National Participation in FP7 - Ghana
The Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation was a beneficiary under the IST-Africa Initiative from 2011 - 2013. As part of its ongoing IST-Africa activities MESTI circulated updates on open Calls for Proposals as they are available, encourages the research community to explore these opportunities for international research projects and promotes the research centres during international meetings.
Up to November 2013 Ghana has successfully secured participation in 43 projects in FP7. This is broken down thematically into: ICT (3 projects), Environment (6 projects), Health (17 projects), IDEAS (1 project), INCO (2 projects), Food Agriculture and Biotechnology (KBBE) (6 projects), NMP (1 project), People (1 project), Space (2 projects) and SSH (4 projects). Up to September 2013, Ghanan organisations had secured €8.2 million in funding under FP7.
As at 31 December 2013, the following projects are now complete:
- ICT:DIGITALWORLD 2008 - 2009 (One Village Foundation) Coordination and support action, FLOSSINCLUDE 2008 - 2010 (Ghana India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence In ICT- Advanced Information Technology Institute) Coordination and support action;
- Environment: AEGOS 2008 - 2011 (Geological Survey Department) Coordination and support action, IWWA 2010 - 2012 (Zoom Domestic Waste Services Limited & Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Kumasi & Centre for Environment Impacts Analysis Ltd) Coordination and support action, QWECI 2010 - 2013 (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Kumasi) Collaborative project; WASHTECH 2011 - 2013 (Training, Research and Networking For Development LBG & Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Kumasi) Collaborative project;
- Health: BURULIVAC 2010 - 2013 (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Kumasi) Collaborative project, MONITORING MEDICINES 2009 - 2013 (University of Ghana) Coordination and support action;
- INCO : CAAST - NET 2008 - 2012 (Ministry of Education, Sports and Science & Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) Coordination and support action;
- NMP : CAPWA 2010 - 2013 (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Kumasi) Collaborative project;
- Space: EAMNET 2010 - 2013 (University of Ghana) Coordination and support action, SAGA - EO 2010 - 2012 (Ghana Meteorological Agency) Coordination and support action;
- SSH : MAFE 2008 - 2012 (University of Ghana) Collaborative project;
As at 31 December 2013, twenty-eight projects are still running:
- ICT:IST - Africa Initiative 2012 - 2013 (Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology) Support action;
- Environment:CLIMAFRICA 2010 - 2014 (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Crops Research Institute Food Research Institute of Industrial Research) Collaborative project,
- Health:AFRICA BUILD 2011 - 2014 (University of Ghana) Coordination and support action, APARET 2011 - 2014 (University of Ghana & Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Kumasi) Coordination and support action, CHEPSAA 2011 - 2015 (University of Ghana) Coordination and support action, E PIAF 2010 - 2014 (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Kumasi) Collaborative project, HEALTH INC. 2011 - 2014 (University of Ghana) Collaborative project, IDAMS 2011 - 2016 (Indepth Network) Collaborative project, INTREC 2012 - 2015 (Indepth Network) Coordination and support action, MASCOT 2011 - 2014 (University of Ghana) Coordination and support action, OPTIMUNISE 2011 - 2016 (Ghana Health Service & Indepth Network) Collaborative project, PERFORM 2011 - 2015 (University of Ghana) Collaborative project, QUALMAT 2009 - 2014 (Ghana Health Service) Collaborative project, RODAM 2012 - 2014 (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Kumasi & University of Ghana) Collaborative project, STOPENTERICS 2010 - 2015 (University of Ghana) Collaborative project, THESCHISTOVAC 2010 - 2014 (University of Ghana) Collaborative project, T - REC 2011 - 2015 (Ministry of Health) Coordination and support action;
- IDEAS:GENINVADE 2012 - 2017 (University of Ghana) ERC Advanced Grant;
- INCO:CAAST - NETPLUS 2013 - 2016 (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research & Association of African Universities) Coordination and support action;
- KBBE : AFTER 2010 - 2014 (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Crops Research Institute Food Research Institute of Industrial Research) Collaborative project, BIOWASTE4SP 2012 - 2015 (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) SICA, GRATITUDE 2012 - 2014 (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Crops Research Institute Food Research Institute of Industrial Research & St.Baasa Ghana Limited & Caltech Ventures Ltd & Social Development and Improvement Agency LBG) Collaborative project, OH - NEXTGEN 2011 - 2015 (University of Ghana) Coordination and support action, PROTEINSECT 2013 - 2016 (Fish for Africa - Ghana Limited by Guarantee) SICA, SECUREFISH 2012 - 2014 (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Crops Research Institute Food Research Institute of Industrial Research) Collaborative project;
- People:BAFADIA 2013 - (University of Ghana) International incoming fellowships (Return phase);
- SSH : NOPOOR 2012 - 2017 (The Ghana Center for Democratic Development LBG) Collaborative project, RURBANAFRICA 2012 - 2016 (University of Ghana) Collaborative project;
European Coordinators included: Bernhard-Nocht-Institut fuer Tropenmedizin, Germany (2 projects); Universitaetsklinikum Heidelberg, Germany (2 projects); Association of Commonwealth Universities, United Kingdom (2 projects); Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom (2 projects); London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom (2 projects); and with one project each : Prins Leopold Instituut Voor Tropische Geneeskunde, Belgium; Københavns Universitet, Denmark; Statens Serum Institut, Denmark; Teknologisk Institut, Denmark; Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres, France; Centre de Cooperation International en Recherche Agronomique pour le Developpement, France; Geie eRCIM, France; Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement, France; Institut National d'etudes Demographiques, France; Institut Pasteur, France; Thales Alenia Space France, France; Verein zur Foerderung Des Technologietransfers an Der Hochschule Bremerhaven e.V., Germany; IIMC International Information Management Corporation Limited, Ireland; Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici Scarl, Italy; Academisch Medisch Centrum Bij de Universiteit van Amsterdam, Netherlands; Academisch Ziekenhuis Leiden - Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum, Netherlands; Kema Nederland Bv, Netherlands; Stichting IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre, Netherlands; Universiteit Maastricht, Netherlands; Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain; Stiftelsen Who Collaborating Centre for International Drug Monitoring, Sweden; Umea Universitet, Sweden; Council on Health Research for Development Association, Switzerland; London School of economics and Political Science, United Kingdom; Medical Research Council, United Kingdom; Plymouth Marine Laboratory, United Kingdom; The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, United Kingdom; The University of edinburgh, United Kingdom; The University of Liverpool, United Kingdom; University of Greenwich, United Kingdom and University of Surrey, United Kingdom.
One hundred and ninety five (195) European and Associated Country organisations partnered with Ghana organisations in successful FP7 projects. This provides a signfiicant network for future collaboration under Horizon 2020. The most prominent organisations that were involved in multiple projects included: Schweizerisches Tropen- und Public Health-Institut, Switzerland (5 projects); Prins Leopold Instituut Voor Tropische Geneeskunde, Belgium (4 projects); Københavns Universitet, Denmark (4 projects); Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement, France (4 projects); Universitaetsklinikum Heidelberg, Germany (4 projects); World Health Organization, Switzerland (4 projects); Centre de Cooperation International en Recherche Agronomique pour le Developpement, France (3 projects); Karolinska Institutet, Sweden (3 projects); Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom (3 projects); London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom (3 projects) and The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford, United Kingdom (3 projects). The full list of all European partner organisations is available in a complementary IST-Africa study entitled "Guide to Bilateral & Multilateral Cooperation Agreements Supporting ICT/STI-related Activities in IST-Africa Partner Countries, January 2014, ISBN: 978-1-905824-42-7.
