Building a Long-Term Africa Union (AU) and European Union (EU) Research and Innovation joint collaboration on Sustainable Renewable Energies
Pays one coordination project up to EUR 4 million to build a lasting AU-EU research partnership on sustainable renewable energy, with at least 40% of partners based in Africa.
A legal entity from an African Union member state can join as either a full beneficiary or as an affiliated entity, and the definition of eligible AU member states explicitly includes countries whose AU membership is currently suspended, not just those in good standing. Beyond building its own long-term partnership platform, the winning proposal has to actively coordinate with two other named topi…
The Commission wants a Coordination and Support Action that turns the existing Africa-Europe research partnership on climate and sustainable energy into a standing, long-term platform, building on the earlier LEAP-RE project. Proposals should support capacity-building, cluster ongoing EU-Africa energy projects, and set out how the partnership will keep running and be funded after the project ends.
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