Development research and training projects in the South

Who can submit a project and what is the minimum partnership?

The project must be submitted by a member of a higher education institution (HEI) in the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles (FWB) and authorised by the latter to coordinate the project with at least one partner in another HEI in the FWB and one partner from a higher education institution in one of the countries on the list below:

• In Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, DR Congo, Madagascar, Morocco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal.
• In South America and the Caribbean: Bolivia, Cuba, Ecuador, Haiti, Peru.
• In South-East Asia: Cambodia, Philippines, Vietnam.

Each project coordinator in FWB may submit only one project per call.

Objectives of Development Research Projects (DRP)

• To strengthen the research and relay capacities of a partner institution.
• To provide a research response to a local, national or even regional development issue that goes beyond the boundaries of the academic world.
• Strengthen fundamental, targeted and applied research.
• To ensure the dissemination and, where appropriate, the exploitation of research results.

Objectives of the Southern Training Projects (PFS)

• Strengthen the training capacities and offering of a partner institution.
• To validate new pedagogical approaches and adapt curricula in areas that will contribute to the development of the partner institution or local, national or regional society.

Info & contact

https://www.ares-ac.be/fr/projets-de-recherche-pour-le-developpement-et-de-formation-sud 

prd-pfs@ares-ac.be.