Synergien herzustellen. Zum Nachlesen EU-Generaldirektion Forschung und Innovation (13.07.2017): EU expands its research cooperation with Brazil and SouthAfrica [...] Vertreter der EU, Brasilien und Südafrika unterzeichneten das Statement on Atlantic Ocean Research and Innovation Cooperation und starteten damit South Atlantic Research and Innovation Flagship . Im Rahmen der Initiative sollen die Zusammenhänge mariner Ökosysteme mit dem Klimawandel, Nahrung und En
transforming strategies that could help leverage these assets to assist our nation in every facet of its economic and social endeavour. To date, SouthAfrica has primarily been a consumer and a net importer of space technologies. There is a need to develop systems and sub-systems to support our requirements [...] The South African Government recognises the potential role of space science and technology to deliver on a wide spectrum of our national priorities including job creation, poverty reduction, resource management and rural development. Given the relative importance and role of space technology in transforming
Staaten zu ausreichenden finanziellen Mitteln gesehen. Initiativen wie etwa der von IRENA initiierte „ African Clean Energy Corridor for Eastern and SouthernAfrica “ unterstützt daher Länder bei der Kapitalbeschaffung und Investitionen in erneuerbare Energiequellen. Afrika verfügt über eine Vielzahl verschiedener [...] Megatonnen Kohlendioxidemissionen einsparen. Zum Nachlesen: SciDevNet (27.11.2015): Africa’s renewable energy use to rise four-fold by 2030 Internationale Agentur für Erneuerbare Energien (IRENA) (05.10.2015): Africa 2030: Roadmap to a renewable energy future (PDF)
Science and Technology Forum (NSTF) is the largest multi-stakeholder forum for science, engineering, technology (SET) and innovation organisations in SouthAfrica. NSTF is a non-profit company that promotes SET and innovation and engages with related government policy issues. It represents more than 100 o
The Southern African Science Service Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land-Management (SASSCAL) is a joint initiative of Angola, Botswana, Namibia, SouthAfrica, Zambia, and Germany, responding to the challenges of global change. The current processes of global change, which include, for example [...] globalisation of economic systems, are an enormous challenge for societies worldwide. Climate change is affecting the lives of millions of people in Africa, Europe and many other parts of the world. Current projections on future developments indicate that there is an urgent need to develop concepts on
The Southern African Science Service Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Management (SASSCAL) is a joint regional initiative between Angola, Botswana, Germany, Namibia, SouthAfrica and Zambia to deal with global change affecting SouthernAfrica, specifically with reference to Climate Change [...] non-profit company limited by guarantee under Namibian law, with a secretariat based in Windhoek, Namibia, coupled with national nodes in each of the five Southern African countries. SASSCAL is looking for an individual who has senior management experience in professional services, with strong communication and
Several countries in Africa signed bilateral Science and Technology Cooperation Agreements with the European Union: SouthAfrica (1996, entered into force 1997), Egypt (2005, entered into force 2008), Tunisia (2003, entered into force 2004), Morocco (2004, entered into force 2005) and Algeria (signed [...] The Joint Africa-EU Strategy (JAES) adopted by the African and European Heads of State at the Lisbon Summit in 2007 is the political framework steering relations with the whole African continent (North Africa included, legally covered by the European Neighbourhood Policy). At the EU-Africa Summit 2014
SouthAfrica, Austria, Spain, South Korea and Germany call for projects on disruptive technologies Within the Eureka initiative, this call is based on mutual consent between the participating national funding bodies (NFBs), namely: the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) (SouthAfrica); The Austrian [...] Promotion Agency (FFG), The Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI) (Spain), The Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (KIAT) (South Korea), and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Special focus Participants are invited to submit applied research and innovation
Afrika zu leisten. Zum Nachlesen Science Diplomacy Capital for Africa (08.07.2022): Launch of the Science Diplomacy Capital for Africa Iinitiative South African Department for Science and Innovation (13.07.2022): Minister Nzimande welcomes Africa's new initiative to pormote Science Collaboration [...] Jahres der Grundlagenforschung für nachhaltige Entwicklung der UNESCO wurde in Südafrika offiziell die Initiative " Science Diplomacy Capital for Africa“ gestartet. Vor Vertreterinnen und Vertretern vieler afrikanischer Staaten sowie multilateraler Organisationen wurde die neue Initiative am 8. Juli
Mobile technology supports frontline health workers Could telemedicine solve challenges facing SouthAfrica’s overstretched healthcare services? Munyaradzi Makoni reports. Primary healthcare in SouthAfrica is notoriously overstretched and under-resourced, making the daily demands of record-keeping, home [...] remote locations using standard mobile phones. So when, in 2007, the Health Systems Trust (HST) — a South African non-profit organisation that promotes primary healthcare delivery across SouthernAfrica — needed to collect information in rural communities, it turned to Mobenzi. The Mobenzi team used mobile [...] reliable back-up systems were important considerations when planning projects of such nature,” she says. Costs and sustainability Friedman says SouthAfrica’s national development plan has committed to the community health worker-based approach, and that the anticipated costs for empowering these workers