The Africa-Europe Foundation is pleased to announce a Call for Proposals to establish a collaborative research partnership between African and European organisations with an overarching aim to build a body of evidence and identify policy solutions that can strengthen Africa-Europe cooperation in a few key thematic areas.

PAGES runs an International Mobility Research Fellowship Program for African early-career scientists on past global changes. The program aims to contribute to the development of collaborative research and the promotion of paleoscience networks in Africa.

The AfriCircular Innovators Program supports young entrepreneurs by providing extensive support tailored to startups in the circular economy sector. Selected entrepreneurs receive grant funding for market exploration and product development. The program is designed for entrepreneurs who are at the early stage of their entrepreneurial journey. 

The UN Global Compact invites nominations and applications to the 2024 SDG Pioneer program. SDG Pioneer celebrates the individuals and businesses behind sustainability in global and local markets. UN Global Compact encourages professionals working at any level of a UN Global Compact-participating company who are leveraging a principles-based approach to set ambitious, scalable, and impactful Sustainable Development Goal targets to apply. 

The Young Professionals Programme (YPP) is a recruitment initiative targeted at talented, qualified young professionals who are mainly nationals of non or underrepresented members. Priority consideration will be given to candidates from Small Island Developing States (SIDS), Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) and developing countries in general, to start a career as an international civil servant with FAO.

Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture (CNFA) is seeking applications from qualified candidates for multiple positions in Nigeria in areas such as resilience specialist, irrigation and water management specialist, climate-smart agriculture specialist, and agriculture production specialist, among others, for an upcoming USAID-funded Nigeria Value Chain Activity that aims to improve agricultural and food systems productivity and commercialization.

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Call for Innovations is now open to address barriers to enable the production of more food with efficient and sustainable usage of water and energy along the value chain from farming to end-users, and to impact food security, gender, and poverty reduction in an environmentally sustainable way.