AEF Call for Proposals: Establishing an Africa-Europe Research Partnership

The Africa-Europe Foundation (AEF) is pleased to announce a call for proposals to Establish an Africa–Europe Research Partnership.

Programme details:

The AEF research programme will deep dive into priority themes of the ‘State of Africa-Europe Report 2024’:-

  • Sustainable Finance
  • Climate-Development
  • Science, Education, and Culture.

The Call will serve to establish an “Africa-Europe Research Consortium”, consisting of research organisations from Africa and Europe, including think tanks, research institutes, universities as well as CSOs/NGOs and social enterprises with proven track record in research and policy.

AEF aims to leverage the Research Consortium to undertake:

  • Data gathering and compilation (primary and secondary sources);
  • Research and analysis (for evidence building and policy development);
  • Results assessment and evaluations (initiatives and projects implemented as part of the AU–EU commitment delivery);
  • Scientific publications and policy papers;
  • Dissemination and communication: contribution to publicising the results of the research carried out;
  • Knowledge and capacity sharing: sharing experiences, vision, and ideas with AEF and the Research Consortium partners

Eligibility:

  • The lead applicant must:
    • Be a legal person; and
    • Be non–profitmaking; and
    • Be a non–governmental civil society organisation2, and more precisely research institution and/or Think Tank and/or an organisation qualified to undertake research in the Africa–Europe cooperation; and
    • Be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the project with the co–applicant, not acting as an intermediary; and
    • Have proven experience of having implemented at least 1 project with a budget equal to or higher than the value of the financial allocation awarded by this Call for Proposals or at least 4 projects with a budget of at least 50,000.00 euros each; and
    • Have proven capacity, experience, and access to expertise to be able to address the priority themes of this Call for Proposals
  • The co–applicant:
    • A local organisation (with or without legal personality) must be understood as established in one of the countries where the action is taking place. An organisation is considered “local” when its charter demonstrates that the organisation has been established by an instrument governed by the national law of the country concerned (only for entities with legal personality) and that its head office is located in that country.
  • The partnership:
    • must ensure the “1+1 formula” for an Africa–Europe partnership approach, whereby if the lead is an African organisation, the co–applicant will be a European organisation (and vice–versa).

Funding details:

  • 20,000.00 euros to 150,000.00 euros funding per project.
  • 3 to 8 research project to be awarded.
  • Duration of 2 months to 15 months.

Read more here.

Application Deadline May 23, 2024.

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