Project description Studies, conferences and coordination actions supporting policy development in the context of international cooperation for e-Infrastructures Show the project objective Hide the project objective ERINA4Africa is an initiative aimed at fostering cooperation between the EU and Africa with a win-win perspective: 1) Africa may benefit from the development of Research Infrastructure policies based on EU experiences and best practices, and 2) the EU will have the chance to demonstrate on-the-field benefits of exploiting Research Infrastructure in key ICT areas where public funding would be relevant, namely e-Government, e-Health and e-Learning.Based on the results of a recent study funded by the EC (ERINA, www.erina-study.eu) this proposal aims to provide African and EU policy makers with a detailed analysis of exploitable scenarios of existing (and new) e-Infrastructures in Africa, by means of:1.\tA virtual observatory on trends and current evolution of e-Infrastructures in Africa, including a strict relation with academic as well as industrial communities, with the perspective of gathering concrete requirements to boost Academic and Industrial research.2.\tA foresight study identifying qualitative as well as quantitative benefits in adopting African Research Infrastructures as basic building blocks for other key IST areas (the qualitative analysis and the methodology were developed in the former ERINA study).3.\tA series of virtual conferences and local meetings to both promote and validate the project results.The project activities will allow the actors of the African e-Infrastructures ecosystems to network and share knowledge, and will foster easier communications and dissemination between the EU and Africa on an ongoing basis.Moreover ERINA4Africa has a green core. It will be managed to monitor and reduce as much as possible any paper usage, travelling alongside the world and energy consumption in general. This collateral exercise would demonstrate the possibility to have efficient while green research. Through the web site such metrics will be continuously monitored, providing concrete suggestions to reduce the impact of research projects Fields of science medical and health scienceshealth scienceshealth care serviceseHealthsocial sciencespolitical sciencesgovernment systemse-governancenatural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystems Programme(s) FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research infrastructures Topic(s) INFRA-2009-3.3 - Studies, conferences and coordination actions supporting policy development in the context of international cooperation for e-Infrastructures Call for proposal FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2009-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CSA - Coordination and support action Coordinator BRUNEL UNIVERSITY LONDON Address Kingston lane UB8 3PH Uxbridge United Kingdom See on map Region London Outer London — West and North West Harrow and Hillingdon Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Simon Taylor (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution No data Participants (4) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ENGINEERING - INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA SPA Italy EU contribution € 104 269,00 Address Piazzale dell'agricoltura 24 00144 Roma See on map Region Centro (IT) Lazio Roma Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Armando Iorio (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data METAWARE SOCIETA PER AZIONI Participation ended Italy EU contribution € 11 989,00 Address Via turati 43-45 56125 Pisa See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Giacomo Mazzini (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Other funding No data THE UBUNTUNET ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION NETWORKING Netherlands EU contribution € 57 222,00 Address Singel 468 d 1017 AW Amsterdam See on map Region West-Nederland Noord-Holland Groot-Amsterdam Activity type Other Administrative Contact Margaret Ngwira (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Other funding No data KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN Sweden EU contribution € 70 950,00 Address Brinellvagen 8 100 44 Stockholm See on map Region Östra Sverige Stockholm Stockholms län Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Björn Pehrson (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data
