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PAERIP inventory of European and Pan-African research infrastructures. A P Botha, G von Gruenewaldt and T C Botha TechnoScene (Pty) Ltd, South Africa N Houssos and C Paschou National Documentation Centre (ΕΚΤ) / National Hellenic Research Foundation (NHRF), Greece 16 May 2012
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PAERIP inventory of European and Pan-African research infrastructures A P Botha, G von Gruenewaldt and T C Botha TechnoScene (Pty) Ltd, South Africa N Houssos and C Paschou National Documentation Centre (ΕΚΤ) / National Hellenic Research Foundation (NHRF), Greece 16 May 2012 Brussels, Belgium
The Task Compiling an inventory of European research infrastructures relevant to the implementation of continental African S&T Plans Compiling an inventory of African research infrastructures of specific interest to European researchers
Promoting African – European Research Infrastructure Partnerships
ESFRI/ Non-ESFRI Projects RIs Potential Existing European Landscape of Synergies or Gaps CPA/ BoL/ Programmes not identified Pan African Priority Areas Projects RIs Structure according to Focus Areas
Priority Areas in Africa Consolidated Plan of Action Book of Lighthouse Projects • Biodiversity, Biotechnology and Indigenous Knowledge • Energy, Water and Desertification • Material Sciences, Manufacturing, Laser and Post-Harvest Technologies • Information and Communication Technologies and Space Science and Technologies • Support S&T capacity in Africa and implement the S&T Consolidated Plan of Action • Enhance cooperation on space applications and technology Other Programmes • Improvement of Health • Astronomy • Social Sciences and Humanities • Physics
Focus Areas • Biological and Medical Sciences • e-Infrastructures • Energy • Environmental Sciences • Materials and Analytical Facilities • Physical Sciences and Engineering • Social Sciences and Humanities
Database CERIF standard (entities, relationships, structure) as the underlying data model Compatible with the data models used in the MERIL and EuroRIs-Net+ projects Linking projects on Potential Collaboration Indicating Existing Collaboration http://inventory.paerip.org
Recommendations on the Way Forward • PAERIP must create an awareness of partnership possibilities • Synergetic learning must lead to best practices in planning, development and use of RI • RI that could potentially benefit must interact individually • The importance of regional or continental RI roadmaps for Africa • Intercontinental planning and use of RI could eventually be expanded to Global RI, if appropriate
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