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2017 Projects' kick-off meeting Brussels, 5-6 February 2018

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Intra-Africa Results of the selection 2017

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Content

Selection Roadmap

Statistics on the applications received

Eligibility of the proposals

Statistics on the selected projects

Conclusions

TIME

Submission

of proposals

11 August

Grant Award

Decision

Assessment

phase

Intra-Africa 2017 Selection Roadmap

Deadline

Consultation

of AUC and EU

Delegations

Notification

of results

2 May

Eligibility

check

May/June

Evaluation

Committee

10 July

Assessment

phase

18 August

External experts

APPLICATIONS RECEIVED STATISTICS

Call for proposals

2016:

38 proposals

Call for proposals

2017:

72 proposals

72 applications

received

All 5 African

regions represented

39 African

countries

as Applicant and Partner

•175 African HEIs

•358 instances of participation

Applications received – 2017 Call

Percentage of proposals per region (Applicant and Partner)

Number of proposals per country of Applicant

Number of HEIs (Applicants and Partners)

2017 2016

2016:

107 HEIs

2017:

175 HEIs

Total number

2016+2017

206 HEIs

Widening participation throughout the

continent

Thematic fields

Eligibility of the proposals 2017

11

Main reasons of ineligibility

- Incomplete application form - Call requirements on the partnership composition and

distribution of mobility not respected - Ineligible thematic fields

Eligible: 68

Ineligible: 4

Total:

72

Eligibility committee decision:

APPLICATIONS SELECTED STATISTICS

13

72 applications

received

7 projects selected

Success rate: 10%

38 7 18% 2016

2017

Success rate

Percentage of selected projects per region (Applicants and Partners)

43%

86%

71%

86% 86%

43%

86%

29%

71%

86%

Africa -Central

Africa -Eastern

Africa -Northern

Africa -Southern

Africa -Western

2016 2017

Number of selected projects per country of Applicant

1 1

2 2

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Algeria Angola Benin Cameroon Ethiopia Kenya Morocco Nigeria Senegal South

Africa

Uganda

Number of selected projects per country of Applicants and Partners

2 2

1 1 1

5

1

2

1

5

2

1

3

2

5

2 2 2

1

2

1 1 1 1

2

3 3

2 2 2

1

2

3

6

Number of HEIs involved as Applicants and Partners

2016: 29 HEIs

38 instances of participation

2017: 27 HEIs

35 instances of participation

Number of selected projects per country of EU Technical partner

2 2

1 1 1 1 1 1

2

1 1

2016

2017

Thematic fields of selected projects

29%

14%

14%

43%

71%

43%

57%

57%

29%

57%

Social Sciences and Governance

Natural sciences

Information and CommunicationTechnologies (ICTs)

Health Sciences

Engineering, manufacturing andconstruction

Education

Business, administration and law

Agriculture, forestry, fisheries andveterinary

2016 2017

20

Lis of selected projects

Project Acronym Project Title

REFORM Regional academic exchange for enhanced skills in fragile ecosystems management in Africa

ACADEMY African Trans-Regional Cooperation through academic mobility

GENES Mobility for plant genomics scholars to accelerate climate-smart adaptation options and food security in Africa

COTRA Collaborative Training in Fisheries and Aquaculture in East, Central and Southern Africa

SCIFSA Partnership for Training Scientists in Crop Improvement for Africa

HEED Harmonisation of Entrepreneurship Education for Sustainable Development in Africa

LusoPax PaxLusófona: educação para a paz, mobilidade e sustentabilidade na lusofonia

2017 Planned mobility

450 mobility flows

273 61%

108 24%

69 15%

Master PhD Staff

61%

28%

73%

28% 26%

57%

39%

Credit-seeking mobility

70% 85% 90% 82% 85% 79%

63%

Target Group 1 mobility

Conclusions

- Number and quality of applications received: high potential of the programme for the future

- Interesting results from a content point of view: • High competition and increased quality

• New participating countries: Algeria, Angola, Cape Verde, Malawi and São Tomé and Príncipe (5 out of 17)

• 6 new coordinating countries out of 7

• All 7 coordinators are new institutions

• 48% institutions are newcomers in Intra-Africa and Intra-ACP

• Thematic priorities covered including transversal priorities