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(Dis)Connected Elders? Interfaces of Cosmologies, Subjectivities and ICTs in the Lifeworlds of Kinshasa's Old Aged (ICTs in Kin)

Start date: Feb 9, 2011, End date: Feb 8, 2014,

...he elders' social relations, and (d) the role of these ICTs in the elders' religious lives. The intersection of ICTs and senectitude opens up a fascinating field that has not yet been addressed in an African context. The topic is until now even hardly studied in the West. The findings of the project will be of interest to anyone working on one or more of the following fields: urban studies, commun ...
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Sustainable Nutrition Research for Africa in the Years to come (Sunray)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2012,

...utritional challenges due to changes in the environmental landscape.2) Sustainable and broad-based solutions: Integration of nutrition research within other sectors to ensure sustainable solutions.3) African centre of gravity: Identification of research opportunities and constraints by African institutions.4) Broad stakeholder involvement: Strengthening of the link between research and action.5) P ...
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Evolutionary response of two African Rodent species (Hystrix sp) to climate changes: the study of the past as an estimate of the future (REHYSTRIX)

Start date: Feb 1, 2011, End date: Jan 31, 2013,

...gical Niche Modelling). However, accuracy of such predictions are strongly debated thus negatively affecting long-term conservation policy. In this project, analyses of the past range dynamics of two African Rodent species (Hystrix sp) will be used to assess the accuracy of Ecological Niche Modelling predictions by testing paleodistribution models with statistical phylogeography methods. This is o ...
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African Regional Capacity Development for Health Systems and Services Research (ARCADE HSSR)

Start date: Apr 1, 2011, End date: Mar 31, 2015,

This project will add new research training capacity at Sub Saharan African (SSA) universities, for health systems and services strengthening. The focus is doctoral and post doctoral training, institutional strengthening for education, financial and administrative research management, and South-South network building. Novel capacity building approaches will reduce brain-drain, be more climate frie ...
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A framework for enhancing EO capacity for Agriculture and Forest Management in Africa as a contribution to GEOSS (AGRICAB)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Mar 31, 2015,

... available satellite and other data with predictive models in order to facilitate integration in agriculture and forestry planning and management processes. Dedicated national applications in various African countries are designed to address particular policy issues related to livestock, crop systems and forest management. Through these applications, “twinning partnerships” are developed between a ...
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Water Harvesting Technologies Revisited: Potentials for Innovations, Improvements and Upscaling in Sub-Saharan Africa (WHATER)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Jun 30, 2015,

...ble under dynamic global and regional pressure, and strengthen rainfed agriculture, improve rural livelihood and increase food production and security in Sub-Saharan Africa. In total 3 European and 5 African organisations will be involved; namely VU University Amsterdam (The Netherlands), Newcastle University (United Kingdom), Stockholm Resilience Centre (Sweden), University of Kwazulu Natal (Sout ...
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Temporality of permanence –material and socio-spatial practices in African urbanism (TEMPEA)

Start date: Sep 14, 2015, End date: May 13, 2018,

The constructed materiality of African urbanism can be seen in buildings and the urban layout, especially when they aspire to permanence by building in stone. These built environments have mostly been analysed through the rather static lens of individual periods and social forces, resulting in uniformly interpreted organic growth (for pre-colonial periods), or as in stages of progress towards the ...
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Motivate, inspire and dream

Start date: Sep 15, 2014, End date: Apr 15, 2015,

...uch involved in volunteering . The project is implemented by Devision Association with the support of four partners : L' Isola che non c'è (Italy ) , KLUBS Maja - jaunatne Vienot Eiropa ( Latvia ) , African Centre for Development and Research ( UK) , Stowarzyszenie Inicjatyw Obywatelskich " EZG " (Poland ) . Together we established the four objectives of the project : 1. At the end of the project, ...
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Gap Year Project

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Feb 28, 2018,

...umbers of inhabitants, built for cooperative habitation and used for social relocation after the requalification of the eastern zone of Lisbon – Official information says 40% of families are of African origin and 39% gypsies; low incomes (low education and professional qualification, uncertain employment) and great social stigmatization. The volunteers will assisting AMC in the animation for stude ...
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Advocacy and Facilitation Skills for in youth Work; Lead the Change

Start date: Jul 1, 2015, End date: Jul 31, 2016,

...e opportunity to develop their own skills and the motivation to effectively lead and advocate change. This project was put together by the overwhelming request from organizations and youth workers to African Centre for Development and research to organize this project together with a view to helping organizations to develop crucial skills of facilitation and advocacy. It was believed that this ski ...
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Resource Governance and Project Management in International Youth Work; Creating Value for Money

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Apr 30, 2016,

...e field of youth. Over the years, there has been a lot of assumptions made about youth workers and youth leaders which are not through in practical sense based on the research and the feedback got by African Centre for Development and Research from January 2014 till August 2014. There was the assumption that youth workers and youth leaders who were able to write project proposals will automaticall ...
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Network for water quality monitoring (COPEAU)

