1. Board of Director’s
Activity report

2. Workplan To play a pro-active policy advocacy role for AKD
Strategic alliances, partnerships and networks with and between stakeholders, both in the N. and in the S.
Organise joint programmes and projects for academic and research collaborations

3. 1 - To play a pro-active policy advocacy role for AKD
Global GFAR : Active participation in the last GCARD in SA (2016) Efforts put in this, little or no result
Since then, low physiological activity – Sleeping part.
CGIAR : - Direct collaborations from members in the CRPs Evaluation of the EU contribution to CG
GCHERA : - Represent the European Universities (ex : Bucharest) New project in Haiti (Kellog’s foundation) FAO : No more in CFS, operational cooperation through the CDAIS

4. 1 - To play a pro-active policy advocacy role for AKD:
Europe
European Forum for ARD (EFARD)
EU Commission : DG DEVCO, DG Research (H2020), DG Education
H 2020 and Erasmus + : Brokering partnerships for building new projects ICA : Representing ARD + partnership in the South

5. 1 - To play a pro-active policy advocacy role for AKD:
Communication Website
E newsletter Tropentag
(Ghent in 2018) : 8 students supported
to be noted : Witzenhausen in September 2019
Prague in September 2020

6. 2 - Strategic alliances, partnerships and networks with and between stakeholders, both in the N. and in the S.
Africa
Ruforum : Partnership has facilitated a political alliance that has been fruitful
To support the needs of higher education in Agriculture in Africa
To accompany the fast growth of Ruforum (> 110 universities now); especially outside Eastern/Southern Africa
To develop a number of projects between our members and African universities in Agriculture
Asia
MoU with SEARCA: Partnership has facilitated a number of projects for strengthening higher education
(MS FCC, PISAI, …Field TAPE)

7. 3 - Programmes and Projects: Academic Partnerships and Business Opportunities
Academic cooperation : European Joint Degrees
(MScs and PhDs) on tropical challenges
(with support of Erasmus mundus)
Agris mundus, Sutrofor, IMRD, IMHS...

8. 3 - Programmes and projects: academic partnerships and Business Opportunities
Projects nurtured by Agrinatura and implemented by consortia of members and partners :
Value chains project
NIPN
Paepard
CDAIS African information platforms (Edulink)
Food Security and Climate Change (FSCC)
SMARTAL PISAI
A few more in preparation... Challenge of renewal§

9. 4 – Organisation
Secretariat : Reorganisation of the EEIG’s business office
Preparation of the change of SG in Prague
Finalised the statutes reform and the legal recognition update in Belgium
Took management independence from CULS in Prague / Open own bank account in Brussels

10. Thank you for your contributions to these activities!