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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?”.

Three articles have been recently published in the light of the RFI entering its implementation stage around the world: [bscolumns class=”one_third”] 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. 

  The Secretariat of the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) (https://www.acu.ac.uk) convened a meeting of its core staff to discover the RFI and discuss its potential use as a tool by the Secretariat and / or to recommend to its membership of over 500 universities worldwide.

  The 2-hour meeting was kindly hosted by the UKCDS (www.ukcds.org.uk). It was attended by 14 persons representing 7 of the major UK research funding agencies operating in the international environment.

The RFI was mentioned in the editorial of the Swiss National Science Foundation Magazine, Horizons, in its 111th edition. Access the full Horizon No. 111 here.

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.

Linda Nordling published an article on the Research Fairness Initiative’s global piloting stage through Research Africa after results from the Research Fairness Initiative Conference in Brussels on Sep. 28th, 2016.

SciDev.Net attended the Research Fairness Initiative (RFI) Conference held in Brussels on Sep. 28th, organised with the support of CAAST-Net Plus. This article highlights the key outcomes of the event and assesses the next steps for the implementation of the RFI.

The RFI was presented to the European Union and African Union in collaboration with CAAST-Net Plus in Brussels, Belgium on September 28th, 2016. This event introduced the RFI as a system that validates and promotes fair research partnerships and supports EU-AU collaboration in research and innovation.