LEAP4FNSSA is a Coordination and Support Action (CSA) whose main objective is to provide a tool for European and African institutions to engage in a Sustainable Partnership Platform for research and innovation on Food and Nutrition Security, and Sustainable Agriculture (FNSSA). Under the aegis of the High Level Policy Dialogue (HLPD) and its Bureau, building upon former EU funded projects such as RINEA, CAAST-Net Plus, ProIntensAfrica and linking with the on-going ERANet, Cofund, LEAP-Agri, LEAP4FNSSA aims to achieve its main objective through:
To enable and catalyse the transformation of the existing AU-EU FNSSA Partnership into a sustainable “bi-continental” structure or Platform for collaboration, organized along a Knowledge Management and Communication framework, for the efficient and coherent implementation of the AU-EU Research and Innovation Partnership as described in the FNSSA Roadmap
a) Increased synergies and coherence between actors, research and innovation projects, initiatives and programmes, through the development of institutional alliances and clusters of projects.
b) An enhanced learning environment and large knowledge base, including monitoring and evaluation activities, and established communication and links between different initiatives in order to improve European-African cooperation in Science, Technology and Innovation (STI).
c) A well-established long term sustainable partnership and co-funding mechanism