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A gateway to data and information on Africa's social, economic, territorial and environmental development, developed by the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission.

This platform features Joint Research Centre (JRC) data, tools, partnerships, and stories developed in-house or with African and international partners. It provides a single entry-point to the wealth of European Commission knowledge on Africa and aims to support the European Union (EU) objective of deepening the partnership with Africa.

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Regional Centres of Excellence for the Green Transition Program

This platform serves as the Knowledge and Information hub for the Regional Centers of Excellence program. It underpins its Transversal component helping foster knowledge exchange and strengthen the science-policy interface, covering the priority topics linked to the Green Transition:

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Transversal Component Biodiversity & Forest

ArcX Workshop at the Joint Research Centre

Workshop

The Joint Research Centre (JRC) hosted an ArcX Programme workshop at its premises in Ispra from 20 to 24 April, bringing together representatives from African Regional Centres of Excellence (RCoEs), European Commission services and technical assistance teams.

Biodiversity & Forest

RCMRD to Bring Regional Stakeholders Together for Geospatial Biodiversity Forum

The Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD) is planning to host the Regional Geospatial Forum for Inclusive Biodiversity Action, taking place from 9-12 June 2026, at RCMRD, Nairobi, Kenya.

Ocean

Call for Proposals for OPERA African Regional Centers of Excellence

Call for Proposals

Calls for Proposals in the framework of the Africa Regional Centres of Excellence (ArcX) programme’s Ocean Component - OPERA – Ocean Prediction Enhancement in Regions in Africa are now open.

Biodiversity & Forest

Ecological evaluation of Key Landscapes for Conservation and Development (KLCDs) in Africa: new JRC report

This new report provides a spatially-explicit characterisation of the ecological value of 45 Key Landscapes for Conservation and Development (KLCDs) across Sub-Saharan Africa.

Climate Change Resilience

Two Positions Now Open at the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts

Jobs announcement

Two positions have been opened at the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) under the Africa Regional Centres of Excellence (ArcX) Programme funded through the European Union’s Global Gateway initiative :

Ocean

Development and implementation of the Ocean Prediction Decade Collaborative Centre Architecture for Ocean Forecasting

Call for Proposals

The call for tenders to provide the technical support for the development and deployment of Ocean forecasting and support the Regional Centres of Excellence is out: Development and implementation of the Ocean Prediction Decade Collaborative Centre Architecture for Ocean Forecasting - Mercator Ocean International . It is open to EU companies and institutions.

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Ocean

Call for Proposals for OPERA African Regional Centers of Excellence

Call for Proposals

Calls for Proposals in the framework of the Africa Regional Centres of Excellence (ArcX) programme’s Ocean Component - OPERA – Ocean Prediction Enhancement in Regions in Africa are now open.

Biodiversity & Forest

Above Ground Carbon 2

GlobBiomass

The CO2 fixed by photosynthesis is one of the most important components of the carbon cycle. Forests play a key role in this process. They represent large and persistent carbon sinks. Tree carbon stocks are important to quantify terrestrial carbon storage and carbon sinks, and to estimate potential emissions from land cover changes (deforestation, reforestation, afforestation) and from biotic (pests, diseases) and abiotic (forest fires, windstorms) disturbances. Spatially explicit data and assessments of forest biomass and carbon are thus paramount to design and implement effective sustainable forest management options and forest related policies. The above-ground carbon index presented in this dataset is expressed in Mg (megagrams or tonnes) of carbon per km2 . It corresponds to the carbon fraction of the oven-dry weight of the woody parts (stem, bark, branches and twigs) of all living trees, excluding stump and roots, as estimated by the GlobBiomass project (globbiomass.org) with 2010 as the reference year.