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IST-Africa Initiative

Supporting an ICT Research and

Innovation Culture

Paul Cunningham

IIMC, Ireland / IST-Africa Coordinator

ICT Pitso Botswana

25 August 2015


Overview

• Introduction to IST-Africa

• ICT Research and Innovation

• Alignment of Research projects with National Strategy

• Building Research Capacity & Research Culture

– Irish Case Study

• Developing Research Teams

• Benefits of cross-border research collaboration

– mHealth4Afrika Case Study

• Introduction to Horizon 2020


IST-Africa Initiative

• IST-Africa is Supported by the European Commission (EC) and African Union Commission (AUC)

Founded in 2002 and Co-funded under European Framework Programme since 2005

IST-Africa Facilitates Strategic Engagement with Africa in the areas of Information Society, ICT and Innovation Adoption, Policy and Research

Strategic Partnership between IIMC (Ireland) & 18 Ministries and National Councils responsible for Innovation, Science and Technology adoption, implementation, policy and research

• IST-Africa facilitates and supports

International Innovation, Policy and Research Cooperation

Knowledge Sharing and Skills Transfer between IST-Africa Partners

Collaborative Innovation, ICT Entrepreneurship and Adoption of Living Labs Methodologies

Information Society, ICT and Innovation aspects of the Africa - EU Strategic Partnership

Awareness of African Research & Innovation Capacity, cross-border cooperation & participation in H2020

Establishment of National Contact Points (NCP)


IST-Africa Consortium

IST-Africa Partners• IIMC International Information Management Corporation Limited (“IIMC”, Ireland)

• Ministerio da Ciencia e Tecnologia (“MINCT”, Angola)

• Ministry of Transport and Communications (“MTC”, Botswana)

• Ministere de l’Enseignement Superieur et de la Recherche Scientifique (“MESRS”, Burundi)

• Agence Nationale des Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication (“ANTIC”, Cameroon)

• Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (“MCIT”, Egypt)

• Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (“MCIT”, Ethiopia)

• Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (“MOEST”, Kenya)

• Ministry of Communications, Science and Technology (“MCST-L”, Lesotho)

• National Commission for Science and Technology (“NCST”, Malawi)

• National Computer Board (“NCB”, Mauritius)

• Instituto Nacional de Tecnologias de Informacao e Comunicacao (“INTIC”, Mozambique)

• National Commission on Research, Science and Technology (“NCRST”, Namibia)

• Ministère de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche (“MESR”, Senegal)

• Department of Science and Technology (“DST”, South Africa)

• Ministry of Information Communication Technology (“MICT-S”, Swaziland)

• Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (“COSTECH”, Tanzania)

• Ministere de l'Enseignement Superieur, de la Recherche Scientifique et ICT, ("MHESRICT", Tunisia)

• Uganda National Council for Science and Technology (“UNCST”, Uganda)


MTC Promotes National Research Capacity

• MTC leverages participation in IST-Africa to actively promote the National Research and Innovation Community by

– Raising awareness of upcoming Calls for Proposals and funding opportunities

– Assists institutions in preparing for new opportunities such as Horizon 2020

– First-hand experience of participation in the European Framework Programme

– Showcasing capacity of Botswana at International events in Africa and Europe

– Contributing to IST-Africa Study on ICT Initiatives and Research Capacity

– Contributing to IST-Africa Study on Innovation Ecosystems

– Supporting publication of Organisational profiles on IST-Africa portal to raise international awareness of research and innovation capacity of local stakeholders

– Cooperation with Ministries and National Councils in 17 other IST-Africa Countries to share knowledge and promote cross-border collaboration

– Publishing articles on ICT & Innovation activities in Botswana on IST-Africa portal

– Horizon 2020 & Living Lab Workshops, Gaborone, 21 – 22 Nov 2013


IST-Africa Portal – Horizon 2020


IST-Africa Portal – Project Repository


IST-Africa Portal – Organisational Repository


IST-Africa Portal – Country Profile Section


IST-Africa Portal – Paper Repository


Reports to Download

• Guide to 2015 Calls for Proposals in Horizon 2020

• “Supporting the Evolution of Sustainable Living Labs and Living Lab Networks in Africa”

