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Council for Trade-Related Aspects 
of Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English/French  
 
  REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLE 66.2 
OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT 
EUROPEAN UNION 
Addendum 
The following communication, dated 28 September 2015, was received from the delegation of the 
European Union. It reports on activities pursuant to paragraph 1 of the Decision on the Implementation of Article 66.2 of the TRIPS Agreem ent (IP/C/28) by the European Union, as well 
as certain of its member States (Austria, Denmar k, Estonia, Finland, France, Ireland, Spain, 
Sweden and the United Kingdom).  
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I.   GENERAL REMARKS 
This document is circulated in accordance with the Decision of the Council for TRIPS of 
19 February 2003, according to which developed country Members shall submit annually reports 
on actions taken or planned in pursuance of their commitments under Article 66.2 (incentives 
provided to their enterprises or institutions for the purpose of promoting and encouraging 
technology transfer to least-developed country Members).  
As agreed in the Council for TRIPS, this document is a detailed report on technology transfer 
incentives put in place by the EU and its member States.  
II.   SCOPE AND NATURE OF INFORMATION PROVIDED 
Technology transfer refers here to the ways and means through which companies, individuals and 
organizations acquire technology or know-how fr om third parties, whether such technology is 
IPR-protected or not (i.e. incl uding confidential know-how). 
 
There are several types of technologies as well as several channels of transmission. Indeed, the acquisition by least developed countries (LDCs) of a sound and viable technological base does not 
depend solely on the provision of physical objects or equipment, but also on the acquisition of 
know-how, on management and production skills,  on improved access to knowledge sources as 
well as on adaptation to local economic, social and cultural conditions. 
 
It is clear that the private - and particularly the commercial - sector is nowadays the main source of technologies and, in this context, technology transfer is often one component of a more complex 
project, rather than a stand-alone activity. Indeed , there are technology transfer aspects in many 
projects that go under the label of "technical assist ance". Most projects that deal with sectors such 
as energy, water, agriculture, governance and in frastructure contain transfer of know-how and 
technology. 
 
In their efforts to encourage and promote technology transfer, developed country governments are usually limited by two factors: (1) they do not own the vast majority of such technologies; 
(2) they cannot force the private sector to transfer its technologies. 
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  Incentives can therefore only take the form of encouragement, promotion and facilitation of 
projects which are part of a global and comprehensive approach to development.  Technology transfer is considered to include training, education and "know-how". Transfer of 
know-how is therefore also contained in projects that deal with education. In addition to formal 
TT channels such as the transfer or licensin g of IP rights and/or know-how, there are 
several - equally important – informal TT channels such the hiring of new university graduates, 
exchanges of qualified staff, joint research projects; or specific projects related to foreign direct 
investment (quite often, technology transfer is  one component of more complex projects, rather 
than a stand-alone activity). Moreover, access to the right partners, information and expertise are key at all stages. 
 
Finally, it should be borne in mind that no technology transfer programme is specifically dedicated to least developed countries as such. EU initiatives are usually specific to countries/groups of 
countries/regions, since the EU strongly support s regional integration, which fosters better 
understanding and political and economic links between neighbouring countries. However, the EU's approach to the allocation of aid and incentives pays particular attention to the situation of the 
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  ANNEX1 
III.   EUROPEAN UNION 
Research programmes FP7 EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation projects 
 
During the previous EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation FP7 (2007-2013) the environment (including climate change) thematic area supported a total of 78 participations of 
partners from least developed countries, LDCs, in research projects. Those partners were entitled 
to a funding from the EU budget of €8.3 million. Some of these pr ojects have finished but many 
are still in operation. The table below shows th e countries involved and the number of funded 
participations in each country. The second table lists all FP7 projects with LDC participants as well 
as the countries involved. 
 FP7 thematic area Environment: Number of project participation from least developed 
countries 
Participant Country Name Total 
Angola 1 
Bangladesh 7 
Benin 2 
Burkina Faso 10 
Cambodia 2 
Ethiopia 13 
Guinea 1 
Lao (People's Dem. Republic) 2 
Malawi 2 
Mozambique 4 
Niger 7 
Rwanda 2 
Senegal 14 
Sudan 2 
Togo 1 
Uganda 6 
Zambia 2 
Grand Total 78 
 
                                               
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  List of FP7 projects (thematic area Environment) with LDC participations 
Acronym Project title Project No.  LDC partners, 
No. LDC partners 
DEVCOCAST GEONETCast for and by 
Developing Countries 211307 2 Niger x 2 
ISSOWAMA Integrated Sustainable Solid 
Waste Management in Asia 211873 4 Bangladesh x 2; 
Cambodia x 2  
WETWIN Enhancing the role of wetlands 
in integrated water resources management for twinned river basins in EU, Africa and South America in support of EU Water Initiatives 212300 1 Uganda 
AEGOS African-European  Georesources 
Observation System 212545 6 Guinea; Senegal; 
Uganda; Burkina Faso; 
Ethiopia; Zambia 
UNDESERT Understanding and combating 
desertification to mitigate its impact on ecosystem services 243906 5 Burkina Faso x 2; 
Niger; Senegal; Benin 
QWECI Quantifying Weather and 
Climate Impacts on Health in 
Developing Countries 243964 4 Malawi; Senegal x 3 
CORFU Collaborative Research on 
Flood Resilience in Urban areas  244047 1 Bangladesh 
EO2HEAVEN Earth observation and 
environmental modelling for 
the mitigation of health risks 244100 2 Mozambique; Uganda 
IWWA Integrated waste management 
in western Africa 244188 4 Senegal x 3; Niger 
CLIMAFRICA Climate change predictions in 
Sub-Saharan Africa: impacts 
and adaptations 244240 4 Burkina Faso; Sudan; 
Togo; Malawi 
CLUVA CLimate change and Urban 
Vulnerability in Africa 265137 3 Senegal; Burkina Faso; 
Ethiopia 
I-REDD+ Impacts of Reducing Emissions 
from Deforestation and Forest 
Degradation and Enhancing 
Carbon Stocks 265286 1 Lao P.R. 
DEWFORA Improved Drought Early 
Warning and FORecasting to strengthen preparedness and adaptation to droughts in Africa 265454 2 Sudan; Mozambique 
WAHARA Water HArvesting for Rainfed 
Africa: investing in dryland 
agriculture for growth and 
resilience 265570 3 Zambia; Burkina Faso; 
Ethiopia 
CLARA Capacity-Linked water supply 
and sanitation improvement for Africa's peri-urban and Rural Areas 265676 7 Ethiopia x 6; 
Burkina Faso 
WASHTECH Water, Sanitation and Hygiene 
Technologies 266200 2 Uganda; Burkina Faso 
HEALTHY FUTURES Health, environmental change 
and adaptive capacity: mapping, examining and anticipating future risks of water-related vector-borne diseases in eastern Africa 266327 3 Ruwanda x 2; Uganda IP/C/W/611/Add.7 
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  Acronym Project title Project No.  LDC partners, 
No. LDC partners 
WHATER Water Harvesting Technologies 
Revisited: Potentials for 
Innovations, Improvements 
and Upscaling in Sub-Saharan 
Africa 266360 2 Uganda; Burkina Faso 
AFROMAISON Africa at a meso-scale: 
Adaptive and integrated tools and strategies for natural resources management 266379 2 Uganda; Burkina Faso 
AGRICAB A framework for enhancing EO 
capacity for Agriculture and 
Forest Management in Africa as 
a contribution to GEOSS 282621 5 Mozambique x 2; 
Ethiopia; Niger; 
Senegal 
IMPACT2C Quantifyin g projected impacts 
under 2°C warming 282746 3 Bangladesh x 2; Niger 
AFRICAN CLIMATE Uptake of Climate related 
Research Results through 
Knowledge Platforms with 
African Collaboration Partners 283158 1 Senegal 
SUSTAIN EU-ASEAN SUSTAIN EU-ASEAN: Sustain 
and Enhance Cooperation on Sustainable Development between Europe and South East Asia 603518 1 Lao P.R. 
PREFACE Enhancing prediction of 
Tropical Atlantic climate and its 
impacts 603521 4 Angola; Senegal x 2; 
Benin 
EARTH2OBSERVE Global Earth Observation for 
integrated water resource assessment 603608 2 Ethiopia; Bangladesh 
SIGMA Stimulating Innovation for 
Global Monitoring of Agriculture 
and its Impact on the 
Environment in support of 
GEOGLAM (SIGMA) 603719 2 Ethiopia; Niger 
HELIX High-End cLimate Impacts and 
eXtremes 603864 2 Bangladesh; Senegal 
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  Horizon 2020 projects on Climate Action, Resource Efficiency, Environment and 
Raw Materials  In the first full year of the current EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, the 
Societal Challenge 5 "Climate Action, Resource Efficiency, Environment and Raw Materials" 
six participants from least developed countries have been successful in three funded projects. The projects are the following: 
 EWIT, "E-Waste Implementation Toolkit". The LDC partner is the Choma Municipal 
Council in Zambia receiving an EC contribution of €62,000; 
 AfricanBioServices, "Linking biodiversity, ecosystem functions and services in the Great 
Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem (GSME) - drivers of change, causalities and sustainable 
management strategies". This project has four LDC partners from Tanzanina; Tanzania 
Wildlife Research Institute, Tawiri ; The University of Dodoma; Sokoine University of 
Agriculture; and University of Dar Es Salaam. In total these partners receive an EC 
contribution of over €1.5 million to finance their participation; 
 SWOS "Satellite-based Wetland Observatio n Service". The LDC partner is Wetlands 
International Africa Programme, which has its regional seat in Dakar (Senegal) and 
offices in Mali and Kenya. The EC contribution to this partner amounts to €24,000. 
1. Title of project/programme: 
 EWIT project - Developing an e-waste implementa tion toolkit to support the recycling and the 
secondary raw material recovery strategies in metropolitan areas in Africa 
 2. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 
Urbanization is on the rise in Africa and this trend is expected to continue in the future. The fast growing use of technology is creating a rising e-waste stream, for which there is limited recycling 
capacity. Waste management infrastructures and public awareness of the health issues is largely 
non-existent. Basic environmental precautions are al most absent and health and safety regulations 
are loosely enforced. Improvements are therefor e urgently needed to combat related health 
issues, alleviate poverty and develop the local recycling sector. EWIT project's aim is to address 
these challenges, encouraging the exchange of  best practice among African and European 
municipalities so as to ensure the effective implementation of e-waste management systems in the local communities. 
 
3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 
EU Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme  4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 
The project coordinator is:  
 Consorzio Remedia (Italy) 
Other partners from EU member States are: 
 
 International Solid Waste Association (Austria) 
 EIEE GesmbH (Austria) 
 Osterreichische Gesellschaft Fuer System- Und Automatisierungstechnik (Austria) 
 Technische Universitaet Wien (Austria) 
 Universitaet Fuer Bodenkultur Wien (Austria) 
 Worldloop Vzw (Belgium) IP/C/W/611/Add.7 
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   Stad Antwerpen (Belgium) 
 Quadrifoglio Servizi Ambientali Area Fiorentina Spa (Italy) 
 Ancitel Energia E Ambiente Spa (Italy) 
 Comune di Firenze (Italy) 
 Servico Intermunicipalizado de Gestao De Residuos Do Grande Porto (Portugal) 
 University of Leeds (United Kingdom) 
Other non-EU-member States involved in the project are: 
 Universite d'Abobo-Adjame (Côte d'Ivoire) 
 District Autonome D'abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire) 
 Sellgelle International Consultancy Company Limited (Kenya) 
 Kisii University (Kenya) 
 Kisii County (Kenya) 
 International Centre For Research In Sustainable Development Ent (Icrsd) (Kenya) 
 Council For Scientific And Industrial Research (South Africa) 
 Mintek (South Africa) 
 E-Waste Association Of South Africa (South Africa) 
 Pikitup Johannesburg (Proprietary) Limited (South Africa) 
Responsible partner from LDC: 
 
 Choma Municipal Council (Zambia) 
5. Targeted LDC Members (Transferee):  
Zambia:  
Partner:   Choma Municipal Council 
End-user: 
 Local authorities, but also businesses and academia 
6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
Facilitation of knowledge exchange to stimulate North-South and South-South cooperation.  The working model is based on two different set of workshops, one le d by "Cities" and the other by 
"Experts". Tools, implementation models, policies and procedures will feed a dedicated information 
and service platform called "E-waste implementati on toolkit". This dynamic and easy to use 
internet portal will be a strategic source of kn owledge for decision makers at industry and local 
government level. Dissemination will play a key role to assure that the project's deliverables are 
well understood and ready to be applied.  
7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 Waste management  
8. Type of technology transferred: 
 Best practices and successful case studies will be included within a toolkit, which will take the form 
of a web portal, providing operative tools to support decision-makers in developing and 
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9. Expected output related to technology transfer:  The project will develop a comprehensive mapping of the baseline data of African metropolitan 
areas related to e-waste management, analysing the most relevant experiences, processes and 
legal tools available. It will then deliver a dynamic and easy to use information and service portal to offer guidance and practical support for the design and development of e-waste collection and 
recycling systems. 
 10. Outcomes/impact:  
EWIT will define the conditions and actions necessary to: 
 
 implement effective waste recycling systems in metropolitan areas; 
 increasing recycling opportunities for entrepreneurs; 
 generating new jobs; and 
 improving environment and health protection of local communities. 
11. Budget or funds allocated: 
 
 Project total costs: €1,641,750  
 Project requested EC contribution: €1,641,750 
 Requested EC contribution for LDC country: €62,500 (Zambia) 
12. Duration: 
 
1 February 2015-31 January 2017 
 13. Status: 
 
Project is running in its first year  14. Contact point for information: 
 
Danilo Bonato, Director General Consorzio Remedia 
Via Messina 38 
20154 MILANO http://www.consorzioremedia.it/  
 
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1. Title of project/programme: 
 EU H2020 Climate action, resource efficiency, environment and raw materials research and 
innovation action 
 AfricanBioServices  project - Linking biodiversity, ecosystem functions and services in the 
Great Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem (GSME) - drivers of change, causalities and sustainable 
management strategies  2. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 
The direct dependence of humans on ecosystem services is by far strongest in developing regions where poverty restricts access to resources. This dependency also makes people in developing 
countries more sensitive to climate change than their developed counterparts. Increasing human 
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  poverty and low human welfare. This calls for innovative solutions that encompass the entire 
socio-ecological-economic system, as recognized on a global scale in the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. However, innovative and practical solu tions require downscaling to regional levels for 
identifying concrete sets of drivers of change. For Africa specifically, the interplay of human 
population growth, land use change, climate change and human well-being is a major challenge. 
This project focuses on the Serengeti-Masai Mara Ecosystem and associated agricultural areas, a region in East Africa that encompasses parts of Kenya and Tanzania. The ecosystem is 
world-famous for key aspects of its biodiversity, such as the migration of 1.3 million wildebeest. 
This 'flagship ecosystem" role will enhance the international interest in the project. In this project, internationally leading researchers from Norw ay, the Netherlands, Scotland, Denmark and 
Germany are teaming up with strong local partners in Tanzania and Kenya. 
3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 
EU Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme 
 4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 
The project coordinator is:  
 Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet (Norway) 
Other partners from EU member States are: 
 
 Stiftelsen Norsk Institutt For Naturforskning Nina (Norway) 
 Universitaet Hohenheim (Germany) 
 University Of Glasgow (United Kingdom) 
 Rijksuniversiteit Groningen RUG (Netherlands) 
 Kobenhavns Universitet (Denmark) 
Other non-EU-member States involved in the project are: 
 
 Kenya Wildlife Service (Kenya) 
 International Livestock Research Institute (Kenya) 
 Directorate of Resource Surveys and Remote Sensing (Kenya) 
Responsible partner from LDC: 
 
 Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute Tawiri (United Republic of Tanzania) 
 The University of Dodoma (U nited Republic of Tanzania) 
 Sokoine University of Agriculture (United Republic of Tanzania) 
 University of Dar Es Salaam (United Republic of Tanzania) 
5. Targeted LDC Members (Transferee): 
 
United Republic of Tanzania: 
 
Partner: 
 
 Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute Tawiri (United Republic of Tanzania) 
 The University of Dodoma (U nited Republic of Tanzania) 
 Sokoine University of Agriculture (United Republic of Tanzania) 
 University of Dar Es Salaam (United Republic of Tanzania) 
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  End-user: 
 
 Human populations and biodiversity living in the Serengeti-Masai Mara Ecosystem and 
associated agricultural areas. 
6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 The research will: 
 
 assemble and integrate the so far separate Kenyan and Tanzanian relevant data on the 
region; 
 quantify the connections between human population growth, land use change, climate 
change and biodiversity change; 
 test how biodiversity change leads to changes in key ecosystem services; 
 quantify the dependence of human livelihood s on these ecosystem services. The project 
will implement innovative ways for communication and dissemination of the results of 
"continuous engagement" by local stakeholders. 
7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 
Biodiversity, ecosystem functions and services, sustainable management strategies.  8. Type of technology transferred: 
 
 Integration of relevant Kenyan and Tanzanian ecological, climatic and socio-economic 
data in a common database framework. 
 Know-how will be transferred on biology (ecology, population dynamics, molecular 
biology), social sciences (geography, anthropology, socio-ecology, economy, human biology, conjoint analysis), health (veterinary medicine), modelling (mathematical, 
statistical), remote sensing (land use, vegetation, hydrology), environmental (climate), 
chemistry (water and soil quality) and technology (sensors, telemetry). 
9. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 
A key element will be having of a strong focus on the creation of hybrid scientific–local knowledge 
that is relevant to the needs of communities and policymakers.  
10. Outcomes/impact: 
 The project will: 
 
 assess the impacts of direct, indirect and emerging drivers of change, separately in 
combination and interactively, on the status and trends of biodiversity and ecosystem function; 
 assess the causalities between biodiversity and ecosystem services; 
 provide forecasting methodologies to predict future variation in drivers of change, their 
expected impact on biodiversity and their consequences for ecosystem service delivery; 
 develop and refine sound and cost-effective indicators on biodiversity, ecosystem 
function/resilience and ecosystem service; 
 derive novel sustainable solutions to achieve th e twin goals of biodiversity protection and 
the improvement of benefits that people derive from the unique ecosystems within the 
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  11. Budget or funds allocated: 
 
 Project Total Costs: €9,891,768.50 
 Project Requested EC Contribution: €9,891,768.50 
 Total requested EC Contribution for LDC country (United Republic of Tanzania): 
€1,567,677.50 
Out of which: 
 Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute: €1,033,912.50 
 University of Dodoma: €160,250.00 
 Sokoine University of Agriculture: €167,520.00 
 University of Dar Es Salaam: €205,995.00 
12. Duration: 
 1 June 2015-1 June 2019 
 
13. Status:  
Project is running in its first year. 
 14. Contact point for information:  
Pr. Eivin Røskaft (Coordinator) 
Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Høgskoleringen 5, Realfagbygget, 
EU2-146, 7491 
Trondheim Norway 
www.ntnu.edu/africanbio 
 
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1. Title of project/programme:  
EU H2020 Climate action, resource efficiency, environment and raw materials research and 
innovation action  
SWOS  project - Satellite-based Wetland Observation Service 
 2. Policy objective and/or purpose:  
The objective of the project SWOS is to develop a monitoring and information service focusing on 
wetland ecosystems. Globally wetlands are the ecosystems with the highest rate of loss. This is alarming, considering their significance as biodiversity hotspots and ecosystems with a central role 
in the water cycle, including improving water quality and reducing water scarcity, in climate 
regulation and the economic benefit gained from using their services. A key limitation to their more effective conservation, sustainable management and restoration is the missing knowledge 
underpinning the application of European polic y by member States. Under the Biodiversity 
Strategy, member States have recently committed to the mappin g and assessment of ecosystem 
services (MAES); this provides a key instrument for an improved integration of wetlands in policy.  IP/C/W/611/Add.7 
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  3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 EU Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme 
 
4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 
The project coordinator is: 
 
 Jena-Optronik Gmbh (Germany) 
Other partners from EU member States are: 
 UICN, Bureau de Représentation Auprès de l'Union Européenne Aisbl (Belgium) 
 Unite Technique Du Semide Geie (France) 
 Fondation Tour Du Valat (France) 
 Remote Sensing Solutions Gmbh (Germany) 
 Friedrich-Schiller-Universitat Jena (Germany) 
 Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitat Bonn (Germany) 
 Mouseio Goulandri Fysikis Istorias (Greece) 
 Terrasphere Imaging & Gis Bv (Netherlands) 
 Stichting Wetlands International (Netherlands) 
 Universidad De Malaga (Spain) 
 Brockmann Geomatics Sweden Ab (Sweden) 
Third party involved from LDC: 
 
 Wetlands International Africa Programme (Senegal) – it has its regional seat in Dakar 
(Senegal) and offices in Mali and Kenya. 
5. Targeted LDC Members (Transferee): 
 
Wetlands International Africa whose regional seat is in Senegal will be responsible for the collection of data from the pilot sites in Mali, Senegal and Kenya, validation and ground truthing of maps for these sites, as well as the user engagement, communication and dissemination in the 
region. 
 6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
SWOS will take full advantage of the Sentinel satellites and integrate results from the ESA Globwetland projects. Status maps and indicators, as well as near real-time observations will 
allow the assessment of biodiversity and the monitoring of dynamic changes in an unmatched 
temporal and spatial resolution. The Service Portal will allow the integration and web-based analysis of new maps and in-situ measurements and provide a unique entry point to locate, access and connect existing information and databases. It follows a GEOSS compatible data-broker 
approach and adopts international standards. 
 7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 
Wetland ecosystems services, biodiversity.  
8. Type of technology transferred: 
 SWOS will transfer the map products and software together with capacity building and training to 
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  the job creation also in rural areas, in line with the commission's initiative on "Smart Cities and 
Communities".  9. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 
SWOS contributes to establishing a Global Wetland Observing System, as requested by Ramsar, it will facilitate local and EU monitoring tasks and input into international reporting obligations. 
 
All participating organizations, in particular also from lower income countries will get the maps and indicator calculations produced during the live time of the project from areas in their countries for free. The monitoring maps and indicators will be  provided together with training and capacity 
building. Via training sessions and workshops as described in the proposal, users will become 
capable to use the SWOS portal with all the summarized wetland relevant information, the monitoring maps and derived indicators. Capacity building needs will be asked in the user 
questionnaire. All participating organizations will get the software for free. The training sessions 
will include parts about how to download satellite data, how to process the data using the software to prepare maps, how to apply the nomenclature and how to read indicators. 
 
The project team reserved a certain budget to su pport users from third countries with travel 
budgets. Thus, all users will have an equal and fa ir chance to participate in training sessions, 
workshops and to benefit from the project portal. 
 
All partners who will visit third countries are well experienced in working in such regions.  
10. Outcomes/impact: 
 SWOS will improve the availability of data, knowledge, methods and tools for monitoring and 
assessment of the status and trends of wetlan d ecosystems and their services, and therefore 
impact national, European and international report ing activities and the responsible stakeholders 
within science, industry and policy-making.  
SWOS and its services will raise public awareness of the threats faced by Europe's wetlands as well 
as their key role in ecosystem service delivery and in sustainable water management in Europe and beyond. 
 
At the European level, SWOS will develop a moni toring and information service for wetlands that 
will complement the mapping and assessment of the ecosystem services process and support the 
consideration of wetlands in the implementation of key policy areas, such as the Water Framework 
Directive, the Flood Directive, Habitats and Bi rds Directives and the EU's climate and energy 
policy. SWOS will position Europe in a leading role for the new wetland activities within the GEO ecosystem, biodiversity, water, land cover and across tasks. This will support the Commission 
and member States in assessing the status of wetlands in Europe and will respond to the 
requirements of national and local environmental reporting obligations.  
At the global scale, SWOS will contribute significantly to improve the knowledge on wetlands and 
will create a new capacity for monitoring these ecosystems at multiple scales contributing to the establishment of a Global Wetland Observing Syst em, as requested by the Ramsar Convention on 
Wetlands. Furthermore, the direct involvement and project partnership with users working at 
different scales and in different regions ensures the usability of project results at different levels.  11. Budget or funds allocated: 
 
 Project total costs: €4,979,189.36 
 Project requested EC contribution: €4,979,189.36 
 Requested EC contribution for LDC country (Senegal): €24,453.83 
12. Duration: 
 
1 June 2015-1 June 2018 
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  13. Status: 
 Project is running in its first year.  
14. Contact point for information: 
 Kathrin Weise (Coordinator) 
Jena-Optronik GmbH 
Otto-Eppenstein-Strasse 3 07745 Jena, Germany http://www.jena-optronik.de /en/company/profile.html  
 
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FP7 Environment projects in their second year of implementation involving LDC countries 
 
1. Title of project/programme:  EU FP7 eartH2Observe Climate action and resour ce efficiency technology transfer projects 
 
2. Policy objective and/or purpose:  
eartH2Observe will integrate available global earth observations (EO), in-situ datasets and models 
to construct a global water resources reanalysis dataset of significant length (at least 30 years) that will provide improved insights on the full ex tent of available water and existing pressures on 
global water resources in all parts of the water cycl e. The project will support efficient and globally 
consistent water management and decision-making by providing comprehensive multi-scale (local, regional, continental and global) water resources observations.  
3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 
EU 7
th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7) 
 4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 
 All eartH2Observe project partners are involved 
 Responsible partners from member States are: 
 Utrecht University (The Netherlands) 
 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - UNESCO-IHE (France) 
 Responsible partners from LDC are: 
 Institute for Water Modelling (Bangladesh) 
 Addis Ababa Institute of Technology (Ethiopia) 
5. Targeted LDC Members (Transferee): 
 
Bangladesh: 
 
End-user:  
 
 Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) 
 Ministry of Water Resources 
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  Ethiopia: 
End-users:  Abbay Basin Authority 
 National Meteorological Agency, Ministry of Water and Environment 
 
6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
The project organizes two workshops in each case -study country to ensure involvement of local 
water managers and to ensure that the developed data and models are of value to the local water 
management process.  
7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: Water management 
 8. Type of technology transferred: 
 
Transferred are:  
 processed satellite and in-situ data containing information on all components of the 
water cycle which will be freely do wnloadable from a data-portal; 
 local applications of local and global hydrological models. 
9. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 
Increased availability of data and information on river flow, droughts and floods that can be used 
to support local water management and decision-making. Within local workshops the applicability 
of the data will be demonstrated. 
 10. Outcomes/impact: 
 
The project will: 
 increase the availability of datasets that will support international agreements on water 
management and European Water policies; 
 strengthen the international role of Europe in the exploitation of EO for water resources 
assessments; 
 increase the availability and active distribution of information and services for monitoring 
global and regional water resources; 
 provide a European contribution to the Water Cycle Integrator. 
11. Budget or funds allocated: 
 
 Total cost: €11,453,723 
 Total EC contribution: €8,998,986 
12. Duration: 
 
Four years, 2014-2018  
13. Status: 
 Project is running in its second year. 
 
