ZSI sees its role as supporting strategic cooperation between the two continents of Africa and the European Union through research and social innovation. It is firmly based in the policy background (see for example http://www.africa-eu-partnership.org/). Taking advantage from its global interconnectivity and particular expertise in the field of social innovation and international RTDI cooperation, ZSI provides competence to contribute to EU-Africa partnership projects.

During the 7th EU Framework Programme, ZSI was a partner in the CAAST-Net Plus project, which allowed to establish partnerships with stakeholders across the continent. Furthermore, cooperation with South Africa was strengthened in the BILAT project ESASTAP 2020 (until 2019). Cooperation is being continued in the frame of the International Service Facility (Horizon 2020) and the LEAP-RE programme, the Long-Term Joint EU-African Union Research and Innovation Partnership on Renewable Energy (until 2025). We are also happy to partner with African organisations in projects such as STEP-CHANGE, implementing citizen science initiatives together with our partners in Uganda or discussing in UNTANGLED with our partners in South Africa the impacts of technological transformations, globalisation and demographic change on employment, inequality and work. Further work also addresses digital innovation hubs and maker spaces in Africa.

Contact person: M.A. Gorazd A. Weiss

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Cooperation Partners

• Action for Rural Women's Empowerment
• Academy of Sciences of South Africa
• Technology Innovation Agency South Africa
• National Research Foundation South Africa
• University of Cape Town
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• Association of African Universities
• National Commission for Science and Technology Malawi
• United Nations Environment Programme
• The Uganda National Council for Science and Technology
• Ministry of Science and Technology of Kenya
• Research Africa (Pty) Ltd
• South African Department of Science and Technology
• The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research of Ghana
• Ubuntunet

Projects

• AU-EU High Level Policy Dialogue on Science Technology and Innovation - Phase II
• International Advocacy for the Strategic Alignment of MSCA Cooperation Mechanisms in Key Partner Countries and Regions
• Mobilizing Austrian Vocational Training Know-How in Africa
• African European Maker Innovation Ecosystem
• Long-Term Joint EU-AU Research and Innovation Partnership on Renewable Energy
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• Science Transformation in EuroPe through Citizens involvement in HeAlth, coNservation and enerGy rEsearch
• Übersicht über FTI-Förderung in Brasilien und Afrika
• Service Facility in Support of the Strategic Development of International Cooperation in Research and Innovation
• Evaluation of the international programme portfolio of FWF
• Strengthening Technology, Research and Innovation Cooperation between Europe and South Africa 2020
• CAAST-NET PLUS
• GLOBAL - Global Linkage Over BroadbAnd Links

Publications

• Austrian Research and Technology Report 2020
• The EU’s global response to the COVID-19 crisis with a focus on the Eastern Neighbourhood and Africa
• D2.3 What it takes to do science diplomacy
• State-of-the-Art Report on Science Diplomacy
• Africa-Europe Research and Innovation Cooperation
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• Africa-Europe Cooperation in Research and Innovation. Global Challenges, Bi-Regional Responses
• Assessing International Cooperation in S&T through Bibliometric Methods
• Monitoring and evaluation in joint calls of “horizontal-INCO” ERA NETs and ERA-NET PLUS Actions
• Introducing the Concept of Social Innovation to Urban Development

Events

• Multilateral dialogue on principles and values for international cooperation in research & innovation
• S4D4C Final Networking conference
• STI-OUTREACH TO AFRICA
• ESASTAP2020 event on EU-South Africa R&I cooperation
• ICT 2018: Imagine Digital – Connect Europe
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• CAAST-Net Plus workshop on the role of Africa’s Regional Economic Communities in EU-Africa collaboration in science, technology and innovation.
• ESASTAP 2020 workshop on science for policy advice

News

• Building bridges for business between Europe and Africa
• Newsletter by the European Union Science Diplomacy Alliance
• ZSI visit to DLR project management agency
• The mAkE project celebrates its first anniversary
• ZSI joins the ENRICH GLOBAL network
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• DLR PT visited ZSI
• Second call for projects EU-African Union on renewable energy still open!
• AU-EU Collaborative Research and Innovation projects on Renewable Energy
• Launching mAkE - the African European Maker Innovation Ecosystem
• Call update: 124 applications received during 1st phase of the LEAP-RE Call
• Kick-off of the R&I partnership between Europe and Africa on renewable energy
• Call Open: Africa-EU Collaborative R&I on Renewable Energy 2021
• Call Pre-Announcement: Africa-EU Collaborative R&I on Renewable Energy 2021
• What we stand for: Transformation and Impact!
• Policy brief by ZSI experts P. Brugner and K. Schuch landed!
• The EU’s global response to the COVID-19 crisis with a focus on Africa and ENP
• Wissenschaftsdiplomatie in den Medien
• Preparing for Science Diplomacy - leaving the comfort zone
• Successful support for R&I cooperation between Europe and South Africa
• Research film wins impact award
• 7th Internationalisation Roundtable on South Africa
• ESASTAP 2020 presented at Science Forum South Africa
• ESASTAP 2020 Call for Twinning Activities in Marine Sciences 2018
• 2nd ESASTAP 2020 Project Meeting and 'Open Science' Workshop
• New round of EU-South Africa STI Collaboration has started!
• ZSI signing 3 more H2020 Grant Agreements to support International Cooperation
• corporAID Magazin: "Mehr Forschung für Entwicklung"
• First CAAST-Net Plus Stakeholder Forum in Entebbe, Uganda
• ERAfrica: Joint Call Launched