Project description
AU-EU research on just and sustainable energy transitions
To sustain and enhance Green Deal and green transition efforts, it is key to encourage and support green solutions, research and innovation in Europe and globally. The EU and African Union have been collaborating for over a decade on key renewable energy research and innovation, empowering research and economic collaboration and providing researchers with crucial access to data and expertise. The EU-funded LEAP-ENERGY PLUS project will build upon the key foundations and achievements of this collaboration to address the need for a more stable and institutionalised governance structure by supporting key frameworks and consolidating, expanding, and formalising a long-term AU-EU platform specialised in sustainable and just energy transitions.
Objective
LEAP Energy + builds on over a decade of successful AU-EU collaboration in renewable energy research and innovation, notably through the LEAP-RE and LEAP-SE Cofund initiatives. Addressing the urgent need for a stable, institutionalised governance structure, LEAP Energy + aims to consolidate, expand, and formalise a long-term AU-EU platform dedicated to sustainable and just energy transitions. Anchored in the AU-EU Innovation Agenda and supporting key strategic frameworks such as the Global Gateway, AEGEI, and Agenda 2063, the project transforms ad hoc cooperation into a structured, resilient ecosystem.
LEAP Energy + integrates five core pillars: inclusive institutional governance, science-driven innovation, venture building and blended finance, evidence-informed policymaking, and multi-stakeholder engagement. It will formalise a non-profit legal entity to ensure continuity, foster coordinated R&I programming, and support policy dialogues. Through living labs, startup support, capacity-building, and open science practices, it bridges research with market adoption, ensuring that innovations reach communities, entrepreneurs, and policymakers across Africa and Europe.
The project leverages a network of over 250 past and ongoing R&I beneficiaries, and mobilises AU and EU stakeholders - researchers, funders, industry, civil society, and local actors - toward co-designed, impactful solutions. LEAP Energy + delivers measurable contributions to AU and EU climate and energy goals, while advancing inclusive development, science diplomacy, and equitable knowledge exchange.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
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- social sciences sociology governance
- engineering and technology environmental engineering energy and fuels renewable energy
- social sciences economics and business business and management entrepreneurship
- social sciences political sciences political policies civil society
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Programme(s)
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
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HORIZON.2.5 - Climate, Energy and Mobility
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HORIZON-CSA - HORIZON Coordination and Support Actions
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Call for proposal
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(opens in new window) HORIZON-CL5-2025-02
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