Seven leading regional and national Research and Education networks and organisations across multiple continents announced the establishment of the "Bridging Europe, Africa and the Americas" (BEAA) Collaboration, aiming to increase the resilience of their networks across a set of transoceanic links that interconnect their communities in Eastern and Southern Africa, Europe and Latin America.
The connectivity of the terrestrial section of the BELLA Programme (Building the Europe Link to Latin America) between Porto Alegre (Brazil), Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Santiago (Chile), was officially inaugurated this Wednesday, January 26, in an event held virtually with the participation of authorities from the European Union (EU), governments of the participating countries and of the national research and education networks (NRENs) in Latin America.
The Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Panama, Ana Luisa Castro, the Head of Unit of DG INTPA (International Partnerships) of the European Union (EU), Felice Zaccheo, and the Executive Director of RedCLARA, Luis Eliécer Cadenas, met on January 24 in Panama City to discuss about the possible connection of Panama to the Latin-American academic network, and of the possibilities that a new phase of BELLA focused on Central America and the Caribbean will open to scientific and academic collaboration within the region and with Europe.
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BELLA II receives funding from the European Union through the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI), under agreement number 438-964 with DG-INTPA, signed in December 2022. The implementation period of BELLA II is 48 months. |
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