Transversal Component
Title: Transversal Component.
Main Objective: Operate through the JRC’s Africa Knowledge Platform and serve as an integration engine, connecting thematic sectors and aligning the contributions of the RCoEs around a unified and coherent vision.
Specific Objectives:
- Ensure effective coordination of the ArcX programme through a robust and well-managed transversal mechanism;
- Enhance the science–policy interface by providing targeted support services that facilitate evidence-based decision-making;
- Strengthen knowledge circulation and collective learning across ArcX through an efficient and interoperable knowledge management mechanism;
- Promote inter-sectoral networking and partnership opportunities by delivering tailored support services that connect actors across thematic and regional domains.
Starting Year: 2023
Implementation Duration: 6 years
Areas of Impact:
- Strategic coherence;
- Programme efficiency;
- Reduced duplication;
- Evidence-based decisions;
- Policy harmonisation;
- Uptake of scientific insights;
- Knowledge circulation;
- Collective learning;
- Scaling of innovations;
- Innovation ecosystems;
- Cross-sector alliances;
- Private-sector + Africa–Europe cooperation
Target Groups: Regional Centers of Excellence.
ArcX Partners: See ArcX Partners card and the ArcX Partnership Map.
Component Coordinator: Agriconsulting Europe S.A. (AESA).
Scientific and Technical Support from EC - DG JRC: DG-JRC Directorate D (Sustainable Resources) Unit D6 (Nature Conservation and Observations).
Available Resources
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