OACPS has awarded new grants to three consortia to make Research and Innovation ecosystems more effective and inclusive in its member States
The ACP Innovation Fund, a key component of the OACPS Research and Innovation (R&I) Programme, is pleased to announce the awarding of three new projects :
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Beneficiaries / Bénéficiaires |
ACP region where the action takes place / Région ACP où se tient l‘Action |
Action title / Titre de l’Action |
Overall Objective / Objectif global |
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International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) And The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA AfriCenter) Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD) |
Eastern and Southern Africa/ Afrique orientale et australe |
Capacitating One Health in Eastern and Southern Africa (COHESA) |
Inclusive Research & Innovation ecosystem, facilitating rapid uptake, adaption and adoption of solutions to One Health (OH) issues, with the OH concept embedded across society in Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) |
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Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) And Mauritius Research and Innovation Council (MRIC) |
Eastern Africa (Indian Ocean region)/ Afrique orientale (Région de l’Océan indien) |
Transformation of the waste sector towards a waste-energy nexus in the South West Indian Ocean region (TWENex) |
Inclusive R&I environment enabling the transformation towards a sustainable management of the waste value chain and production of energy from waste in the western Indian Ocean islands |
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Pacific Community (SPC) And Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) |
Pacific / Pacifique |
Pacific Adoption of Waste-to-Energy Solutions (PAWES) Project |
Enhanced solid waste management and energy security in the Pacific region
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These Actions will contribute to enhancing the capacity of R&I stakeholders in the targeted OACPS member states, through a multi-layered collaborative approach, focusing on knowledge transfer and the promotion of its use. Local R&I multipliers, to whom the consortia will provide financial and technical support to maximise the impact of their actions, will facilitate the transfer of knowledge and experiences by using their networks.
