Category archive for ‘Newsroom’

• May

  2013

  14

  Discover how high-speed networks are changing the face of research – GÉANT CONNECT magazine out now! (0)

  

  The April issue of CONNECT is now available! You can view it booklet style or download the PDF. Printed copies are also available from connect@geant.net
  Visit the CONNECT home page
  Highlights in this issue include articles on:

  The potential of cloud services
  Introduction to GN3plus – the next step for GÉANT
  GÉANT supporting nuclear fusion scientists in search for clean, sustainable energy
  Double [...]

   
• Apr

  2013

  24

  Last FP7 calls for Marie Curie grants launched – €227 million to be awarded in 2013 (0)

  

  The EC has published the last set of calls for proposals for Marie Curie Actions in the 7th Framework programme (FP7), with a total budget of €227 million for various types of grants addressed to experienced researchers.

  Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowships (IEF) – indicative budget: €134m
  Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowships (IIF) – indicative budget: €44.5m
  Marie Curie [...]

   
• Apr

  2013

  10

  Role of research infrastructures in Africa-EU cooperation (0)

  

  CAAST-Net (the Network for the Coordination and Advancement of Sub-Saharan Africa-EU Science and Technology Cooperation) and PAERIP (Promoting African-European Research Infrastructures Partnerships), two projects funded under the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), convened a stakeholder conference in Accra, Ghana, on 3-4 December 2012, to consider how research infrastructure partnerships between Africa and Europe could [...]

   
• Apr

  2013

  4

  EuroAfrica-ICT/P8 Zoom/Case studies (0)

  

  The EuroAfrica-ICT/P8 project, with the support of the World Bank, will produce a total of 6 Zoom/Case studies featuring success stories, innovating ICT research/technological developments or result in specific African countries or regions. These studies aims at:

  Describing the context of the intervention and give a brief overview of the main activities;
  Analysing and understanding the barriers [...]

   
• Mar

  2013

  30

  KENET launches first Internet measurements lab in Africa (0)

  

  The National Research and Educational Network in Kenya (KENET) was established in 1999 as a membership institution for educational and research institutions. With a data centre in the University of Nairobi and a mirror data centre in the United States International University, KENET provides cost-effective Internet connectivity to all member universities and university colleges (115 [...]

   
• Mar

  2013

  28

  TTA kick-off workshop successfully held in Tanzania (0)

  

  Hosted by KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, and sponsored by Spider, the Swedish Program for ICT in Developing Regions, the TTA kick-off meeting was held on 26-28 February 2013 in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania).
  The aim of the workshop was to gather key stakeholders from European and African universities to:

  Present project examples of society driven innovation [...]

   
• Mar

  2013

  22

  Study to map best practice in cooperative STI between Africa and Europe (0)

  

  In the framework of the Africa-EU High Policy Dialogue on STI, the European Commission, in cooperation with its African partners, has launched a restricted call for tender for a study on “Mapping of best practice regional and multi-country cooperative STI initiatives between Africa and Europe – Identification of effective financial mechanism(s) 2008-2012.” The study should [...]

   
• Mar

  2013

  22

  CAAST-Net Plus launched to strengthen S&T cooperation between Europe and Africa (0)

  

  After five years in operation, the CAAST-Net project came to an end on 31 December 2012. As of 1 January 2013 most CAAST-Net partners, with some new partners, have begun work on a new four year project: CAAST-Net Plus.
  CAAST-Net Plus will strengthen cooperation in science and technology between Europe and Africa with the aim of [...]

   
• Mar

  2013

  20

  Africa-EU ICT Research & Innovation Priorities (0)

  

  The EuroAfrica-P8 project prioritised six research Focus Areas that address actual needs and challenges in Europe and Africa, builds on expertise and interest in both continents, where ICT is a critical enabling technology, where there is still scope for new collaborative R&D, and that have potential for wide socio-economic benefit.
  Another task of the project aims to develop project [...]

   
• Mar

  2013

  20

  African involvement in FP7 nears 1000 participations in almost 400 projects (0)

  

  At a meeting of Science Counsellors to South Africa, an analysis of African participation in the EU’s 7th Framework programme (FP7) showed that end 2012, Africa was the region with the highest representation in FP7 with 969 participations in 388 research projects. 74% of these are in the areas of Health; Food, Agriculture & Biotechnology; [...]