LEAP4FNSSA eConsultation

9 June 2022. The LEAP4FNSSA actors are working towards the establishment of the International Research Consortium (IRC) platform. 

A first online consultation was held on 9th of June. 

• The zero draft of the IRC document was launched on 20th May on the LEAP4FNSSA website 
• and the FARA Dgroup 
• The document is available for inputs.

The IRC Platform is expected to target four specific objectives: 

1. Increase the synergies and coherence between actors, research and innovation projects, initiatives and programmes, through the development of institutional alliances and clusters of projects and expertise 
2. Develop a learning environment and a large knowledge base, including monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) activities, creating communication and links between different initiatives to improve STI cooperation 
3. Establish a long term and sustainable coordination infrastructure, governance and funding mechanism 
4. Liaise with the HLPD Bureau.

LEAP4FNSSAschedule:

eConsultations 

• 9th June / 5th July / 30th August

Accra's meeting

• Upscaling Private Sector Participation and Science-based Outreach in West Africa’ to be held on 22nd – 23rd June 2022 in Accra, Ghana.
• The workshop will be hosted by the Science and Technology Policy Research Institute (CSIR-STEPRI), which is one of thirteen institutes under the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in Ghana.
• Read/download the agenda 

Brussels' meeting

• 13 July 2022. from 10:30 to 16:30 CEST. Creating an International Research Consortium on Food, Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture: A Platform for Research and Innovation between Africa and Europe.The workshop will be held in a hybrid format. The physical meeting is in Brussels, Belgium.
• The workshop will create awareness on the International Research Consortium (IRC), the LEAP4FNSSA platform which will be launched in September 2022.
• The IRC will serve as a bi-continental platform to advance FNSSA, create synergies between the many Research and Innovation (R&I) programmes, initiatives, and actors from both Europe and Africa. It will provide information on prospective partners, funding opportunities, and innovations that have worked in FNSSA.

Final write-shop and the IRC

• These consultations are planned to lead to the final write-shop and the IRC founding launch on September 14-16 in Accra.