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| Title | Teaming-up for exploiting e-Infrastructures’ potential to boost RTDI in Africa |
| Grant Agreement Number | 312582 |
| Funding Programmes | FP7 |
| Dates | 01/11/2012 - 31/10/2014 |
| Project URL | http://ei4africa.eu |
| Scientific Domain |
e-Infrastructures |
| Type Of Project | CSA |
| Abstract | The eI4Africa project aims to boost the research, technological development and innovation (RTDI) potential of African e-Infrastructures and to support policy dialogues and Euro-African cooperation in the framework of the Joint Africa-EU Strategic Partnership on 'trade, regional integration and infrastructures' (JAES Partnership #3) as well as the Joint Africa-EU Strategic Partnership on 'science, information society and space' (JAES Partnership #8). Specifically, the eI4Africa project seeks to achieve the following main objectives: - Define and implement a structured multi-channel outreach strategy to support the development of African national and regional research and education networks (NRENs/RENs), build cooperation between Euro-African NRENs, RENs and user communities, raise awareness at policy level on the benefits and value of research and education networks, and promote and strengthen Euro-African collaborative research on e-Infrastructures and their applications; - Produce a state-of-the-art study of e-Infrastructure application uptake in Africa to identify who are early adopters of e-Infrastructures (providers) and which user communities are early beneficiaries (consumers) of e-Infrastructures; - Select existing flagship demonstrations from other continents and illustrate their relevance to the African context in order to stimulate policy dialogue on e-Infrastructures; - Stimulate targeted policy and regulatory discussions, including (but not limited to) cross-border connectivity and affordable access to infrastructure by organising awareness raising flagship African e-Infrastructure application demonstrations. The project Consortium consists of 9 partners with significant experience of ICT policies in Europe and Africa and Africa-EU S&T/ICT/Infrastructures cooperation. It is capable of significantly impacting the expansion of Euro-African e-Infrastructures in close liaison with the EC/AUC and in partnership with key stakeholders in the field. |
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Coordinator
(Organisation name and Country) |
SIGMA ORIONIS SA, France |
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Partners
(Organisation name and Country) |
KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET, Sweden THE UBUNTUNET ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION NETWORKING, Netherlands BRUNEL UNIVERSITY, United Kingdom COMETA CONSORZIO MULTI ENTE PER LAPROMOZIONE E L ADOZIONE DI TECNOLOGIE DI CALCOLO AVANZATO, Italy DAR ES SALAAM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Tanzania, Republic of KIGALI INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Rwanda |
