Date: 04/03/2014
Introduction:
CTA is a member of a consortium of 16 partners involved in the EU 7th Framework Programme PACE-Net Plus project “Pacific Europe Network for Science, Technology and Innovation.” This 3-year project with a budget of €3 million is coordinated by IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement), France.
Considering the results of past and ongoing initiatives supporting EU-Pacific ST&I cooperation, PACE-Net Plus will:
Together with the University of Papua New Guinea (UNPG), CTA will co-lead work package 2 (WP2) “Strengthening the EU-Pacific ST&I cooperation in the field of food security, sustainable agriculture, marine and maritime research and the bio-economy.” CTA is also a partner in WP 4 on “Enhancing the cooperation on innovation issues to tackle the societal challenges which is led by UNIDO/UNPG”, WP 5 on “Strengthening the Pacific-EU research cooperation partnerships” and WP 6 “Support to the bi-regional policy dialogue in ST&I.”
Consortium meetings have been held in Noumea, New Zealand/Australia and most recently, EU-based partners met on 10 February 2014 in Brussels, Belgium. More information about this project and the partners is available on the project website www.pacenet.eu.
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