14. Contact point for information:  Frederiek Sperna Weiland 
Jaap Schellekens 
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Project title & abstract Total cost & total 
EC contribution 
(€) EC contribution to 
LDC participant 
(€) Participant legal name 
PREFACE  
 
(Project full title "Enhancing prediction of Tropical Atlantic climate and its impacts")  Tropical Atlantic climate recently experienced pronounced shifts of great socio-economic importance. The oceanic changes were largest in the eastern boundary upwelling systems. African countries bordering the Atlantic strongly depend upon their ocean - societal development, fisheries, and tourism. They were strongly affected by  these climatic changes and will face important 
adaptation challenges associated with  global warming. Furthermore, these 
upwelling regions are also of great clim atic importance, playing a key role in 
regulating global climate.  Paradoxically, the Tropical Atlantic is a region of key uncertainty in 
earth-climate system: state-of-the-art climate models exhibit large systematic
 
error, climate change projections are highly uncertain, and it is largely 
unknown how climate change will impa ct marine ecosystems. PREFACE aims 
to address these interconnected issues, and has the following goals:  
 To reduce uncertainties in our knowle dge of the functioning of Tropical 
Atlantic climate. 
 To improve climate prediction and the quantification of climate change 
impacts in the region. 
 To improve understanding of the cumulative effects of the multiple 
stressors of climate variability, greenhouse induced climate change, and fisheries on marine ecosystems, and ecosystem services (e.g., fisheries, coastal vulnerability). 
 To assess the socio-economic vulnerabilities and evaluate the resilience 
of Atlantic African fishing communities to climate-driven ecosystem shifts and global markets. 
To meet these goals the project brin gs together European and African 
expertise to combine regional and glob al scale modelling capabilities, field 
experiments and observation systems. Target region includes areas more affected by climate change and by its consequences, European outermost 
regions, and African countries bordering the Atlantic. Total cost: 
12,170,344.87  
 
Total EC contribution: 
8,999,433 Angola: 72,275  Instituto Nacional de Investigacao 
Pesqueira (AO) 
Namibia: 72,275 Ministry of Fisheries and Marine 
Resources (NA) 
South Africa: 65,600 University of Cape Town (ZA) 
Cape Verde: 72,275 Instituto Nacional de Desenvolvimento 
das Pescas (Cv) 
Morocco: 72,275 Institut National de Recherche 
Halieutique (MA) 
Senegal: 59,000 Institut Senegalais de Recherches 
Agricoles (Sn) 
Senegal: 59,000* Universite Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar 
(SN) 
Benin: 59,000 Universite  D'abomey-Calavi (BJ) 
Ivory Coast: 59,000 Centre de  Recherches Oceanologiques 
(CI) 
Nigeria: 59,000 University of Nigeria (NG) 
   
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EC contribution 
(€) EC contribution to 
LDC participant 
(€) Participant legal name 
HELIX  
 
(Project full title: "High-End cLimate Impacts and eXtremes")  was 
contracted under the last call of FP7 with the topic "Impacts of higher-end 
scenarios" (global average warming > 2 °C with respect to pre-industrial 
level). It is a 4-year project that started in November 2013. 
 
With the target of limiting global warming to 2ºC increasingly difficult to 
achieve, policymakers, businesses and other decision-makers need to plan to 
adapt to changes in climate under high er levels of global warming. This 
requires coherent information on th e future climate co nditions, and the 
consequences of different adaptation ac tions. International negotiations on 
limiting global warming also require cl ear information on the consequences of 
different levels of climate change. While a vast array of projections, scenarios 
and estimates of future climate change and its impacts already exists, much is 
conflicting, unclear, of unknown levels  of certainty and difficult to use to 
inform decisions. HELIX addresses th is by providing a clear, coherent, 
internally consistent view of a manageable number of "future worlds" under 
higher levels of global  warming reached under a range of circumstances, 
supported by advice on which aspects are more certain and which less certain. 
This will be delivered through ground-b reaking scientific research across a 
range of physical, natural and social sc ience disciplines, in close engagement 
with experienced users of climate change information in order to ensure 
appropriate focus, clarity and utility. 
 
Since international climate policy often frames climate change in terms of 
levels of global warming relative to pre- industrial state, research carried out in 
this project will focus on addressing  the questions "What do 4ºC and 6ºC 
worlds look like compared to 2ºC?" and "What are the consequences of 
different adaptation choices?" The project's core prod uct will be a set of 
8 coherent global scenarios of the natural and human world at these levels of 
warming achieved at different rates and with different pathways of adaptation 
by society. A second product will provid e more detailed information in 3 focus 
regions: Europe; Sub-Saharan Africa  in the Northern Hemisphere; and 
South Asia. This will all be supported by a comprehensive analysis of 
confidence and uncertainty. Total cost: 
11,794,205 
 
Total EC contribution: 
8,999,998  Kenya: 273,400 
 
 Igad Centre for Clim ate Prediction and 
Application 
 
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  "Health, Demographic Change  and Well-Being" projects 
In 2014, the first call of the Societal Challeng e "Health, Demographic Change and Well-Being" 
(work programme 2014-2015) of Horizon 2020 was launched. A number of least developing countries were funded, and they received a contri bution of over €7 million. The table on page 20 
provides information on the relevant participants, including two projects funded through the 
Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI2). During FP7, the least developing countries received 
approximately €40 million, and many of the fund ed projects were still ongoing during 2014 
(see list available in Ares (2014) 2186476). 
 A key activity for health research and innovation  during 2014 was carried out in the frame of the 
Ebola outbreak. The lines below provide a summary of the main programmes and the related 
EC contribution. 
 The Emergency Research Response 
 After the declaration of a global emergency in August 2014, the European Commission quickly 
mobilized €24.4 million in September 2014 from Horizon 2020, its research and innovation 
programme, via an exceptional procedure. Work  on the funded projects began already on 
1 November 2014.  Five projects are being funded under this procedur e, including a trial of the most advanced vaccine 
against Ebola being developed by GSK (with a European Commission financial contribution of 
€15.1 million). This vaccine is already being tested on humans, with promising results being seen so far. Other projects are studying the potential th erapeutic effect on Ebola patients of an existing 
treatment against influenza (favipiravir), plasma from survivors, and serum from 
antibody-producing horses. A further project is working on the transmission of the virus and the clinical importance of its mutations. 
 
Innovative Medicines Initiative 
 In addition, €215 million of research funding for Ebola and related viruses has been mobilized by 
the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), a partnership between the European Commission and the 
pharmaceutical industry in Europe. €114 million  comes from Horizon 2020, and the remaining 
€101 million from the pharmaceutical companies invo lved in the projects. Work on eight projects 
began already in January 2015 involving large-scale clinical trials of new vaccines in the Ebola 
affected countries, as well as vaccine production, the development of fast diagnostic tests, and the acceptance of vaccination and other medical interventions in the affected populations. In addition, 
further calls for proposals are being prepared to further strengthen research on Ebola. Below are 
the eight projects, grouped by development area:  
Development of Ebola vaccines  – three projects – There are currently no licensed 
vaccines for Ebola. However, there are a number of vaccine candidates in development, 
and three projects in the new IMI Ebola+ programme will generate the data needed to assess the safety and immunogenicity of different vaccine candidates and the level and 
duration of protection they actually offer against the disease. 
 Scaling up vaccine manufacture  – one project – Ebola vaccines can only be 
manufactured in facilities with an appropriate biosafety rating. Relatively few 
manufacturers have the biosafety rating required for the manufacture of Ebola vaccines, and this is slowing down the production of vaccine candidates. This project will establish a platform capable of rapidly producing sufficient quantities of the vaccine, while adhering to 
stringent quality and safety requirements. In parallel, this project will create additional 
vaccine production capacity to allow for th e rapid preparation of large quantities of 
vaccines. 
 
Compliance with vaccine regimens  – one project – For a vaccine to have a real impact 
on an outbreak, high levels of vaccination coverage are essential. In addition, for lasting 
protection, two doses of the vaccine may be needed. However, the stigma surrounding 
Ebola, coupled with a suspicion of vaccines in general, could deter many people from 
getting vaccinated. This project will investigate innovative ways of promoting compliance, for example by using mobile phones. The projec t will also use these technologies to raise 
awareness and acceptance of vaccination campaigns. 
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  Rapid diagnostic tests  – three projects – There is an urgent need for fast, reliable tests 
to determine if someone is infected with Ebola or not. Three projects will pave the way for rapid diagnostic tests capable of delivering reliable results at the point of care in as little as 15 minutes. 
 
Out of the eight projects funded under IMI2 and five projects funded under the Emergency 
procedure, only three had participants from least developing countries (see table page 3). 
However the research and innovation carried out in all the projects (will) have a direct impact on 
least developing countries.  European and Developing Countries  Clinical Trials Partnership 
 
The EDCTP recently added Ebola to the list of dise ases that could be covered. The Commission has 
also urged EDCTP to mobilize funding from the participating states to increase the EDCTP budget 
for 2014 and 2015 and to coordinate relevant research activities. 
 More at: http://ec.europa.eu/research/health/infectiou s-diseases/emerging-epidemics/ebola_en.html  
   
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Project number Project acronym Project title Participant legal name [PJ] core city Least developing 
country Participant requested 
EC contribution 
(€) 
680995 TB and Tobacco Tobacco cessation within 
TB programmes: A "real world" solution for countries with dual burden of disease ARK Foundation Dhaka Bangladesh 362,865 
680995 TB and Tobacco Tobacco cessation within 
TB programmes: A "real world" 
solution for countries with dual burden 
of disease HERD Kathmandu Nepal 349,379 
643558 EMI-TB Eliciting Mucosal Immunity to 
Tuberculosis Instituto Nacional de 
Saúde Maputo Mozambique 454,593 
643692 SMART2D A people-centred approach through 
self-management and reciprocal 
learning for the prevention and 
management of Type-2-Diabetes Makerere University Kampala Uganda 751,843 
680997 FRESH AIR Free Respiratory Evaluation and 
Smoke-Exposure Reduction by Primary Health Care Integrated Groups Makerere University Kampala Uganda 224,125 
(Ebola 
emergency 
procedure) 
666092 REACTION Evaluation of the efficacy and of the 
antiviral activity of T-705 (favipiravir) 
during Ebola virus infection in 
non-human primates humans Universite Cheikh Anta 
Diop De Dakar Dakar Fann Senegal 134,375 
(IMI) 115843 EbolaMoDRAD  Institut Pasteur De Dakar  Senegal 216,250 
(IMI) 115861 EBOVAC2  Centre Muraz  Burkina Faso 5,075,000 
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  Education 
 Transfer of know-how is also contained in projec ts that deal with education. From 2004-2013, the 
European Commission funded a programme en titled "Erasmus Mundus" which provides 
non-EU country students with the possibility to come to the EU to obtain Masters' degrees and 
Doctorates. Furthermore, it supports partnership pr ojects between higher education institutions in 
the EU and partner countries through mobilities of different kinds (i.e. Bachelor, Master, Doctorate 
and Post-Doctorate) and university staff. Scholarships for Masters and Doctoral programmes 
continue to be funded under Erasmus+. Since 2004, more than 18,000 Masters' students have received scholarships through the two programmes , over 10% of them from LDCs. The highest 
participation was from Bangladesh, Ethiopia and from Nepal. For Doctorates, around 1,300 fellows 
from LDCs applied for scholarships and around 7% were successful (around 100 individuals). 
Students from some 40 countries have therefore been able to return with knowledge which has been and will be put to the use in their home countries. In 2014 and 2015, 218 students from 
20 LDCs were selected for Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters' courses and 15 PhD candidates from 
five LDCs were selected for Er asmus Mundus Joint Doctorates. 
 
Partnerships funded by the Erasmus Mundus programme between 2007 and 2014 have awarded or 
plan to award scholarships to almost 2,000 students at all academic levels and university staff from LDCs. Calls for Proposals, funded by external  cooperation instruments (notably DCI) and EDF, 
often require regional partnerships to give priority to LDCs in order to increase the number of 
participants from LDCs – for example from Laos within a wider regional partnership for Asia. 
Further information and statistics for the Erasmus Mundus programme can be found at the following web address: 
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus_mundus/results_compendia/statistics_en.php . 
 
Mobility of students, researchers and qualifie d persons is a priority for LDCs, as is the 
modernization and enhancing the quality of higher education institutions and systems. Erasmus+ 
opens the well-known Erasmus scheme, for the first time, to least developed countries (the so-called "credit mobility"). It is well established that credit mobility has an impact, not only on the development and the employability of individuals, but also on institutions which need to develop 
better services to send and receive foreign students, compare and upgrade curricula, improve 
teaching and strengthen their institutional leadership and management. The simple process of sending and taking in foreign students within  a programme framework helps to further the 
reflection on the recognition of foreign diplomas as well as increasing cooperation between the 
local economic sector and universities. It also builds up trust and confidence in each other's systems which is a fundamental aspect of cross-border cooperation and allows for the circulation 
of staff and students within a structured institutional framework, building up capacity in the 
developing countries rather than contributing to  brain drain. The capacity-building action will 
support least developed countries in modernizing their higher education systems through the development of new curriculum, modernizing of university structures, enhancing quality assurance 
and links with the labour market and society as a whole. 
 Furthermore, the Marie Sk łodowska-Curie actions of the European Commission will finance around 
15,000 non-EU researchers to start or pursue thei r careers in Europe by 2020, while secondments 
outside Europe are also encouraged. Researchers of any research field or nationality may be funded. The individual fellowships enable experi enced researchers from outside Europe to be 
trained in, and build collaboration with, a European institution for up to two years. To date in the 
current programming period (2014-2020), the Marie Sk łodowska-Curie actions (MSCA) have 
supported so far one fellow (from Ethiopia) and eight organizations from least developed countries. As the programme started recently, these numbers will increase over the coming months and 
years. Information on all of the MSCA and the researcher vacancies funded can be found via  
http://ec.europa.eu/msca . 
 
The Marie Curie Actions (MCAs), implemented under the European Commission Seventh Research 
Framework Programme (2007-2013), strengthened international partnerships and research collaboration with third countries, including le ast developed countries, by promoting mobility, 
training and career development of researchers. Between 2007 and 2013, 166 fellowships were 
awarded to researchers from least developed countries to start or pursue their careers in Europe, with strong representation in particular from Ba ngladesh (27%) and Ethiopia (20%). In addition, 
nine LDC research organizations (mainly from African countries) also participated in the 
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Projects and programmes managed by the Directorate-General for Development and 
Cooperation (DG DEVCO)  
A list of projects and programmes run by the Directorate-General for Development and 
Cooperation – EuropeAid (DG DEVCO) and started after July 2013 can be found in the following table. Most projects run for a period of three to four years. Numerous projects which started 
previous to July 2013 are still ongoing through this reporting period July 2014-August 2015. Please 
refer to IP/C/W/602/Add.6 for additional information on ongoing projects previously reported.  The CRIS reference number is given to the project within DG DEVCO's funding programme and is 
provided for ease of reference. 
 1. Title of project/programme: 
 
Africa Connect  
2. CRIS number: 
 FED/2011/255-139  
3. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 Contribute to the modernization and development of education and research in Sub-Saharan 
countries. It aims to improve connectivity for research and education within Sub-Saharan Africa by 
providing a research networking infrastructure within the region, and organizing a direct interconnection of the resulting regional network to GÉANT (Europe). Africa Connect is also 
building the capacity of other Sub-Saharan countries  that are not ready by the start of the project 
so that they are enabled to join the network later.  4. Government agencies or institutions el igible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 Regional and national research and educations networks (RENs and NREN) 
 
5. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor):  - 
 
6. Targeted LDC Members (Transferee): Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda 
 7. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
The ease of exchange of skilled manpower between countries will assist in this capacity building 
carried out through the training and technical support  activities addressed to IT experts, engineers 
and administrators of networks. 
 
8. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 
IT and e-infrastructures 
 9. Type of technology transferred:  
Network setting-up and management 
 10. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 
Build a pool of skilled staff that can help to de velop the emerging NRENs networks in the region. 
 
11. Outcomes/impact: 
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  The success of the initial implementation will  encourage the development of NRENs in other 
countries in the region.  12. Budget or funds allocated:  
 
€11.8 million (EDF contribution – 80% of the total estimate cost)  
13. Duration: 
 48 months  
14. Status: 
 Ongoing 
 
15. Contact point for information:  
Marco Sioli, DG DEVCO/E3 
 
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Laos  
1. Title of project/programme: 
 Support Project for Implementation of the Legal Sect or Master Plan of the Lao People's Democratic 
Republic (SPLSMP) - Contract No. 334856 
 2. Policy objective and/or purpose:  
To improve the legal and institutional framework with the aim of making it more effective and 
accessible to promote human rights and the rule of law.  
3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member:  - 
 
4. Enterprises or other institutions eligible  for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 
UNDP  
 
5. Targeted LDC Members (Transferee): 
 Laos - Civil society organizations and citizens, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 
Ministry of Public Security, Office of the Supr eme People's Prosecutor, People's Supreme Court, 
National Assembly.  
6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
 Capacity building 
 Legislative framework 
 Institutions that implement the legal framework 
 Accessibility to laws and regulations by both State agencies and citizens 
 
7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 Legislative development  
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  8. Type of technology transferred: 
 Transferred are: 
 Techniques, procedures and formats of the legislative development process 
 Best practices on legislative development in other countries 
 Law-making manual, including legislative checklists, terminology, etc. 
 Research on the establishment of investigation units 
 Training for administrative, financial, and IT staff 
 Training of trainers for judges at central and local levels 
 9. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 
 Effective online system developed to disseminate legal information 
 Computer databases on case managements and court processes and proceedings at the 
Supreme Court and OSPP 
 Signing/ratification of, and compliance with more international treaties 
 Establishment of a Judicial Training Institute 
 Establishment of People's Justice Fund 
10. Outcomes/impact: 
 The project will improve capacity, procedures, and standards for legislative development and 
implementation in Lao PDR. 
 11. Budget or funds allocated: 
 
 Total cost: €2,827,401.08 
 Total EC contribution: €1,740,000 
12. Duration: 
 Four years, 2014-2017  
 
13. Status: 
 Project is running in its first year.  
 
14. Contact point for information:  
EU Delegation to Laos  
Audrey.MAILLOT@eeas.europa.eu  
 
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 1. Title of project/programme: 
 
Common Access to VPA Process in Laos and Viet Nam - Contract No. 323899  
2. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 To facilitate multi-stakeholder negotiation and implementation of VPAs in Viet Nam and Laos. Domestic and transboundary timber flows are compliant with the EU timber regulation, and 
contribute to an economically robust, socially responsible and environmentally sustainable forestry 
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  3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member:  - 
 4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 
WWF 
 
5. Targeted LDC Members (Transferee): 
 Laos, Viet Nam - Civil society organizations, SMEs, Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Natural Resource 
 
6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
 Legislative framework 
 Institutional capacity 
7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 
Forestry management and timber trade  
 8. Type of technology transferred: 
 
Transferred are: 
 Participation of CSOs and local community in VPA negotiation process 
 FLEGT-compliant chain of custody (CoC) and legality verification systems 
 Timber legality definitions 
 
9. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 
 Transboundary tracking systems are in place for target SMEs  
 FLEGT-compliant chain of custody (CoC) and legality verification systems 
 
10. Outcomes/impact:  
The project will improve capacity of civil soci ety, forest-dependent communities and SMEs to 
participate in VPA preparation, development and implementation in Laos and Viet Nam.  
11. Budget or funds allocated: 
 
 Total cost: €2,692,291.06 
 Total EC contribution: €2,153,830 
 
12. Duration:  
Four years, 2014-2018  
 13. Status: 
 
Project is running in its first year.  
 14. Contact point for information: 
 
EU Delegation to Laos  
Ignacio.OLIVER-CRUZ@eeas.europa.eu  
 
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  1. Title of project/programme: 
 Strengthening the capacity of Lao Civil Society Organization in writing proposals, managing and reporting EU grant procedures - Contract No. 350603 
 
2. Policy objective and/or purpose:  
To increase Lao Civil Society Organizations and local authorities' capacity in proposal writing, 
project management and management of grant contract under EU procedures.  3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member:  - 
 4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor):  - 
 
5. Targeted LDC Members (Transferee):  
Laos, CSO, local authorities  
 6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
Capacity building  
 7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 
Project management  
 
8. Type of technology transferred: 
 Proposal writing, project management and management of grant contracts under EU procedures.  
9. Expected output related to technology transfer:  - 
 10. Outcomes/impact: 
 
The project will strengthen local Civil Society Organizations' capacity to be more effective actors in Lao PDR social and economic development. 
 
11. Budget or funds allocated:   
 Total EC contribution: €97,336 
12. Duration: 
 2015 
 
13. Status:  - 
 
14. Contact point for information:  
 EU Delegation to Laos Phonesavanh.SETHANAPHAIXANH@eeas.europa.eu  
 
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  1. Title of project/programme: 
 Landscape Management and Conservation Agriculture Development for Eco-Friendly Intensification and Climate Resilient Agricultural Systems in Lao PDR - Contract No. 303300 
 
2. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
To support eco-friendly and climate-resilient agriculture intensification through participatory 
development and extension of Conservation Agriculture farming systems in Lao PDR. 
 3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member:  - 
 
4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 
CIRAD  
 5. Targeted LDC Members (Transferee): 
 
Laos - farmers, farmers groups, villages' authorities and other stakeholders at local and national levels, private sector  
6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer:  
 Conservation Agriculture farming systems  
 
7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 
Agriculture  
 8. Type of technology transferred: 
Transferred are: 
 Participatory Land Use Planning 
 Conservation Agriculture farming systems - lower-carbon emission land use systems 
 
9. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 
 Farmers' Field Schools along with demonstration sites 
 Land Use Plan 
 10. Outcomes/impact:  
The project will engage local communities in designing low-carbon emission strategies at 
landscape level through Participatory Land Use Planning.  
Support villagers in developing and implementing  their Community Agricultural Development Plan. 
 Develop Conservation Agriculture (CA) systems adapted to the biophysical characteristics of land 
zones defined through PLUP and to the needs and expectations of local communities. 
 Disseminate results to national level policymak ers and up to regional networks (CANSEA: 
Conservation Agriculture Network for South East Asia). 
 
11. Budget or funds allocated:  
 Total cost: 
 Total EC contribution: €1,587,254 
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  12. Duration: 
 2014-2017  
 
13. Status: 
 Project is running in its first year  
 
14. Contact point for information: 
EU Delegation to Laos  
Koen.EVERAERT@eeas.europa.eu  
 
_______________ 
 
 
1. Title of project/programme:  
Support to an Effective Lao National Assembly (SELNA) - Contract No. 211299 
 2. Policy objective and/or purpose:  
To assist the Government of Lao PDR to progress towards becoming fully a rule of law States 
 3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member:  - 
 4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor):  - 
 
5. Targeted LDC Members (Transferee):  Laos, National Assembly  
 
6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
Capacity building  
 7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 
Legislation; human resource and budget management; public relations  
 8. Type of technology transferred: 
 
Transferred are: 
 Legislation formulation and dissemination 
 Human resource policy/strategy 
 Public relations and communication strategy 
 Budget analysis 
 
9. Expected output related to technology transfer:  Hotline, Official Gazette to publish laws, treaty ratification  
 
10. Outcomes/impact:  
The project will: 
 enhance parliamentary capacity for exercising legislative and oversight responsibility; 
 improve effectiveness of the parliament to represent the citizens; 
 strengthen the capacity of the Secretariat of the parliament. IP/C/W/611/Add.7 
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11. Budget or funds allocated:  
 Total cost: €2,872,750 
 Total EC contribution: €1,100,000 
 
12. Duration: 
 
2009-2014  
 13. Status:  - 
 
14. Contact point for information: 
EU Delegation to Laos 
Inpone.SENEKHAMTY@eeas.europa.eu  
 
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 1. Title of project/programme:  
Support to the government's Public Financial Management Modernization Strategy – Contract No. 349275 
 2. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 
To support the Government of Lao (GOL) to stre ngthen the management of its public finances 
 
3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member:  - 
 4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 
WB  
5. Targeted LDC Members (Transferee): 
 Laos – Ministry of Finance 
 
6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 Capacity building  
 
7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 
Public Financial Management  
 8. Type of technology transferred: 
 
Transferred are:  
 Public Financial Management Strengthening Plan reform agenda 
 
9. Expected output related to technology transfer:  
 Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability framework 
 Budget Law, budget execution report (audit report) 
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  10. Outcomes/impact: 
 The project will:  
 improve macroeconomic coordination and fiscal management for macroeconomic 
stability; 
 promote public financial management and civil service reforms for sector service delivery 
effectiveness; 
 promote public financial management for sustainable natural resource management 
(mining and hydropower); 
 improve public budgeting and financial mana gement in education and health service 
delivery; 
 promote an investment climate for diversification and competitiveness. 
 
