VIRTUAL EVENT: Sustainable Innovation policy forum: Building Back Greener - Africa Europe Innovation Partnership

8-10 December 2020. Sustainable Innovation policy forum: Building Back Greener - Africa Europe
Innovation Partnership

The Africa-Europe Innovation Partnership (AEIP) organized a virtual event consisting of four sessions, under the patronage of the South African Ministry for Science, Technology and Innovation, as part of their annual Science Forum. 

The AEIP is an initiative of the African Union-European Union High Level Policy Dialogue, with funding from the EC, aiming to support and connect innovation and technology incubators, accelerators and technology transfer actors from both continents. It was launched by the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation of the European Commission in September 2019 in Nairobi (Kenya), to strengthen innovation cooperation between Africa and the EU. 

1st December: Webinar on how to apply to the Green Deal Africa call

2nd December: Matchmaking session for European and African organisations that want to apply to the Green Deal Africa call

8th December: African & European Tech hub cleantech matching sessions

8th December: Interim Community of Practice meeting

10th December: Learning session on sustainable business modelling for cleantech

This webinar was facilitated by Florian Lüdeke-Freund, Professor for Corporate Sustainability, ESCP Business School, and Henning Breuer, Head of UXBerlin – Innovation Consulting and Professor for Business Psychology at HMKW Berlin. The moderator of the webinar is Imke de Kock, Lecturer at Stellenbosch University.

10th December: Sustainable innovation forum "Building Back Greener: opportunities across the board"

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The Africa-Europe Innovation Partnership (AEIP) is organizing a virtual event consisting of four sessions, under the patronage of the South African Ministry for Science, Technology and Innovation, as part of their annual Science Forum. The AEIP is an initiative of the African Union-European Union High Level Policy Dialogue, with funding from the EC, aiming to support and connect innovation and technology incubators, accelerators and technology transfer actors from both continents. It was launched by the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation of the European Commission in September 2019 in Nairobi (Kenya), to strengthen innovation cooperation between Africa and the EU.