Info Day on FP7-Africa-2010 Africa Call

The Info Day on the Africa Call will be opened by the European Commissioner for Science and Research, Janez Potočnik and a representative from the African Union. The EU-AFRICA Strategic Partnership has paved the way to this call (implemented jointly by the Themes: ‘Health’, ‘Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology’ and ‘Environment (including climate change)’ of the 7th Framework Programme), which will fund projects aimed at enhancing African socio-economic development and capacity building. The call is structured around two major areas: (i) Water and Food Security and (ii) Better Health for Africa. It has a holistic approach involving various scientific and technological research fields