1. Analysis of the FP7 Capacities Programme's research infrastructure activities supporting African-European cooperation Mr Avhapfani Rasemphe Assistant Director, DST, South Africa; PAERIP Consortium Partner 2 nd PAERIP Seminar Brussels, Belgium 16th May 2012

2. Presentation Outline Objectives Data on African participation Way forward

3. Objectives How FP7’s Capacities Programme’s research infrastructures activities (could) support African- European cooperation Review FP7 research infrastructure cooperation initiatives with African participation Propose operational interventions, which could promote / enhance cooperation in the Framework Programme, viz. Horizon 2020

4. Activities to Date Analysis of data (Cordis; European Commission) on African participation in funded FP7 RI projects

5. African Participation in FP7 RI Projects 16 funded projects – all Support and Coordination Actions 10 projects in execution, 6 completed Network of 267 partners over the 16 projects – Median consortium size = 14 partners Coordinators from 8 countries (Cyprus, Germany, Greece, Italy, South Africa, Switzerland, The Netherlands, United Kingdom)

6. African Participation in FP7 RI Projects cont. 29 participations by 22 legal entities – 4 main categories of legal entities 12 African countries represented EU funding for African FP7 RI project participation ~€2M Projects fall within 4 key thematic areas (although in many instances cross-cutting) + support initiatives (e.g. NCP)

7. Participations / Country (total 29 participations; 16 projects)

8. Participation by Legal Entity (total 29 participations; 16 projects)

9. Projects / Thematic Area (16 projects)

10. Summary of FP7 RI Projects with African Partners Project TitleProject AcronymTheme Data Repositories and Computational Infrastructure for Environmental and Climate Studies in the Eastern Mediterranean DARECLIMEDEnvironment IPv6 Deployment Support6DEPLOYICT IPv6 Deployment Support6DEPLOY-2 Bringing Europe’s Electronic Infrastructures to Expanding Frontiers II BELIEF-II Sustainability of eInfrastructures across the Mediterranean EUMEDGRID- SUPPORT International Network for a Digital Cultural Heritage e- Infrastructure INDICATE Linking Scientific Computing in Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean LINKSCEEM-2

11. Summary of FP7 RI Projects with African Partners Project Title Project AcronymTheme IMproving Protein Annotation and Co-ordination through TechnologyIMPACTKBBE Research capacity for the implementation of genetic control of mosquitoesINFRAVEC The Preparatory Phase for the Cherenkov Telescope ArrayCTA-PPSpace A preparatory phase proposal for the Square Kilometre ArrayPREPSKA Advanced Radio Astronomy in EuropeRADIONET3 Advanced Radio Astronomy in EuropeRADIONET-FP7 European Research Infrastructures Network of National Contact PointsEURORIS-NETSupport European Network of National Contact Points for Research Infrastructures moving forwardEURORIS-NET+ Promoting African – European Research Infrastructure PartnershipsPAERIP

12. Way forward Consultation (survey) with: – Project coordinators – Project partners from Africa – National contact points responsible for research infrastructures Compare Africa results with that of other regions  Benefits and shortcomings of participation  Future intentions for cooperation  Strategies to promote African – EU research infrastructure cooperation in Horizon 2020