Common use of Technical Guidelines Clause in Contracts

Technical Guidelines. Technical Guidelines for the first call for proposals under the Capacity Building AU-EU Africa Research Grants Call launched the 01/12/2008 with Deadline the 01/05/2009 1 – Mission statement 1. To improve and facilitate researches and networking between African researchers, including those belonging to the African intellectual Diaspora, and the wider international community in the scientific fields as defined by the thematic areas; 2. To develop a framework of research activities responding to the criteria of the Africa sustainable development, this implies that each proposal have to figurate its impact/ relations with the environment, the society and the economic context; 3. To improve the flow and exchange of information on the thematic areas with a particular emphasis on the relevance and value of research investment to African policy, society and economic activity; 4. To provide a focal point for African collaboration with complementary international programmes 5. To create a research environment responding to the acknowledgment of the role, functions and activities of the African researchers and scientists in their own continent. In pursuit of this mission, the African Grants seek to add value to activities already underway in the AU and its Member States, through increasing synergy at all levels. This involves both actions by the AU Commission Services and also research projects initiated and undertaken by external partners in response to the Call for Proposals. 6. This first call will be launched in December 01st 2008, with deadline in May 01st 2009. Evaluation of the proposals will be implemented in the following four months, using panel of external African and International experts not involved in the proposals. The results of the evaluation and the list of the proposals to be retained will be submitted to the attention of the AMCOST Bureau. Immediately after, the AU-HRST Services will initiate the contract negotiation and, once defined, the contract will be officially signed by the proposers' coordinator as main contractor and by the HRST Dpt Director. The contract Coordinator will receive an advance of 35% of the planned contribution and will continue to receive tranches of funding according to the presented reports and cost statements.