The Africa Charter goes to Brussels
6 November - 7 November
Professor Isabella Aboderin and other representatives of PARC will be in Brussels meeting key EU officials for this event at the University of Bristol Brussels office. Discussions will centre around the Africa Charter and how European institutions, university networks and funding bodies can get involved.
‘Advancing transformative research collaborations between Africa and the rest of the world’
This two-part, interactive workshop will take place in Brussels’s EU Quarter this November, convened jointly by the University of Bristol and the Coimbra Group, to present and discuss the Africa Charter for Transformative Research Collaborations.
Launched in July 2023 in Windhoek, Namibia, the Africa Charter was co-created by Africa’s major higher education and science constituencies, and co-facilitated by the University of Bristol’s Perivoli Africa Research Centre (PARC), the University of South Africa and the University of Cape Town. The Coimbra Group was amongst the first signatories, which now number more than 100 Institutions.
The Workshop
The first part of the workshop will foster discussions on the relevance and translation into practice of the Africa Charter’s principles in the evolution of Europe-Africa research collaborations. The second will explore implications of the Charter’s aspirations for the further shaping of Africa-Europe research and innovation policy and funding, including within the Africa-EU Partnership and AU-EU Innovation Agenda.
The event will be of relevance to university Rectors and Vice-Rectors for internationalisation and research, academics involved in Africa-Europe research collaborations, and staff active in the area, policymakers and funders, and the wider R&I stakeholder community. Speakers will include representatives of the University of Bristol and Coimbra Group, key partners in Africa and Europe, and the EU Institutions. Further details will follow soon, however registration is already open here.
The first part of the workshop will take place from the middle of Wednesday 6 until the middle of Thursday 7 November and include a networking reception. The second part of the workshop will be from the middle of Thursday 7 November until mid-afternoon. We hope that you will be able to join us!