Bavaria-Africa News

The Scientific Coordination Office (WKS) Bavaria-Africa of BayFOR together with the Representation of the Free State of Bavaria to the European Union, cordially invite you to the “Cooperation Lounge Africa-Europe: Science meets Politics" on 10 and 11 December 2024 in Brussels.

The aim of the event is to strengthen science diplomacy in the context of African-European cooperation in research and innovation. We are excited to welcome representatives from academic and research institutions, the private sector, civil society organisations, foundations, and political entities from both African and European countries to connect and exchange opportunities and challenges of international research cooperation between Bavaria, Europe and Africa.

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The University of Applied Sciences Weihenstephan-Triesdorf and the Bavarian Research Alliance (BayFOR) are organising an online workshop are organising an online workshop on "Funding Opportunities in ERASMUS+" on 24 October 2024. The event is aimed at staff from Bavarian and African higher education institutions as well as their international network partners in the Global South who are interested in or have experience in setting up and developing international cooperation projects in higher education.

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Under the title ‘Reconfigurations in Africa - and in African Studies’ this year’s conference of the VAD will take place in Bayreuth from September 30 to October 2, 2024. The Scientific Coordination Office (WKS) Bavaria-Africa of BayFOR participates at the conference with an information stand and provides information on funding opportunities for international research and innovation projects in a lunch talk session.

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In recent years, African-Bavarian research and innovation collaborations have been increasingly promoted. How equal are these partnerships? How can international cooperation projects be successfully realised together? The Scientific Coordination Office Bavaria-Africa (WKS) invites you to the Cooperation Lounge Africa - Bavaria in Munich to discuss precisely these questions and to connect with interested stakeholders.

In cooperation with the "Pan-African Institute of Research and Innovation" (PIRI), the Scientific Coordination Office Bavaria-Africa is organising an online workshop on 4 June 2024 on academic freedom in the context of international research projects with African and European participation. Interested parties from universities, universities of applied sciences, research institutions, politics and civil society organisations are invited to discuss the challenges of academic freedom in international cooperations.

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On 11 April 2024, eight young researchers met at the Bavarian Research Alliance in Munich for the kick-off event of the ‘Early Career Scholarship Programme’.

The Scientific Coordination Office (WKS) Bavaria-Africa supports Early-Career-Researchers with funds of the Bavarian State Chancellery to initiate and perform research in African countries and build international networks.