Start date: Jan 1, 2007, End date: Jun 30, 2010,

...fforts should enable the Tunisian authorities to effectively monitor water quality and bring those responsible for pollution to justice. They should also provide a good example for the North African region. The beneficiary already agreed a new form of co-operation with the Algerian authorities on a shared approach to better control and manage common water basins.
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Small farms, small food businesses and sustainable food security (SALSA)

Start date: Apr 1, 2016, End date: Mar 31, 2020,

SALSA will assess the role of small farms and small food businesses in delivering a sustainable and secure supply of affordable, nutritious and culturally adequate food. SALSA will identify the mechanisms which, at different scales, can strengthen the role of small farms in food systems and thereby support sustainable food and nutrition security (FNS). By considering a gradient of 30 reference reg ...
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Animate the Global Change

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Apr 1, 2018,

ANIMATE THE GLOBAL CHANGE aims to raise the capacity of youth organizations from Europe and Africa to contribute to a cohesive sustainable society through alternative innovative methodology (street campaigning methods: participative or performing arts, living library and other techniques that could reach more young people);More specific objectives that are to be achieved :• To provide a space for ...
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Towards a long-term Africa-EU partnership to raise sustainable food and nutrition security in Africa (PROIntensAfrica)

Start date: Apr 1, 2015, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

...rica intends to develop a proposal for a long term research and innovation partnership between Europe and Africa, focusing on the improvement of the food and nutrition security and the livelihoods of African farmers by exploring and exploiting the diversity of pathways to sustainable intensification of African agro-food systems. The exploration will include environmental, economic and social exter ...
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Advancing SSA-EU cooperation in research and innovation for global challenges (CAAST-Net Plus)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

In 2007, heads of state and government from Africa and Europe launched the Joint Africa-EU Strategy (JAES) formulated in response to geopolitical changes, globalisation and the processes of integration in Africa and Europe. At the heart of the JAES is an overtly political relationship and among the features distinguishing JAES from previous Africa-Europe policy initiatives is the associated actio ...
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JuKaVa nonformal method – learning through playing

Start date: Feb 1, 2016, End date: Jul 31, 2016,

Devision Association in partnership with five organizations from Bulgaria, Estonia, Turkey, Britain and Spain will carry out the project "JuKaVa nonformal method - learning through playing. The project idea started during a project Erasmus, where former partners have identified common needs and interests and have decided to write a project with high impact and the objectives and goals they ident ...
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International Youth Training on Conflict Transformation and Negotiation Through Turbulence

Start date: Jan 10, 2015, End date: May 9, 2016,

The theme of this training was “International Youth Training on Conflict Transformation and Negotiation through Turbulence” Occurrences and events of the last couple of years, ranging from violent riot in U.K in 2010, violent protest in Spain, Bulgaria and Greece are constantly confusing young people as to the veracity of non-violent response to conflict. The sporadic violent confrontation in Ukra ...
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MEDIA PRISM YOUTH TRAINING

Start date: Nov 1, 2014, End date: Jan 31, 2016,

The media plays a crucial role in modern society. In its various forms it relays information to the public, and helps communities keep up-to-date with current events from around the world. Additionally, the media serves as a link between the world and policies of governments and its citizens, by informing the latter of the policies and practices of the former. This information helps the public to ...
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Social Projects Management for Youth inclusion - Training for trainers for African Diaspora Youth Workers

Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

This project "Social Projects Management for Youth inclusion - Training for trainers for African Diaspora Youth Workers" focuses above all on 42 african youth workers with few opportunities, coming from the families that are facing social and economical probelms at local levels from the partners countries in Europe and at same time giving crucial contributions to the african diaspora organizations ...
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Quantifying projected impacts under 2°C warming (IMPACT2C)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

Political discussions on the European goal to limit global warming to 2°C demands that discussions are informed by the best available science on projected impacts and possible benefits. IMPACT2C enhances knowledge, quantifies climate change impacts, and adopts a clear and logical structure, with climate and impacts modelling, vulnerabilities, risks and economic costs, as well as potential respons ...
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OVERCOMING INVICIBLE BORDERS; PATHWAY TO A SOCIETY OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: May 31, 2015,

Prior to the 1992 Maastricht Treaty, the European Communities treaties provided guarantees for the free movement of economically active persons, but not, generally, for others. Despite the removal of physical boundaries, nations have not fully succeeded in overcoming invincible barriers which are much stronger than difficult to cross than physical borders. There was an assumption that once borders ...
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Life on the better side

Start date: Aug 1, 2014, End date: Feb 1, 2015,

The project is an initiative that was created by active young people from 7 countries. Amoung them: Hungary, Turkey, Ukraine, Georgia, Great Britain, Poland, Slovakia which organize educational activities for children and youth. It will be organized in Lviv City, well-known as the centre of artistic, music, literature and theatrical life. Numerous museums and galleries, theatres, and many cultura ...
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GMES for Africa: Regional Network for Information Exchange and Training in Emergencies (GARNET-E)

Start date: May 1, 2010, End date: Apr 30, 2012,

"To enable and enhance the ability of African states to use satellite Earth Observation for the management of natural and man-made humanitarian emergencies. To develop a network of EU, African organisations and African users, in order to build economic, technical and commercial capacity within African states, along the priority lines being identified in consultation with the African Union under th ...
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