Ethics and regulatory capacities – 2020

The purpose of this call for proposals is to fund projects that are designed to support countries in sub-Saharan Africa to establish and/or develop robust national medicines regulatory systems and capacities for ethical review of clinical research and use of medicinal products and technologies in humans, as well as national and international collaboration in compliance with established internationally accepted good practices. This funding scheme targets projects with the active involvement of National Ethics Committees and/or National Regulatory Authorities from countries with both weak and strong ethics and regulatory capacities in sub-Saharan Africa.

Call identifier: CSA2020ERC

See the corresponding call for proposals.

AMÉLIORER
Enhancing Research Ethics and Regulatory Capacities in Benin

Ministry of Health, Benin
Project coordinator: Professor Flore Gangbo
Starting date: 1 July 2021
Duration: 24 months
Grant amount: EUR 500,000
Grant agreement: CSA2020ERC-3086

BCA-WA-ETHICS II
Building the capacities of West Africa in research ethics

Universidad de Zaragoza (UNIZAR), Zaragoza, Spain, with partners from Benin, Mali, and Senegal
Project coordinator: Ass. Prof. Guillermo Martínez Pérez
Starting date: 01 April 2021
Duration: 24 months
Grant amount: EUR 432,869
Grant agreement: CSA2020ERC-3079
Project website

BoCTRe
Botswana clinical trials regulation

Botswana Medicines Regulatory Authority, Gaborone, Botswana, with a partner from Botswana
Project coordinator: Dr Parthasarathy Gurumurthy
Starting date: 01 May 2021
Duration: 24 months
Grant amount: EUR 281,250
Grant agreement: CSA2020ERC-3078
Project website

CECaBI
Côte d’Ivoire Ethics Capacity Building Initiative

Ministère de la Santé, de l’Hygiène Publique et de la Couverture Maladie Universelle, Cote d’Ivoire
Project coordinator: Dr Louis Penali
Starting date: 1 July 2021
Duration: 24 months
Grant amount: EUR 500,000
Grant agreement: CSA2020ERC-3081

S-ROC/Cameroun
Strengthening the regulatory oversight of clinical trials in Cameroon

Ministére de la Santé Publique, Cameroon
Project coordinator: Dr Deli Vandi
Starting date: 1 June 2021
Duration: 24 months
Grant amount: EUR 265,315
Grant agreement: CSA2020ERC-3096

The Gambia ERC project
Building a Robust Ethics and Regulatory Capacity in The Gambia

Medical Research Council (MRC) Unit – The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), The Gambia
Project coordinator: Ms Elizabeth Stanley-Batchilly
Starting date: 1 July 2021
Duration: 24 months
Grant amount: EUR 500,000
Grant agreement: CSA2020ERC-3080