11. Budget or funds allocated: 
 
 Total cost: 
 Total EC contribution: €2,000,000 
12. Duration: 
 Three years, 2014-2018  
 
13. Status:  
Provisional  
 14. Contact point for information: 
 
EU Delegation to Laos Julianna.HYJEK@eeas.europa.eu  
 
_______________ 
  
1. Title of project/programme: 
 Improving accountability in Health Financing and functioning of National Health Insurance 
Branches in two Provinces - Contract No. 339985 
 2. Policy objective and/or purpose:  
To contribute to the implementation of health sect or reform in Lao PDR, leading to universal health 
coverage and ultimately to poverty reduction.  
3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member:  - 
 
4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 WHO 
 
5. Targeted LDC Members (Transferee): 
 Laos – Ministry of Health, community hospitals  
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  6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
Financial reporting and management of health budgets and technical revenues at national, 
provincial, district and health facility level.  
7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 Public Health management  
 
8. Type of technology transferred:  Transferred are: 
 
 Social health protection schemes (SHP) 
 Terms of Reference and Standard Operating Procedures 
 
9. Expected output related to technology transfer:  
 National Health Insurance  
 State Authority for Social Security  
 Social Security Organization  
 Community Based Health Insurance  
 Health Equity Funds 
 Health financial reporting system (budgeting , accounting, reporting forms) and Social 
Health Protection reporting 
 
10. Outcomes/impact:  
The project will: 
 
 improve all four social health protection schemes; 
 improve health financial reporting system and social health protection reporting. 
 
11. Budget or funds allocated:  
 Total cost: 
 Total EC contribution: €900,000 
 
12. Duration: 
 2014-2017  
 
13. Status: 
 Project is running in its first year.  
 
14. Contact point for information:  
EU Delegation to Laos  
Chindavanh.VONGSALY@eeas.europa.eu  
 
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  1. Title of project/programme: 
Support to the Planning and Budgeting Process - Ministry of Education and Sports 
[Lao PDR] - Contract No. 337019  
2. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 To improve existing financial planning instruments and processes, and strengthen linkages 
between the MoES Department of Planning and Department of Finance; to raise the capacity of 
MoES and Provincial education staff to operate the ESDP Financial Model and Annual Costed Sector Plans framework.  
3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member:  - 
 
4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor):  - 
 5. Targeted LDC Members (Transferee): 
 
Laos - Ministry of Education and Sports  
 6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
Capacity building  
 
7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 Education sector management  
 
8. Type of technology transferred:  Transferred are: 
 Financial planning, budgeting and monitoring 
 9. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 Education Sector Development Plan's Financial Model 
 Annual Costed Sector Plans framework 
 
10. Outcomes/impact: 
 The project will improve the capacity of MOES on the education sector's financial planning, 
budgeting and monitoring. 
 
11. Budget or funds allocated: 
 Total EC contribution: €208,400  
12. Duration: 
 One year, 2014-2015  
 
13. Status:  - 
 14. Contact point for information: 
 
EU Delegation to Laos  
Chindavanh.VONGSALY@eeas.europa.eu  
 
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  1. Title of project/programme: 
 Strengthening and harmonizing capacity of the health sector in South East Asia through strategic planning, regional networking and upgrading la boratories in Lao PDR to prevent and control 
transboundary emerging infectious diseases - Contract No. 266564 
 2. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 
To mitigate the socio-economic impact of Emerging Infectious Diseases in South East Cooperation by reinforcing the capacity of Cooperation (as on e of the "weak links" in the regional health 
network) to control Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) through nationwide laboratory capacity 
development and cross-border cooperation in animal and human health.  
 3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member:  - 
 4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 
WHO 
 5. Targeted LDC Members (Transferee): 
 
Laos - Ministry of Public Health  
 
6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 Capacity building  
 
7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 Public Health management  
 
8. Type of technology transferred:  
Transferred are: 
 
 Laboratory development 
 Surveillance and control 
 Networking with focus on public health laboratories 
9. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 
 National framework (master plan) for the organization of laboratory services  
 Networking on EIDs nationwide and at SEA level, for improved regional cooperation , 
surveillance and prevention  
 Established national network for the sustainable flow of referral samples to the centre 
and sustainable technical support in-country  
 Guidelines and SOPs for regional and cross-border networking  
 
10. Outcomes/impact:  The project will improve national capacity to de velop strategies for laboratory development, and 
subsequent capacity building for surveillance and control, and networking with focus on public 
health laboratories at provincial and border district level.  
11. Budget or funds allocated: 
 
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  12. Duration: 
 One year, 2014-2015  
 
13. Status:  - 
 14. Contact point for information: 
 
EU Delegation to Laos Chindavanh.VONGSALY@eeas.europa.eu  
 
_______________ 
 1. Title of project/programme: 
 
Support to the Education Sector Reform in Lao PDR (Education Sector Development Plan 2011-2015) Lao PDR - Contract No. 354263 
 
2. Policy objective and/or purpose:  To contribute to achieving the ESDP 2011-2015 goals of expanding equitable access, improving 
quality and relevance, and strengthening planning and management. 
 3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member:  - 
 4.Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor):  - 
 
5. Targeted LDC Members (Transferee): 
Laos – Ministry of Education and Sports  
 
6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
Capacity building  
 
7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
Education sector  
 
8. Type of technology transferred: 
Transferred are: 
 Policy development and medium-term planning 
 Planning and budgeting 
 Monitoring and evaluation 
9. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 School self-assessment and quality monitoring 
 School, district and provincial planning and budgeting 
 Textbook supply (planning and budgeting), procurement processes and management 
10. Outcomes/impact: 
 
The project will improve Education Quality Standards for primary education and improved textbook management and supply and strengthen the planning and budgeting process.  
11. Budget or funds allocated: 
 Total cost: 
 Total EC contribution: €931,000 
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  12. Duration: 
Three years, 2015-2018  
 13. Status: 
Project is running in its first year.  
 14. Contact point for information: 
EU Delegation to Laos  
Chindavanh.VONGSALY@eeas.europa.eu 
 
_______________ 
1. Title of project/programme: 
 Lao Equity through policy Analysis and Research Networks (LEARN) - Contract No. 342306 
 
2. Policy objective and/or purpose:  
To contribute to better population health and Universal Health Coverage in Laos through better 
unformed public health policies and their implementation, monitoring and evaluation. 
 3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member:  - 
 4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor):  - 
 
5. Targeted LDC Members (Transferee):  
Laos - National Institute of Public Health  
 6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
Capacity building  
 7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 
Public Health  
 
8. Type of technology transferred: 
 Transferred are:  
 Financial and human resource management, networks and IT 
 Institutional development 
 Research capacity building 
 
9. Expected output related to technology transfer:  
 Policy and Implementation Gap analysis 
 National research agenda - researches 
 10. Outcomes/impact: 
 
The project will improve capacity of the National In stitute of Public Health to become a centre of 
excellence for the provision of evidence-based an d contextually adapted policy advice, training, 
and other support to enhance decision- and po licy-making and to monitor and evaluate the 
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  11. Budget or funds allocated: 
 
 Total cost: €2,710,335.68 
 Total EC contribution: €2,168,268.54 
12. Duration: 
 Five years, 2015-2020  
 
13. Status:  Project is running in its first year.  
 
14. Contact point for information:  
EU Delegation to Laos  
Chindavanh.VONGSALY@eeas.europa.eu  
 
_______________ 
  1. Title of project/programme: 
 
Second Trade Development Facility Multi-Donor Trust Fund - Contract No. 334432  
2. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 To support the implementation of Government of La o PDR's trade and integration, in particular to 
contribute to improved competitiveness and divers ification, focusing outside the natural resource 
sectors.  3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member:  - 
 4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor):  - 
 
5. Targeted LDC Members (Transferee):  
Laos – Ministry of Industry and Commerce, other ministries related to trade  
 6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
Capacity building  
 7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 
International trade, project management  
 
8. Type of technology transferred: 
 Transferred are:  
 Trade facilitation, policy and regulations in compliance with WTO and ASEAN 
 Labour standard in manufacturing sector 
 
9. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 
 Trade portal for publication of import-exp ort regulation and non-tariff measures 
 Service portal for publication of re gulations to setup service business 
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   Labour inspection system for garment sector 
 Trade research and policy analysis 
 ICT strategy of Ministry of Industry and Commerce 
 Legal framework for sanitary and phytosanitary measures 
 National structure for coordinating aid for trade activities 
 10. Outcomes/impact: 
 
The project will improve capacity of Laos to integr ate into regional and multilateral trading system. 
 11. Budget or funds allocated: 
 
 Total cost: €9,013,239.36 
 Total EC contribution: €3,900,000 
 
12. Duration:  
Five years, 2013-2018  
 13. Status:  - 
 
14. Contact point for information: 
 EU Delegation to Laos  
Khankeo.MOONVONG@eeas.europa.eu  
 
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 1. Title of project/programme:  
ACP Research for sustainable development programme – Component A (Africa) 
 2. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 
The overall objectives  are to improve science and technology research to contribute to African 
sustainable development through: 
 
 innovatively and sustainably building Africa's research capacities through direct funding 
of the AU Science and Technology Policy, particularly the implementation of the Consolidated Plan of Action (CPA) and its lighthouse projects; and 
 enhancing intra-regional scientific research collaboration and cooperation that 
contributes to Africa's sustainable development. 
The specific objective is to award grants to finance  research projects  in the fields of 
(a) Post-harvest and Agriculture, (b) Renewable and Sustainable Energy, and (c) Water and 
Sanitation. It is highly envisaged that the deployment and the improvement of science and 
technology research in these challenging areas will effectively contribute to Africa's poverty 
reduction strategies, economic growth and social development efforts. 
 3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 
Eligible applicants are legal persons and nationals of African Union, ACP or EU member States and registered locally in (or have a memorandum of understanding in relevant research areas, with) an 
African Country belonging to the African Union prior to the publication of this call for proposals and 
have at least a three-year record in the formulation and/or implementation of research activities in Africa for which they will have to provide the relevant legal documents and directly responsible for 
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  and able to demonstrate their experience and capacity to manage activities corresponding in scale 
and complexity to those for which a grant has been requested and have stable and sufficient 
sources of finance to ensure the continuity of their organization throughout the implementation of the proposed action and belong to consortia of scientists composition of partnerships and belong to 
at least one of the following categories: national or regional science and technology organizations, 
research institutions, universities, government ministries or public institutions dealing with scientific research including regional science and technology institutions, with separate legal 
status, not belonging to any national system but formally recognized by one of the eligible 
countries; or established science and technology networks provided that: all network members and the network headquarters are located in eligible countries; the network has a legal status; the network is applying in its own right; and the network has been registered for a minimum of 
two years. 
 4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
See point 3 
 5. Targeted LDC Members (Transferee): 
African States  
 6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
Depending on the individual project (Compare Ta ble "African Union Research Grant projects") 
 7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 
 Post-Harvest and Agriculture: 
 food security and productivity; 
 crop-livestock integration; 
 agricultural policy and commercialization, marketing of agricultural produce. 
 
 Renewable and Sustainable Energy: 
 sustainable energy at a local and regional level and measures for making sustainable 
energy more widespread; 
 renewable energy use and its impacts on the environment; 
 innovative approach to renewable and sustainable energy. 
 
 Water and Sanitation: 
 water for livelihood; 
 water for agriculture; 
 social and economic dimensions of water resources management. 
 
8. Type of technology transferred: 
 Depending on the individual project (Compare Ta ble "African Union Research Grant projects") 
 
9. Expected output related to technology transfer:  
Depending on the individual project (Compare Ta ble "African Union Research Grant projects") 
 10. Outcomes/impact:  
The projects are still ongoing. Outcome and impact is different for each project. 
 11. Budget or funds allocated: 
 
 Total EC contribution: €14,700,000  IP/C/W/611/Add.7 
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  12. Duration: 
 Each individual project is three years; overall from 2012-2016 (first call was done in 2011 and contracts signed in March 2012, and a second call in 2012 with contracts signed in 
December 2012). 
 13. Status: 
 
Projects are running in their third year.  
 14. Contact point for information: 
Ron Hendrix 
ron.HENDRIX@eeas.europa.eu 
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Project 
number Project title Participant coordinator Action location EC contribution 
(€) 
307840 Developing decision support simulation tools based on 
scientifically validated indigenous/traditional and conventional knowledge for increasing agricultural production and food security in Africa DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY  Botswana, Kenya, South Africa 
and Mauritius. 550,000 
307785 Mapping of water conflicts and best management practices in 
pastoralist areas in the Sahel region DEVELOPMENT STUDIES AND RESEARCH 
INSTITUTE DSRI Sahel region: Djibouti, 
Ethiopia, Niger, Somalia/ 
Somaliland, Sudan 548,000 
307777 Improvement of Crop-Livestock Integrated Farming 
Productivity and Market Access through Smallholder Lead Farmer Concept REPUBLIC OF MALAWI Malawi and Zambia 508,320.83 
306043 Recyclage des BIOmasses Végétales et Animales dans les 
systèmes d'agriculture élevage (BIOVA) FIOMPIANA FAMBOLENA 
MALAGASY-NORVEZIANA EPIC Madagascar et Mozambique 733,508.23 
306031 Amélioration de l'après récolte et valorisation du fonio en 
Afrique (Aval Fonio) CENTRE DE COOPERATION INTERNATIONALE 
EN RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT - C.I.R.A.D. EPIC Guinée-Fouta Djalon, France, 
Mali, Burkina, Sénégal, Burundi
 749,466.84 
306030 Limiting the impact of Cassava Brown Streak Disease on 
smallholders, women and the cassava value chain 
(LimitCBSD) UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania 620,893.10 
305980 Improved management and technological innovation in 
African tilapia farm s and hatcheries NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY 
AND FISHERIES Egypt and Senegal 748,496.32 
305975 Vers une production durable et  innovante de biocarburants 
en adéquation avec les potentiels et les besoins de l'Afrique: 
PRONOVABIO FONDATION 2IE ASSOCIATION Afrique de l'Ouest, zone 
UEMOA 748,896.69 
305966 Adaptation of small-scale biogas digesters for use in rural 
households in Sub-Saharan Africa MAKERERE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL Uganda, Cameroon and 
Ethiopia 748,865 
305963 ICT tools for the enhancement of  irrigation efficiency in 
West Africa NEIKER - INSTITUTO VASCO DE 
INVESTIGACION Y DESARROLLO AGRARIO SA Ghana and Senegal 748,636.36 
305956 Using IWRM best practices to develop Appropriate Capacity 
and Training for the benefit of Sub-Saharan Africa Water Security [ACT4SSAWS] COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL 
RESEARCH Southern Africa: Botswana, 
Malawi, Mozambique, 
South Africa, Zambia. 
West-Africa: Guinea, Mali, 
Mauritania, Senegal. 651,279.01   
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number Project title Participant coordinator Action location EC contribution 
(€) 
289014 Mise au point de technologies de production et d'utilisation 
durables de biocarburant de Jatropha curcas pour une 
réduction de la pauvreté ru rale en Afrique de l'Ouest ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE 
D'AGRICULTURE Senegal, Benin, Burkina Faso 697,781.32 
289007 Development of a Cost-Effective, Modular and Dry 
Concentrating Solar Power for Africa: Design and Test of Components FONDATION 2IE ASSOCIATION Burkina Faso, Ghana 743,096.16 
289002 Fostering Renewable and Sustainable Energy in Africa 
through R&D (FORWARD) JUMHURIYAT MISR AL ARABIYAH Egypt, Uganda, Tanzania, 
Ethiopia 721,366.31 
288961 Groundwater Resource in Basement Rocks of Africa (GRIBA) INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE 
DEVELOPPEMENT Benin, Burkina Faso, Uganda 749,726.25 
288958 Potential of distributed grid-connected solar Photovoltaic 
(PV) systems in rural el ectrification in Africa THE KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, KUMASI Ghana, Botswana 747,245.28 
288957 Enhancing food security and well-being of rural African 
households through improved synergy between 
Agro-Forestry Systems and Food-crops (AFS 4 Food) CENTRE DE COOPERATION INTERNATIONALE 
EN RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE POUR LE 
DEVELOPPEMENT - C.I.R.A.D. EPIC Cameroon, Kenya, Madagascar  748,711.5 
288953 Contribution à la relance de la productivité agricole en zones 
post-conflit et alentours (Sénégal, Gambie et Guinée Bissau) INSTITUT SENEGALAIS DE RECHERCHES 
AGRICOLES Senegal, Gambia, 
Guinee-Bissau 545,049.21 
288950 Improving Indigenous Chicken Productivity for Enhanced 
Livelihood and Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa (INCIP) EGERTON UNIVERSITY Kenya, Malawi 749,096.62 
288903 Validation and dissemination of bio intensive eco-friendly 
management strategies for thrips  – a critical constraint to 
cowpea production in Africa THE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF 
INSECTPHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY LBG Kenya, Uganda 746,451.25 
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  1. Title of project/programme: 
 MESA Monitoring for Environment and Security in Africa (Decision No. FED/2011/022-553)  
2. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 General objective 
 To support African decision-makers and planners in  designing and implementing national, regional 
and continental policies and development plan s towards sustainable development, thereby 
advancing the socio-economic progress and well-bei ng of African populations towards achievement 
of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). 
 Purpose  
 
"To increase the information management, decision-making and planning capacity of African continental, regional and national institutions mandated for environment, climate, food security 
and related responsibilities by enhancing access to  and exploitation of relevant Earth Observation 
applications in Africa."  3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 Secretariat-General of the ACP Group of States, as well as member States of five African Regional 
Economic Communities: CEMAC, ECOWAS, IGAD, IOC and SADC. 
 4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 
See point 3  5. Targeted LDC Members (Transferee): 
 
African States  
 
6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 The MESA project utilizes Earth Observation (EO) and satellite technologies to generate critical 
products and information services for socio-economic development of African people as well as 
sustainable environmental management. The projec t is supporting the African public, scientists 
and institutions, African decision-makers and pla nners in designing and implementing policies and 
development plans for sustainable development,  with the aim of enhancing socio-economic 
conditions of the African population. The project pr omotes regional integration, enhances Africa's 
access to EO data, develops and disseminates products and services, encourages exchanges between the African and European experts and inst itutions, and also enhances the capacity of 
African institutions, policymakers and experts. 
 7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 
Earth Observation, satellite technology-related applications with products and operational services to African users in areas such as: agricultural production, monitoring and assessment of droughts, floods and wildfires, climate services for disaster  risk reduction, land degradation mitigation, 
coastal and marine resources management, water resources management, natural habitat 
conservation, rangeland management, and forestry management.  
MESA is part of the cooperation between EU and Afri ca in ensuring the establishment of a coherent 
framework for the development of Earth Observation activities in Africa so that space strategically contributes to Africa's socio-economic development, in line with the priorities of the Africa Space 
Policy and Strategy and AfriGEOSS, the African se gment of the Group on Earth Observation (GEO), 
in order to deliver services in priority domains for Africa such as food security and health. As part of Africa's contribution to GEO, the cooperation in particular aims at strengthening African capacity to monitor environment and security in Africa using Earth Observation techniques. In that scope, IP/C/W/611/Add.7 
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  MESA is an important building block of the "Global Monitoring for Environment and Security 
(GMES) & Africa" initiative.  8. Type of technology transferred: 
 
Earth Observation, satellite technology related applications to African institutions at continental, with technical support from the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological 
Satellites (EUMETSAT) and the European Commission  Directorate-General Joint Research Centre 
(JRC) and participation to the steering of the project from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the European Space Agency.  
9. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 The expected results of the project are: 
 
Result 1: Improved and sustainable access by African stakeholders to Earth Observation (EO) 
data and information at continental, regional and national levels. 
Result 2: Improved Earth Observation data and information services available, contributing to 
better decision-making and planning at continental, regional and national levels. 
Result 3: Improved cross-fertilization (geographically and thematically) and cooperation, both 
among regions on the African continent and with European partners, in the interest of synergized, efficient, and integrated information services on a continental scale. 
Result 4: Strengthened political and policy development frameworks sufficient to ensure an 
active and sustainable participation of African stakeholders in initiatives concerning 
Earth Observation for environment and security. 
Result 5: Increased knowledge of African stakeholders with regard to EO information (sources, 
uses, limitations, policy implications, etc. ) that will contribute to sustainable and 
long-term benefits. 
 
10. Outcomes/impact: 
 The project is still ongoing (2013-2017). Eighteen services are being put in place related to seven different Thematic Actions (THEMA): 
 
 Land Degradation Monitoring, Natural Habitat Conservation, Forest Monitoring 
(IGAD THEMA/ICPAC) 
 Agricultural and Environmental Resour ce Management (SADC THEMA/BDMS-CSC) 
 Water Management for Cropland and Rangeland Management (ECOWAS LAND 
THEMA/Agrhymet) 
 Marine and Coastal Management (IOC THEMA/MOI) 
 Water resource management in Cent ral Africa (CEMAC THEMA/CICOS) 
 Coastal and marine resources in the ECOWAS States (ECOWAS Marine THEMA/University 
of Ghana) 
 Climate services for Disaster Risks Reduction in Africa (ACMAD THEMA/AUC) 
11. Budget or funds allocated: 
 
 Total EC contribution: €37,000,000  
 12. Duration: 
 
The Financing Agreement was signed in Ma rch 2012, the implementation will end in 
September 2017 and the execution will end in September 2019.  IP/C/W/611/Add.7 
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  13. Status: 
 The project is in its mid-term.  
 
14. Contact point for information: 
Stephan Fox 
stephan.FOX@eeas.europa.eu 
 
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  Sri Lanka 
 Promoting Renewable Energy as a Driver for Sust ainable Development and Mitigation of Climate 
Change in Sri Lanka Pe ople in Need (PIN). 
 
The specific objective is to create an enablin g environment for a large-scale dissemination of 
biogas as a reliable source of clean energy for SMEs and households in Sri Lanka.  
 
Activities will include:  
 technical training for SMEs in construction, maintenance and repair of biogas systems 
(Sirilak Umaga/Dahara and fixed dome design s, LDPE/low-density polyethylene/models); 
 enhancing SMEs' organizational capacities, especially outreach; orientation workshops 
for SMEs as regards "green" finance issues; quality management of SMEs' 
services/works/products; 
 promotion and marketing of biogas technology to small and medium hotels; 
dissemination of success stories; facilitating financial resources for biogas installations; 
quality control during and after installation. 
 Kiribati  
€4.1 million CRIS 2009/23067: Solar Energy for Outer Islands. Supplies and operation of solar 
photovoltaic equipment (2,188 Solar Home Kits, 100 small business systems, seven schools systems …). Installation in the outer islands and ongoing capacity-building through training 
involving school pupils. 
 €6.2 million CRIS 2010/22422 and 2013/24690: Water supply and sanitation hydro-geological 
assessments and rehabilitation of establishment of water-harvesting systems (rainwater 
catchments) together with community mobilization. 
€4.8 million CRIS 2012/24350: Improving Drinking Water Supply in Kiritimati. Activities include 
develop, implement and monitor a trial hybrid solar/wind groundwater extraction and transfer 
system, design work of the proposed water supp ly upgrade works taking into account forecast 
water demands. Training activities for the safe and efficient operation, maintenance and management of the water supply system. Lessons le arnt and knowledge acquired from the project 
will be shared throughout the region and beyond through SPC's IWRM network and regional 
knowledge hub for water.  
€5.2 million CRIS 2007/20825: Environmentally Safe Aggregates to Tarawa ESAT Competence 
build up in aggregate mining from alternatively sourced material including design and use of dredging barge and capacity for aggregate processing material (crusher, loader). Techniques developed may be used across pacific to mitigate climate change. 
 
Marshall Islands  
€5.55 million CRIS 2009/21435: North REP (North Paci fic Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency 
Project, multi-country with FSM and Palau). The overall objective is to improve living conditions in RMI through the provision of efficient and affordable grid-connected renewable energy, and to 
reduce the population's dependency on fossil fuel s. Increased in-country capacity to promote, 
deliver and sustain renewable energy and energy e fficiency through permanent in-country training 
and provision of solar systems including deve loping safe battery replacement systems. 
 
