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The last four grants awarded by the ACP Innovation Fund

OACPS has awarded grants to four 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 four new IF projects :

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

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)

Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secretariat

And

College of African Wildlife Management (CAWM)

World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)

Eastern and Southern Africa/ Afrique orientale et australe

Strengthening Research and Innovation (R&I) in Natural Resources Management (NRM) and Waste Management (WM) (RINaWa)

Improved sustainable waste and natural resources management in the targeted countries of Southern Africa

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

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

 

 

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.

The Factsheets for these projects can be consulted on the respective project pages and in the Library.