BRUSSELS (AN) – Africa–Europe cooperation on science and innovation is moving into a new phase as officials and researchers shift from designing frameworks to confronting how research is funded, governed and used.
The change in tone was evident across the three-day Africa–Europe Science Collaboration Forum in Brussels, where speakers returned repeatedly to the gap between political commitments and what they described as uneven delivery. Some of Africa’s science diplomacy leaders emphasized the importance of taking a greater role in global governance.
Science Diplomacy — Europe — A.U.-E.U. Innovation Agenda — African Union — European Union — Belgium — Africa-Europe Science Collaboration and Innovation Platform — Ivory Coast — South Africa — European Commission — Nigeria — CGIAR — Africa–Europe Foundation — Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities — Germany — Inter-University Council for East Africa — United Nations University (UNU) — CERN