Micronesia (Federated States of Micronesia) 
 €7.47 million CRIS 2009/21435: North REP (North Paci fic Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency 
Project, multi-country with FSM and Palau). The overall objective is to improve living conditions in 
RMI through the provision of efficient and affordable grid-connected renewable energy, and to reduce the population's dependency on fossil fuel s. Increased in-country capacity to promote, 
deliver and sustain renewable energy and energy e fficiency through permanent in-country training 
and provision of solar systems including deve loping safe battery replacement systems. 
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  Nauru 
 €2.3 million CRIS 21297: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy for Nauru. Reducing transmission and distribution losses on its el ectricity supply network and promoting energy 
efficiency on the demand-side. Project includes ca pacity building where new equipment is installed 
and utility staff is trained.  
Niue 
 €2.85 million CRIS 21437: Renewable Energy and En ergy Efficiency for Niue. To increase the 
efficiency of the distribution network and electricity generation with capacity building within for 
implementations at the Niue Power Corporation. 
 Palau 
 
€2.47 million CRIS 2009/21435: North REP (North Paci fic Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency 
Project, multi-country with FSM and Palau). The overall objective is to improve living conditions in 
RMI through the provision of efficient and affordable grid-connected renewable energy, and to 
reduce the population's dependency on fossil fuels.  Increased in-country capacity to promote, de liver and sustain renewable energy and energy 
efficiency through permanent in-country training and provision of solar systems including 
developing safe battery replacement systems.  
Tuvalu 
 €4.9 million CRIS 21195: Water, Sanitation and Waste Management. Provided capacity building in 
more efficient and effective systems of waste operations and services and community education 
and awareness on waste separation, reduction and recycling.  Regional: 
 
The 2013-2016 Pacific-EU network for Science an d Technology plus (PACE-NET) continues the 
PACENET (2010-2013) in order to support the EU-Pacif ic policy dialogue in STI, including dialogue 
on innovation issues see http://pacenet.eu/  and has three priority areas: Health, demographic 
change and well-being; Food security, sustainable agriculture, marine and maritime research and 
the bio economy; Climate action, resource use and efficiency, and raw materials. Encourage the 
coordination between the EU and member Stat es STI programmes and policies targeting the 
Pacific by promoting the implementation of joint actions. Enhance cooperation on innovation issues, by helping to bridge the gap between public  and private sectors. It aims at strengthening 
the Pacific-EU research cooperation partnerships through the promotion of EU and member States 
and Associated Countries programmes, especially Horizon 2020, among the Pacific's research 
community, as well as those opportunities for the European researcher in the Pacific.  
ACSE programme via Component 1 ((a) Climate Ch ange Adaptation and (b) Sustainable Energy) 
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  IV.   EU MEMBER STATES 
 
AUSTRIA  
1. Title of project/programme: 
 
Business Partnerships  
2. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 The Business Partnership Programme supports socio-economic development of our partner countries http://www.oecd.org/development/s tats/daclistofodarecipients.htm ) through close 
collaboration with the Austrian or European private sector. The Programme supports projects 
submitted by enterprises which are simultaneous ly committed to developmental benefit for the 
beneficiary country's common welfare as  well as entrepreneurial benefit. 
 
3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member:  - 
 
4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 Enterprises with headquarters in the European Economic Area (i.e. EU, Norway, Liechtenstein or 
Iceland) or Switzerland, if they contribute adequate resources of their own. 
 5. Targeted LDC Members (Transferee): 
 
All LDCs  
6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 ADA offers financial support for private sector projects of up to €200,000 (500,000) or 50% of direct costs up to €20,000 or 50% of costs for a feasibility study. In addition, ADA assists private 
sector with developing the project idea and brokering contacts. 
 7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 
The programme is open to all forms of technolo gy. The project must not, either directly or 
indirectly, support the production or proliferation of weapons or other munitions. Projects aiming 
at the production or trading in dangerous goods or environmentally harmful substances are also 
excluded.  8. Type of technology transferred: 
 
Examples are:  
 Training and capacity building for SME promotion and vocational training 
 Training and capacity building for rural development 
 Technology transfer for environment im provements, renewable energy supply, 
improvements in infrastructure, water and waste management 
 Implementation of social standards 
 Implementation of eco-standards 
 HIV/AIDS prevention and other health care activities 
 Sustainable tourism 
 Sustainable land and forest management, including certification processes FSC 
 Food quality and safety system development 
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10. Outcomes/impact:  Fifty-four Business Partnerships that have been started since 2012 have an impact on: 
 4,377 local enterprises/institutions that derive a direct benefit from the business 
partnership; 
 less than 875,000 persons who derive a direct benefit from the business partnership; 
 2,243 additional* local jobs (full-time equivale nt) created by the inputs of the project in 
the partner country. 
11. Budget or funds allocated: 
 
Since 2005, more than 145 projects have been funded with a total volume of €29 million in 
ADC grants.  
12. Duration: 
 Since 2005 
 
13. Status:  Ongoing 
 
14. Contact point for information:  
Austrian Development Agency 
Unit "Private Sector and Development" Zelinkagasse 2 
1010 Vienna 
Austria wirtschaft@ada.gv.at  
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  DENMARK  
1. Title of project/programme: 
Danida Business Finance  
2. Policy objective and/or purpose: Improve access to finance for investment in sustainable infrastructure projects. 
3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
Public authorities and private entities in developing countries with GNI per capita below US$3,300 
with a Danish representation. 
4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
Danish companies  
5. Targeted LDC Members (Transferee): Developing countries with GNI per capita below US$3,300 with a Danish representation 6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
Interest free loans/soft loans 7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
Sustainable infrastructure with strong Danish know-how, i.e. water and sanitation, renewable 
energy, energy efficiency, etc. 
8. Type of technology transferred: Hardware and training 9. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
Sustainable infrastructure installed (e.g. water/wastewater treatment plant, wind farm, ICT, 
district heating system, etc.) 
10. Outcomes/impact: 
Improved access to sustainable infrastructure, thereby improving the framework conditions for 
sustainable growth and development. 
11. Budget or funds allocated: DKK 254 million, 2015 12. Duration: Danida Business Finance has existed since 1993. 
13. Status: 
Ongoing 14. Contact point for information: 
dbfinance@um.dk  
 
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  ESTONIA  
Uganda 
 1. Title of project/programme: 
 
The founding of Uganda's tourist information centres and developing their capacity on the example of Tallinn. 
 
2. Policy objective and/or purpose:  To establish at least two tourist information centres in Kampala (Uganda) and in the nearest 
municipality on the example of Tallinn's tourist in formation centres and service offices. This project 
includes a training trip to Estonia by two Ugandan delegations and three consultancies and/or trainings in Uganda conducted by specialists from Tallinn (Tallinn City Enterprise Board and top IT 
services specialists). The aim is introducing organization and responsibilities as well as ICT 
solutions that are used in Tallinn's and Estonia's tourist information centres and service offices to the Ugandan local Governments. 
 
3. Government agencies or institutions e ligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 
Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
 4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 
Tallinn Development and Training Centre  
5. Targeted LDC Members (Transferee): 
 Uganda  
6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 The visiting of tourist attractions is expected to  increase by approximately 7%; the Ministry will 
receive feedback from tourists about the facilities and services; modern ICT solutions are adapted, 
creating new possibilities for future development.  
7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 Tourism  
8. Type of technology transferred: 
 ICT solutions, know-how 
 
9. Expected output related to technology transfer:  
Establishment of the tourist information centres that provide reliable information; adapting modern 
ICT solutions in the tourism industry; better training and skills of the personnel working at tourist information centres; better means of communicating information to tourists as well as to the local community; introduction of the usage of mo dern ICT solutions in local governments. 
 
10. Outcomes/impact:  
The number of visits to tourism objects is expect ed to increase by approximately 7% (increased 
revenue in tourism); better awareness of the touris t services is achieved by using ICT solutions; 
Uganda and its visitors will receive better information about the country and its tourist attractions. 
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  11. Budget or funds allocated: 
 €95,155  
12. Duration: 
 June 2013 – October 2015 
 
13. Status:  Ongoing 
 
14. Contact point for information:  
Mr Kalle Sepp 
Tallinn Development and Training Centre www.takk.ee 
 
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1. Title of project/programme: 
 Promotion of the International Master's programme in E-Governance Technologies and Services in 
developing countries. 
 2. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 
Estonian e-government and related services have been a success story for some years. X-road platform, ID-card, Digital Prescription, e-voting and transparent paperless management are just some examples to mention. Many developed and developing countries are eager to gain 
information and knowledge about e-society, and in addition to the expertise and consulting 
requests the academic interest in e-governance has increased rapidly. The project's goal is to offer 
students from developing countries to obtain a Master's degree to support the development of 
e-society in their States. 
 3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 
University, college or other teaching institution, research institute or think-tank – Tallinn University of Technology 
 
5. Targeted LDC Members (Transferee):  
LDC countries  
 6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
An increased interest in the syllabus in target countries; the faculty's better mobility contributes to 
the higher quality of teaching; a greater interest by foreign exchange students; possible PhD applicants to Tallinn University of Technology's IT Institute. 
 
7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 
Higher education 
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  8. Type of technology transferred: 
 ICT solutions, know-how  
9. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 Specialists with a graduate degree in the target country; an interest towards the e-solutions in 
Estonia is perpetuated; new possibilities for collaboration are created. 
 10. Outcomes/impact:  
Estonia becomes more recognized in the academia, and increases its collaboration with foreign 
universities to share knowledge and to facilitate science-related cooperation. Students will participate in international research projects, sharing information about Estonia and Tallinn 
University of Technology, generating interest in its prospective students. 
 11. Budget or funds allocated: 
 
€240,000  12. Duration: 
 
04/2014–04/2016  
13. Status: 
 Ongoing 
 
14. Contact point for information:  Ms Ingrid Pappel 
Project Manager 
www.ttu.ee 
 
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Afghanistan 
 1. Title of project/programme:  
The implementation of the three curricula for IT Ma sters' studies, developed by Tallinn University, 
in the Faculty of Informatics at Kabul Un iversity in the period from 2013 to 2015. 
 
2. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 The objective of the project is to assist in the implementation of three Masters' studies 
programmes (Information Systems, Software Engi neering, and Information Technology) in the 
IT Faculty at Kabul University in the period from 2013 to 2015. Within the framework of the project, in cooperation with the faculty member s of the Faculty of Information Technology of 
Tallinn University of Technology, instruction w ill be carried out during four semesters in 
Afghanistan in the IT Faculty of Kabul University in the subjects for which it lacks faculty members 
with required qualifications. In addition to the instruction at Kabul University, some of the instruction will be carried out via the Internet by using e-learning tools, including video 
conferencing. 
 3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
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 Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs  IP/C/W/611/Add.7 
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  4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 University, college or other teaching institution, research institute or think-tank – Tallinn University of Technology 
 
5. Targeted LDC Members (Transferee):  
Afghanistan  
 6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
The number of students with a graduate degree an d the number of graduate degree syllabi in the 
IT field; the number of IT faculty; the number of modules and students participating; the amount of e-teaching methods employed. 
 
7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 
Higher education  
 8. Type of technology transferred:  
ICT solutions, know-how  
 9. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 
The number of specialists with a better professional training has increased; Kabul's University can start offering post-graduate studies in IT with the support of Estonian experts; ICT solutions are 
adapted in post-graduate studies, and the number of students attending increases. 
 10. Outcomes/impact:  
The quality of IT-related higher education in Kabul University is enhanced; the graduates' 
competences are better suitable for the needs of the job market.  
11. Budget or funds allocated: 
 €142,500 
 
12. Duration:  August 2013–February2016 
 
13. Status:  
Ongoing 
 14. Contact point for information: 
 
Ms Maarika Miil Project Manager www.tlu.ee 
 
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  1. Title of project/programme: 
 Development of curricula of the faculty of Computer Science of Kabul University and elaboration of the Master's programme. 
 
2. Policy objective and/or purpose:  
The objective of the project is to compare the cu rricula of the Bachelor's programme of computer 
science faculties of Kabul and Tallinn Universi ties and develop a Master's programme for the 
computer science faculty of Kabul University.  
Under the framework of the project two training se ssions will be carried out, one in Estonia and 
one in Afghanistan. During the visit in Estonia the representatives of Afghanistan visit IT College and Tallinn University of Technology and enterprises offering infotechnological services (EMT, 
Elion, Webmedia, and Baltic Computer Systems). 
 3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs  
4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 University, college or other teaching institution, research institute or think-tank / Tallinn University 
 
5. Targeted LDC Members (Transferee):  
Afghanistan 
 6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
The number of students with a graduate degree an d the number of graduate degree syllabi in the 
IT field; the number of IT faculty; the number of  modules and students participating; the amount 
of e-teaching methods employed. 
 
7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 
Higher education 
 8. Type of technology transferred:  
ICT solutions, know-how 
 9. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 
The number of specialists with a better professional training has increased; Kabul's University has developed post-graduate studies in IT with the support of Estonian experts; the number of 
students attending increases. 
 10. Outcomes/impact:  
The quality of IT-related higher education in Kabul University is enhanced; the graduates can 
continue the studies in the Master's programme; the graduates' competences are better suitable for the needs of the job market. 
 
11. Budget or funds allocated:  
€98,965  
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13. Status:  Completed 
 
14. Contact point for information:  
Ms Maarika Miil 
Project Manager www.tlu.ee 
 
 
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1. Title of project/programme:  
Doctoral studies for the faculty members of the IT Faculty of Kabul University based on the 
Information Society Technologies curriculum of the IT Institute at Tallinn University 
(two semesters).  2. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 
The objective of the project is to create an opport unity for the faculty members of the IT Faculty of 
Kabul University with Masters' degrees to acquir e a higher scientific qualification based on the 
Information Society Technologies curriculum of the IT Institute at Tallinn University  (Ministry of 
Education and Research curriculum number 100219) during the first and second semesters of 2014, and to implement this opportunity. The auditory instruction will be conducted at 
Tallinn University and Kabul University. E-learning tools, including video-conferencing will also be 
used to carry out the instruction.  3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
 
4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 
University, college or other teaching institution, research institute or think-tank - Tallinn University 
 5. Targeted LDC Members (Transferee):  
Afghanistan 
 6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
The number of students with a doctoral degree and the number of doctoral degree syllabi in the 
IT field; the number of IT faculty; the number of modules and students participating; the amount 
of e-teaching methods employed. 
 7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: Higher education 
 
8. Type of technology transferred:  
 ICT solutions, know-how 
 
9. Expected output related to technology transfer:  
The number of specialists with a better professional training has increased; Kabul's University has 
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  10. Outcomes/impact: 
 The quality of IT-related higher education in Kabul University is enhanced; the graduates' 
competences are better suitable for the needs of the job market. 
 
11. Budget or funds allocated:  
€667,500 
 12. Duration:  
July 2013–December 2017 
 13. Status: 
 
Ongoing  
14. Contact point for information: 
 Ms Maarika Miil Project Manager 
www.tlu.ee 
 
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  FINLAND  
 
1. Title of project/programme:  
Finnpartnership - Finnish Business Partnership Programme 
 2. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 
Finnpartnership's mission is to increase commercial cooperation between Finland and developing countries. Finnpartnership provides advisory services for the business activities of Finnish companies in developing countries, as well as financial support for the planning, development and 
implementation phases of a project. Finnpartn ership also offers a matchmaking service for 
companies in developing countries for creating potential business partnerships with Finnish companies. Finnfund is responsible for the management and implementation of the business 
partnership programme on behalf of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland which funds the 
programme.  
3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member:  - 
 4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 
Eligible applicants for the financial support and advisory services are companies registered in Finland or elsewhere that have substantial links to Finland; research facilities, universities or 
similar organizations based in Finland; or associat ions registered in Finland. Matchmaking services 
may be applied for by developing country companies that are searching for partners for their business opportunities in Finland. 
 
5. Targeted LDC Members (Transferee):  The scheme is open to all companies in ODA eligible countries. 
 
6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
Non-financial incentives: support to developing country companies identifying potential business 
partners in Finland via the Matchmaking service.   
Financial incentives to Finnish companies and companies registered abroad with substantial links 
to Finland: providing financial support (Business Partnership Support) in the planning phase of the 
prospective business partnership activities, as well as for the training of target country employees and other capacity-building activities in the im plementation and business operation phases. In 
addition, financial support is given for planning, employee training and technical assistance in pilot 
projects related to technology and solutions as well as vocational training.  
7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: - 
 8. Type of technology transferred: 
 
The programme enhances technology transfer in accordance with the general conditions of the Business Partnership Support Facility (the programme covers all sectors except the ones mentioned in the exclusion list). 
 
9. Expected output related to technology transfer: - 
 
10. Outcomes/impact: - 
 11. Budget or funds allocated: 
 
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  in 2012 and 124 applications in 2013. In 2014, the number of received applications was 121, and 
as of the end of July 2015, the number of received applications was 90. The number of projects approved  by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs was 22 in 2006 (support 
allocated €1.8 million), 79 in 2007 (support allocated €3.9 million), 68 in 2008 (support allocated 
€3.6 million), 77 in 2009 (support allocated €4 .2 million), 110 in 2010 (support allocated 
€4.3 million), 114 in 2011 (support allocated €3.9 million), 77 in 2012 (support allocated €2.4 million), 96 in 2013 (support allocated €3.5 million), and 90 in 2014 (support allocated 
€4.3 million). The majority of the projects involv e FDI or other activities involving transfer of 
technology or know-how.  12. Duration: 
 
The programme started operations in June 2006.  
 
13. Status: 
 Ongoing 
 
14. Contact point for information:  Finnpartnership – Finnish Business Partnership Programme 
c/o Finnfund 
Ms Siv Ahlberg, Programme Director P.O. Box 391 
FI-00121 Helsinki 
Finland www.finnpartnership.fi 
 
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  FRANCE  
1. Nom du programme / de l'incitation: 
 Programme d'Appui à la Recherche en Réseau en Afrique (PARRAF) du Ministère des Affaires 
étrangères et du Développement international 
 2. Description générale: 
 
Le Programme d'Appui à la Recherche en Réseau en Afrique (PARRAF), financé par le Ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Développement international (MAEDI) sur Fonds de Solidarité Prioritaire et mis en œuvre par l'Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) concerne l'Afrique 
sub-saharienne. 
 Il vise à renforcer l'expertise nationale des pays  pour apporter des réponses aux attentes des 
décideurs politiques, agences de développement, sociétés civiles et secteurs privés afin que la 
communauté scientifique africaine soit un acteur du développement économique des sociétés africaines et qu'elle participe à la dynamiqu e scientifique mondiale et aux grands débats 
scientifiques internationaux sur les enjeux globaux. 
 3. Pays bénéficiaire(s):  
Pays de l'Afrique subsaharienne 
 4. Objectif(s) et type(s) d'incitations: 
 
Objectif 1: Favoriser la création d'une dynamique scientifique régionale, à même de permettre 
l'émergence des masses critiques nécessaires à la réalisation de recherches et à lutter 
contre l'isolement scientifique de certains pays. 
 
 mise en place et renforcement de réseaux; 
 valorisation des recherches et expertise: renforcement des capacités d'expertise des 
équipes, renforcement de leur aptitude à communiquer sur les résultats de la science 
que ce soit avec le secteur public, privé et les organismes régionaux ou le grand public; 
 renforcement des capacités: principalement mobilités de doctorants entre les équipes 
partenaires du réseau, formation à la rédaction de projet + éventuellement aide pour la 
création de modules de masters, initier le montage d'écoles doctorales regionals.  
Objectif 2: Renforcer les capacités des pays africains les moins développés sur le plan scientifique 
et favoriser leur intégration régionale par la réalisation de projets de recherche en 
partenariat. 
 
 appui à la mise en œuvre de recherches; 
 acquisition d'équipements; 
 développement des compétences. 
Objectif 3: Manager le projet, communiquer et évaluer. 
 
 suivi et fonctionnement; 
 animation et communication; 
 evaluations. 
 
5. Entreprises ou institutions concernées: 
 
Organismes et réseaux de recherche, décideurs politiques.  IP/C/W/611/Add.7 
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  6. Type de technologie transferee: 
 Il se concentre sur les thématiques reliées aux enjeux du développement, tels les questions scientifiques liées à l'agronomie, à la sécurité alimentaire, à la santé publique, à l'urbanisation et à 
la gestion des territoires et de façon transversale à l'environnement et au changement climatique. 
 7. Fonctionnement: 
 
Suite au lancement d'appels à projets en 2012 et  2013, sept réseaux de recherche (regroupant 
des organismes de recherche d'au moins trois pays différents) et huit projets associés (de pays moins avancés sur le plan de la recherche) ont été sélectionnés en 2013 et 2014. Ces réseaux de 
recherche, intervenant sur des enjeux de développement majeurs (agriculture, santé, ville, 
environnement) regroupent environ 90 laboratoires de pays en développement (environ 15 pays), ainsi que leurs partenaires au Maghreb ou en France. 
 
L'IRD assure la gestion déléguée du projet pour le compte du MAEDI, suite à un marché passé avec cet opérateur. 
 
8. Exemples de projets:  
 "Amélioration de l'état sanitaire et la production du manioc pour une sécurité alimentaire 
durable" dans la République Centrafricaine. 
 "Valorisation des sous-produits agro-industriels dans l'élevage du tilapia" au Togo. 
 "Compréhension et prévisibilité des catastrophes naturelles d'origine 
hydrométéorologique en milieu urbain" au Sénégal. 
 "Carbone des sols pour une Agriculture du rable en Afrique (CaSA)" coordonné par le 
Laboratoire des Radio-Isotopes de Madagascar et regroupant une vingtaine d'institutions 
universitaires francophones du Bénin, Burk ina Faso, Cameroun, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, 
Sénégal, Tchad et Tunisie. 
 9. Statistiques sur l'utilisation de l'inci tation / le nombre de projets soutenus: 
 
Le Programme d'Appui à la Recherche en Réseau en Afrique (PARRAF) bénéficie d'un soutien financier du MAEDI de 1,9 M€. L'IRD assure l'exécution de tous les volets du projet en partenariat 
avec les postes diplomatiques ainsi que les représentations de l'IRD, du CIRAD et de l'Institut 
Pasteur qui sont sollicitées dans le cadre des travaux de certains réseaux de recherche.  
Adopté en 2012, ce projet a une durée de 36 mois . Une revue à mi-parcours a eu lieu en janvier 
2015 et a été l'occasion de dresser un premier état  des lieux quantitatif et qualitatif des travaux 
réalisés dans le cadre des différents réseaux de recherche soutenus. Les statistiques retenues pour évaluer la réussite et l'impact du projet concerneront notamment le nombre d'articles produits 
pour des revues à facteur d'impact, le nombre éventuel de brevets déposés par les équipes de 
recherche, les fonds éventuels levés auprès d'autres bailleurs, etc.  
10. Point de contact: 
 Ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Développement international 
Direction Générale de la Mondialisation, des Partenariats et du Développement 
Sous-direction de la recherche et des échanges scientifiques Pôle échanges scientifiques et recherche pour le développement 27, rue de la Convention, CS 91533, 75732 PARIS CEDEX 15 FRANCE 
http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/politique -etrangere-de-la-france/diplomatie-
scientifique/actualites-20564/2013/article/le -mae-mobilise-1-9-million-d?xtor=RSS-4 
 
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  Ministère de l'Agriculture, de l'Agro alimentaire et de la Forêt (MAAF): 
 
Le MAAF soutient le transfert d'expertise en mati ère de politiques publiques, de compétences et de 
technologies vers les pays tiers grâce à des actions de coopération spécifiques. Il finance ou 
cofinance ces actions en s'appuyant sur ses propres capacités d'expertise et sur celles de 
spécialistes travaillant dans les organismes français tels que les administrations centrales et déconcentrées, les centres techniques, les organisations professionnelles ou encore les organismes 
de recherche. 
 Cette action bénéficie d'un soutien financier du MAAF de l'ordre de 0,6 M€ par an, dont environ 0,1 M€ sont consacrés aux transferts de technologie. Elle est mise en œuvre par une vingtaine 
d'agents en France et coordonnée par le groupement d'intérêt public ADECIA (Agence pour le 
développement de la coopération Internationale dans les domaines de l'agriculture, de l'alimentation et des espaces ruraux). Elle s'appuie aussi sur le réseau des services de coopération 
et des services économiques des Ambassades. 
 Les actions concernées peuvent notamment permettre le transfert de compétences et de 
technologies dans les domaines suivants: irrigation, certification et/ou normalisation des cultures, 
services vétérinaires, indications géographiques, qualité des produits et politiques de qualité, agriculture durable, gestion durable des forêts.  
Enseignement et recherché 
 Disposant d'une expertise reconnue dans l'enseignement, la formation professionnelle, la 
recherche fondamentale et appliquée dans le domaine des formations agronomiques et 
vétérinaires, la Direction Générale de l'Enseignement et de la Recherche du MAAF soutient le transfert de compétences et de technologies vers les pays tiers en participant à: 
 
 des actions de formation portant sur les productions végétales, animales, forestières et 
aquacoles, la transformation et la conservation des denrées alimentaires, la gestion de l'environnement, l'organisation des exploitations agricoles et aquacoles, le 
développement rural, les politiques publiques relatives à l'agriculture et à l'alimentation, 
etc. 
 l'appui à l'organisation de systèmes de formation, initiale et continue et à la formation de 
formateurs. Ces actions sont conduites en partenariat avec les bailleurs de fonds 
nationaux (collectivités territoriales, ministère des affaires étrangères) et internationaux (Banque mondiale, etc.). 
 
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1. Nom du programme / de l'incitation: 
 Appui à la mise en place de formations rurales par la Direction Générale de l'Enseignement et de la 
Recherche (DGER) du MAAF. 
 2. Description générale: 
 
Organisation de formations dans le domaine agronomique au sens large (élevage, aquaculture, cultures végétales et fruitières, gestion de l'eau agricole, agriculture biologique, économie agricole, ... ). 
 
Aide à la mise en place de dispositifs de formations rurales (formation initiale, continue, en centre ou en alternance école-entreprise), analyse de l'adéquation formation-emploi. 
 
