IPORA (https://ipora.africa/) is an international transdisciplinary research network, created to study the major challenges facing the African continent and to find concrete solutions. The network was set up in 2023 by teams of researchers from academic institutions in Ethiopia, Côte d'Ivoire, France and Morocco, working in the fields of economics, sociology, political science, public health, anthropology, agri-food science, law and environmental science. The network is open to civil society stakeholders, policy-makers and researchers from all countries and disciplines who wish to create alliances to carry out research that benefits populations and advances the concept of interdisciplinarity.
IPORA has a governance shared between all partners. The main governance body is the General Assembly, which meets once a year. In 2023 and 2024, the General Assembly met in Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire) then in Rabat (Morocco). In 2025, it will meet in Bordeaux (France). On this occasion, IPORA wishes to invite all public or private institutions interested in the Africa-Europe partnership to participate in a conference titled 'Strenghtening Africa-Europe academic partnerhsip (SAEAP) for improving intersectoral governance' and debate on the major issues, current or future research, good partnership practices and intersectoral governance.
Setting: The SAEAP conference will be hybrid. In-person participants will meet at the University of Bordeaux, France. Participants who do not wish to or cannot travel will participate online.
- The SAEAP conference will start on Tuesday 1st April 2025 afternoon with an opening session on the theme "Africa-Europe academic partnership: moving forward". During this session, the guests will discuss new ways to promote good partnership practices between Europe and Africa ("From decolonization to balanced partnerships") and to foster interdisciplinarity and the relationship with public decision-makers ("Interdisciplinary research for intersectoral policies").
- From Wednesday 2 April to Friday 4 April 2025, researchers, decision-makers and civil society representatives will meet in thematic working sessions on the following themes: 'Food and nutrition security', 'Powerty-related diseases', Environmental security : Normative trends and interdisciplinary approaches', 'Healthy cities', 'Social equity', 'Interdisciplinary & international data sharing', and 'Interdisciplinarity: training by research' (see provisional program). During these sessions, ongoing research in the different networks and countries, the prospective needs for new themes and (co-)funding, and the prospects for partnerships with other network will be discussed.
We look forward to welcoming you from April 1st to 4th, 2025, for the international meeting "Strengthening the Africa-Europe Academic Partnership to Improve Intersectoral Governance".
The event will take place in a hybrid format—in person at the University of Bordeaux or online via remote connection. Regardless of your mode of participation, we encourage you to register now to take part in this event.
This meeting is open to all interested researchers and brings together partners from European and African networks, as well as representatives of international institutions engaged in interdisciplinary research for decision-makers and the Africa-Europe partnership.
You can now find all the necessary information on the dedicated website:
https://live.eventtia.com/en/saeap2025
We look forward to seeing you there!
Best regards,
The IPORA Team (https://www.ipora.africa/en/)
