Welcome to the « Dashboard » of initiatives contributing to the implementation of the AU-EU Innovation Agenda!
The “Dashboard of initiatives” of the AU-EU Innovation Agenda represents a “living inventory” of projects, programmes, partnerships and scholarships officially recognised as contributing to the implementation of the AU-EU Innovation Agenda.
The aim of the Dashboard is to align as many initiatives as possible underneath the respective actions of the AU-EU Innovation Agenda to whose implementation they are contributing. This is expected to foster collaborations, leverage complementarities and catalyse potential synergies among initiatives with affinities in scope (thematically and geographically), aligned under the same action. This is hoped to generate a catalyst momentum for future initiatives and collaborations on the implementation of the AU-EU Innovation Agenda.
How can my initiative be included? Check the checklist!
A checklist of 10 criteria are to be considered, as defined in the “Toolkit for initiatives” of the Roadmap of the AU-EU Innovation Agenda.
Please note that all criteria should be fulfilled for your initiative to be considered for inclusion in the Dashboard.
- Alignment with one or multiple objectives of the AU-EU Innovation Agenda.
- Fall under one of the actions of the 4 thematic areas of the AU-EU cooperation in R&I (i.e. Public Health, Green Transition, Innovation & Technology and Capacities for Science) or the area of “Cross-cutting issues”, as they are defined in the AU-EU Innovation Agenda.
- Include an action plan and already one or more secured funding sources (i.e. project/programme/partnership or scholarship programme ready to start).
- Ensure AU-EU co-ownership, whether financial or in-kind, from conceptualisation to implementation and M&E of results. For research scholarships: ensure Africa-Europe co-ownership, whether financial or in-kind, from conceptualisation to implementation and M&E of results.
- When possible, catalyse synergies with other initiatives, triggering collaboration among multiple funders, or other scholarship schemes (e.g. AU, EU and beyond).
- Provide tangible/measurable socio-economic development, either directly or indirectly, in Africa and/or Europe (with clear economic, social and environmental Key Performance Indicators included in the programming).
- Include a clear sustainability component, with an action plan being foreseen also for the aftermath of the initiative or the scholarship programme (e.g. future training by those who were trained; measures to counteract talent drain).
- Aim for active local engagement and uptake of proposed innovative solutions. For research scholarships: entail research and/or curricular activities involving at least one African and/or one European institution.
- Empower youth and/or women and/or vulnerable groups [e.g. persons from disadvantaged socio-economic background and/or persons with disabilities and/or refugees and/or stigmatised/discriminated groups of people] and their entrepreneurship.
- Foresee a clear inclusive communication package (on project/programme/partnership action plan, results and impact; on scholarship scheme, beneficiaries and results) for the general public/civil society, at local level too.
What’s next?
If you think that your initiative aligns with all the above criteria, please submit your expression of interest by filling the application form here.
A dedicated Taskforce of the “Innovation Agenda Working Group of the AU-EU High-Level Policy Dialogue (HLPD) on STI” will regularly review the submissions received and propose, on a quarterly basis, an updated version of the Dashboard to be approved by the Bureau of AU-EU HLPD on STI. Following each approval, the most recent version of the Dashboard will be updated and published here.
Can my initiative be considered for the Dashboard even if it is funded by a different agent than the EU or the AU?
Yes! Please submit your expression of interest here.
Still have questions?
Please send us an email to: RTD-EU-AFRICA-HLPD-BUREAU@ec.europa.eu