Animation de réseaux d'établissements de formatio n en coopération avec une zone géographique. 
 
3. Pays bénéficiaire(s): 
 Les actions financées ne sont pas spécifiques aux PMA. Une vingtaine de pays ont bénéficié des actions de coopération de la DGER en 2014-2015, dont les PMA suivants: Bénin, Burkina Faso, 
Sénégal, Haïti, Madagascar, Togo. IP/C/W/611/Add.7 
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4. Objectif(s) et type(s) d'incitations:  Objectif 2: Améliorer l'accès aux techniques existantes et aux proceeds. 
 
 accès aux sources d'information juridique et technologique; 
 création de centres d'information; 
 formation sur l'état de la technique; 
 organisation de systèmes de formation (enseignement de base et postscolaire). 
 Objectif 4: Apporter une formation en gestion des technologies et en méthodes de production. 
 Objectif 5: Amélioration des capacités (capacity building). 
 
 animation de réseaux d'établissements d'enseignement pour la mise en commun d'outils 
pédagogiques, de systèmes d'information, pour la capitalisation et l'échange d'expériences. 
 
5. Entreprises ou institutions concernées:  Centres de formation, publics ou privés, de to us niveaux (primaire, secondaire, supérieur), 
spécialisés (agriculture, élevage, etc.) ou non, te chniques ou généralistes, selon l'organisation de 
l'enseignement dans le pays concerné.  
6. Type de technologie transferee: 
 Large spectre disciplinaire: 
 
 formation de formateurs, aide à l'écriture de référentiels métier, formation et évaluation 
mise en place de formations de techniciens agricoles. 
 appui à la mise en place de formations techniques: gestion de l'eau agricole, 
développement de l'aquaculture, protection de l'environnement, techniques de 
production agricole, développement du tourisme rural, transformation et conservation des produits alimentaires, sciences vétérinaires et zootechniques tropicales. 
 
7. Fonctionnement:  
Les demandes sont collectées soit: 
 
 par les réseaux géographiques de la DGER, groupes d'établissements de formation 
technique et supérieure agronomique et vétérinaire qui coopèrent sur une base pérenne 
avec les pays concernés. 
 soit par les relations institutionnelles entretenues par la DGER avec les ministères de 
l'agriculture des pays concernés. 
  
8. Exemples de projets:  
 Appui à la mise en œuvre de la stratégie de formation agricole et rurale à Madagascar 
 Appui à la mise en place de la campagne de sensibilisation AlimenTerre au Bénin 
 Formation de cadres administratifs agricoles en Haïti 
 
9. Statistiques sur l'utilisation de l'inci tation / le nombre de projets soutenus: 
 Ces programmes sont mis en place par une dizaine d'agents du MAAF. Il repose aussi sur la 
participation des services de coopération et d'action culturelle (SCAC) et des services économiques 
(SE) des ambassades de France dans les pays. Ils peuvent être co-financés par les collectivités territoriales (régions), le ministère français des affaires étrangères et du développement 
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10. Point de contact:  Ministère de l'Agriculture, de l'Agroalimentaire et de la Forêt 
Direction Générale de l'Enseignement et de la Recherche 
Bureau des Relations Européennes et de la Coopération Internationale 1ter avenue de Lowendal 
75700 Paris 07 SP 
FRANCE http://agriculture.gouv.fr/les-actions-de-cooperation-internationale 
 
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1. Nom du programme / de l'incitation: 
 Coopération institutionnelle du Ministère de l'Agriculture, de l'Agroalimentaire et de la Forêt 
 
2. Description:  Financement d'actions de coopération institutionnelle, politique et technique dans le secteur 
agricole. 
 3. Pays bénéficiaire(s): 
 
Les actions financées ne sont pas spécifiques aux PMA, une quarantaine de pays ont bénéficié des 
actions de coopération du MAAF en 2013. Les PMA sont éligibles à ce programme au même titre 
que les PED et certains pays émergents, voire développés (coopération institutionnelle). 
 Les PMA ayant bénéficié de ce programme en 2014 sont: Haïti, Madagascar, Sénégal, Birmanie, Les questions relatives à la sécurité des experts français ont limité les actions entreprises. 
 
4. Objectif(s) et type(s) d'incitations:  
 Développer un dialogue sur la mise en place de politiques publiques relatives au secteur 
agricole, agroalimentaire et forestier; 
 Améliorer l'accès aux techniques existantes et aux procédés industriels: 
 accès aux sources d'information légales et technologiques; 
 formation sur l'état de la technique. 
 Soutien à des dispositifs de formation et projets de recherche conjointe entre partenaires 
publics; 
 Apporter une formation en gestion des technologies et en méthodes de production. 
5. Entreprises ou institutions concernées: 
 
Toutes entreprises ou institutions publiques ou privées: administrations nationales ou locales, 
organisations professionnelles, entreprises privées.  
6. Type de technologie transferee: 
 Spectre potentiellement très large et variant chaque année:  
 Formation de jeunes fonctionnaires 
 Formations techniques (pratiques culturales céréales et oléagineux, transformation du 
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   Appui à la mise en place de laboratoires de contrôle (sanitaire, phytosanitaire, fraudes, 
etc.) 
 Normalisation / certification des fruits et légumes 
 Gestion durable des forêts 
 Développement des indications géographiques 
 Système de certification de semences  
7. Fonctionnement: 
 
Les priorités sont identifiées par le MAAF et ses partenaires français, regroupés au sein du groupement d'intérêt public ADECIA (Agence pour le développement de la coopération Internationale dans les domaines de l'agriculture, de l'alimentation et des espaces ruraux) et de 
France Vétérinaire International (FVI), en fonction des demandes identifiées notamment par les 
services économiques et les services de coopération des ambassades. Ces services sont directement en contact avec les autorités et les professionnels locaux pour définir les secteurs 
dans lesquels l'expertise française sera la plus appréciée. 
 8. Exemples de projets: 
 
 Soutien à la rénovation de dispositifs de formation agricole 
 Soutien à la mise en conformité de la certification végétale  
9. Statistiques sur l'utilisation de l'in citation/le nombre de projets soutenus: 
 
Ces programmes ont bénéficié d'un soutien financier du MAAF de 0,6 M€ en 2014, dont 50 000 € environ en faveur des PMA. Il est mis en place par une dizaine d'agents au MAAF. Il repose aussi 
sur la participation des services économiques et services de coopération des ambassades de 
France.  
10. Point de contact: 
 Ministère de l'Agriculture, de l'Agroalimentaire et de la Forêt Direction Générale de la performance économique et environnementale des entreprises 
Service Europe International Bureau des exportations et des partenariats internationaux 
3 rue Barbet de Jouy 75349 Paris 07 SP 
FRANCE 
http://agriculture.gouv.fr/les-actions-de-cooperation-internationale 
 
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IRELAND  
Ireland 
1. Title of project/programme: 
 
Africa Agrifood Development Fund  
2. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 The objective of the Africa Agrifood Development Fund (AADF) is to develop partnerships between the Irish Agrifood Sector and African countries to  support sustainable growth of the local food 
industry, build markets for local produce and su pport mutual trade between Ireland and Africa. 
The partnership involves new and additional resources to the Agrifood Sector, including a combination of finance and technical assistance. Initiatives are based around the key themes of: 
 
 Food safety 
 Animal health/veterinary 
 Business development 
 Production systems 
 Training/mentoring 
 Technology transfer 
 R&D 
 Project management 
 
3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 
The AADF combines the expertise and experience of  the Department of Agriculture, Food and the 
Marine and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade/Irish Aid to support initiatives that can directly contribute to the development of agriculture in Africa.  
4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 Private agribusiness involving Irish and African partners 
 
5. Targeted LDC Members (Transferee):  
Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Malawi, Uganda and Zambia 
 6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
Grant support for feasibility studies and job creation; support for grant recipients to establish 
in-country private and public sector contacts through Irish Embassy networks.  
7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 Agrifood/Agribusiness  
 
8. Type of technology transferred:  Dependent on applications for grants  
 
9. Expected output related to technology transfer:  
Dependent on applications for grants  
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  10. Outcomes/impact: 
 For African countries to move "beyond aid" they must increase their own trade and attract investors. The development of business and agritrade is a priority for many African countries 
where the majority of the population live in rura l areas and are dependent on farm incomes. Many 
agricultural interventions have relied on increa sing primary production of food and cash crops 
without adequate investment in developing market s, infrastructure and the necessary investment 
climate for business. There is broad consensus amongst development partners that increased 
trade will drive food production in developing countries.  For investors, Africa still poses many difficulties. Many Irish investors perceive Africa as a high-risk 
environment due to a combination of limited human resources, weak services and fragile 
governance structures.  
In the Irish context, we recognize the benefits of partnerships between private sector investors, 
development agencies and host governments. Th e desirable outcome is investment, growth and 
trade that is inclusive, profitable and sustai nable beyond the normal cycle of development 
assistance programmes. 
 The Irish Agrifood Sector can play a central role in the development of agribusiness in Africa by bringing a much-needed business perspective to the sector, supported where possible by 
investment and mutually beneficial trade. Irish expe rtise, both public and private, in areas such as 
animal health, food production, veterinary, food safety, agrifood business is well established and 
respected internationally. These kinds of expertise represent a significant learning resource for the 
agrifood sector in developing countries. 
 11. Budget or funds allocated: 
 
The AADF has a budget in 2015 of €1.2 million, co-f unded by the Department of Agriculture, Food 
and the Marine and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.  
12. Duration: 
 The AADF, following a two-year pilot phase (2012-2014), will be reviewed in 2015. 
 
13. Status:  
The first year of the pilot scheme focused on information gathering as well as putting in place the 
right conditions for long-term sustainable partnerships between the agrifood sectors in Ireland and Africa. Since then three grants have been awar ded. A review of the pilot scheme is currently 
underway. 
 
14. Contact point for information:  
aadf@agriculture.gov.ie 
 
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 1. Title of project/programme:  
Royal College of Surgeons Ireland/College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa 
Collaboration Programme  
2. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 To improve surgical skills in East, Southern and Central Africa. 
 
3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 
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4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 College of Surgeons of Eastern, Central and Southern Africa 
 
5. Targeted LDC Members (Transferee):  
Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe 
 6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
Fellowships in seven specialities  
 7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 
Health  
8. Type of technology transferred: 
 Training in seven specialities: general surgery; orthopaedics; paediatrics; urology; neurosurgery; 
plastic surgery; and ear, nose and throat. 
 
9. Expected output related to technology transfer:  
Improved surgical skills in Southern, Eastern and Central Africa. 
 10. Outcomes/impact: 
 
There are currently 334 trainee surgeons and 105 non-surgeons (general medical officers in 
district hospitals) from East, Central and Southern Africa.  
Standardization of training across the region with recognition of qualifications. 
 11. Budget or funds allocated: 
 
 2013 - €500,000 
 2014 - €500,000 
 2015 - €500,000 
12. Duration: 
 2011-2017  
 
13. Status:  
Ongoing 
 14. Contact point for information: 
 
Lorraine Gallagher Development Specialist - Global Health Advisor, Irish Aid Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 
Riverstone House 
23-27 Henry Street Limerick 
https://www.dfa.ie/  
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  1. Title of project/programme: 
 Programme of Strategic Cooperation between Irish Aid and Higher Education and Research Institutes 
 
2. Policy objective and/or purpose:  
The Irish Aid Programme of Strategic Cooperation, which commenced in 2007, supports 
partnerships for collaborative research and learning between higher education and research institutions in Ireland and in Irish Aid partner countries. The programme aims to build the research capacity of those countries to respond to local development challenges and opportunities, and 
provide an evidence base to influence decisions at local and national level that address poverty. 
 3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 Higher Education Institutions in Ireland are eligible to apply as the lead institutions. 
 
4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 Higher education institutions in LDCs, with a particular emphasis on institutions in Irish Aid partner 
countries. 
 5. Targeted LDC Members (Transferee): 
 
Higher education institutions in Irish Aid partner countries: Uganda; Tanzania; Mozambique; Zambia; Ethiopia; Malawi; Lesotho; and Sierra Leone. 
 
6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 Capacity building for development, research and teaching is supported in partner institutions 
across key poverty thematic areas, which involves  the use of technology and the development of 
skills in this area. 
 The establishment of a digital media prog ramme will support the emergence of a 
sustainable indigenous digital media industry  in Zambia. The second group of Digital 
Media Diploma students enrolled in January 2015. 
 New knowledge flows and exchanges of expe rtise facilitated between specific rural 
communities, the agencies and organizations that work with each community, and 
between national and international bodies concerned with agriculture, food security, nutrition and climate change. 
 Capacity for e-technology built through online, Skype and in-country training. 
 Partners are required to share and deve lop lesson-drawing and knowledge exchange. 
 Completion of the Geographical Information Systems (GIS) database which can 
demonstrate spatial aspects of water and health in Makondo, Uganda. 
 HIV/AIDS – Connecting public administration, policy and communities - workshop 
planned for January 2016 to develop shared curricular material, in an e-learning format, which can be used in institutions: Ireland, Tanzania, Uganda and South Africa. 
 
7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 Education, hunger, health, agriculture,  environment, governance, and water. 
 
8. Type of technology transferred:  
 Digital Media skills 
 Knowledge and skills relating to communication and distance learning between partners 
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   Use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) 
 E-learning curricular material 
 9. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 
 Digital Media training 
 Increased capacity in use of technology 
 Increased knowledge of interrelation between water and health 
10. Outcomes/impact: 
 The use of technology will enhance the ability of partners to produce quality research which will 
improve knowledge and learning to solve developmental challenges. 
 11. Budget or funds allocated: 
 
€17 million  
12. Duration: 
 2007-2015  
13. Status: 
 Fifteen programmes have been supported since 2007 under three rounds of funding. The seven 
current projects were due to be completed in 2015.  With no-cost extensions, the final project will 
complete in August 2016.  
14. Contact point for information: 
 Elaine Hollowed Policy Coherence and Research Unit 
Hatch Street 
Dublin 00353 1 408 2455 
 
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1. Title of project/programme:  Traidlinks 
 
2. Policy objective and/or purpose:  
Irish Aid is the official development assistance programme of the Irish Government. Through the 
Embassy of Ireland in Kampala, Irish Aid is providin g support to an Irish not-for-profit organization 
called Traidlinks. Following a strategic review du ring 2013, Traidlinks goals for 2014-2020 are as 
follows: 
 to identify, and encourage new market-led, commercial models of agriculture and 
agrifoods in East Africa; 
 to promote domestic, regional and international trade while increasing direct investment 
into East Africa; 
 to help build the capacity of key institutions who are most important to stimulate 
enterprise and trade; and 
 to facilitate and encourage two-way growth  and investment opportunities between EAC 
and Ireland. 
 
Traidlinks has an office in Dublin, in Kampala, Uganda, and a presence in Kigali, Rwanda.  IP/C/W/611/Add.7 
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  3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 Traidlinks/Ireland 
 
4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 
 Small and medium-sized enterprises in Uganda. 
 The Uganda Export Promotion Board 
 Rwanda Development Board 
5. Targeted LDC Members (Transferee): Uganda, Rwanda  
 
6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
 Support to national firms identifying potential partners (advice, contacts, etc.) 
 Support to third countries (advice, contacts, etc.) 
 Training in technology management and production methods 
 Capacity building 
7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 Trade and enterprise development 
 
8. Type of technology transferred:  
Financial management, operational management (production), quality assurance, human resource 
management, marketing, and supply chain management.  
9. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 Improved business efficiency in terms of profit ability, turnover and number of staff employed. 
 
10. Outcomes/impact: 
 Traidlinks and the Uganda Export Promotion Board completed a successful sales mission with 
eight Ugandan companies to Bujumbura, Burundi in May 2014; all of the eight companies now 
have export development plans in place. In addi tion, they also delivered three mini-missions to 
Kigali, Bujumbura and Kisumu during the course of the year. Mini-missions are a hybrid between 
large group missions of eight or more companies and individual one-to-one visits. As a result, 
sales of over US$4.6 million have been reported by participating companies. 
 In Hoima, the largest urban centre in the oil rich region of Uganda, Traidlinks is facilitating the 
establishment of a model pig farm, feed mill and pig multiplication unit. To date, 
Devenish Nutrition, with Traidlinks support, has procured land, recruited a manager, embarked on construction and a pig producers' group has been formed and registered. Within the Hoima 
Enterprise Centre, Traidlinks has trained 361 farmers in agribusiness development strategy. 
 11. Budget or funds allocated: 
 €650,000 in 2014 
 €600,000 in 2015 IP/C/W/611/Add.7 
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  12. Duration: 
 2007-2015  
13. Status: 
 Ongoing; in its last year. 
 
14. Contact point for information:  Frank Kirwan 
Embassy of Ireland 
Kampala  
https://www.dfa.ie/ 
 
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  SPAIN 
1. Title of project/programme: 
 Iberoeka 
 
2. Policy objective and/or purpose:  
 To promote projects such as direct investment, licensing, franchising, sub-contracting, etc. 
 To support joint research projects 
 To encourage trade in technological goods 
Beneficiary countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil , Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, 
El Salvador, Spain, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico , Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, 
Dominican Republic, Uruguay and Venezuela.  
3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 
CDTI 
 4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 
Companies 
 5. Targeted LDC Members (Transferee): 
 
Companies and research institutions  
6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
 Non-financial incentives: Support to national firms identifying potential partners (advice, 
contacts, etc.) and support to third countries (advice, contacts, etc.). 
 Financial incentives to national firms: soft loans at fixed interest rate (Euribor at 
one year) of up to 75% of the budget of Spanish participation, amortization up to ten years. 
 A non-reimbursable tranche of 30% of the credit granted by the CDTI. 
7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 
All sector except military sector 
 8. Type of technology transferred:  
All sectors, except the military sector. 
 9. Expected output related to technology transfer: - 
 
10. Outcomes/impact:  
To support technological business cooperation in Latin America. This initiative is included within 
the Latin American Programme of Science and Technology for Development (CYTED).  11. Budget or funds allocated: 
 
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12. Duration:  This programme supports multi-annual projects, between one and three years of development. 
 
This programme has no end date.  
13. Status: 
 Ongoing  
14. Contact point for information: 
 Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology 
iberoeka@cdti.es 
http://www.cdti.es/  
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 1. Title of project/programme:  
e+China (old name CHINEKA)  
 2. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 
 To promote projects such as direct investment, licensing, franchising, sub-contracting, etc. 
 To support joint research projects 
 To encourage trade in technological goods 
3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 
CDTI 
 4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 
Companies  
 
5. Targeted LDC Members (Transferee): 
 Companies and research institutions  
 
6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
 Non-financial incentives: support to national firms identifying potential partners 
(advice, contacts, etc.) and support to th ird countries (advice, contacts, etc.). 
 Financial incentives to national firms: soft loans at fixed interest rate (Euribor at 
one year) of up to 75% of the budget of Spanish participation, amortization up to 
ten years. 
 A non-reimbursable tranche of 30% of the credit granted by the CDTI. 
7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 
All sectors, except the military sector.  
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  8. Type of technology transferred: 
 All sectors, except the military sector.  
9. Expected output related to technology transfer: - 
 10. Outcomes/impact: 
 
To promote international technological cooperation between entities in Spain and China, through projects led by companies with the goal of prom oting the competitiveness of Spanish and Chinese 
companies, by fomenting and supporting the execution of joint technological projects oriented 
towards the development and/or adaptation of ne w products, processes or services intended for 
international markets.  
11. Budget or funds allocated: 
 There are no approved projects in the period of reference. 
 
12. Duration:  This programme supports multi-annual projects, between one and three years of development. 
 
This programme has no end date.  
13. Status: 
 Ongoing 
 
14. Contact point for information:  Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology 
chineka@cdti.es  
http://www.cdti.es/ 
 
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1. Title of project/programme: 
 e+India (old name ISI)  
 
2. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 
 To promote projects such as direct investment, licensing, franchising, sub-contracting, etc. 
 To support joint research projects 
 To encourage trade in technological goods 
3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 CDTI  
4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 Companies  
 
5. Targeted LDC Members (Transferee):  
Companies and research institutions  
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  6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
 Non-financial incentives: support to national firms identifying potential partners 
(advice, contacts, etc.) and support to th ird countries (advice, contacts, etc.). 
 Financial incentives to national firms: soft loans at fixed interest rate (Euribor at 
one year) of up to 75% of the budget of Spanish participation, amortization up to 
ten years. 
 A non-reimbursable tranche of 30% of the credit granted by the CDTI. 
7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 All sectors, except the military sector.  
 
8. Type of technology transferred:  
All sectors, except the military sector.  
 9. Expected output related to technology transfer: - 
 
10. Outcomes/impact:  International technological cooperation promotes joint technology cooperation projects between 
companies from India and Spain via technology transfer, industrial research, technological 
development and innovation.  
11. Budget or funds allocated: 
 There are no projects approved in the period of reference.  
 
12. Duration:   This programme supports multi-annual projects, between one and three years of development.  
 
This programme has no end date.  
13. Status: 
 Ongoing  
 
14. Contact point for information:  Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology 
isi@cdti.es 
http://www.cdti.es/  
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  SWEDEN  
1. Name of the programme/incentive: 
 Wind Power Development and Use, Energy Effi ciency, and ICT for Pedagogical Development 
International Training Programmes 
 2. Description: 
 
The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) has commissioned LIFE Academy to carry out eight international training programmes on Wind Power Development and Use which are implemented in cooperation with  the Swedish Royal University of Technology. 
LIFE Academy has also been commissioned by Sida to carry out 12 international training 
programmes on Energy Efficiency in cooperation wi th the Swedish Royal University of Technology, 
and 13 international training programmes on IC T and Pedagogical Development in cooperation 
with Stockholm University. The overall objective of the programmes is to contribute to capacity 
building and increased understanding of the importance of wind power and other renewable energy sources, energy efficiency, and ICT among inst itutions and private companies in developing 
countries through training of, in total, 825 representatives. 
 3. Beneficiary country/countries:  
Whereas the programmes are open to developing countries in general, 70-80% of the participants 
in the most recent programmes came from LDCs with focus on Africa (Kenya, Kosovo, Moldavia, Mongolia, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Ukraine, and Zambia). 
 
4. Objective(s) and type (s) of incentive given: 
 
Objective 2: Improve access to available techniques and industrial processes 
 Training in the state-of-the-art 
Objective 4: Provide training in technology management and production methods 
Objective 5: Capacity building 
 
5. Eligible enterprises or institutions:  
The programmes are open to planners, trainers, managers and specialists in the above sectors 
working at government institutions or private companies in developing countries.  
6. Type of technology transferred: 
 Knowledge of various methods of central importance in developing wind power plants such as wind measurement, localization and design, demands on the infrastructure and the electric grid, 
environmental impact analysis, management, organization and economy of wind power plants, etc. 
 Knowledge of energy efficiency and its benefits for sustainable development and poverty 
reduction, as well as increased knowledge of methods and tools for energy efficiency. 
 Knowledge of the possibilities of using ICT as a tool for pedagogical development and to promote 
"Education for all", as well as increased knowledge of how ICT can be applied in the national 
educational system.  7. Functioning in practice: 
 
Each programme runs over a period of 16-18 months with continuous support from LIFE Academy. Some programmes include workshops in the partner countries. All programmes include a 
three to four weeks study period in Sweden as well as a regional phase in a participating country. 
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  8. Examples of ongoing/implemented projects: 
 The programmes have resulted in transfer of te chnological knowledge in the Wind Energy, Energy 
Efficiency and ICT fields, and contributed to expa nding and improving the technological base in the 
partner developing countries.  
 WP 
 The Wind Power Development in Nepal was started in 2009 by a Change Agent with a formulation and development of a wind energy policy. Based on  this policy two other Change Agents worked 
out a strategy, programmes and activities for wind power development in their country. 
 
EE 
 
A Change Agent has persuaded local authorities in Moldova to change old street lighting systems 
to modern ones – based on LED lighting. By utiliz ing today's advanced energy efficient technology, 
both the energy consumption and the operational/maintenance cost for street and road lighting 
have been significantly reduced. 
 ICT 
 
A Change Agent in Ethiopia has focused on capacity building and creation of awareness among 
students in Ethiopia, thus providing a successful result including a sustainability plan. This is now part of the outreach programme at the Department of Computer Science in Addis Ababa University. 
 
9. Statistics on the use of the incent ive/on the number of supported projects: 
 
The WindPower Program has been started in five consecutive years (2009-2013) and has been 
offered twice 2012 and 2013. The Energy Efficiency Programme has been started in five consecutive years (2011-2015) and has been offered twice in 2012 and three times in 2013, 2014 and 2015. The ICT for Pedagogical Development Programme has been offered in 
four consecutive years (2012-2015) and has been offered three times in 2013, 2014 and 2015. 
 In total, 600 participants have completed a full programmes while 225 are currently taking or are 
planned to take the programmes. 
 The overall allocated budget for the above progra mmes is MSEK 142 in total, or approximately 
SEK 172,000 per participant. 
 10. Contact:  
Lars Hallén, Chairman 
LIFE Academy Köpmannagatan 2 
SE-652 62 Karlstad 
Sweden http://www.life.se/  
 
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1. Name of the programme/incentive: 
 Swedfund  
 
2. Description:  
Swedfund provides risk capital, expertise and financial support for investments in developing 
countries. Swedfund is a bilateral Development Finance Institution (DFI) wholly owned by the Swedish Government and reports to the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. The objective is the contribution to the goal of Sweden's Policy for Global Development (PGD), i.e. equitable and IP/C/W/611/Add.7 
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  sustainable global development. Swedfund's co-fin ancing of investments facilitates transfer of 
technology by supporting partnerships and diffusion of knowledge.  Swedfund also has at its disposal certain funds for financing technical assistance, the objective 
being measures to enhance the quality of existing projects. 
 3. Beneficiary country/countries: 
 
Swedfund invests in companies, primarily in LDCs, with focus primarily on Africa.  4. Objective(s) and type (s) of incentive given: 
 
Swedfund:  
 Swedfund's objective is to contribute to the goals of Sweden's Policy for Global 
Development by co-financing investments in the private sector which encourage economically, environmentally and socially sustainable business in developing countries. 
 Swedfund offers risk capital in the form of equity and loans to strategic partners wishing 
to establish or expand their operations in target regions. 
 The size of Swedfund's investment ranges between MSEK 10 and MSEK 100 and 
normally represents one third of the total investment amount. The investment horizon is 
normally five to ten years. 
 All Swedfund's decisions are made on a business-like manner considering economic, 
social and environmental factors. 
 
