Africa Platform

Universities as gateways between Africa and Europe: promoting a sustainable EU-AU partnership through university collaboration

14-02-2022

 

Universities as gateways between Africa and Europe: promoting a sustainable EU-AU partnership through university collaboration


14 February 2022 at 11:00-12:30 (CET) 
online event

 

In 2017, the AU-EU summit paved the way for the recognition of science collaborations and the need for strengthening the research and innovation capacity of African universities as key priorities in the African-European partnership. Since then, huge improvement has been achieved with regard to these two objectives, with particular momentum developing since late 2019.

Ahead of the EU-AU summit organised in February 2022, now is the time to take stock of the progress made over the last years and reflect on the developments needed to further strengthen African universities and African-European university collaborations in the long-term: how can different initiatives at the policy and programme level be integrated in such a way that they jointly strengthen the capacity of African science in a sustainable way, enabling African universities to enhance their capacity for producing new scientific and socio-economic knowledge, delivering high-quality education, and contributing to innovation?

The Guild and African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) invite you to a virtual panel discussion on 14 February 2022, part of Africa-Europe Science Collaboration Platform's (AERAP) side events to the AU-EU summit. Register here to join the panel and find more information about the event here.

Speakers:

  • Hugues Abriel, Vice-Rector for Research and Professor of Molecular Medicine, University of Bern
  • Barry Dwolatzky, Emeritus Professor in Electrical and Information Engineering and Director of Innovation Strategy, University of the Witwatersrand
  • Nana Ama Browne Klutse, Senior Lecturer in Physics, University of Ghana
  • Moderator Peter Maassen, Professor in Higher Education Studies, University of Oslo and Extraordinary Professor, Stellenbosch University

More speakers to be announced soon.

 

Registration: https://aueusummitscience2022.sched.com/tickets?iframe=no&w=100%25&sidebar=yes&bg=no