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 ProjectsRIs CPA/ BoL/ Programmes not identified Priority AreasRIsProjects Potential Existing European Pan African Landscape of Synergies or Gaps Structure according to Focus Areas

 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  Improvement of Health  Astronomy  Social Sciences and Humanities  Physics Priority Areas in Africa Consolidated Plan of Action Book of Lighthouse Projects Other Programmes

Focus Areas Biological and Medical Sciences e-Infrastructures Energy Environmental Sciences Materials and Analytical Facilities Physical Sciences and Engineering Social Sciences and Humanities

Projects Identified ProgrammeProjects European ESFRI 50 Non-ESFRI 55 Total: Europe 105 Pan-African Consolidated Plan of Action 77 Book of Lighthouse 24 Programmes not identified 21 Total: Africa 122 Total 227

European Example

Pan-African Example

Identifying Potential and Existing Collaboration

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

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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