten from Africa and eight from the European Union.
DigitalWorld Forum
Digital World Forum on Accessible and Inclusive ICT is a FP7 European project focusing on the use of ICT to leverage economic development in Africa and Latin America. Providing minimal services (health, education, business, government, etc.) to rural communities and under-privileged populations is of major importance to improve people lives, and to sustain development. Using ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies) would be the easiest and possibly only way to develop and deploy those services.
ESASTAP II - European - South Africa Science and Technology Advancement Programme
ESASTAP II (www.esastap.org.za ) is a Bilateral coordination project (2008 - 2011) for the enhancement of S&T cooperation delivered by South African Department of Science and Technology. It focuses on FP7 Participation, Networks and Partnerships and S&T Cooperation
EuroAfrica-ICT - Connecting the EU, sub-Saharan Africa and Caribbean for ICT partnerships
EuroAfrica-ICT aims to promote and support the development of strategic cooperation on ICT research between Europe and sub-Saharan Africa and between Europe and the Caribbean.
FlossInclude
FLOSSInclude project aims to strengthen Europe's participation in international research in FLOSS and open standards, by studying what is needed to increase the deployment, development and societal impact of FLOSS in Africa, Asia & Latin America.
IRMA - Integrated Risk Management for Africa
The IRMA project aims to demonstrate the effectiveness of ICT applications to deal with major disasters and the possibly resulting humanitarian crisis by integrating the whole disaster management chain from assessment to recovery. This will be realized by the integration of existing tools adapted to the regional specificities with new developments addressing the issue of multiple combined vulnerabilities. The general architecture of IRMA is "system of systems" based drawing from the results of the WIN and ORCHESTRA Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), it will ensure interoperability with INSPIRE and the merging UNSDI with the view to benefit from both EU and UN current and future services. This project was funded as a SICA under FP7-ICT-Call 2. It commenced in June 2008 and will run until May 2011, with partners Belgium, Cameroon, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Morocco, Mozambique, Senegal and South Africa. The partners from Mozambique include UTICT, Insituto Nacional de Gestao de Calamidades and Insituto Nacional de Meteorologia.
PAEPARD - Platform for African-European Partnership on Agricultural Research for Development
PAEPARD aims to mobilize African and European resources to achieve the objectives of the African Union/ NEPAD CAADP and the EU Strategy for Africa as it relates to agricultural research for development. As well as enhancing collaboration among the European and African agricultural research stakeholders, it will also increase the number and efficiency of joint research projects for African ARD aimed at achieving the MDGs, to be financed through FP7 (2007-2013), EDF10 (2008-2012) and Food Security Thematic Program (FSTP).
HEALTH NCP-NET - CA for Reinforcing the Health National Contact Points Network
HEALTH NCP-NET is a Coordination Action (2008 - 2012) focusing on Improve Health NCP and ICPC-CP service under FP7 with a view to improving the quality of submitted proposals under the Health Theme of FP7.
INCONTACT - Trans-National Co-operation Among NCPs for International Cooperation
INCONTACT (2008 - 2010) aims to develop a platform to stimulate closer co-operation among INCO NCPs, transfer experience between INCO-NCPs and from ERA-Net, and form a dynamic and active network between European INCO NCPs and 3rd country NCPs.
