How do we scale up Africa-Europe academic and scientific cooperation?

Eksten, R. (Organiser)
Björkman, P. (Invited speaker)
Aryeetey Ernest (Invited speaker)
Martin Melin (Invited speaker)
Cecilia Christersson (Invited speaker)
Caroline Sundberg (Organiser)
Stephen Hwang (Invited speaker)
Abdellah Abarkan (Invited speaker)
Adipala Ekwamu (Invited speaker)
Jonas Ewald (Invited speaker)
Fadila Boughanemi (Invited speaker)
Sara Gräslund (Chair)
Pär Svensson (Contributor)

Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation of workshop/ seminar/ course

Period	2022 Feb 4
Event type	Seminar
Location	Brussels, BelgiumShow on map
Degree of Recognition	International

Free keywords

Africa
Horizon Europe
Lärosäten Syd
EU-Africa

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In the European Commission’s policy communication towards a comprehensive strategy with Africa, it proposes that the EU partners with Africa to rapidly enhance learning, knowledge and skills, research and innovation capacities, and that it scales up EU-Africa academic and scientific cooperation with a view to creating a knowledge society and economy. The role of universities and the capacities for African and European researchers to cooperate will be vital to deliver on this challenge. The universities that make up the network of Universities in South Sweden all have long-standing collaborations with African partners and a clear and strategic ambition to deepen these ties. This event will present some examples of our current work and it will create a space for discussion on what are the shared needs and ambitions of European and African universities. The event will also hear the thoughts of the European Commission on the future of EU-Africa cooperation through instruments such as Horizon Europe, in the wake of the EU-AU summit that will set out the joint strategy for the years ahead.