Building a Long-Term Africa Union (AU) and European Union (EU) Research and Innovation joint collaboration on Sustainable Renewable Energies
Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
Horizon Europe is the European Union (EU) funding programme for the period 2021 – 2027, which targets the sectors of research and innovation. The programme’s budget is around € 95.5 billion, of which € 5.4 billion is from NextGenerationEU to stimulate recovery and strengthen the EU’s resilience in the future, and € 4.5 billion is additional aid.
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Call
Summary
The proposal will build on the achievements of the LEAP-RE project to strengthen and create a sustainable framework for cooperation.
The proposal will expand and provide support to the established community of researchers, industry, innovators and funding agencies involved in the partnership, and will seek to build links with other relevant R&D communities.
The activities will contribute to the development of human and institutional capacities and will transform the SA-EU R&I Partnership on Climate Change and Sustainable Energy into a long-term platform for collaboration.
Detailed Call Description
- Support the implementation of the AU-EU Innovation Agenda priority on Green Transition and the Global Gateway in Sub-Saharan Africa to increase investments in energy access;
- Analyse the impact of relevant EU-Africa research and innovation projects funded by the EU in the sustainable energy domain;
- Accelerate the translation of innovation into real-life outputs;
- Engagement of local communities across the African continent, in view of facilitating co-design, hybridisation and accelerated adoption of innovation; social sciences and humanities – including gender studies – is expected to play a key role;
- Develop human and institutional capacities on innovative sustainable energy through the creation of a sustainable network of experts and of science-based policymaking knowledge in synergy with existing activities of other AU and EU initiatives;
- Implement and push further clustering activities with all relevant on-going EU, national and regional funded projects, to enable stronger cross-projects co-operation, consultations and joint activities on cross-cutting issues;
- Provide support to the AU-EU Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Partnership of the AU-EU High Level Policy Dialogue on Science, Technology and Innovation, and other AU-EU policy agendas;
- Update strategic and joint research and innovation action roadmaps, implemented and defined in the project LEAP-RE (www.leap-re.eu) to the new ambitions for 2030 and 2050.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
100%
Expected EU contribution per project: €4.00 million
Thematic Categories
- Energy
- Environment and Climate Change
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Educational Institutions
- Legal Entities
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- Services Providers
- Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
- State-owned Enterprises
Eligibility For Participation Notes
If eligible for funding, legal entities established in the African Union member states[[“African Union member states” includes countries whose membership has been temporarily suspended]] may exceptionally participate in this Coordination and Support Action as beneficiary or affiliated entity.
In addition to the standard eligibility criteria, at least 40% of the beneficiaries must be established in African Union member states.
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Research and Innovation Foundation
Address: 29a Andrea Michalakopoulou, 1075 Nicosia, P.B. 23422, 1683 Nicosia
Telephone: +357 22205000
Fax: +357 22205001
Email: support@research.org.cy
Website: https://www.research.org.cy/en/
Persons to Contact:
Mr. Christakis Theocharous
Scientific Officer A’
Email: ctheocharous@research.org.cy
Mr. George Christou
Scientific Officer
Email: gchristou@research.org.cy