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Ethics and regulatory capacities – 2018

The purpose of this call for proposals is to support sub-Saharan African countries to establish and develop robust national medicines regulatory systems and capacities for ethical review of clinical research and use of medicinal products and technologies for use in humans, as well as national and international collaboration. This scheme targets both national ethics committees (NECs) and national regulatory authorities (NRAs).

Call identifier: CSA2018ERC

See the corresponding call for proposals

Africlinique
A European-African network for strengthening the regulatory capacity for clinical research and pharmacovigilance in Central Africa: implementation of harmonised procedures, efficient guidelines and training programmes

Fondation Congolaise pour la Recherche Médicale (FCRM), Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, with partners from Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, and the United Kingdom
Project coordinator: Prof. Francine Ntoumi (FCRM)
Starting date: 01 October 2019
Duration: 30 months
Grant amount: EUR 300,000
Grant agreement: CSA2018ERC-2319\
Project website

BCA-WA-ETHICS
Building capacities in gender mainstreaming for ethics committee members from Senegal to West Africa

Universidad de Zaragoza (UNIZAR) with partners from Senegal
Project coordinator: Ass. Prof. Guillermo Martínez Pérez (UNIZAR)
Starting date: 01 August 2019
Duration: 24 months
Grant amount: EUR 299,909
Grant agreement: CSA2018ERC-2314
Project website

BRECOR
Building the ethics and regulatory capacities of Rwanda

Ministry of Health Rwanda (MoHR), Kigali, Rwanda with partners from Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, and Switzerland
Project coordinator: Dr Jean-Baptiste Mazarati (MoHR)
Starting date: 01 December 2019
Duration: 30 months
Grant amount: EUR 300,000
Grant agreement: CSA2018ERC-2317

ERECIS
Enhancing the regulatory and ethics capacities in Swaziland

Ministry of Health eSwatini, Mbabane, Kingdom of eSwatini with partners from Senegal, South Africa, and Switzerland
Project coordinator: Ms Babazile Shongwe (Ministry of Health eSwatini)
Starting date: 01 September 2019
Duration: 36 months
Grant amount: EUR 300,000
Grant agreement: CSA2018ERC-2316
Project website

LiberHetica
Increasing the ethics capacity of oversight for clinical trials in Liberia by establishing European-African collaborations that facilitate the implementation of efficient processes, harmonised procedures, standardised guidelines and educative training programs

UL-PIRE Africa Center (UL-PIRE), Monrovia, Liberia with partners from Liberia and the United Kingdom
Project coordinator: Mr Jemee Tegli (UL-PIRE)
Starting date: 01 August 2019
Duration: 36 months
Grant amount: EUR 300,000
Grant agreement: CSA2018ERC-2327
Project website

SCINE-U
Strengthening community structures in clinical research to improve oversight role of national ethics regulatory bodies in Uganda

TASO Limited, Kampala, Uganda with partners from Uganda
Project coordinator: Mr. Andrew Ojok Mijumbi (TASO Ltd)
Starting date: 01 September 2019
Duration: 36 months
Grant amount: EUR 294,286
Grant agreement: CSA2018ERC-2318
Project website

SCRECU
Scaling-up of capacity of Research Ethics Committees in Uganda

Uganda National Council for Science and Technology (UNCST), Kampala, Uganda, with partners from Uganda
Project coordinator: Dr Maxwell Otim Onapa (UNCST)
Starting date: 01 October 2019
Duration: 24 months
Grant amount: EUR 299,901
Grant agreement: CSA2018ERC-2315
Project web page

SERCLe
Strengthening ethics and regulatory capacity in Sierra Leone

King’s College London (KCL), London, United Kingdom, with partners from Sierra Leone
Project coordinator: Mr Andy Leather (KCL)
Starting date: 01 April 2020
Duration: 24 months
Grant amount: EUR 299,990
Grant agreement: CSA2018ERC-2330
Project web page

SPaRCS
Strengthening pharmacovigilance and regulatory capacities in four Southern African countries

University of the Western Cape (UWC), Cape Town, South Africa, with partners from Eswatini, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe
Project coordinator: Dr Hazel Bradley (UWC)
Starting date: 01 April 2020
Duration: 36 months
Grant amount: EUR 299,896
Grant agreement: CSA2018ERC-2332
Project website

STREC-Ghana
Strengthening the regulatory and ethics capacity in Ghana

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Accra, Ghana, with partners from Ghana, Senegal, South Africa, and Switzerland
Project coordinator: Dr Mike Yaw Osei-Atweneboana (CSIR)
Starting date: 01 November 2019
Duration: 36 months
Grant amount: EUR 300,000
Grant agreement: CSA2018ERC-2334
Project website

ZERCaP
Zimbabwe ethics and regulatory capacity project

Medical Research Council of Zimbabwe (MRCZ), Harare, Zimbabwe with partners from Zimbabwe
Project coordinator: Mr Tendayi Kureya (MRCZ)
Starting date: 01 October 2019
Duration: 36 months
Grant amount: EUR 290,000
Grant agreement: CSA2018ERC-2336
Project website