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The RFI began its roll out in 2017, with several institutions from both Africa and Europe showing interest, and beginning the writing of their RFI reports. As of January 2018, we have received 4 RFI Reports, with others still being in progress. In 2018, we hope to roll out the initiative globally and introduce as...

On December 14-15, 2017, an RFI Report Writing workshop was held in Nairobi, Kenya, in collaboration with the Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya, the Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED), the Spanish Foundation for International Cooperation, Health and Social Affairs (FCSAI), and the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST), Kenya. The workshop included participants from Kenya Medical...

On December 8, 2017, a session on the RFI was held at Science Forum South Africa, at the CSIR International Convention Centre in Pretoria. The session included panelists from Sefako Makgatho Health Science University (SMU) – Beverley Summers, Research Councils UK (RCUK) – Stuart Taberner, the UK Collaborative on Development Sciences (UKCDS) – Sheila Mburu,...

In response to the Independent Commission for Aid Impact’s rapid review of the Global Challenges Research Fund, Her Majesty’s Government (UK) has suggested that the RFI may be a potential strategy for improving partnerships with those in the global South. For the full document, see follow this link: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/655966/HMG_Response_to_ICAI_Rapid_Review_of_GCRF.pdf

A talk titled “The Research Fairness Initiative as a due-diligence instrument to strengthen research management and open science in EU-Africa research and innovation partnerships” was included on the agenda of the High Level Policy Dialogue Stakeholder Event that was held in Brussels, Belgium, on October 19, 2017. This event allowed stakeholders of the partnership to...

  The Ministers of Health meeting of the CPLP (Community of Portuguese Language Countries) in Brasilia on 26 October unanimously approved the Declaration on the adoption of the RFI in two major networks in the CPLP – and, by extension, to all national institutions. Africa also has several CPLP member countries: Angola, Cape Verde, Equatorial...

CAAST-Net Plus, in collaboration with the Department of Science and Technology (DST), South Africa; the Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED); the Spanish Foundation for International Cooperation, Health and Social Affairs (FCSAI); and the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST), Kenya – held an RFI Information day in Pretoria on October 4th, 2017. The...

A session on the RFI took place on September 6, 2017, at the International Conference on Research for Development in Bern, Swiitzerland. This was a joint session with 4 partners COHRED, KFPE (http://www.naturalsciences.ch/organisations/kfpe), UKCDS (www.ukcds.org.uk), and the COHESION project led by the University of Geneva (http://cohesionproject.info). The first session was an expert panel presentation and...

Lisbon’s Instituto de  Higiene e Medicina Tropical (Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) is currently in the process of gathering information to compile their RFI report. This means that they will join our growing list of RFI reporting institutions, being one of the first few to send in a report for validation!