Cooperation between the EU and Africa on renewable energy

The LEAP-RE programme aligns with and responds to the AU-EU high-level policies and specific objectives of the CCSE Roadmap. It seeks to create a long-term partnership of African and European stakeholders in a quadruple helix approach: government (programme owners and funding agencies), research and academia, private sector, and civil society. Impact is sought by creating a framework, methodology, and cooperation model. The aim is to reduce fragmentation by aligning existing bilateral and multilateral frameworks. LEAP-RE establishes and jointly implements research, innovation, and capacity-building activities that respond to the Multi-Annual Roadmaps (MARs) developed in PRE-LEAP-RE.
The programme opted for a large-scale, inclusive consortium to ensure a broad thematic, geographical and stakeholder coverage, and to demonstrate the feasibility of the collaboration and build trust in view of a long-term partnership addressing the post-2025 period.
LEAP-RE draws on the experience and partnership developed in PRE-LEAP-RE, which conceptualised and developed a framework for long-term, bi-regional cooperation in research, innovation, and capacity building in renewable energies. This partnership is further strengthened by previous collaboration between partners in other projects supporting the EU-Africa HLPD on STI, such as LEAP-Agri, ERAfrica, LEAP4FNSSA, RINEA, and CAAST-Net Plus. Furthermore, the proposal includes a number of R&I partners, 8 individual projects (formalised as Work Packages), which were chosen among expressions of interest received in the proposal preparation phase.

The role of ZSI is that of a contributing partner to support strategy development based on analysis of existing cooperation patterns.

Team:

• Magª. Elke Dall
• Utku B. Demir, BA
• DI Dietmar Lampert

Section: Research Policy & Development

Partners:

• Academy of Scientific Research and Technology of Egypt
• Addis Ababa Science and Technology University
• Addis Ababa University
• Africa Energy Services Group
• African Technology Innovation Hubs
• Agence Nationale de la Recherche in France
• ARESS
• Austrian Research Promotion Agency
• Botswana International University of Science and Technology
• Centre de Developpement des Energies Renouvelables
• Centre de Test des Systemes Solaires
• Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI)
• Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
• Dedan Kimathi University of Technology
• EIFER Europäisches Institut für Energieforschung EDF KIT EWIV
• Energy Development Corporation ltd
• Fondation 2iE Association
• Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei
• Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique
• Forschungszentrum Jülich
• Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
• French geological survey
• Géo2D
• Helmholtz-Zentrum
• INEA
• Institut de Recherches en Energie Solaire et Energies Nouvelles
• Institut Supérieur Dale Kietzman
• Internationales Institut für Angewandte Systemanalyse
• Laboratorio Nacional de Energia e Geologia I.P.
• Lappeenrannan-Lahden Teknillinen Yliopisto LUT
• Loughborough University
• Makerere University
• Medee Maitrise Energetique des Entrainements Electriques
• Ministere de l'Education Nationale, de la Formation Professionnelle, de l'Enseignement Superieur et de la Recherche Scientifique
• Ministere de l'Enseignement Superieur et de la Recherche Scientifique
• Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation of Cameroon
• Moi University
• NANOE
• NANOE M
• National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences
• National Research Foundation South Africa
• NEXA - Agence Regionale de Developpement d'Investissement et d'Innovation
• Norwegian Research Centre AS
• Odit-e
• Office Djiboutien de Developpement d'Energie Geothermique
• ONG Songhai
• Politecnico di Milano
• Project Management Agency at the DLR (German Aerospace Center)
• Reiner Lemoine Institut gGmbH
• Romanian Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding
• Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Corporation
• Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies
• Scientific and Engineering Power Consultants Limited
• Société Nationale d’Electricité du Burkina Faso
• South African Department of Science and Technology
• Strathmore University
• TFE Africa (PTY) ltd
• The Institute of Sciences of Food Production
• TNO innovation for life
• UK Research and Innovation
• Universidad de Cordoba
• Universidade Eduardo Mondlane
• Universitá di Pisa
• Université d'Abomey-Calavi
• Université de Bretagne Occidentale
• Université de Lome
• Université de Lorraine
• Université de Picardie Jules Verne
• Université Panafricaine - Institute des Sciences de l'Eau et de l'Energie
• University of Bologna
• University of Cape Town
• University of Dar Es Salaam
• University of Florence
• University of Helsinki
• University of Nairobi
• University of Rwanda
• University of Turin
• University of Zambia
• Utrecht University
• Vaasan Yliopisto
• LGI Consulting (Coordinator)
• Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology
• Suomen Akatemia

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Tags: Africa, energy, renewable energy