Research and innovation
Why sound African surveillance data rarely reaches the design of research calls, and how to move from data sharing to collaborative data use.
The initiative
From shared priorities to research programmes
How the 2026 cycle works and where it aims.
October 2026, online
Three working sessions
Policy and governance
Which mechanisms would let African institutions shape strategies and work programmes from the start, expert group membership included.
Financing and deployment
What it takes for validated interventions to reach national health systems, with data sovereignty as a precondition. This strand yields orientations.
Where choices are made
Priorities are set when programmes are written
STISA 2034 is the African Union's strategy for science, technology and innovation. It sets the continental frame and is now in implementation.
FP10 is the European Union's next research programme, for 2028 to 2034. Its content is decided in practice: strategic plans, work programmes, expert groups and call criteria, from 2027.
Most attention goes to the legal texts. The choices that shape research come later, when programmes are written. That is where the Rabat Framework aims.
The deliverable
The Rabat Framework
Ten policy-ready proposals, written in the working language of those who draft research programmes in the African Union and the European Union.
It draws on consultation with African and European partner institutions and on three working sessions held in October 2026.
Launch: 10 December 2026, Rabat
Method
Why research, policy and field together
Research institutions, policy actors and field organisations each see a different part of the gap. A framework built from only one of them would miss the rest.
Founding Conference
Rabat, 10 December 2026
One day with around fifty senior participants from Africa and Europe, held under non-attribution. The Rabat Framework is launched there.
- Date
- 10 December 2026
- Place
- Rabat, Morocco.
- Access
- By invitation only