Europlanet Science Congress 2022
Palacio de Congresos de Granada, Spain
18 – 23 September 2022
Europlanet Science Congress 2022
Palacio de Congresos de Granada, Spain
18 September – 23 September 2022
EPSC Abstracts
Vol. 16, EPSC2022-1243, 2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2022-1243
Europlanet Science Congress 2022
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Fundraising for HEIs and scholars in Africa. The case of the Erasmus+ programme and other examples of funding opportunities

Livia Mercatelli
Livia Mercatelli
  • University of Bologna, Italy

Funds are a key-factor to boost research capacity and development at institutional as well as individual level. As universities in emerging countries seek to expand their academic activities in the fields of education and research, the pressure to have financial resources constantly available is obviously intensifying. Back in 2015 in Dakar, at the African Higher Education Summit “Revitalizing Higher Education for Africa’s Future”, the African Union highlighted funding as one of the top five higher education priorities.

If mainstream resources and government funds are often deemed as insufficient, it is also true that many external donors - in the framework of their mission and policies - are investing in higher education development to support institutions and individuals through different funding schemes. Within the Africa-EU Partnership supported by the European Union and the African Union, for instance, higher education cooperation is pivotal for the cooperation goals of the Partnership. Indeed, the new EU-funded Erasmus+ programme has known a four-fold increase of budget allocation to external actions in Sub-Saharan Africa region, covering for the period 2021-2027 the 26% of budget dedicated to the international dimension of the programme. The programme will provide opportunities for collaborative partnerships of HEIs to innovate and modernise education and develop capacities but also for individual academic mobility.

Erasmus+ is one example, among others available, of an external opportunity to attract resources to African academic community which is not always aware this and other funding opportunities exist. The presentation will provide an overview of opportunities available under the Erasmus+ programme and beyond meant for collaborative projects and individual development.

How to cite: Mercatelli, L.: Fundraising for HEIs and scholars in Africa. The case of the Erasmus+ programme and other examples of funding opportunities, Europlanet Science Congress 2022, Granada, Spain, 18–23 Sep 2022, EPSC2022-1243, https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2022-1243, 2022.

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