Swedpartnership:  
 The objective of Swedpartnership is to encourage small and medium sized Swedish 
enterprises to invest in emerging markets. 
 Financial support through loans of up to SEK 1,700,000 or 40% of the total estimated 
cost can be obtained to invest in equipment and knowledge transfer when setting up 
businesses in emerging markets. 
 The loans can be amortized upon project comple tion and approval of the project results. 
 
5. Eligible enterprises or institutions: 
 Companies investing in developing countries, including LDCs, and their partner companies in the 
host countries. 
 6. Type of technology transferred:  
Various types of technology may be involved (e.g. healthcare, cleantech, chemicals, ICT and 
agriculture).  
7. Functioning in practice: 
 Swedfund offers risk capital to companies willing  to invest in developing countries, having the 
economic resources to invest at least the same amount as Swedfund and having a management 
team capable of operating in the country under consideration. Every investment decision made by Swedfund is preceded by a review of local economic, environmental and social conditions. 
Swedfund requires all of its portfolio companies to submit yearly reports concerning their 
environmental efforts and impact on social conditions. More information is available from 
Swedfund's Integrated Report 2014 ( http://www.swedfund.se/en/about-swedfund ), which follows 
the Global Reporting Initiative`s (GRI) Sust ainability reporting framework and contains 
information about the sectors and regions Swedfund invests in, the number of employees at 
Swedfund's portfolio companies, and descripti ons of how these enterprises contribute to 
development cooperation. 
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  8. Examples of ongoing/implemented projects: 
 In 2009 Swedfund and Elekta agreed to start a joint investment in a project development company called Global Medical Investments GMI AB (GMI). From its position as majority owner, GMI's 
business plan is to establish and operate modern cancer clinics in developing countries which lack 
radiotherapy treatment facilities or where dema nd is significantly higher than the treatment 
available. The transfer of tec hnology and knowledge is a central part and important aspect of 
GMI's business concept. The company collaborates with leading hospitals and specialists in 
radiotherapy and offers medical training and supervised practice.  In 2009 Swedfund gave a loan to Polygenta Techno logies Ltd in India to start up production of 
polyester filament yarn from recycled PET bottles using a patented cleaning process called ReNew. 
The yarn is sold as a 100% recycled product. Typical customers are producers of quality sports 
and apparel. The investment has resulted in transfer of technology and technological knowledge in 
the recycling field. 
 9. Statistics on the use of the incent ive/on the number of supported projects: 
 
By the end of 2014, Swedfund's total investme nt portfolio amounted to SEK 3 billion to 
SEK 5 billion divided over 96 different accounts in 25 countries. During 2014, Swedfund made ten new investments. 
 
Contact:  
Niclas During 
Swedfund International AB Drottninggatan 92-94 
P O Box 3286 
SE-103 65 Stockholm Sweden http://www.swedfund.se/en/about-swedfund  
 
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1. Name of the programme/incentive:  
Electrical Distribution Management Advanced International Training Programme (EDM) 
 2. Description:  
Grontmij AB together with ÅF-Industry AB have been commissioned by the Swedish International 
Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) to run th e Electrical Distribution Management Advanced 
International Training Programme (EDM) annua lly since 2007. The final programme started 2011 
and was completed during 2013. The contract with  Sida on EDM expired at the end of 2014. The 
programme provided know-how in the field of electricity distribution, including rural electrification, covering financing, management and technical questions. The objective was to create awareness 
of integrated approaches towards electricity dist ribution in relation to energy supply, country 
planning and environmental aspects.  3. Beneficiary country/countries: 
 
M o r e  t h a n  7 0 %  o f  t h e  p a r t i c i p a n t s  c a m e  f r o m  L D C s  ( E t h i o p i a ,  G a m b i a ,  L i b e r i a ,  M a l a w i ,  Mozambique, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia). However, also 
candidates from other developing countries have been eligible to participate in the programme. 
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  4. Objective(s) and type (s) of incentive given: 
 Objective 2: Improve access to available techniques and industrial processes: 
 
 access to legal and technological information sources; 
 training in the state-of-the-art. 
Objective 4: Provide training in technology management and production methods. 
 
Objective 5: Capacity building. 
 5. Eligible enterprises or institutions: 
 
Participants should be individuals from developing countries acting in the field of sustainable supply of energy, e.g. ministries, regulating au thorities, power companies, network operators, 
electricity cooperatives, consultants, etc. 
 6. Type of technology transferred: 
 
Technological knowledge of electrical distribution management  7. Functioning in practice: 
 
The two-year programme is divided into five phases with a training programme in Sweden and a regional seminar and support by designated mentor s to the participants' own change projects. The 
programme is focusing i.e. on the fundamentals of electricity distribution, privatization and 
deregulation of electricity markets, risk and life cy cle analysis, quality of supply, technical solutions 
for existing and future systems, small-scale local generation and organization of electricity 
distribution. The training includes different method s of instruction, such as lectures, exercises, 
group discussions, study visits and project work and preparation of participants' own change projects.  
8. Examples of ongoing/implemented projects: 
 The training of individuals from participating developing countries is directly aimed at facilitating 
the transfer of technology (technological knowledge) to the countries at hand thereby improving 
their technological base. The mentorship feature enables networking among professionals in the field of electrical distribution and facilitates futu re technology transfers by potential partnerships 
and cooperation. 
 Examples of more specific results can be found in the change projects for participants in the 2011 programme: 
 
 Considerable loss reduction and much improved customer service in Phnom Penh in 
Cambodia. 
 Enhancement of access to electricity through effective loss reduction strategy in Ghana. 
 Implementation of a rural electrificatio n project to Luwerezi area in Malawi. 
 Improvement of electricity revenue collection in Juba in South Sudan. 
 Loss reduction with a new medium voltage line to North Zone of Zanzibar in Tanzania. 
 Examples of results from the change  projects in all five programmes: 
 
 30 projects in different countries concerned rural electrification. In total around 230,000 
households and other consumers have benefited from these projects. 
 41 projects in different countries concerned loss reduction whereas on average the 
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   18 projects concerned improvement of customer  service. Many projects have been in 
Tanzania. 
 12 projects concerned renewable energy, e.g. small-scale hydropower, wind power, solar 
energy and bioenergy. 
 
9. Statistics on the use of the incent ive/on the number of supported projects: 
 
The programme has run on an annual basis since 2007. In total 145 participants have been 
accepted onto the programme. The overall budget amounts to SEK 25,000,000 or SEK 169,000 per participant. 145 participants have completed the programme.  
10. Contact: 
 Jan Klevås 
Grontmij AB 
Norra Bulltoftavägen 65 A Box 2909 
SE-212 09 MALMÖ 
Sweden http://www.sweco.se/sv/Sweden/Temp/ Valkommen-till-Europas-storsta-
teknikkonsult/?grontmijurl=h ttp%3a%2f%2fwww.grontmij.se%2f  
 
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1. Name of the programme/incentive:  
Risk Management in Banking and Finance ("RMIFB") 
 2. Description:  
The Risk Management in Banking and Finance (R MIFB) International Training Programme "275" 
aims at contributing to the long-term capacity for reforms and change processes in the financial sector in the developing countries involved by enhancing the participants' understanding of the 
correlation between economic growth, openness and poverty reduction, the financial sector as an 
indispensable part of the economic infrastructure and the impact of financial markets on public finances. 
 
3. Beneficiary country/countries:  The programme is open to participation of indi viduals from a group of prioritized developing 
countries of which more than half consists of African LDCs. For the 2013 editions of the 
programme, beneficiaries came from Albania, Ge orgia, Kenya, Macedoni a, Moldova, Rwanda, 
Tanzania, Uganda, Ukraine, Zambia and Zimbabwe. 
 
4. Objective(s) and type (s) of incentive given: 
 
Objective 2: Improve access to available techniques and industrial (financial risk management) 
processes: 
 
 access to legal and technological information sources. 
Objective 4: Provide training in technology (financial) management. 
 
Objective 5: Capacity building 
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  5. Eligible enterprises or institutions: 
 The programme is open to individuals working in the finance sector in developing countries, such as managers with responsibility for business deve lopment, credit granting, administration, trading 
and/or investing, lawyers within banks, financial institutions, pension funds, microfinance, 
supervisory authorities or managers with responsibility for the procurement of analytical tools for risk management within private and public sector financial institutions. 
 
6. Type of technology transferred:  Advanced risk management for financial institutions. 
 
7. Functioning in practice:  
Each training programme consists of five phases. Aside from receiving training in financial risk 
management, teams of participants also work on a "change initiative" that they wish to pursue in their home institutions or countries. The change initiative needs to be supported by the 
participants' employers. 
 The training programme engages the participants during approximately 14 months, of which approximately four-and-a-half weeks are educat ional (three weeks in Stockholm, Sweden and 
ten days in one of the participating countries). The formal training includes an overview of the 
Swedish financial and banking markets and its players, analysis of market adjusted pricing according to risk level, methods and tools for risk management, credit analysis and monitoring, 
review of the credit granting process and analysis of possible credit facility alternatives adjusted to 
local needs with maintained risk exposure.  
8. Examples of ongoing/implemented projects: 
 Examples of specific results of the change pr ojects managed by the participants from the 
2013 editions include: 
 
 Promotion of risk management tailored to Islamic banking (Kenya) 
 Improve women's access to credit (Rwanda) 
 Promote mortgage lending to improve housing and human settlement (Tanzania) 
 Assessment and promotion of risk management practices in financial institutions 
(Uganda) 
 Promotion of a financing scheme tailored to small-scale farmers (Zambia) 
 New guidelines to promote financial inclusion (Albania) 
 Enhanced framework for credit granting (Georgia) 
 Enhance risk reporting for institutions under supervision (Moldova) 
 Business continuity planning enhancement (Ukraine) 
9. Statistics on the use of the incent ive/on the number of supported projects: 
 
The programme has run during ten consecutive years (2003-2013). The 2013 East Africa and 
Eastern Europe editions were the two last contracted programmes. In 2014, alumni seminar were organized for former participants in Tbilisi, Georgia for 41 alumni and in Nairobi, Kenya for 
30 alumni. 
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  10. Contact: 
 Leif Waller, Programme Lead Partner KPMG Francois-Xavier Bonnevie, Programme manager KPMG 
KPMG AB 
P O Box 16106 SE-103 23 Stockholm 
Sweden 
financial.training@kpmg.se 
http://www.kpmg.com/se/sv /Sidor/default.aspx 
 
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  UNITED KINGDOM  
Project 1 
 
1. Title of project/programme: 
 
Unlocking the Potential of Groundwater for the Poor (UPGro)  
 
2. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 Unlocking the Potential of Groundwater for the Poor (UPGro) is a research programme which is jointly funded by UK's Department for International Development (DFID), Natural Environment 
Research Council (NERC) and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). It focuses on 
improving the evidence base around groundwater availability and management in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to enable developing countries and partners in SSA to use groundwater in a 
sustainable way in order to benefit the poor. 
 UPGro projects are interdisciplinary, linking the social and natural sciences to address this 
challenge. They will be delivered through collaborative partnerships of the world's best 
researchers. The programme's success will be measured by the way that its research generates new knowledge which can be used to benefit the poor in a sustainable manner.  
3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 
Research organizations eligible fo r NERC, ESRC and DFID funding. 
 4. Enterprises or other institutions elig ible for incentive in LDCs (Transferor): 
 
Organizations in LDCs eligible for DFID research funding  5. Targeted LDC Members (Transferee): 
 
Funding was awarded through open competition, proposals were peer reviewed by independent experts and graded on the basis of science excellence and fit to programme objectives. Work had 
to be relevant to LDCs in SSA, but no  particular countries were targeted. 
 Countries: Uganda, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ethi opia, Tanzania, Kenya, Zambia, Cameroon, 
Comoros Islands, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Guinea , Niger, Nigeria, Benin and Senegal. 
 6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
Technology transfer is through collaborative research projects with research groups comprising 
scientists from both LDC and non-LDC countries. The programme is also investing in knowledge exchange activities to communicate the outputs of the research to policymakers, businesses and 
local communities in SSA. 
 7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 
Environmental, social and economic resear ch into groundwater resources in SSA. 
 8. Type of technology transferred: 
 
The programme will develop new methodologies and approaches that will improve understanding of groundwater resources in SSA; this will in clude models, use of novel sensors and decision 
support tools. 
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  9. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 UPGro will advance our understanding of groundwater in SSA, including: 
 
 recharge processes, including flow and storage mechanisms at local and catchment 
scale; 
 groundwater/surface water interactions; 
 groundwater quality; 
 impacts of governance and political economy; 
 approaches to governance/institutions; 
 impacts of non-water related policies; and 
 key drivers and stressors which might affect the availability of groundwater over the 
next 20 to 50 years and how these drivers and stressors interact. 
10. Outcomes/impact: 
 
It is anticipated that UPGro will provide robust and accessible evidence on the physical, social and 
economic opportunities and constraints to sustainable, long-term groundwater that will enable the 
sustainable management of groundwater resources in Africa and hence improved water security 
for the poor.  11. Budget or funds allocated:  
 
£12 million (£7 million from DFID, £2 millio n from NERC and £2 million from ESRC) 
 
12. Duration:  
 2012-2019 
 
13. Status:  The reporting period saw the end of 15 small cataly st projects and the commissioning of five large 
consortium projects. The Consortium projects, which started in Spring 2015, will deliver the 
majority of the UPGro research.  
14. Contact point for information: 
 upgro@nerc.ac.uk  
 
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Project 2 
1. Title of project/programme: 
 
Support to the Liberian Geological Survey  
 2. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 
This DFID supported capacity-building programme aims to assist the Liberian Geological Survey such that it can play a significant part in the growth of the Liberian  economy, through access to 
data on the country's natural resources. 
 
3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 
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4. Enterprises or other institutions elig ible for incentive in LDCs (Transferor): 
 Liberian Geological Survey (LGS) 
 
5. Targeted LDC Members (Transferee):  
Liberia  
 6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
The project focuses on developing the ability of the LGS to gather, maintain and be the principal 
curator of national geoscientific data. This will allow it to better undertake compliance monitoring of companies conducting mineral exploration in Liberia and to conduct research to determine 
Liberia's mineral potential in order to promote the exploration and development of the mineral 
resources of Liberia.  
Technology transfer aspects include the establishm ent of a Liberian Minerals Information System 
and Geological Documentation Centre, the installation of the IT hardware and software needed to underpin those services, and the esta blishment of laboratory capacity. 
 
7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 Mineral resource data  
 
8. Type of technology transferred:  
IT capacity and capability for data management  
 9. Expected output related to technology transfer:  
Significantly increased technical capability for the Liberian Geological Survey in relation to mineral 
resources data collation, management, assessment and utilization.  
10. Outcomes/impact: 
 The increased capability at the LGS is expected  to greatly improve the Liberian Government's 
ability to attract mineral exploration companies to Liberia and hence underpin economic growth. 
 11. Budget or funds allocated:  
£800,000  
 12. Duration:  
 
Originally 12 months - extended to 24 months as a result of impact on delivery of the project from the recent Ebola outbreak. 
 
13. Status:  Ongoing  
 
14. Contact point for information:  
Project Leader - Dr Joseph Mankelow 
Mineral Resources and Policy Team Leader British Geological Survey 
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/  
 
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  Project 3 
 
1. Title of project/programme:  
Satellite image monitoring of earthquake- and monsoon-initiated landslides in Nepal 
 2. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 
To provide Nepalese and international organizations with landslide information to help during disaster, recover and mitigation phases of the 2015 earthquake- and monsoon-induced landslides. Information includes landslide inventories and advice on hazards and risk. 
 
3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 
Natural Environment Research Council - British Geological Survey (BGS)  
4. Enterprises or other institutions elig ible for incentive in LDCs (Transferor): 
 ICIMOD Nepal (International Centre for Integr ated Mountain Development). Also government 
departments such as the Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation. 
 
5. Targeted LDC Members (Transferee):  
Nepal  
 6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
This project has improved access to remote sensing data and techniques for institutes in Nepal, enabling them to deal more effe ctively with natural hazards. 
 
7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 Remote sensing and natural hazards  
 
8. Type of technology transferred:  
Improved access to available techniques (satellite image interpretation and modelling), and 
know-how for information delivery.  9. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 
Expected outputs include a greater understanding of landslide occurrence and hazard for institutes in Nepal. 
 
10. Outcomes/impact:  
Improved knowledge of land sliding in Nepal and the hazard that landslides pose should allow the 
government and institutions in Nepal to manage landslide risks more effectively.  11. Budget or funds allocated: 
 
£100,000  
 
12. Duration: 
 9 months  
 
13. Status:  Ongoing  
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  14. Contact point for information: 
 British Geological Survey Colm Jordan 
Tom Dijkstra 
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/  
 
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  Project 4 
 1. Title of project/programme:  
BGS knowledge transfer activities in Malawi  
 2. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 
Part 1: The data management knowledge transfer project. 
 
 Assist in the creation of a National Spatial Data Centre through knowledge transfer in 
spatial data management and metadata best practice. 
 
Part 2: Consultancy services for national hydrogeological and water quality mapping. 
 
 Produce numerical models for the assessment of water resources availability and 
groundwater modelling for Malawi and knowledge transfer in ground water modelling 
tools and techniques. 
3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 
Natural Environment Research Council - British Geological Survey (BGS) 
 4. Enterprises or other institutions elig ible for incentive in LDCs (Transferor): 
 
The BGS training available under Part 1 was offered to any government organizations who were involved in the management of spatial data. Departments that were contacted include the Ministry 
of Agriculture, the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development and the Ministry of Health. 
It was taken up by the Department of Surveys (part of the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development).  
Part 2 was specifically targeted at the needs of the Department of Water Resources. 
 5. Targeted LDC Members (Transferee): 
 
Malawi  
 
6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 The data management knowledge transfer project comprised of a requirements-gathering visit to Malawi, a follow-up knowledge transfer visit targeted at improving the information management 
capacity with the Department of Surveys, a month-long Commonwealth Scholarship training 
course hosted by the BGS in the UK. Departmental guides were edited and recommendations for future software developments were ma de and skills gaps were identified. 
 
Employees of the Department of Water Resources were offered two training courses. The first training course aimed at building the capacity of the attendee in understanding, analysing, 
and interpreting hydrogeological data. The second course provided the attendee with the required 
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  7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 The sector targeted under Part 1 was the mapping and geospatial data sector who serve a wide stakeholder community from construction to heal th providers. The technologies involved were 
largely related to data management, Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) and relational 
databases.  
Part 2 was/is designed to support the staff in the Department of Water resources. Technology 
involved related to the use of mathematical and numerical models that are constructed using data prepared in Geospatial Information Systems (GIS).  
8. Type of technology transferred: 
 Part 1: Involved the transfer of knowledge on spatial data management, the processes and 
procedures needed to ensure that data collected and stored by the primary mapping agency in Malawi is fit for purpose and its potential uses is maximized. Training in relational databases, metadata standards and data modelling was provided. 
 
Part 2: Provided tools and programmes in the fo rm of executables that process user-defined 
information in the form of maps prepared within a GIS environment. 
 
9. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 Part 1: Aimed to increase awareness of the value of Information Management and metadata to 
ensure that new and existing data is better described, managed and to ensure it is more visible. Data management and metadata best practices have been defined in a new Data Standards Report for the National Spat ial Data Centre by staff who received the 
training and ultimately this will result in the department maximizing the value of the 
spatial data it creates and manages on behalf of the nation. 
 Part 2: Water Resources Department staff will themselves be enabled to run the mathematical 
models of the provided case study for the assessment of water resources. Providing the capability to assess water resources for other case study areas in future. 
 
10. Outcomes/impact: 
 The data management knowledge transfer project outcomes: 
 
 Proposal for World Bank funding to fund the development of metadata extensions to the 
National Spatial Data web portal MASDAP. 
 Commonwealth Scholarship training held in the UK for a member of staff from the 
National Spatial Data Centre. 
 Spatial metadata database design which conforms to the international ISO 19115 and 
European INSPIRE standards. 
 Identification of skills gaps in the Department of Surveys which has led to the 
development of the Metadata manager role and plan to recruit database experts. 
 Capacity Building in Information Manageme nt within the Department of Surveys. 
The groundwater modelling project outcomes: 
 
 National ground water model for Malawi. 
 Better understanding of groundwater resources availability. 
 Improved management of the groundwater resources under current and future climate 
scenarios. 
 Groundwater resources protection. 
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  11. Budget or funds allocated: 
 Part 1: £40,000  
 Two knowledge transfer visits by BGS staff to Malawi. 
 One-month training in the UK for Malawian Department of Surveys staff (paid for 
through a Commonwealth Scholarship scheme). 
Part 2: £100,000 
 12. Duration:  
The data management knowledge transfer project was initiated as part of a larger knowledge 
exchange project which lasted three years, th e Malawi focused activities took place over 
18 months and informal communication is still taking place. 
 
The hydrogeological and water quality mapping consultancy was/is scheduled to run for 14 months. 
 
13. Status:  The data management knowledge transfer project is continuing on an informal, unfunded basis 
although there is some interest from the World Bank office in Lilongwe, Malawi, to support further 
knowledge transfer activities which could lead to improved spatial metadata capabilities within the National Spatial Data Centre. 
 
The groundwater modelling project is ongoing and to be completed by February 2016.  
14. Contact point for information: 
 Carl Watson Geoscience Informatics 
British Geological Survey 
http://www.sub-urban.eu/ 
http://www.earthdatamodels.org 
  
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 Project 5 
 
1. Title of project/programme: 
 Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) Deltas ( http://www.espadelta.net ) 
 
2. Policy objective and/or purpose:  
Under ESPA, NOC have built a model of the Bangladesh delta to simulate hydrodynamics and river 
salinity using FVCOM, which is an open source model. The model code, set-up and implemented for the Bangladesh delta, was calibrated and validated, and then provided to partners at BUET (Bangladesh University of Engi neering and Technology). This technology has been used to 
understand historic water levels and river salinity, as well as making projections under future 
climate and river management scenarios. This technology also contributed to the development of an integrated model, which takes into account human factors as well as the physical environment. 
The integrated model (Delta DIEM) makes projections of agricultural crops, drinking water salinity, 
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  3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 Our stakeholders include the General Economics Division (a department of the Bangladesh Ministry 
of Planning). 
 4. Enterprises or other institutions elig ible for incentive in LDCs (Transferor):  
The technology will also continue to be used by BUET, and Jadavpur University in India. 
 5. Targeted LDC Members (Transferee):  
Bangladesh  
 6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
Knowledge base incentives such as improved understanding for production of agricultural crops, drinking water and poverty. 
 
7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 Marine Science  
 
8. Type of technology transferred:  
Modelling capability  
 9. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 
Numerical model of the Bangladesh delta: This is a 3-D baroclinic model, which can simulate hydrodynamics, water levels, and river salinity using the finite volume coastal ocean model (FVCOM). 
 
I n t e g r a t e d  D e l t a - D I E M  m o d e l :  T h i s  w i l l  b e  u s e d  i n  s t a k e h o l d e r  w o r k s h o p s ,  t o  d e m o n s t r a t e  t h e  physical and social impacts of future climate and management scenarios. 
 
10. Outcomes/impact:  
Use of the FVCOM and Delta-DIEM model by project partners and stakeholders. The ESPA 
(Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation) has built a new coastal ocean model for the Bangladesh delta. This is being used for predicting water levels and river salinity affecting some of the poorest people in Asia. Climate and river management scenarios will assist in making 
projections of agricultural crops, drinking water salinity, poverty and human well-being. 
 11. Budget or funds allocated: 
 The project was funded through NERC/ERSC/DfiD 
 The total budget for the project is £130,000 
12. Duration: 
Three years, 2012-2016  
 13. Status: 
Model code is complete, and already in use at both  BUET and in the integrated model. Training in 
how to use the model technology will also be delivered as part of the project. 
 14. Contact point for information: 
Lucy Bricheno 
Judith Wolf http://www.noc.ac.uk 
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  Project 6 
 
Nepal  
1. Title of project/programme: 
 Earthquakes without Frontiers project ( http://ewf.nerc.ac.uk/about-us ) funded in the Increasing 
Resilience to Natural Hazards in Earthquake-Prone & Volcanic Regions programme 
(http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/funded/programmes/resilience ) 
 
2. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 
Increasing Resilience to Natural Hazards in Earthquake-Prone & Volcanic Regions (IRNH) is a research programme which is jointly funded by the UK's Natural Environment Research Council 
(NERC) and Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). Its aim is to build resilience in 
earthquake-prone and volcanic regions by reducing risks from multiple natural hazards, increasing population resilience to high impact events, particularly as they increase in severity and frequency. 
A strong interdisciplinary approach to research throughout this programme aims to improve 
forecasting and uptake of scientific advice and increase understanding of vulnerability and risk.  The longer-term economic and social costs of disasters resulting from earthquakes, volcanoes and 
associated hazards (e.g. landslides and mudflows), through damage to local or regional 
economies, impacts on long-term health, well-being, business, housing and education are immense, particularly in the developing world. 
 
