Project duration
48 Months
Start 01/02/20 End 31/01/25
Project-location
Western Africa, Benin, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Togo
Links between academia, the public and private sector, and civil society will be strengthened to ensure that the results of research and innovation (R&I) are readily accessible and effectively disseminated, exploited and used. A research ecosystems will be created with actors who are active upstream (identification of R&I needs and development of solutions) as well as downstream (economic exploitation and application of solutions) taking into account national and regional R&I policies.
1st call for proposals for third party projects (June-Sept 21)2d call for proposals for third party projects (Nov-Dec 21)
Video of VaRRIWA
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Project coordinator
Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) – France
Project partners
Agence Béninoise de Valorisation des Résultats de la Recherche et de l’Innovation Technologique (AbeVRIT)- Benin
Agence Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique Appliquée (ANRSA)- Senegal
Ministère de l’Enseignement Supérieur de la Recherche Scientifique et de l’Innovation- Burkina Faso
Direction de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique (DRST)- Togo
Third grantees
- Université de Parakou (Benin)
- Université d’Abomey-Calavi (Benin)- 2 projects
- Centre national de recherche scientifique et technologique (CNRST) (Burkina-Faso)
- Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo (Burkina Faso)
- Université Nazi Boni (Burkina Faso)
- Ecole supérieure polytechnique (Sénégal)
- Institut sénégalais de recherches agricoles (ISRA) (Senegal)
- Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis (Senegal)
- Université virtuelle du Sénégal (Senegal)
- Institut togolais de recherche agronomique (ITRA) (Togo)
- Université de Kara (Togo)- 2 projects
- Université de Lomé (Togo)
News from the project

04 jun 2021
Official launch of the VaRRIWA project – “Valorization of…

26 jul 2022
Launch of VaRRIWA-funded projects in Senegal

26 jul 2022
VaRRIWA Mag N°1- Publication

25 aug 2022
Launch of VaRRIWA-funded projects in Togo

13 oct 2022
VaRRIWA- Official launch of the 4th regional workshop

27 jan 2023
VABRINOV has launched its training phase at the University of…

24 feb 2023
ACP Innovation Fund – VaRRIWA Project. Training in industrial…

17 mar 2023
VaRRIWA project- Closure of the steering committee in Senegal

20 mar 2023
VaRRIWA Project – Sub-regional tour of the third-party project…

05 apr 2023
ACP Innovation Fund- VaRRIWA, Burkina Faso. 25 project developers trained…

18 apr 2023
Launch of the CAVRIS project platform – Togo

10 may 2023
VaRRIWA- Monitoring and evaluation mission in Benin of the third-party…

11 may 2023