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AERAP Africa-Europe Science and Innovation Forum, 7 - 10 March 2023
The Forum will be designed to inform and engage with policymakers to ensure that the role and contribution of science, enabled through digital technologies, is reflected in European Union and its Member States’ policies concerning Africa. The meetings will also be designed to increase the level of participation and reinforce the networking by African nations’ with their partners in related EU programmes and science and innovation programmes supported by European Union member states and some associated countries. Digital capacities, existing and new, for expanding science inclusion and citizen participation by all groups in society across Africa, will be explored.
Key policy and programme developments include:
The meeting will address a range of themes, including Biodiversity Health, Medicine, Life Sciences, Geoscience, ICT, Digital Transformation, the Green Agenda, Women and Girls in science, Astronomy, reskilling and upskilling and Agri-food systems. In the Forum, we will examine the feedback loops between scientific funding, education funding, and digital transformation to support evidence for policymakers.

The meeting will also consider how emerging regulations covering data protection, medical devices, in-vitro diagnostics, and other areas impact science in Africa and science and innovation cooperation between Africa and the European Union.

The global context will be considered through the inclusion of speakers from the UN, OECD and other multilateral bodies.

The programme below is still in development so please check it regularly for updates.
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George Owusu Essegbey

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Ghana
Chief Research Scientist
Accra
Websitecsir-stepri.org
Dr. GEORGE OWUSU ESSEGBEY, is the CEO/Chief Research Scientist of the CSIR-Technology Development and Transfer Centre. I was the former Director of the Science and Technology Policy Research Institute (STEPRI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) of Ghana, in Accra. I was Director for more than ten years spearheading the institute’s development of research projects and partnerships. I have several years of experience in Science and Technology (S&T) policy research, innovation studies, climate change and sustainable agriculture. Over the years, I served various national and international organisations with my expertise including FAO, UNESCO, UNCTAD, UNEP, WIPO and the World Bank. I was a member of the 10-Member Group supporting the United Nations Technology Facilitation Mechanism with the UN Inter-agency Task Team on Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) for the SDGs.I am currently the President of African Network for Economics of Learning, Innovation and Competence Building Systems (AfricaLics).

My Speakers Sessions

Tuesday, March 7
 

9:00am CET

(07029) Opening Session of 2nd AERAP Africa-Europe Science Cooperation Forum Embassy of South Africa, BelgiumEudy Mabuza • Fulufhelo Nelwamondo • Intisar Soghayroun • Dr. Alexandrina Pauceanu • Takalani Nemaungani • Declan Kirrane • Dr Bienvenu Agbokponto Soglo • Stefano Bertuzzi • George Owusu Essegbey
 
Thursday, March 9
 

2:00pm CET

(09329) Plant Molecular Pharming in Africa Embassy of South Africa, BelgiumJosef Glößl • George Owusu Essegbey • Zatloukal, Kurt • Belinda Shaw

3:00pm CET

(09850) One Health in Africa Embassy of South Africa, BelgiumGeorge Owusu Essegbey • Zatloukal, Kurt • Colleen Kraft • Khilona Radia • Julie Makani
 
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