This programme aims to combine and build on the strengths of natural and social sciences and has the potential to help significantly reduce losses over time, help preparation and post-event 
management, and help minimize vulnerability and long-term damage. 
 The specific objectives of the Earthquakes without Frontiers project are:  
 To provide transformational increases in kn owledge of the distributions of primary and 
secondary earthquake hazards in the continental interiors. 
 To identify pathways to increased resilience in the populations exposed to these hazards. 
 To secure these gains over the long term by establishing a well-networked, 
transdisciplinary partnership for increasing resilience to earthquakes. 
 In each of the earthquake-prone regions on which the project will focus, it will be 
working closely with local scientists, policymakers and organizations, both governmental 
and non-governmental. 
 3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 Research organizations eligible for Increasing Resilience to Natural Hazards programme funding 
including those eligible for NERC and ESRC funding. 
 4. Enterprises or other institutions elig ible for incentive in LDCs (Transferor): 
 
Project Partners of the UK scientists in LDCs were eligible under the programme. The Earthquakes without Frontiers project has Nepalese project partners.  
5. Targeted LDC Members (Transferee): 
 Nepal 
 
 Funding was awarded to the Earthquakes without Frontiers project through open 
competition, proposals were peer reviewed by independent experts and graded on the 
basis of science excellence and fit to programme objectives. No particular countries were 
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  6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 Technology transfer is through collaborative research projects with research groups comprising of scientists from both LDC and non-LDC countries. The project is also investing in knowledge 
exchange activities to communicate the outputs of the research to policymakers, businesses and 
local communities in Nepal.  
7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 Environmental and social research into hazards associated with earthquakes.  
8. Type of technology transferred: 
 The project aims to increase knowledge of the distributions of earthquake hazards, identify 
pathways to increased resilience in the populati ons exposed to these hazards and to secure these 
gains over the long term by establishing a we ll-networked, transdisciplinary partnership for 
increasing resilience to earthquakes. 
 
9. Expected output related to technology transfer:  The specific objectives of the Earthquakes without Frontiers project in Nepal are: 
 
 understanding of earthquake occurrence across the Himalayan front region; 
 research into the locations of active faults across the region, the rates at which they are 
currently deforming, and the ground shaking that they are likely to produce; 
 providing baseline scenarios about the hazards in forms that are meaningful for, and 
usable by, the communities at risk; 
 mapping out the political context for earthquake risk reduction; 
 understanding who the key stakeholders are and the relationships between them; 
 a review of the published literature on the state-of-the-art science including tectonics in 
the Himalayan Region, seismic hazard assessment and landsliding with the aim of 
identifying research gaps; and 
 investigating how science is currently used (or not) and why within policy and practice. 
Possible research topics emerging from discussions with stakeholder partners include: 
 
 how to engage urban "communities" in earthquake risk reduction; 
 exploring the role of municipalities in  the implementation of building codes; 
 using participatory risk assessments as a tool for combining local, practitioner and 
scientific knowledge for resilience building;  
 investigating the constraints and challenges to rolling out local level earthquake risk 
reduction effectively; and 
 development of a quantitative understanding of how landslide material moves through 
the landscape after a large earthquake. 
10. Outcomes/impact: 
 
It is anticipated that the Earthquakes without Frontiers project in Nepal will be used to ascertain how science can be used more effectively to inform policy and practice. 
 
11. Budget or funds allocated:  The programme has a budget of £5.8 million and th e Earthquakes without Frontiers project has a 
budget of £2.6 million. 
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  12. Duration: 
 2010-2018  
13. Status: 
 The Increasing Resilience to Natural Hazards programme and Earthquakes without Frontiers 
project research is ongoing until 2017. 
 14. Contact point for information:  
Lesley Aspinall 
http://www.nerc.ac.uk 
 
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Project 7 
 
1. Title of project/programme:  
Bedmap Himalayas – Reconnaissance (NERC International Opportunities Fund) 
 2. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 
The aim of the project is to apply the specia list polar surveying skills and equipment of 
NERC/British Antarctic Survey (BAS) to measure the water resource stored as ice in Asia's high 
mountains, a plan called Bedmap Himalayas. The Hindu Kush-Himalayas have the most extensive 
mountain glaciation outside Alaska, and around 800 million people living downstream depend to some extent on meltwater from these glaciers. In the Indus catchment, 237 million people are heavily dependent on glacier runoff for irrigation in the dry season, a population growing by 
4 million per year. Many more in the region rely on runoff as a buffer against drought when the 
monsoon rains fail and as a source of hydroele ctric power, but over the period 2003-2009, this 
region lost around 26 cubic kilometres of ice per year. Himalayan glacier ice is a major resource, 
but its volume is remarkably poorly known. Reportedly, fewer than 10 of the 20,000 to 40,000 
glaciers have direct thickness measurements, and volume estimates from indirect methods range from 1,670 to 6,500 cubic kilometres. This uncertainty  makes it difficult to predict the future of 
this vulnerable but highly valuable water resource. 
 3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 
The British Antarctic Survey led this project.  
4. Enterprises or other institutions elig ible for incentive in LDCs (Transferor): 
 This project is working with partners at the International Centre for Integrated Mountain 
Development (ICIMOD) and Kathmandu University as a collaborator in Nepal. 
 5. Targeted LDC Members (Transferee):  
Nepal 
 6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
Technology transfer is through a collaborative research project with a research group that comprises scientists from both LDC and non-LD C countries. The project is also investing in 
knowledge exchange activities to communicate the outputs of the research to policymakers, 
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  7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 Natural Resource management – water resources  
8. Type of technology transferred: 
 The project will develop methodologies and appr oaches that will improve understanding and 
predicting glacial runoff to downstream river systems for monitoring and prediction of water supply 
in relation to the hydropower industry and agriculture sector.  9. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 
In the medium term, this will benefit academics in disciplines including glaciology, hydrology, water resource management, natural hazards (par ticularly drought), monitoring and predicting 
impacts of climate change, agriculture, hydroelect ric power and social and economic development. 
 10. Outcomes/impact: 
 
This project is the first step towards developi ng the NERC capability to survey regional 
mountain-glacier ice volumes. This is important because large populations depend on these glaciers to sustain their water supply. Seasonal loss of supply would jeopardize food and power 
supplies on a national scale, with potentially serious political, economic and humanitarian 
consequences. The potential beneficiaries outside the immediate academic field number in the hundreds of millions and include significant industrial sectors and governments, in particular 
the policymakers in the governments of the downstream countries, where reliance on runoff is 
greatest and pressure on water resources is acute. In the Indus drainage basin alone, this amounts to 237 million people. 
 
11. Budget or funds allocated:  
 The project was funded through the NERC International Opportunities Fund 
 The amount awarded was £39,790 
12. Duration: 
 
1 July 2014–30 June 2015 
 13. Status: 
 
Project awaiting completion  14. Contact point for information: 
 
Dr Hamish Pritchard http://www.bas.ac.uk 
   
 
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  Project 8 
 
1. Title of project/programme:  
Energy and International Development: understandi ng sustainable energy solutions in developing 
countries  
2. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 The aims of the call were twofold:  
 To increase clean energy access, resilience and wealth creation in developing countries 
(particularly for the urban and rural poor), through high-quality research that improves the understanding and evidence base of the o pportunities and challenges associated with 
clean energy for development. 
 To forge mutually beneficial multidisciplinary partnerships between researchers in the UK 
and developing countries (as well as South-South partnerships) that create transnational 
added value through meaningful intellectual  collaboration, and enhance the scientific 
capabilities of southern partners for the longer term. 
 3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Coun cil (EPSRC) acting as part of the Research 
Councils UK (RCUK) Energy Programme, the Department for International Development (DFID) 
and the Department for Energy  and Climate Change (DECC). 
 
4. Enterprises or other institutions elig ible for incentive in LDCs (Transferor): 
 UK universities and RCUK-eligible research organizations; non-UK higher education institutions and other research organizations; not-for-profit and private sector organizations with appropriate 
research capacity. 
 5. Targeted LDC Members (Transferee): 
 
Research partner organizations including but not restricted to institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia or South East Asia, provided that th e research to be undertaken was relevant to the 
needs of developing countries in at least one of  those regions. Funded projects included the 
following LDC countries: Ethiopia, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia; Bangladesh, Cambodia, Myanmar, Nepal.  
 
6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 Joint research projects with LDC partners an d projects including LDCs as study areas. 
 
7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 
Energy, including:  
 
 energy systems and decentralized use of energy; 
 solar energy; 
 bioenergy; 
 urban and transport energy; and 
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  8. Type of technology transferred: 
 Research projects employing techniques and ap proaches to better integrate technological 
developments with efforts to understand the social context in the country/ies; i.e. interdisciplinary, 
innovative processes which learn from history and other sectors, where user-participation is an 
integral feature of the project.  
9. Expected outputs/outcomes/impacts: 
 
 technological and business model innovations through research incorporating early-stage 
demonstrations of new technologies; 
 improved understanding of clean energy options and opportunities for developing 
countries;  
 improved understanding of the social, market and political economy aspects of scaling 
sustainable energy access for poor people;  
 strengthened research capacity on clean energy in developing countries;  
 improved access to practical and policy-r elevant knowledge on the challenges and 
opportunities for sustainable energy solutions in developing countries.  
 10. Outcomes/impact:  
See point 9 
 11. Budget or funds allocated: 
 
£10.946 million over 13 projects  
 
12. Duration: 
 The projects range from one year to four years in duration; the last project is due to end on 
30 September 2017. 
 
13. Status:  
The projects are completed or in progress. DFID undertakes an annual review of the initiative. 
 14. Contact point for information: 
 
Gavin Salisbury epsrc.ac.uk  
 
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Project 9 
 
1. Title of project/programme: 
 
Met Office contribution to WMO (World Meteorology Organization) Voluntary Cooperation Programme  
2. Policy objective/purpose: 
 To assist the National Meteorological Services (NMSs) of developing countries to be sustainable 
organizations delivering effective services - and, in doing so, encouraging the outcomes desired by 
the UK Public Weather Service (PWS). Note – not all are formally LDCs.  IP/C/W/611/Add.7 
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  3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 National Meteorological Services (NMSs) of developing countries 
 
4. Enterprises or other institutions elig ible for incentive in LDCs (Transferor): 
 
N/A 
 5. Targeted LDC Members (Transferee):  
Beneficiary countries – some of which are LDCs include: Tuvalu, Kiribati, Cook Islands, St Helena, 
Dominica, Africa; Sierra Leone; Rwanda; Uganda; Tanzania; South Sudan; Kenya; Swaziland; Namibia; Malawi. 
 
6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
Developing countries NMS where engagement will: 
 
 Improve protection of life and property overseas through the provision of sustainable 
public weather services (including local warning delivery) by developing country NMSs; 
 sustain, and optimally improve, levels of ob servation data and forecasts available on the 
WMO information system (WIS). 
 
7. Field/Sector of technology transfer activities: 
 Weather and climate observations, knowledge, dissemination of warnings, and expertise. 
 
8. Type of technology transferred:  Weather observations and networks, forecast delivery, climate data management, media and 
communications and HR development. 
 9. Expected outputs/outcomes/impacts: 
 
 improve protection of life and property ov erseas through the provision of sustainable 
public weather services (including local warning delivery) by developing country MNSs; 
 sustain, and optimally improve, levels of ob servation data and forecasts available on the 
WMO Information System (WIS). 
 10. Outcomes/impact: 
 
See point 9  
11. Budget or funds allocated: 
 FY 15/16 budget (allocation from Public Weather Service budget): £860,713 
 
12. Duration:  Ongoing  
 
13. Status:  
Ongoing  
 14 Contact Point: 
 
Alex Bailey  
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/ 
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  Project 10 
 
1. Title of project/programme:  
Improving the Collation, Availability and Dissemination of National Development and Millennium 
Development Goal Indicators  
2. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 Lack of reliable data substantially hampers efficient planning, delivering and assessing the impact of interventions to help the world's poorest people. It can also lead to misallocation and waste of 
public and donor funds. Since the MDGs were established in 2000, developing countries were 
required to report progress on 60 indicators to th e United Nations (UN). However, data collated by 
the UN was often different to that used in developing countries, in part due to a lack of efficient 
mechanisms for sharing data; leading to inconsistent national and international MDG reporting. 
These monitoring requirements drew attention to the need for strengthened statistical capacity 
and information systems. This project used inno vative digital practices to meet those needs. 
 
3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 
National Statistics Office 
 4. Enterprise or other institut ions eligible for incentives: 
 
Health ministries and education ministries  
5. Targeted LDC Members (Transferee): 
 Burundi, Cambodia, Ghana, Lao PDR, Liberia, Rwanda, and Uganda  
6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 Funding and training was provided to National Statistics Office staff. 
 
7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 
Statistics and IT  
 8. Type of technology transferred:  
Statistical and Metadata eXchange (SDMX) 
 
 Staff in the partner countries statistics offices were trained in SDMX. SDMX is a set of 
common standards for exchanging data and metadata. It helps agencies exchange 
up-to-date and accurate data, and assists in automating the transfer. The data is sent in a standardized format. This SDMX training was combined with training on creating 
accurate metadata. All this helps reduce time delays for users, it helps them compare 
datasets, and it allows them to better understand the data, because the metadata comes with it. 
Software (DevInfo) for National data platforms 
 
 DevInfo is powerful software for storing and disseminating development data. It is used 
throughout the UN's departments. This pr oject helped develop a version of DevInfo 
software that is more useful to countries with lower capacity. The countries in the project 
were able to set up online data repositories using the software. 
 
9. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 
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   Improved understanding of discrepancies and better coherence of data. 
 Collation and dissemination of data and metadata at the international level including 
national estimates. 
 
10. Outcomes/impact: 
 The project has a number of notable achievements: 
 
 National data platforms have been set up in all project countries, improving the 
availability of MDG indicators on open data platforms and sharing data in machine readable format. 
 Harmonization of development indicators has improved at the national level in some 
project countries due to more coordination between National Statistics Offices and line ministries in agreeing a core list of indica tors along with standardized methodologies, 
metadata and standard formats for data exchange. 
 A UN website (Country Data) was established to bring together national and 
international data together for the first time to explain discrepancies using metadata. 
Improving the visibility of national data. 
 Automated data exchange using SDMX has been established between UN Country Data 
and project countries. Improving the reliab ility and timelines of data exchange. 
 The use of SDMX in developing countries has been demonstrated. Project countries are 
now extending their use of SDMX to other ty pes of data e.g. National Accounts. The 
project helped develop a version of DevInfo software that is more useful to low capacity countries. 
The intended impact of the project is "Better ev idence informed policy-making". The organization 
PARIS21 collects data on use of evidence in polic y-making. This indicator improved from 52 at the 
start of the project to 70 (out of 100) by the en d of the project. In some countries, the national 
data repositories have become central to national planning: 
 
 In Rwanda the online platform created under this project 
(http://www.devinfo.org/devinforwanda ) has become the main dissemination database 
for the National Institute for Statistics (NISR) and has been expanded beyond MDG 
indicators. The platform is being used to supply data for the Government Command Centre (GCC) at the Office of the Prime Minister, which aims to make vital data available 
to policymakers. The GCC visualizes and presen ts the indicators collected by this project 
to Cabinet Ministers and other highest-level policymakers. 
 In Cambodia, the Deputy Director-General of  Planning remarked that the "project has 
resulted in important changes at the General Directorate of Planning". General 
Directorate of Planning staff extensively use the http://app.nis.gov.kh/caminfo  database 
in their planning decisions. They appreciate the online version of the database, which is 
far more usable than the previous MS Access-based offline version that could only be 
updated once a year. The knowledge and skills of policy planning staff in the use of 
statistical data and metadata substantially improved as a result of the project. 
 
11. Budget or funds allocated: 
 £4,251,996  
 
12. Duration:  Five years 
 
13. Status:  
The project was completed in March 2015. There are plans for a second stage of the project. This 
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  Contact point for information: 
 Anthony Higney Assistant Statistician 
Department for International Development 
Abercrombie House Eaglesham Road 
East Kilbride 
Glasgow G75 8EA www.dfid.gov.uk 
 
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Project 11 
 
1. Title of project/programme: 
 
Sustainable Crop Production Research for International Development  2. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 
The purpose of the programme is to address future threats to crop productivity by:  
 delivering strategic biological and biotechnologi cal research to improve the production of 
the five staples (cassava, maize, rice, sorghum and wheat) which are most important for poor people in Africa and South Asia, and supporting the development of new crop 
varieties with more resistance to disease and pests and less vulnerability to pests, 
diseases, drought and other shocks (i.e. biotic and a biotic stressors); and 
 developing strong research partnerships between developing country institutions and 
enhancing the scientific capacity of southern partners. 
3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 
Grants are provided by the UK Government through DFID and the Biotechnology and Biological 
Sciences Research Council, the Gates Foundation and the Indian Department of Biotechnology.  
4. Enterprise or other institut ions eligible for incentives: 
 Grants are given to eligible research institutions. Each project includes at least one partner from the UK and one from a developing country. The a pproach aims to build scientific capacity in 
developing countries, with the aim of developing research teams and projects that tackle other 
local scientific challenges.  
5. Targeted LDC Members (Transferee): 
 Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia: Burkina Faso, Kenya, Ethiopia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, 
Bangladesh, India and the Philippines. 
 6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: Cash grant 
 
7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: Agriculture 
 8. Type of technology transferred: 
 
Agricultural technologies accessed include: 
 genes to protect wheat against devastating rust diseases; 
 zinc enriched rice to maxi mize health benefits; and 
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  9. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 The programme will generate underpinning scientif ic knowledge that will impact on poverty by 
understanding, controlling and managing biotic and abiotic stresses by delivering: 
 
 research products (e.g. methodologies, laboratory and field techniques, tools and 
resources) developed and in use by rese arch partners in developing countries; 
 technologies aimed at improving yields in five priority staples (including other crops, as 
specified) developed and introduced by research partners; 
 individual and organizational capacity building in developing countries. 
 
10. Outcomes/impact: 
 The project outcomes will ultimately deliver crop varieties more resistant to biotic and abiotic 
stress to poor farmers in developing countries, primarily in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. It 
will provide an important contribution to the development of new technologies for specified staples, and will generate sustainable and long-term capacity building in agriculture research. 
 
11. Budget or funds allocated:  The programme is a partnership between DFID (£7 million), the UK's Biotechnology and Biological 
Sciences Research Council (£3 million), the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (£5 million) and the 
Department of Biotechnology of India's Ministry of Science and Technology (£5 million).  
12. Duration: 
 Nine years, 2010-2019 
 
13. Status:  Funding has been awarded to 11 research projects to develop ways to improve the sustainability of 
vital food crops in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. 
 Examples of ongoing projects: 
 
 Rice germplasm for high grain zinc conten t and tolerance of zinc deficient soils – 
The project aims to breed rice varieties more efficient in taking up zinc and concentrating it 
in the rice grains, thus producing more nutritious varieties. The team will look at zinc uptake 
at different stages in the gr owth cycle of rice plants. 
 Maximizing the potential for sustainabl e and durable resistance to the wheat 
yellow rust pathogen – This project aims to improve understanding of how wheat yellow 
rust overcomes wheat's resistance to the path ogen. The project will sequence current and 
historical collections of yellow rust to identify how the disease has evolved over time and across continents. 
 Smart cereals for management of stembore r pests in staple cereals in Africa - The 
project aims to develop breeding programmes of high-yielding stemborer-resistant maize and sorghum through semiochemical identification and genetic analysis.  
14. Contact point for information: 
 Duncan Barker Livelihoods Adviser 
Department for International Development 
Abercrombie House Eaglesham Road 
East Kilbride 
Glasgow G75 8EA http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/funding/opportunities /2011/1103-sustainable-crop-production-
international.aspx 
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  Project 12 
 
1. Title of project/programme:  
Zoonoses and Emerging Livestock Systems (ZELS) 
 2. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 
The main objectives of the ZELS programme are to:  
 Reduce the impact of zoonoses on poor people and their livestock. 
 Forge mutually beneficial inter- and multi-disciplinary partnerships between researchers 
in the UK and developing countries and enhance the scientific capabilities of southern partners for the longer term. 
All projects will be working in partnership with research groups, government departments and 
other stakeholders in Africa or Asia.  
The projects will also offer significant benefits to British farmers and consumers. Several of the 
zoonoses being tackled by the initiative have already had serious consequences in the UK. Global supply chain systems and climate change may result in more zoonoses crossing our borders.  
3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 
Grants are provided by the UK Government th rough DFID, the Biotechnology and Biological 
Sciences Research Council, the Medical Research Council, the Economic and Social Sciences Research Council, the Natural Environment Research Council and the Defence Science and 
Technology Laboratory. 
 4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferee): 
 
Each project includes at least one partner from the UK and one from a developing country, looking 
at some of the most prevalent, damaging and cost ly diseases of livestock in developing countries.  
 
5. Targeted LDC Members (Transferee): 
 Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Kenya, Myanmar, Niger,  Pakistan, Senegal, Tanzania and Viet Nam 
 
6. Type of incentive measur es for technology transfer: 
 Cash grant 
 
7. Field of sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 
Agriculture 
 8. Type of technology transferred: 
 
Technology/innovation of relevance to the surveillance of zoonotic disease, including vaccines, research methods and penside tests.  
9. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 UK researchers will work in partnership with more  than 30 overseas institutes and organizations to 
generate scientific evidence to inform the selectio n of risk-based and cost effective prevention and 
control options which may contribute to decreasing the likelihood of occurrence, prevent the transmission, and reduce the impact of major zoonotic diseases. Fifteen students from the UK and 
developing countries will receive doctoral training in ZELS-related research. 
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  10. Outcomes/impact: 
 A key outcome of these collaborations is to e nhance the scientific capabilities of developing 
countries for the longer term. £1.5 million of the fu nding has been set aside specifically to do this. 
By bringing together world-class scientists from various disciplines and from around the globe, the 
initiative aims to improve the health and well-being of animals, humans and the environment and, ultimately, enhance the lives of millions of people. 
 
11. Budget or funds allocated:  The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), the Defence Science and 
Technology Laboratory (Dstl), the Department for International Development (DFID), the 
Economic and Social Sciences Research Council (ESRC), the Medical Research Council (MRC) and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) are funding £20.5 million of new grants for 
research and training to reduce the impact of zoon oses on poor people in developing countries and 
their livestock.  
12. Duration: 
 Eight years, 2012-2020  
13. Status: 
 Funding has been awarded to 11 projects, not only  to control and prevent zoonotic disease, but 
also to build scientific capacity at a local and national level in developing countries to enable them 
to manage the diseases and apply findings and technologies to other disease areas, in both livestock and humans. 
 
Examples of ongoing projects:  
 Life on the Edge: Tackling human or an imal trypanosomiasis within or near 
wilderness areas - Researchers from the UK, Tanzania and South Africa will spend the 
next three years identifying cost effective and "ecologically smart" strategies to control HAT to protect local people living around the Serengeti, focusing on disease hotspots at 
the boundary between wilderness and settled areas. 
 Zoonoses in Livestock in Kenya (ZooLINK) - Researchers from the UK and Kenya 
are joining forces with Kenyan Government departments to provide evidence that an 
enhanced surveillance system can contribute to improving public health in a 
cost-effective manner.  
 Controlling and monitoring emerging zoonoses in the poultry farming and 
trading system in Bangladesh; an inte rplay between pathogens, people and 
policy - Researchers from the UK, Bangladesh and Australia are joining forces to study 
the behaviour of people working in the Bangladeshi poultry farming and trading system. By combining sophisticated mathematical modelling of how poultry production and 
marketing works with detailed analysis of the social, cultural and economic factors which 
may promote disease maintenance and dissemination in Bangladesh.  
 
14. Contact point for information: 
 Duncan Barker Livelihoods Adviser 
Department for International Development 
Abercrombie House Eaglesham Road 
East Kilbride 
Glasgow G75 8EA http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/funding/opportunities/ 2012/zoonoses-emerging-livestock-systems 
 
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  Project 13 
 
1. Title of project/programme:  
African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) 
 2. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 
AATF is an independent, African-led not-for-profit organization, which was set up ten years ago with funding from the UK Government, the Rockefeller Foundation and USAID. AATF has three strategic goals which are to (i) access appropriate agricultural technologies; (ii) develop and 
adapt technologies; and (iii) deploy and commercialize technologies for impact. 
 AATF was designed to facilitate public-private partnerships for the transfer, development, 
production and distribution of agricultural tec hnologies to smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan 
Africa. The objective is to increase agricultural productivity in Africa, provide a positive impact on the incomes and livelihoods of farmers and lead to food security and poverty reduction. AATF has 
acquired agricultural technologies that would otherwise not have been accessible by resource-poor 
farmers in SSA. These farmers can now have access to some of the most innovative and affordable 
crop technologies available. These include seed s that are drought, pest, and weed resistant. 
 
