Stakeholders' Conference 2009 - Announcement

Stakeholders' Conference 2009

Announcement

The Kenyan Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology (MoHEST) in collaboration with the International Bureau of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (IB of BMBF) announce the CAAST-Net Stakeholders' Conference on Africa-Europe Science and Technology Cooperation: Status and Way Forward, which will take place in Mombasa, Kenya, on 10 and 11 November 2009.

The event is being organised with reference to the Joint EU-Africa Strategy and its 8th Partnership for Science, Information Society and Space, and will address common European-African interest in an enhanced science and technology cooperation as well as the respective policy framework.

The conference will comprise a range of different sessions and workshops in order to elaborate on good practice and chances for synergies and coherences in science and technology policies and frameworks. It will also provide common ground for joint policy recommendations and thus support the strategic S&T policy dialogue between Africa and Europe on all levels.

The main objectives of the conference are:

• To support the dialogue between European and African S&T stakeholders from different spheres (the policy and science community);
• To explore the opportunities and limitations of present S&T cooperation mechanisms (for example, within the framework of FP7, bilateral scientific cooperation as well as development cooperation);
• To pave the way towards an enabling policy framework for S&T cooperation.

The organisers would like to draw your attention to this important event to enable you to prepare and plan for your participation.

The CAAST-Net Stakeholders' Conference on Africa Europe Science and Technology Cooperation: Status and Way Forward is an activity of CAAST-Net - the Network for the Coordination and Advancement of Sub-Saharan Africa-EU Science and Technology Cooperation. CAAST-Net is the Seventh Framework Programme INCO-NET for Sub-Saharan Africa.

Greater enhancement of the policy dialogue among African and European stakeholders is one important strategic activity of CAAST-Net, and this conference is the first of a series to be organised.

Queries and questions can be sent to the Conference Secretariat.

A tentative agenda has been released - click here (pdf 161KB)!

To visit the conference website click here.