Descrizione del progetto
Promuovere le iniziative di innovazione dell’Unione africana e dell’Unione europea
Il partenariato per l’innovazione Africa-Europa (Africa-Europe Innovation Partnership o AEIP) mette in contatto tutti gli attori della catena del valore dell’innovazione (ricercatori, innovatori, incubatori, start-up, PMI, investitori, società civile e responsabili delle politiche pubbliche), per costruire reti, condividere conoscenze e sviluppare legami vitali. Il progetto AEIP, finanziato dall’UE, promuove la collaborazione tra le parti interessate e le istituzioni impegnate in vari programmi. Stabilisce partenariati per avviare attività incentrate sul rafforzamento delle capacità, sulla produzione di conoscenze, sulla preparazione agli investimenti e sull’accesso ai finanziamenti, adattate alle esigenze di gruppi target quali ricercatori, innovatori, imprenditori e società civile. Il progetto mira a massimizzare l’impatto sociale, economico e scientifico, posizionandosi come una «rete di reti» a sostegno dell’agenda dell’innovazione UA-UE e rafforzando al contempo le iniziative esistenti.
Obiettivo
The AEIP builds a network of African and European stakeholders strengthening links between innovation ecosystems in an inclusive and collaborative manner, ensuring equal benefits.
The AEIP will stimulate collaboration among stakeholders and institutions implementing other programmes, contributing to mutually beneficial partnerships. The focus will lie on launching new activities (linked to capacity-building, mobility opportunities, knowledge production and transfer, investment readiness and access to finance) based on an assessment of the needs of all target groups, including researchers, innovators, entrepreneurs, incubators/accelerators, civil society, women and youth. These will be activated through a combination of virtual outreach and in-person stakeholder meetings as a forum for discussion. Sustainability will be built into the AEIP from the start by making sure that new activities are linked up and designed in such a way that they can be carried forward by AEIP members after the end of the Action.
We aim to grow the AEIP further into a network of networks acting as a hub for the implementation of the short-term actions of the AU-EU Innovation Agenda, reinforcing existing initiatives rather than duplicating them.
The Action has been designed to maximise societal, economic, and scientific impact by centring the Platform at the core as a forum where stakeholders convene for focussed and structured innovation cooperation. With the networks leveraged by the consortium partners and multiplier effect, our outcomes and impacts will be scalable.
The AEIP will support the Agenda’s objective to strengthen Research and Innovation cooperation between the African and European Union, maximising the impact of funding and reinforcing interconnected innovation ecosystems, thus contributing to sustainable and inclusive development, economic growth and job creation.
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