The RFI and CAAST-Net Plus ran an RFI Implementation Workshop in Dakar, Senegal from June 11-13, 2017. This workshop was a success and many participants expressed their interest in the RFI and it’s core principles.
The following photographs were taken during to the newly opened laboratory of IRESSEF (Institut de Recherche en Santé / Health Research Institute, in Dakar, Senegal.
Senegal’s Ministry of Higher Education and Research (Ministère de l’Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche) posted video’s on YouTube and on their webpage discussing the RFI and the implementation workshop that took place on 11-12 June 2017.
See the clip below, or go to their page discussing the RFI for more information.
Dr Cathy Garner attended the Global Challenges Research Fund’s (GCRF) Global Engagement Event on June 8, 2017 at the British Academy in London. She was on the panel discussing Fair and Equitable Research Partnerships.
The first session of the ARESA meeting was devoted to partnerships in research. There were two presentations that were very complementary. Carel presented a talk with the title: “The Research Fairness Initiative – Beyond Ethics?”. Continue reading
Three articles have been recently published in the light of the RFI entering its implementation stage around the world:
In February 2017, the UK Collaborative on Development Sciences (UKCDS) have published a piece on the Research Fairness Initiative on their blog. Please access the article here. Continue reading
The Commission for Research Partnerships with Developing Countries (KFPE) shared the three latest RFI documents presenting the newly developed framework of the initiative in their Newsflash on November 29th, 2016, to encourage public input before the RFI piloting in February 2017.
SciDev.Net conducted an interview with Prof. Carel IJsselmuiden, Executive Director of COHRED, and Dr. Glaudina Loots, Department of Science and Technology (DST), South Africa, for their input following the RFI Conference in Brussels on September 28th, 2016.
