The BEANISH initiative, which was formally a WITFOR (World Information Technology Forum) project, proposed by EU-African partners and IFIP (International Federation for Information Processing) has built upon an existing global R&D network called HISP (Health Information Systems Program). This initiative has involved various institutional actors (governments, universities, private sector and NGOs) to strengthen and extend an existing ‘Europe-Africa’ collaborative network to support the application and sharing of ICT application development so as to support cooperation, learning and innovation in mutually beneficial ways. The project focus was on organization of the WITFOR conference; strengthening of the HISP network by conducting case studies and sharing of best practices; establishing capacity building to enable sharing open source software development; supporting e-training. Website/Contact

Total EC Funding: 800 000 EUR

African Partner(s): Ministry of Communications, Science and Technology, Botswana/University of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania/Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique/Medical College, Malawi/University of the Western Cape, South Africa/Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.