Priorities for S&T cooperation Sample Clauses

Priorities for S&T cooperation. As member of the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership46 (EDCTP2), South Africa will continue to cooperate with the EU and EDCTP2 members on infectious and parasitic diseases such as AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, sleeping sickness, hookworm diseases and Ebola. South Africa and the EU will continue to cooperate in multilateral health research initiatives which aim to address global health challenges, such as the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases and the Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness, in which both South Africa and the European Commission participate as members. Cooperation also takes place in the Global Tuberculosis Vaccine Partnership, co-chaired by the Medical Research Council and the Department of Science and Technology of South Africa. The EU and South Africa have a good level of cooperation in research infrastructures, e.g. in radio-astronomy and astro-particle physics. South Africa is one of the major players in the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) ESFRI roadmap projects, and has already designed and built the MeerKAT telescope as a pathfinder to the SKA. In the next years, the EU will continue supporting the development of the Square Kilometre Array through a dedicated grant signed at the end of 2015. South Africa is also an active member of the Group of Senior Officials on Global Research Infrastructures for which it has offered to take the chairmanship as of October 2016. South Africa will co-host with the European Commission, the International Conference on Research Infrastructures in Cape Town from 3 to 5 October 2016. South Africa has set out a clear Earth Observation Strategy. Together with the European Commission (DG RTD), it co-chairs the Group on Earth Observations (GEO47). The focus will be on supporting the implementation of the new 10 year strategic plan of the 47 xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx/about_xxx.xxxxx Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) and AfriGEOSS, the African segment of GEOSS. The EC and South Africa are also involved in the development of an Integrated Atlantic Observing System. Launched at the Rio+20 Summit in 2012, 'Future Earth' is a 10-year international research initiative that will develop the knowledge for responding effectively to the risks and opportunities of global environmental change and for supporting transformation towards global sustainability in the coming decades. Although a regional hub in Africa is being established, South Africa i...
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Priorities for S&T cooperation. The Joint Steering Committee (JSC) which oversees the implementation of the EU-Brazil S&T Agreement has emphasised the need to deepen, scale up and open cooperation in selected thematic areas. This has led to a number of initiatives: Marine research is one of the main developing areas of joint interest. In November 2015, European Commissioner Xxxxxx Moedas signed a Declaration of Intent with the Brazilian Minister of Science, Research and Innovation to enhance marine research cooperation. The topics identified include ocean observation and forecasting systems, food security (including aquaculture), ocean technology, ocean literacy, land-sea interactions and polar research. In parallel, Brazil and South Africa signed a joint document on South-South Atlantic research cooperation aiming at developing a South Atlantic Science Plan. This initiative will match the Science Plan that has been developed for the North Atlantic together with the US and Canada. This contributes to increase cooperation with the South Atlantic countries towards an All Atlantic Ocean Research Alliance. In the area of bioeconomy and agriculture, the EU is considering keeping a multilateral approach involving the key states all over the world. Brazil has been invited to become a member of the International Bioeconomy Forum which would create a multilateral platform for discussion and action on the bioeconomy and which will be established in the second half of 2016. In the area of biotechnology, a Biotechnology Observatory in Brazil has been funded by the Sector Dialogue Facility supported by the Commission mirroring the EU Bioeconomy Observatory managed by the EU's Joint Research Centre. This is a good example of leveraging other funding mechanisms to support infrastructure that enables or facilitates S&T cooperation. Furthermore, there is ongoing cooperation through the Sector dialogues facility in the field of Alternative Methods to animal use and Agroecology Platforms. In the field of energy, advanced biofuels is the topic of a coordinated call in the WP 2016-17 of Horizon 2020 which aims at exploiting synergies between Brazil and Europe in terms of scientific expertise and resources in this area. Joint work can build upon the Brazilian sugarcane ethanol model and should benefit from the Brazilian and European experience in biofuels. In the coming years, Brazil will be an important partner in the context of Mission Innovation15. Progress is also being achieved in the cooperation on the ...
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Priorities for S&T cooperation. While STI cooperation with China is bound to be continued and increased across the board, the following areas have been identified as priority deserving dedicated actions. The EU and China are two of the biggest trading partners and food producers in the world, and face many similar nutrition and food security challenges. The overall challenge is to ensure sustainability of the agri-food systems catering for the needs of the growing population (especially in cities), the reduction of food and agricultural losses and waste, and the provision of safe and healthy foodstuffs. The flagship initiative on Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology (FAB) launched in 2013 is bound to be continued and reinforced with a view to identify sustainable solutions for those challenges with a farm-to-fork approach. On the bioeconomy area, China has been also invited to become a member of the International Bioeconomy Forum. Sustainable urbanisation is a major socio-economic challenge for both China and Europe and has been recognised by both sides, as well as by Member States, as a priority area for research and innovation cooperation. Future cooperation will be pursued by promoting support for large scale demonstration projects on the deployment of nature and cultural heritage based solutions is likely to continue with a view to address the numerous challenges that cities are facing such as air and noise pollution, human health, natural disasters, biodiversity loss, degradation of natural capital and the ever increasing urbanisation trends. The rapidly evolving high-tech aviation sector is of mutual interest for Europe and China. Building on the experience of past successful coordinated calls for proposals with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), policy dialogue and cooperation with MIIT is bound to continue. Future cooperation on aviation research will involve the close monitoring of the on-going projects and the identification of priorities for future joint actions through stakeholders' consultation taking into account the findings of the GRAIN2 joint project on green technology in aviation. China is a strategic partner for the EU in energy research and innovation for a number of reasons including the size of the Chinese market, the effort made by China to increase RD&D (Research, Development and Demonstration) spending and the recent commitment taken regarding the transition to low carbon economy. China is one of the principal interlocutors on peaceful us...
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