• IST-Africa Guide to National ICT Initiatives and Research Priorities

• IST-Africa Guide to ICT-related Bilateral Cooperation

Visit www.IST-Africa.org

http://www.ist-africa.org/home/files/IST-Africa_Guide_2015Calls_Horizon2020.pdfhttp://www.ist-africa.org/home/default.asp?page=project-search

http://www.ist-africa.org/home/default.asp?page=reports and

http://www.ist-africa.org/home/default.asp?page=paper-repository

Next Steps– Register Individual Profile in the Community Showcase and Mailing List

– Provide organisational profile to MTC to be published on IST-Africa portal

– Download published papers from IST-Africa paper repository in your areas of interest

– Follow up with authors to share experiences, explore future collaboration opportunities

– Send news, events and reports to be published

– Download recent presentations on Horizon 2020


Impact of IST-Africa

• Helped African institutions to secure over 60 million of international grants in recent years

• Provided evidence to justify and secure c.€25 million for African-focused research cooperation

under LEIT Work Programme of Horizon 2020 (ICT39 2015, ICT39 2016 – 2017)

• Increased participation in FP7 projects across IST-Africa Partner Countries

• Partners from Botswana in 9 projects funded under FP7

• Partner from Botswana in 1 project funded to date under Horizon 2020

• Increased awareness of the imperative to resource applied ICT Research and Innovation

aligned with national priorities with the objective of strengthening socio-economic impact

• Project and Organisational Repositories to assist in identifying collaboration partners

• Increased research publications from IST-Africa partner countries strengthen credibility of

international research capacity - IST-Africa conference proceedings & IEEE Xplore

• Knowledge sharing between key Innovation Stakeholders across Africa and Europe

• Actively supported policy dialogue between European Commission, African Union

Commission and other key stakeholders

• Raised awareness of benefits of Open Innovation and leveraging Living Labs methodologies

• Published reference reports – ICT Initiatives and Research Capacity, Guide to Bilateral and

Multilateral ICT and Innovation Activities


Research Funding under FP7

• African Participation across all FP7 Themes– 1315 participations from 45 countries in 565 projects (as at Sept 2013)

– Total EU-funding to African Partners: €178 million ($240 million)

– Overview of Leading Participants (based on funding secured)37.3

16.115.0

13.412.3 12.0

8.5 8.2 7.7

5.33.79 3.72 3.66 3.66 3.36 3.24 3.06 2.73

1.88 1.86

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10.0

15.0

20.0

25.0

30.0

35.0

40.0

EU contribution (€m)

Source: S Hogan, EU Delegation to AU


Research Funding under FP7

Source: CORDIS


Botswana in FP7

• Organisations from Botswana were successful in 9 FP7 projects in ICT (3

projects), Health (2 projects), INCO (1 project), Environment (1 project),

and Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology KBBE (1 project)

– Botswana partners secured over €800,000 in research funding under FP7

– FP7 projects with Botswana partners

• ICT: IST-Africa 2008 – 2009 & IST-Africa 2010 – 2011 (DRST) Support

action; IST-Africa 2011 – 2013 & IST-Africa 2014 – 2015 (Ministry of

Transport and Communications) Support action

• Health: RN4CAST 2009 – 2011 (University of Botswana) Collaborative

project; HURAPRIM 2011 – 2015 (University of Botswana) Collaborative

Project

• INCO: CAAST-Net 2011 - 2012 (DRST) Support Action

• KBBE (Agriculture and Food Security): TXOTX 2008 - 2011 (Coldstream

Holdings Ltd trading as AS NRDS Africa) Coordination and Support Action

• Environment: DEWFORA 2011 - 2013 (Waternet Trust) Collaborative

Project


Botswana in H2020

• ProIntensAfrica - Towards a long-term Africa-EU partnership

to raise sustainable food and nutrition security in Africa

– April 2015 – April 2017

– 23 partners

– Centre for Coordination of Agricultural Research and Development for

Southern Africa, Botswana

– http://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/194806_en.html


ICT Research & Innovation


ICT Research & Innovation

• ICT as horizontal enabler

– Research focused on how ICT can support productivity in

other sectors – e.g health, agriculture, public service

delivery, education, communications

• Innovation - “the improvement of products, services,

processes, business models, policies and concepts in an

existing context (whether social or economic) or their

adaptation from one context to another, with the goal of

increasing performance or achieving another desired

impact” (OECD, 2005)

• Adaptation - “necessary changes required to achieve desired outcomes”

– Desired impacts can be measured through Return on Investment (ROI), increased

productivity, increased engagement and/or Return on Objective (ROO).

