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We are delighted to present the inaugural edition of the Bavaria-Africa Bulletin!
At the Scientific Coordination Office Bavaria-Africa, part of the Bavarian Research Alliance (BayFOR), our mission is to foster and deepen collaboration between stakeholders in Bavaria and Africa within the realm of research and innovation. We are dedicated to offering comprehensive support for identifying suitable funding sources and preparing project proposals for European or national funding programs that encourage the involvement of African stakeholders.
Our quarterly newsletter serves as a crucial bridge, concisely summarizing ongoing project calls across a wide range of fields, including health, social sciences, STEM, and environmental sciences. Furthermore, we are committed to keeping you informed about upcoming events within these areas of interest. In each edition, we shine a spotlight on a collaborative project that brings together Bavarian and African partners and showcases the remarkable work of these project teams.
We invite you to stay curious and embrace the knowledge and insights offered by our Bavaria-Africa Bulletin.
If you have any suggestions or questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to us, and we encourage you to share our newsletter with your network. They can subscribe to our Bavaria-Africa Bulletin here.
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Your team of the Scientific Coordination Office Bavaria-Africa
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Horizon Europe
EU-African Union cooperation on agroforestry management for climate change adaptation and mitigation
HORIZON-CL6-2024-FARM2FORK-01-10The call seeks to enhance data related to agroforestry's impact, improve agroforestry management, build capacity for evaluation of, and strengthen the agroforestry innovation ecosystem in the AU. It emphasises a multi-actor approach involving various stakeholders and collaboration with related projects to promote sustainable agroforestry practices. Deadline 22/02/2024 Read more
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Horizon Europe
EU-African Union – towards climate-neutral, social just fair trade food systems
HORIZON-CL6-2024-FARM2FORK-01-11
The selected projects shall improve assessment systems for sustainable food trade, provide data and recommendations for Non-Tariff-Measures (NTMs), and offer solutions for food trade and border regime management. It encompasses various research aspects related to the climate-neutral and fair food supply, the impacts of food supply on climate, biodiversity, and society, and the modelling of NTMs for intra-African and EU-AU trade relations. Deadline 22/02/2024 Read more
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International Climate Protection FellowshipAre you engaged in climate protection or resource conservation in a non-European developing or transition country? Apply for an International Climate Protection Fellowship by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. If you're a prospective leader, embark on a one-year research project in Germany; for postdocs, engage in long-term academic research (12-24 months) focusing on climate change, adaptation strategies, ecosystem preservation, sustainable use of seas, oceans, or related sustainability topics. Deadline 01/02/2024 Read more
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ERASMUS+
Erasmus+ Key Action 2 is a crucial component of the Erasmus+ program, focusing on strategic partnerships in education, training, and youth. It aims to support cooperation and innovation among organisations to improve the quality of education and enhance internationalisation. It funds various forms of exchanges and capacity-building initiatives in different thematic areas, from digital skills, entrepreneurship to civil engagement and more. Deadline February 2024 Read more
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Excellence Lab Erasmus+
The Bavarian Research Alliance (BayFOR) will host an online workshop titled "Excellence Lab: Funding Opportunities in ERASMUS+ Key Action 2 for Capacity Building in the African and European Higher Education System". This workshop is the ideal platform for preparing an ERASMUS+ project application: It provides a basic introduction to the funding instrument ERASMUS+ and then focuses on the special requirements and challenges of an application. Date: 16/11/2023 Location: Online Read more |
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ENRICH in Africa Congress
The event will bring together various stakeholders from African and European innovation ecosystems. The primary focus will be on discussions about our shared future in innovation cooperation. As it is a hybrid event, you can join in person or virtually. Date: 21/11/2023 Location: Brussels & Online Read more |
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Implementing the AU-EU Innovation Agenda - Intellectual Property Rights
The event's focus is to share the insights and outcomes of the AU-EU Innovation Festival and Stakeholder Event with a broad audience and delve into intellectual property rights (IPR) and its future cooperation within the AU-EU context. Date: 28/11/2023 Location: Online Read more |
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OFF-GRID
Expo+Conference 2023
The three-day event is an excellent opportunity to gain the newest insights about off-grid solar, wind, hydropower systems and self-sufficient power supply sector solutions. Initially launched as a workshop, it has become a great networking event. Date: 6.-8/12/2023 Location: Augsburg, Germany Read more |
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News from the Bavarian Office for Africa
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Celebration of the German Unity Day
The 33rd German Unity Day celebration, organized by the Bavarian Office for Africa in cooperation with the German Embassy in Addis Ababa, ended with a success with over 1,500 attendees, including prominent Ethiopian ministers, Ambassadors and diplomats, African Union and European Union delegates, and distinguished guests from the private sector. The event featured a Bavarian beer garden and traditional Bavarian dishes. Moreover, the event included speeches by the German Ambassador to Ethiopia, the head of the African Department at the Bavarian State Chancellery, and the Ethiopian Minister of Finance and presentations by the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Menschen für Menschen, and bbw. Read more |
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Learning Lions
Learning Lions is a social enterprise founded in 2014, that provides digital training and empowerment programs for youth in East Africa. Through support from the Bavarian State Chancellery, it equips young people from remote regions with IT skills and thus creates opportunities for the local youth and addresses challenges faced by the region’s impoverished communities. The Free State of Bavaria has contributed over 1.2 million Euros in two phases for the construction of the Start-up Lions Campus, situated in the rural town of Loropio at the shores of Lake Turkana in Kenya. Through an integrative approach, the project impacts the lives of many within the local communities and beyond, while marking key milestones in the field of digital education. Read more |
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In each newsletter issue, we present a research or innovation project from our Stakeholder Map with Bavarian and African participation.
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African-Bavarian Alliance for Applied Life Sciences
The African-Bavarian Alliance for Applied Life Sciences is a project directed by Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Scienes (HSWT) and funded by the Bavarian State. The goal is to establish a network between the HSWT and partner institutions from Ethiopia, Senegal, Tunisia and South Africa (Gauteng & Western Cape). The Alliance is intended as a lively exchange platform for practice-based teaching in the life sciences. More information |
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Interested in discovering more research and innovation projects between Africa and Bavaria? Or do you wish to showcase your research and innovation project between Africa and Bavaria? We invite you to visit Stakeholder Map Bavaria-Afrika
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