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Welcome to our newsletter
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Welcome!
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This is the first issue of the Africa Regional Centre of Excellence (ArcX) programme newsletter.
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The Africa Regional Centres of Excellence (ArcX) programme is an initiative dedicated to advancing sustainable development through Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI).
The programme builds on knowledge and capacity development support provided to the Regional Centres of Excellence through different sectoral approaches and existing programmes to rationalise, align and deepen the EU-Africa partnership and consolidate STI support under a single strategic and coherent intervention.
As a collaborative effort between African and European Centres of Excellence, the programme focuses on enhancing research and innovation capacities to address the pressing challenges of the green transition.
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Thematic Components
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The agroecology approach integrates principles of sustainability, biodiversity and social equity focusing on harmonious interactions between plant, animals, humans and environment. To address these challenges, the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) will coordinate the efforts of selected RCoEs.
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The Biodiversity Component aims to support the sustainable management of biodiversity, forests, protected and conserved areas, land and seascape ecosystems across Africa, in view of maintaining the ecosystem services crucial to local populations' well-being.
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The Water component started in 2024 for an expected duration of 48 months. Activities help achieve better water management and increased human development capacities (HDC) in the water sector in Sub‐Saharan Africa using a gender‐sensitive approach.
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Thematic Components launching soon
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Climate and Disaster Resilience & Ocean
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The Climate and Disaster Resilience Component and the Ocean Component will soon launch, completing all five thematic components of the ArcX Programme.
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Cross-cutting components
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Since December 2023, a dedicated Technical Assistance team provides support and expertise to INTPA and JRC to strengthen the programme’s coordination, develop knowledge management mechanisms, and foster stakeholder engagement, to leverage cross-fertilization across sectors. By doing so, it is expected to enhance the overall programme’s outreach and upscaling of successful initiatives.
Also part of the cross-cutting component, the Africa Knowledge Platform, online since 2022, has been identified as the backbone of the programme. It will serve ArcX as a central data hub, knowledge sharing platform and will help in filling the science-policy gap by providing user-friendly tools to help policymakers make the most of the data.
More information is available on the dedicated website.
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In Focus
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First annual meeting of the RCoE for Biodiversity and Forests
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The first annual meeting of the Regional Centres of Excellence (RCoE) for Biodiversity and Forests took place in Dakar from October 8 to October 11, 2024. During this meeting, key priorities for the three Centres of Excellence (CoE) involved in the component were established, and recommendations were made to synergize efforts to implement their projects successfully.
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The Africa Regional Centres of Excellence (ArcX) initiative is dedicated to fostering innovation, research, and capacity building across the continent. Our centres are strategically located to address regional challenges and leverage local strengths. Each centre is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities and staffed by leading experts in various fields. Although the ArcX programme is still in its early stages, we already see promising developments and laying the groundwork for future successes. Our next newsletter will highlight these developments.
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Recent events
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The events related to the ArcX Programme have an orange background while other events are in yellow.
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EO4Africa Symposium
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Many of the ArcX stakeholders participated in the 2024 EO for Africa Symposium, hosted by ESA.
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16th Convention on Biological Diversity COP
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Sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 16)
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RUFORUM TRIENNIAL 2024 PRE-CONFERENCE WEBINAR
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Exploring Agroecology: Current Insights and Emerging Research Frontiers
From Degradation to Regeneration: Agroecology and Soil Health Research for Sustainable Agriculture in Africa
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9th Africa Water Week / 7th Cairo Water Week
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The 9th Africa Water Week (AWW9) and the 2024 Cairo Water Week were organized jointly this year. The conference brought together political leaders, governments as well as government agencies, regional institutions, international development partners, the private sector, the scientific community, civil society, and the media to review progress and outline priorities for the continent.
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UNFCC COP 29
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UN Climate Change Conference 2024 (UNFCCC COP29)
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Science Forum South Africa 2024
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The Science Forum South Africa 2024 took place from 4 to 6 December at the CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, South Africa.
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Upcoming events
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UN OCEAN CONFERENCE
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09/06/2025 - 13/06/2025
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Global Climate Action Summit
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12/09/2025 - 15/09/2025
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San Francisco, California
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Beyond ArcX
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This section offers highlights of the work done by ArcX stakeholders on the themes and challenges they master. This first issue focuses on the work of some stakeholders, but will be enriched with insights from others as the programme progresses.
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This is an edition of the ArcX newsletter published by the Africa Knowledge Platform managed by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre.
Contact us: info@arcx.green or JRC-Africa@ec.europa.eu
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Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2024.
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ISSN: 2812-2437 | KJ-01-24-209-EN-N
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