• Globalization and technological and social innovations has expanded the universe

of contributing Innovation Stakeholders to include Public, Private, Education and

Research, Societal, International Development and Funding Sectors, End-user

Communities and Innovation Spaces (i.e. Pre-Incubators, Incubators, Innovation

Centres, Entrepreneurship Centres, Accelerators) inside and outside national

borders (Cunningham et al, 2014)


Alignment of Research projects with National Strategy


Alignment of Research with National Strategies

• Good policy framework in place in Botswana– National ICT Policy approved by Parliament in 2007 [Maitlamo National

Policy for ICT Development 2007]

– Revised Research, Science, Technology and Innovation Policy approved in 2012

• Important for research projects to be aligned with national policies and focused on ensuring wider societal impact– eInfrastructures - Energy

– Sustainable Agriculture - Environment

– Technology-enhanced Learning - Healthcare delivery

– Innovation and Entrepreneurship - Mobile Applications

– Public service delivery

• To be sustainable, must be based on organisational strategic direction, human capacity and research objectives– Necessary to be aligned with overall strategic focus and available

human resources


Building Research Capacity & Research Culture


Building Research and Innovation Capacity

• Necessity to evaluate current research capacity and strengthen it

– Thematic experts working in partnership with ICT experts to address strategic issues

• Short list priority areas aligned with national priorities

• Establish mentoring programmes with experts in other countries

– Visiting Professors or Lecturers (from Europe and Africa for several weeks or months) who can train researchers in key areas and assist in developing strategy & implementation plans for research programmes

– Put research and innovation best practices fin place

• Important that research excellence is recognised and supported

– Necessity to be provided with adequate time and financial and human resources required to undertake research and innovation

– Can be challenging to juggle teaching and research – need to agree which is main activity or time allocation to both tasks

• Research results must be published and presented at scientific conferences to raise wider awareness at home and abroad


Building Research Productivity in HEIs

Source: Building a Culture of Research: Recommended Practices, Hanover Research, May 2014


Case Study from Ireland – Setting the Context

Ireland Botswana

Independent since 1921 1966

Total Area 70,273 sq km 581,730 sq km

Natural Resources Natural gas, peat, copper, lead,

zinc, barite, gypsum, limestone,

dolomite

Diamonds, copper, nickel, salt, soda

ash, potash, coal, iron ore, silver

Land Use Agricultural Land 66.1% (arable

15.4%, permanent pasture

50.7%), Forest 10.9%

Agricultural Land 45.8% (arable

0.6%, permanent pasture 45.2%),

Forest 19.8%

Irrigated Land 11 sq km 14.39 sq km

Total Renewable Water

Resources

52 cu km 12.24 cu km


Ireland – Setting the Context 2

Ireland Botswana

Population 4,892,305 2,182,719

Median Age 35.7 years 22.9 years

Urbanisation 63.2% 57.4%

School Life Expectancy 19 years 12 years

Mobile Phones 4.9 million 3.4 million

Mobile Subscriber per 100 inhabitants 101 158

Internet Users 3.9 million (81.9%) 283,500 (13.2%)

GDP (purchasing power parity $226.8 billion $33.74 billion

GDP (official exchange rate) $246.4 billion $15.79 billion

GDP (real growth rate) 4.8% 4.9%

GDP (per capita) $49,200 $16,000

GDP (composition by end use) Exports of goods and

services – 106.6%

Exports of goods and

services – 51.3%

GDP (composition by sector) Agriculture (1.6%), Industry

(27%), Services (71.4%)

Agriculture (1.9%), Industry

(28.7%), Services (69.4%)