Through the existing projects developed with its partners, AATF have (i) brought technologies into 
Sub-Saharan Africa valued at approximately US$110 million; (ii) created eight public-private partnerships across 58 organizations; (iii) secured government-backed support for its work in 
ten SSA countries; and (iv) stewarded the greate st number of technology-based solutions in 
Africa. 32 of the technologies accessed were developed and adapted and concurrently AATF has been managing intellectual property for 17 technology licenses with 37 technologies. 
 
3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 
The UK Government provides core support and AATF also receives support from the United States 
Agency for International Development and the Gates Foundation.  
4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferee): 
 AATF works with a number of partners including African national agricultural research and 
extension institutions, national governments, African seed traders, agribusiness, community 
based, non-governmental and farmer organizations, leading industry technology developers and major international research organizations, includ ing research centres affiliated with the CGIAR. 
 
5. Targeted LDC Members (Transferee): 
 Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, 
Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe 
 6. Type of incentive measur es for technology transfer: 
 
Core funding as a cash grant  7. Field of sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 
Agriculture  
8. Type of technology transferred: 
 Agricultural technologies accessed include gene s, promotors, vectors,  markers, germplasm, 
protocols and equipment. 
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  9. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 AATF delivers outputs across a number of projects including:  
 Water Efficient Maize for Africa (WEMA) - Drought tolerant and insect-pest resistant 
technologies 
 Striga Control in Maize 
 Pod Borer Resistant Cowpea 
 Nitrogen-Use Efficient, Water-Use Efficient and Salt Tolerant (NEWEST) Rice 
 Banana Bacterial Wilt resistance 
 Aflatoxin Control in Maize and Groundnuts 
 Cassava Mechanisation and Agro-processing Project (CAMAP) 
 Hybrid Rice 
AATF's mode of operation is to access and license technology/germplasm and breed it in to crop 
varieties for smallholders in Sub-Saharan Africa. 
 10. Outcomes/impact: 
 
Some specific examples of impact are:  WEMA: Has released 27 maize varieties in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and South Africa. 
Thirty-seven commercial sub-licenses to seed companies have been issued to enable them to 
produce WEMA varieties. Some seed companies have shown interest in commercializing these technologies outside the WEMA countries, which may provide greater reach to more smallholder 
farmers in SSA. 
 AATF is currently working with 18 seed companies in the five WEMA countries. More than 
229 tonnes of certified seed of the first WEMA hybrid, WE1101 DroughtTEGO, were sold in Kenya 
by the December 2014 season, reaching about 57,000 farm households.  Aflasafe: On-farm trials of Aflatoxin control in maize using Aflasafe has continued to show an 
80-90% efficacy in another 800-hectare farms where it was tested in 2014. A commercial plant to 
produce Aflasafe is being constructed in Katumani, Kenya.  
Strigaway: The commercialization of Strigaway (IR) maize has been significantly out-scaled with 
a total of 166 tonnes of certified maize seed prod uced by September 2014. Of the available seed, 
116 tonnes have been sold in Kenya (86 tonnes) and Uganda (30 tonnes). Fifteen tonnes are 
available for sale in Tanzania. Through the current sales of IR maize seed, nearly 
30,000 smallholder farmers are cultivating about 4, 600 hectares of farm land. The provision and 
installation of two seed processing lines by partner seed companies in Kenya and Tanzania, for foundation and certified seed production is expected to be scaled up towards a target of 
1,000 tonnes over the next two years. 
 Initial data shows IR maize yield of up to 4 tonnes per hectare under Striga infestation compared 
to about 1 tonne per hectare for the farmer's us ual crop of H520 hybrid in some locations. 
 11. Budget or funds allocated: 
 
The UK Government is providing £7.5 million in core funding under phase 3 of its support to AATF.  12. Duration:  
 
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  13. Status: 
 AATF currently has nine projects – two examples are given below:  
Examples of ongoing projects: 
 Water Efficient Maize for Africa (WEMA) 
 Africa is a drought-prone continent, making farming risky for millions of smallholder farmers who rely on rainfall to water their crops. Maize is the most widely grown staple crop in Africa – more than 300 million Africans depend on it as their main  food source – and it is severely affected by 
frequent drought. Drought leads to crop failur e, hunger, and poverty. Climate change will only 
worsen the problem.  
Drought tolerance has been recognized as one of the most important targets of crop improvement 
programmes, and biotechnology has been identified as a powerful tool to achieve significant drought tolerance by the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization. Identifying ways to 
mitigate drought risk and insect pressure, stabilize yields, and encourage smallholder farmers to 
adopt best management practices is fundamenta l to realizing food security and improved 
livelihoods for the continent. AATF is coordinating a public-private partnership called Water Efficient Maize for Africa (WEMA) to develop dr ought-tolerant and insect-protected maize using 
conventional breeding, marker-assisted breeding, and biotechnology, with a goal to make these 
varieties available royalty-free to smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa through African seed companies. 
 
Expected impact:  
 Increased maize yields by 20–35% over 2,008 commercial varieties under moderate 
drought stress. 
 Additional 2 million metric tonnes of ma ize during drought years to feed about 
14 to 21 million people. 
 Improved yield stability under moderate drought to encourage investments in best 
management practices. 
 The conventionally bred seed has been available royalty-free to small-scale farmers in 
SSA since 2013; while transgenic hybrids w ill be available as from 2016 subject to 
regulatory approvals. 
 Reduced risks of crop failure during moderate drought. 
 
Bacterial Wilt Resistant Banana 
 Bananas and plantains are an important food sour ce for over 100 million people in Sub-Saharan 
Africa. In the east African highlands and most of the Great Lakes region, bananas are a major 
staple food and a source of income for over 50 million smallholder farmers. East Africa produces 16.4 million metric tonnes per year – about 20% of the world output. However, many biotic and 
abiotic factors greatly reduce productivity for banana cultivated under traditional African farming 
systems. AATF is collaborating in a public/private sector partnership project to develop Banana Bacterial Wilt-resistant transgenic bananas from East African preferred germplasm. 
 
Expected impact:  
 Increase production and income (annual loss as a result of BXW in Uganda is 
US$200 million and will range from a staggering US$2 billion – US$8 billion in the 
next ten years). 
 Increase banana regional exports by over 65% and reduced poverty as trade generates 
additional income. 
 Increase revenue generation (at US$1.2 per tissue culture the gross revenue from sale 
of plantlets in the first year of commercialization will be US$2.64 million and increasing 
to US$16.24 million in the fourth year of commercialization). 
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  14. Contact point for information: 
 Duncan Barker Livelihoods Adviser 
Department for International Development 
Abercrombie House Eaglesham Road 
East Kilbride 
Glasgow G75 8EA http://aatf-africa.org/ 
 
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Project 14 
 
1. Title of project/programme: 
 
Social Enterprises for Economic Development (SEED)  2. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 
Social enterprises have the potential to be an effective means of delivering aid. They harness 
commercial discipline to work cost-effectively to tight timescales, leveraging private capital to 
deliver impact profitably and therefore sustainably.  They grow commercial solutions to public need 
from the bottom up, succeeding because people truly want – and are willing to pay for - their products and services. However, there is a lack of experienced and ambitious entrepreneurship in 
East Africa to develop such enterprises, resulting in a lack of deal flow for impact investors. To 
address this shortfall, SEED does not mentor th ird party entrepreneurs. Rather, the SEED team 
develops new enterprises from scratch, starting  with detailed market research, leading to 
engagement with customers and delivery partners and ultimately the recruitment of an operational 
management team and production of a full business plan and five-year financial forecast. 
 3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 Cash grants are provided by the UK Government through DFID. 
 
4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferee): 
 SEED supports the establishment of social enterprises. 
 
5. Targeted LDC Members (Transferee):  
Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia  
 6. Type of incentive measur es for technology transfer: 
 
Start-up funding and business support are provided.  7. Field of sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 
Agriculture  
8. Type of technology transferred: 
 Agricultural technologies across all agricultural subsectors including inputs, production, 
post-harvest handling, processing, market linkages and finance. 
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  9. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 SEED will launch up to 30 research-led, high-scale, and high impact enterprises in Rwanda. The main activities of the programme are in Rwanda with the most successful of the enterprises being 
taken to the wider East African region. 
 10. Outcomes/impact: 
 
The programme is only in its second year, but the planned impact of SEED will be increased smallholder agricultural incomes through social enterprises. It is also intended that the programme demonstrates the effectiveness of social enterprise s as vehicles to take publicly funded research 
outputs to market. 
 11. Budget or funds allocated: 
 
£12.5 million  
12. Duration: 
 Six years, 2014–2020  
13. Status: 
 The first investor pitch event was held on 21 April 2015. The two enterprises, which raised 
£75,000 each from private investors, were: 
 
 Ingabo Plant Health Ltd: Aims to provide wide scale access to badly needed plant 
health advice for smallholder farmers in Rwanda. This will be achieved by training a 
network of village agrodealers in plant health  diagnosis, supplying them with appropriate 
treatments, and actively promoting these to farmers. 
 Farm Fresh Ltd: Aims to be the first ever exporter of a value-added staple from 
Rwanda. Farm Fresh will source beans from warrantage schemes, who share profits with 
farmers, and process them for sale in Rwanda and regionally. The premium secured will provide farmers with a 50% increase in net profit from their bean harvest. 
 
14. Contact point for information:  
Duncan Barker 
Livelihoods Adviser Department for International Development Abercrombie House 
Eaglesham Road 
East Kilbride Glasgow G75 8EA 
www.seedprogramme.org 
 (under construction) 
 
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  Project 15 
 
1. Title of project/programme:  
Innovative Ventures and Technologies for Development (INVENT) 
 2. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 
The programme aims to provide support at different stages in the inclusive innovations lifecycle. The global bit of INVENT taps into demonstrated potential of India's private sector around innovative ideas and technologies to deliver these results in developing countries in Africa and 
South Asia. Essentially this is taking Indian inno vations to developing countries with 
UK support . 
 
The objectives of the global component of INVENT are to: 
 
 Identify and pilot Indian innova tions in developing countries : leverage proven 
Indian innovations to help generate solutions for tackling entrenched challenges in the 
agrifood and health sectors in developing countries.  
 Support knowledge-sharing and evidence building on exchange of inclusive 
innovations between India and developing countries : to be achieved by supporting 
a network of potential investors and investees in other developing countries and building 
evidence around what facilitates such exchanges across countries and what are some of the roadblocks.  
 
Global INVENT has designed three mechanisms  to meet these objectives: 
 
 Grand Challenges : sourcing Indian innovative ideas to solve persistent global 
challenges in the health and the agrifood sectors around well-defined "challenge" questions. 
 Millennium Alliance (MA) : structured as a challenge fund, MA is a multi-donor 
platform supported by USAID, ICICI Foundat ion, and ICCO, Wadhwani Initiative for 
Sanitation and Health (WISH) and DFID. We have awarded six innovators in November last year to work in de veloping countries outside India. 
 Innovations Knowledge Exchange Facility : a demand-led facility to complement the 
two more supply/source-led instruments above, IKEF will first scope demand/need in the two sectors in developing countries and then match these to proven Indian innovations 
which have the potential to address this demand/need. 
3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 
Each project includes a proven Indian innovati on and at least one partner from a developing 
country. Partners on either side can be NG Os, businesses, academia, government, etc. 
 
4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferee): 
 Partners on either side can be NGOs, businesses, academia, government, etc. 
 
5. Targeted LDC Members (Transferee):  Developing countries in Africa and South Asia, such as Kenya, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Tanzania, 
Bangladesh, Nepal, Afghanistan, Uganda, Nigeria, etc. 
 6. Type of incentive measur es for technology transfer: 
 
The exchange will be implemented as pilots in the developing countries to test and demonstrate feasibility in a new setting. It will facilitate transfers which otherwise would not have been possible 
or would have taken much longer due to market barriers and non-availability of funds. DFID 
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mechanisms for the market to take existing innovations in emerging power (EP) countries to less developed ones.  
7. Field of sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 Health and agrifood with climate change and women and girls as cross-cutting themes. 
 
8. Type of technology transferred: - 
 9. Expected output related to technology transfer: - 
 
10. Outcomes/impact:  
Title Organization What is the technology transfer  Expected outcomes/impact 
Producing More with 
Less Transferring Farmers' Experiences of India to Kenya  AgSri Agricultural 
Service Pvt. Ltd. (Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative, SSI) Setting up the SSI & System of 
Rice Intensification (SRI) pilots to produce 1 million seedlings over 200 acres in 200 farmer plots each. This will involve planting one-month old seedlings rather than the seed itself. (a) 600 farmers will be identified 
and trained on SSI & SRI methods; 
(b) increase in yield; (c) water saved through SSI and 
SRI; 
(d) input cost saving through SSI 
and SRI. 
To achieve higher 
farm productivity and 
reduce losses using 
web and mobile 
technology in Kenya  
using the model from 
India Crop In Technology 
Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Running the web-based model for 
real-time farm management, 
monitoring and traceability of 
1,000 farmers covering 
1,000 acres. The app is used to 
collect and disseminate on a 
real-time basis the package of 
practice that the farmer should 
adopt depending on the crop they 
sow. (a) increased productivity by 12%;  
(b) reduce losses by 18%; 
(c) optimize input cost on seed 
fertilizer and pesticide by 20%;  
(d) 10%-15% increase in farmer 
income. 
Improving farmers' 
livelihood through end to end agri-services in Nepal  Farms and Farmers Setting up 10 DeHaat centres in 
Nepal which will provide services such as rural extension, customization of ICT based tools, trainings, market survey, etc. (a) reach 2,500 farmers in Nepal to 
ensure poverty alleviation through agriculture; 
(b) 25%-40% increment in net 
agricultural income; 
(c) improvement in soil fertility. 
Adapting and piloting 
MIRA (Women Mobile 
Lifeline Channel) 
project from India to 
Uganda  and 
Afghanistan  ZMQ Development Establishing a mobile phone 
channel to provide health 
communication tools to rural 
women and connect them with 
nodal health service delivery 
systems. (a) 50 female health workers 
(FHW) and 10 midwives 
trained; 
(b) 4,000-6,000 pregnant women 
registered, monitored and 
tracked in the project area for 
pre-natal care; 
(c) 24,000-30,000 children under 
five years registered for 
immunization; 
(d) 4,000-6,000 adolescent girls 
registered for menstrual 
hygiene toolkit; 
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Building an evidence 
based scalable & sustainable eye care model for Ethiopia  Forus Health Pvt. 
Ltd. Forus will use its telemedicine 
technology for screening for eye diseases in the ge neral health care 
system and connect it to the eye care specialists through tele-ophthalmology services. (a) 10,000 patients will be 
screened; 
(b) assess the patient 
ability-to-pay in different regions; 
(c) analysis of eye disease 
prevalence and type in Ethiopia; 
(d) capacity building for 25 people 
through 3 trainings. 
Ensuring food 
security and income 
generation for poor 
farmers of 
Bangladesh through 
Innovative Water 
Management 
Technology named 
"BHUNGROO" Naireeta Services 
Pvt. Ltd. Setting up of 12 Bhungroo units 
for freeing up land from water 
logging in monsoon season each 
year and providing irrigation 
water. (a) 200 farmers implementing 
good business practices 
focusing on water 
conservation; 
(b) at least 120 farmer households 
to experience 70%-100% 
increment in their productivity; 
(c) over 200 community members 
sensitized around water 
conservation; 
(d) freeing 60 acres of land from 
water logging in monsoon 
season; 
(e) guaranteeing irrigation water in 
dry season to 240 acres of 
land. 
 
11. Budget or funds allocated:  
£1.2 million 
 12. Duration:  
2013-2019 
 13. Status: 
 
Implementation  
14. Contact point for information: 
 Sugandh Juneja Lead (Innovations – Global) 
Department for International Development 
British High Commission Shantipath 
Chanakyapuri 
New Delhi – 110021  
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  Project 16 
1. Title of project/programme: 
 Knowledge Partnership Programme  
 
2. Policy objective and/or purpose:  
KPP is a programme promoting knowledge sharing between India and less developed countries in 
the areas of: food security, resource scarcity and climate change; health and disease control; trade and investment; and women and girls. KPP is  funded by DFID and managed by a consortium 
led by IPE Global Private Limited under its Knowledge Initiative. The main objective of KPP is 
"Gathering and uptake of evidence on issues central to India's national development that have 
potential for replication in LICs and impact on global poverty". Technology transfer is one element of this programme. 
 
Strategic objectives:  
 gathering and uptake of evidence on issues central to India's national development that 
have potential for replication in Low Income Countries (LICs); 
 gathering and uptake of evidence on issues  central to India's national development 
having significant impacts on global poverty; and 
 promote sharing of Indian evidence, be st practice and expertise with LICs. 
Policy objectives: 
 
 help leverage India's potential contribution as a global development actor to: 
 strengthen global deals, dialogue and public goods; 
 shape global markets; and 
 spread Indian innovations (technologies, institutions, policies). 
 
3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 
Each project includes a proven Indian innovati on and at least one partner from a developing 
country. Partners on either side can be NG Os, businesses, academia, government, etc. 
 
4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferee): 
 
Partners on either side can be NGOs, businesses, academia, government, etc. 
 5. Targeted LDC Members (Transferee):  
Developing countries in Africa and South Asia 
 6. Type of incentive measur es for technology transfer: 
 
Exchanges are typically implemented through cross-le arning processes and feasibility/pilot projects 
in developing countries, to test and adapt Indian approaches in a new setting. It will facilitate 
transfers which otherwise would not have been po ssible or would have taken much longer due to 
market barriers and lack of seed f unds. DFID support for the exchange is designed to be catalytic, 
to open up markets and improve lives in Africa and South Asia.  
7. Field of sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 The approach aims to leverage Indian innovation s to address concerns/problems primarily in the 
areas of health, agriculture and resource efficiency. Women and girls and climate change are 
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8. Type of technology transferred:   Green Construction Technology : This project helps to tackle deforestation and test more 
sustainable and affordable approaches to construction in Malawi by piloting India's green 
brick-making technology, building capacity (training, including jobs for women), positioning partners for scale-up, and advising the Malawian Government on policy reforms that 
incentivize production.  
 Resource Efficiency in Industrial Supply Chains : This initiative aims to tackle linked 
problems on food-water-energy security by impr oving resource efficiency in selected sectors 
(brick, textile, and sugar & tea). For example, in Bangladesh, technology transfer, capacity 
building and policy reform around new Indian brick technology will avoid exploitation of 
valuable topsoil by making bric ks from waste fly ash (itself a major future solid waste issue), 
and cut energy costs by using unfired brick technology.  
 Affordable Phototherapy Devices : This initiative has led to affordable Indian equipment 
in every Kenyan public hospital, following su ccessful DFID-supported testing (in Bangladesh, 
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Afghanistan and Pakistan) of phototherapy devices that 
address a top five killer of newborn babies. Indi a's compact product is high quality, one third 
of the cost, last 40 times longer, uses half the energy and is resilient in tropical climates.  
 Mobile phone application ("Safetipin") to keep women safer in cities: The project 
enables women to check and update "safety maps" of their streets using their phone. 
Successful testing in India has led to global outreach, including partnerships with local 
government stakeholders in Bogota and Jakarta. A Spanish version of the app has been launched in Bogota.  
Title Organization What is the technology transfer Expected outcomes/impact 
Crowd Sourced 
Platform For Building 
Safer Cities: 
SafetiPin Active Learning 
Solutions Pvt. 
Ltd (ALS) Safety in cities is a global concern 
today, especially in rapidly growing 
cities in developing countries. 
Technology can be one of the 
important ways to bring about the 
participation of citizens and 
communities to help make cities 
safer. ALS has put together a portal  
http://safetipin.com/.com  , along 
with apps that runs on both Android 
and Apple smartphones. ALS builds 
on the methodology of safety audits 
conducted around the world. 
 
The aim is to engage and involve 
communities in the process of 
creating safety by building a simple 
application through which they can 
conduct safety audits and access 
information about the city and their 
neighbourhood. Furthermore, the 
application will facilitate tracking, 
documentation and analysis of the 
data and create linkages with key 
stakeholders in order to address 
safety concerns and create a platform 
for interaction.  Scoping visits have already 
been carried out to Dhaka 
and Kathmandu to explore 
adoption of Safetipin in other 
South Asian cities. 
 Currently, pilot projects will 
be carried out in these 
2 cities. 
 It is also proposed that 
scoping visits will be 
conducted in a few countries 
in Africa to explore the 
possibility of collaboration. 
 The visit will involve 
presenting Safetipin and its 
usage to government and 
civil society stakeholders. 
The countries that they are 
planning to carry out scoping 
visits are Nairobi in Kenya 
and Dar-es-Salaam in 
Tanzania. 
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  9. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 New mobile phone app, new institutional partnerships  
 
10. Outcomes/impact: 
 Successful take-up in third countries, leading to improved indicators of women's safety in urban 
areas. 
 11. Budget or funds allocated to above four activities:  
£555,766 (approx.)  
 12. Duration: 
 
Three years (Affordable Phototherapy Devices has ended)  
13. Status: 
 End of phase 1 implementation; options considered for phase 2 scale-out.  
 
14. Contact point for information: 
 Sanjay Valsangkar  
Programme Manager 
Department for International Development British High Commission 
Shantipath 
Chanakyapuri New Delhi – 110021  
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  Project 17 
 
1. Title of project/programme:  
Global Research Partnership (GRP)  
 2. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 
 Trilateral (UK-India-developing country) science collaboration. The programme blends 
UK and  Indian science and innovation for the benefit of less developed country 
partners.  Initiatives will blend scientific excellence with development impact and include 
capacity building (from India and UK) for less developed country partners.  
 The main programme activities include a series of calls for research proposals managed 
by UK research councils and their Indian counterparts, inviting applications from 
research consortia comprised of UK, India and developing country team members.  
 DFID's funding (from the Global Development Partnership Programme) covers less 
developed country partners and contributes to administration and monitoring of the 
programme. DFID's contribution therefore does not constitute aid to India.  
Indian research councils cover the cost of Indian scientists; UK research councils cover the cost of UK scientists using Newton Fund (non-DFID ODA) resources.  
 
The objectives are to: 
 
 extend bilateral UK-India cooperation on science and research into new tripartite 
partnerships addressing global problems; 
 deliver new institutional arrangements and new research products that provide new 
solutions to pressing development challenges; 
 test new innovations and models across different environmental and cultural settings; 
 strengthen the capacity of developing country researchers and institutions; and 
 build the global evidence base. 
 
3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 
Agreement with all UK research councils, coordinated by RCUK. 
 4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferee): 
 
For each research call, UK research institutions are identified by the lead UK research council, and matched with research counterparts in (a) India and (b) developing countries. Each successful bidding consortium must contain partners from each of these three constituencies. 
 
5. Targeted LDC Members (Transferee):  
Developing countries in Africa and South As ia, e.g. Kenya, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Malawi, 
Bangladesh, Nepal, etc.  
6. Type of incentive measur es for technology transfer: 
 Trilateral partnerships formed under GRP will test  research hypotheses in new developing country 
settings. These will form new institutional relationships that would not have occurred otherwise 
due to UK research council incentives being oriented exclusively to scientific excellence rather than 
development impact and capacity building. DFID su pport for the exchange is designed to take the 
UK-India science relationship to the next level, addressing global development problems. It also 
aims to thicken India's overall science collaborati on with developing countries, and provide an 
early implementation mechanism for the Newton Fund judged to offer good prospects for quality development impact. 
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  7. Field of sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 Initial focus on health (especially material and child), agrifood (e.g. aquaculture), women (e.g. maternal health and nutrition). 
 
8. Type of technology transferred:  
Specific technologies will depend upon the outcome of research awards made. These may include 
scientific expertise and know-how, materials and eq uipment for use in lab-based or experimental 
work in the partner countries. Eleven research awards were agreed by June 2015. These include seven for material and child health (working with the UK Medical Research Council - MRC), and 
four for aquaculture (working with the UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research 
Council - BBSRC).  
With MRC and Indian Department of Biotechnology: 
 
 a new device to reduce maternal mortalit y from shock and hypertension (Zimbabwe); 
 a new intervention to reduce pregnant women's exposure to second-hand smoke 
(Bangladesh); 
 maternal micronutrient supplements to improve subsequent offspring health (Gambia); 
 improving cognitive development by improving child welfare (Nepal); 
 reducing diarrhoea-related deaths by improving the effectiveness of rotavirus vaccines 
(Malawi); 
 systems for identifying diabetes risk in pregnant mothers (Kenya); and 
 health financing for better maternal and child healthcare (Bangladesh). 
 With BBSRC and Indian Department of Biotechnology: 
 
 four initiatives to improve the impact of aquaculture on hunger and poverty in 
South Asia and Africa. 
 
9. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 
 at least ten new institutional partnerships have been created that link UK and Indian 
scientific excellence with less developed country partners; 
 series of research outputs and findings related to these partnerships; 
 new capacity established in developing country institutions (skills and technology 
transfer). 
10. Outcomes/impact: 
 
 Improved evidence and scientific findings informs policy and practice in developing 
countries. N.B. Influence of the project extends up to the point of dissemination.  
 New scientific collaboration strengthens overall UK and Indian science partnerships with 
developing countries.  
 Improved capacity (skills, know-how) of developing country researchers in partner 
countries accelerates their contribution to world class science and improves their ability to engage with UK and India.  
 
11. Budget or funds allocated:  
 £18.5 million 
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  12. Duration:  
 Seven years  
13. Status:  
 Eleven partnerships awarded (four on aquaculture, seven on maternal and child health) 
 
14. Contact point for information:  Sangeeta Mehta  
Programme Manager 
Department for International Development British High Commission 
Shantipath, Chanakyapuri 
New Delhi - 110021  
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