Ireland – Setting the Context 3

• The Economy Ireland Botswana

Industries pharmaceuticals, chemicals,

computer hardware and

software, food products,

beverages and brewing, medical

devices

diamonds, copper, nickel, salt,

soda ash, potash, coal, iron ore,

silver, livestock processing,

textiles

Exports (commodities) machinery and equipment,

computers, chemicals, medical

devices, pharmaceuticals,

foodstuffs, animal products

diamonds, copper, nickel, soda

ash, meat, textiles

Imports (commodities) data processing equipment,

other machinery and

equipment, chemicals,

petroleum and petroleum

products, textiles, clothing

foodstuffs, machinery, electrical

goods, transport equipment,

textiles, fuel and petroleum

products, wood and paper

products, metal and metal

products


Ireland – Supporting Research & Innovation

• National Investment in Research and Innovation

– Irish Government invests c.€730 million annually in research and innovation

– Objective is to foster and embed a world class innovation system that underpins enterprise development and builds national competitive advantage

– Knowledge Transfer Ireland Office – designed to make it easier for companies to access technology, skills and expertise in the education and research sector

– Intellectual Property Protocol (2012) designed to make it easier for companies and entrepreneurs to negotiate commercialisation agreements with researchers

• Key National Research Funding Agencies

– Enterprise Ireland – promotes and support commercial innovation (grants, equity)

– Science Foundation Ireland – invests in academic researchers and research teams

– IDA Ireland – attracts Foreign Direct Investment into Ireland

– InterTrade Ireland – supports commercial cross-border market development

• Success in Internationally Funded Research and Innovation

– Ireland based organisations secured grants of €620 under FP7 (2007 – 2013)

– Irish government set target for Horizon 2020 (2014 – 2020) of €1 billion

– Ireland based organisations secured H2020 grants of €127 million in first year, of which €35 million was secured by Ireland based companies including SMEs

– Ireland ranked 8th of 28 EU Member States in 2015 Innovation Union Scoreboard


Developing Research Teams


Developing Research Teams

• Multidisciplinary Research– Develop research teams that bring together the required expertise

• Individuals contribute within a team structure

• Team members may be located within the same physical location or in a number of locations based on available infrastructure

• Research undertaken by teams working in different organisations (centres of excellence)

• Contribute to a common vision of research excellence and combined research outputs

– Principal Investigator (PI) – responsible for leading research team and ensuring research excellence

• Need to have a lot of experience managing research projects

• High level of thematic expertise

• Assist in developing the skills of individual team members

– Essential to invest in skills development on a regular basis

– Need to disseminate results with wider research community and get feedback on value and impact of results


Benefits of cross-border research collaboration


Cross border research collaboration

• Benefits of cross border research collaboration include:

– Pooling expertise from different countries to address a common

research challenge

– Leveraging resources (human and physical) in different locations

– Creation of Innovation clusters

– Increase visibility of research expertise beyond home market

– Exchange of good practise

– Create synergies


Cross border Research Case Study

• mHealth4Afrika will research and evaluate the potential impact of co-designing an open source, multilingual mHealth platform to support quality community-based maternal and Newborn healthcare delivery in Southern Africa (Malawi, South Africa), East Africa (Kenya) & Horn of Africa (Ethiopia)

– Leverages research expertise from eight countries (Ethiopia, Ireland, Kenya, Malawi, Norway, UK, South Africa) with national research teams lead by national Principal Investigator contributing to the overall goal of an integrated system

• Research expertise includes human-computer interaction (HCI), expertise in mobile technology and sensors for healthcare, health informatics, end-user driven needs assessment and evaluation, health expertise

– Cross border collaboration will assist in increasing the research capacity within each participating country through knowledge exchange and skills transfer

– Undertaking research and innovation activities across different regions of Africa provides a unique opportunity to collect a critical mass of comparative data related to user requirements and pilot evaluation, to assist in analysing similarities and differences in participating countries.

• This will inform the co-design of a common multilingual platform suitable for wider adoption across Africa, with limited additional configuration and adaptation required by new participating countries.


Introduction to Horizon 2020


Introduction to Horizon 2020 – Main Pillars

• Horizon 2020 is the new European Framework Programme for

Research and Innovation for 2014 – 2020

• Three main pillars


Introduction to Horizon 2020 (2)

• Horizon 2020 is open to International Cooperation

– African research institutions can participate as part of International Consortia with partners from Europe to apply for funding as part of an international project addressing the challenges published in the Work Programme

– There are also calls focused on specific regions of the world – e.g. ICT39 was focused on engagement with Africa

• Basic principles for Consortia

The minimum consortia structure is dictated by each Call but in general there is a requirement for participation of the following:

– Three independent legal entities from three different EU Member States (MS) or Associated countries (AC)

– International Cooperation Partner Countries (ICPC) if in addition to minima

• Resources

Visit http://www.ist-africa.org/home/default.asp?page=horizon2020

http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020/

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/index.html

http://www.ist-africa.org/home/default.asp?page=project-search

IST-Africa Guides to 2015 Calls for Proposals

http://www.ist-africa.org/home/files/IST-Africa_Guide_2015Calls_Horizon2020.pdf


Horizon 2020 vs FP7 (1)

• Integrated approach– Horizon 2020 (H2020) addresses all research and innovation funding previously provided

by FP7 Framework Programme, Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP) and European Institute of Innovation and Technology

– Stronger focus on societal challenges and Innovation

• Work Programme structure– Under H2020 Work Programmes (WP) are now published with a two year duration in all

thematic areas

• Work Programmes for 2014 – 2015 published on 11 December ‘13, updated July ‘14

• Work Programmes for 2016 – 2017 being finalised for publication in Nov 2015

– Under FP7 there was one specific ICT Work Programme with a range of deadlines. In H2020 researchers involved in ICT should now look at following Work programmes

• Leadership in Enabling and Industrial Technologies Work Programmeincorporates Calls for proposals in the areas of Components and systems; Advanced Computing; Future Internet; Content technologies and information management; Robotics and Key Enabling Technologies: Micro-nano-electronics and photonics

• Societal Challenges - separate Work Programmes for Health; Energy; Transport; Climate Action; Inclusive, Innovative and Reflective Societies; and Secure Societies to identify calls that incorporate ICT elements

• Excellent Science – separate Work Programmes for Future and Emerging Technologies, Marie Curie, Research Infrastructures


Overview of ICT components in Horizon 2020

Image provided by DG CONNECT, European Commission



• Funding Levels

– In FP7 the funding levels for research depended on the instrument and organisational type

– In H2020, organisations receive up to 100% reimbursement of costs for research activities and up to 70% reimbursement of costs for Innovation actions

• Funding Instruments – There are 3 main funding instruments under Horizon 2020

• Grants for Research and Innovation - Primarily consisting of activities aiming to establish new knowledge and/or to explore the feasibility of a new or improved technology, product, process, service or solution. May include basic and applied research, technology development and integration, testing and validation on a small-scale prototype in a laboratory or simulated environment. Projects may contain closely connected but limited demonstration or pilot activities aiming to show technical feasibility in a near to operational environment

• Grants for Innovation (closer to market activities) - Primarily consisting of activities directly aiming at producing plans and arrangements or designs for new, altered or improved products, processes or services. For this purpose they may include prototyping, testing, demonstrating, piloting, large-scale product validation and market replication.

• Grants for coordination and support actions – do not undertake research, support activities to the Programme and coordination of research or creation of a network between other research actions for a specific purpose



• Indirect Costs - Overheads

– Under FP7 there were different levels of reimbursement of overheads depending on the instrument and organisational type

– Under H2020, there is a flat rate of 25% reimbursement of direct costs as a contribution towards overheads

• No Negotiation phase in H2020

– Under FP7 evaluators could indicate areas in the proposal that needed to be improved, modifications required in the Work Plan or budget allocation which was discussed during the Negotiation phase and an updated Work Plan prepared for the grant agreement.

– Under H2020 there is no negotiation – the proposal is judged as submitted – if there are inconsistencies, budgetary problems (overestimation or under-estimation of resources) or insufficient justification of the approach, the proposal will receive a lower score and unlikely to be funded

• Proposal Structure & Page Length

– Each funding instrument has specific proposal template that needs to be followed

– Under H2020 Section B of the proposal is submitted online in two parts

• Section B Part 1 – Section 1 – 3 (Excellence, Impact, Implementation)

• Section B Part 2 – Section 4 & 5 (Members of the Consortium, Ethics and Security)

– Fixed number of pages for Section B Part 1 (Section 1 – 3) for each instrument –Research and Innovation 70 pages, Innovation Action 70 pages, CSA 50 pages

– If the proposal is longer than the allowed pages, the extra pages are marked in red and NOT considered during the evaluation process.


Snap shot of research areas under Horizon 2020


Societal Challenges

1. Health, demographic change and wellbeing

• Understanding health, ageing and disease; Improving diagnosis; Innovative

treatments and technologies, ICT in Healthcare

2. Food security, sustainable agriculture, marine research & the bio-economy

3. Secure, clean and efficient energy

• Smart cities; Energy efficient buildings; smart electricity grids; smart metering;

4. Smart, green and integrated transport

• Smart transport equipment, infrastructures and services; innovative transport

management systems; safety aspects

5. Climate action, Environment, resource efficiency and raw materials

• ICT for increased resource efficiency; earth observation and monitoring

6. Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies

• Digital inclusion; social innovation platforms; e-government services; e-skills

and e-learning; e-culture

7. Secure societies

• Cyber security; ensuring privacy and protection of human rights on-line


Leadership in Enabling and Industrial Technologies

1. Components and systems

• Smart embedded components and systems, micro-nano-bio systems, organic electronics, large area integration, technologies for IoT, smart integrated systems, systems of systems and complex system engineering

2. Advanced Computing

• Processor and system architecture, interconnect and data localization technologies, parallel computing and simulation software

3. Future Internet

• Networks, software and services, cloud computing, cyber security, privacy and trust, wireless communication and all optical networks, immersive interactive multimedia and connected enterprise

4. Content technologies and information management

• Technologies for language, learning, interaction, digital preservation, content access and analytics; advanced data mining, machine learning, statistical analysis and visual computing, big data technologies

5. Robotics

• Service robotics, cognitive systems, advanced interfaces, smart spaces and sentient machines

6. Key Enabling Technologies: Micro-nano-electronics and photonics

• Design, advanced processes, pilot lines for fabrication, production technologies and demonstration actions to validate technology developments and innovative business models


Marie Curie Mobility Grants

• The Marie Curie Programme faciliates individuals to access mobility grants to faciliate career development and upskilling for research staff

– Individual Fellowships incorporates

• International Outgoing Fellowship – supports researcher to come from Europe to work with your institution

• International Inward Fellowship – supports PostDoc from Africa to work with European institution on pre-defined project for a pre-defined period of time

– Necessary to return to original institution when the Fellowship concludes

• Opportunity for Post Docs to develop career

• Fellowships must be applied for by the host European Institution through a proposal submitted under Open Call – career development is very important incl career restart

• Fellowships provide costs of time and monthly allowance for living expenses for between 1 – 3 years depending on the project accepted

– RISE – Research and Innnovation Staff Exchange

• New type of exchange of research staff to stimulate transfer of knowledge

• Can support African researcher to work with European host organisation for period of time or European researcher to come to work with an African organisation to support setting up or extending research skills

• All levels of research staff can undertake short term secondments

• Monthly stipend of 2,500 euro to cover living expenses while abroad

• Person remains part of staff of own institution, proposal submitted through network by European research institution based on common research project


Next Steps for Horizon 2020

Current Status

• 2016 – 2017 Work Programmes under preparation – Published in November 2015

• Each 2 year Work Programme will outline specific areas open under each Call

• Grants for Research and Innovation – up to 100% reimbursement of actual costs

• Grants for Innovation (close to market) – up to 70% reimbursement of actual costs

• Partners under Grant Agreement must be legal entities (e.g. Public, Private, Education and Research, and Societal University, research sector organisations)

Next Steps

• Identify relevant core areas for research collaboration under Horizon 2020

• Prepare organisational profile for publication

• Identify potential European cooperation partners, initially based on existing Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) as project consortia must include at least three independent legal entities from three different EU Member States

• Ensure MTC, national IST-Africa partner, is aware of your ongoing research and innovation activities so they can help identify potential cooperation partners

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