1. Germany - BMBF
Expanding International R&D Cooperation - BMBF Activities in the Southern Atlantic

2. Partner Countries of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research in Latin-America
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexiko – cooperation based on formal STC-agreements
Peru, Colombia – cooperation in initial stage
Thematic priority areas:
Life sciences
Environment (incl. marine and polar research)/climate change
Ressource efficiency and raw materials
Biotechnology/bio-economy
Projects:
: IMCOAST - International cooperation with 9 European and 3 South American institutions
2015: more than 140 supported STC-projects Germany-Latin-America

3. Brazil – Most Important Partner in Latin-America
Agreement for the cooperation in scientific research and technological development (since 1969, actual 1997)
German-Brazilian Commission for the Cooperation in Science, Technology and Innovation.
German-Brazilian Year of Science, Technology and Innovation 2010/11
Germany + Brazil 2013 – 2014; 140 events in science and technology
German-Brazilian Government Consultations, August 2015
40 Expeditions of German Research vessels along the Brazilian Coast / western tropical Atlantic ( )

4. Partner Countries of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research in
Subsahara-Africa
WASCAL: Bénin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Sénegal, Togo West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use
SASSCAL: Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia Southern African Science Service Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land  Management
SPACES: Namibia, South Africa, (Angola assoc.) Science Partnerships for the Adaptation/Adjustment to Complex Earth System Processes in Southern Africa ( )

5. South Africa – Most Important Partner in Subsahara - Africa
Agreement for the cooperation in scientific research and technological development (since 1996)
Joint Science and Technology Cooperation Committee. Definition of thematic priority areas and instruments for the bilateral cooperation. Meetings every two years - Last meeting 2016 in Bonn, Germany
German-South African Year of Science, Technology and Innovation 2012/13

7. AGULHAS
High-resolution ocean/ coupled climate modelling
Supercomputing
Big Data analysis
RAiN
Unique combination of terrestrial and marine climate archives
Exchange with local stakeholder organisations
SACUS
Physical and biogeochemical
observations of the coastal ocean
German research vessels
Autonomous gliders
Moored instrumentation
Data analysis
Eight New Project Proposals related to Coastal and Open Ocean Research are currently under Joint Evaluation

8. Capacity Development Workshops Floating University
Exchange at all levels

9. Thank you for your attention Contact BMBF: Contact PTJ:
Andrea Heyn / Tim Eder
Division System Earth (725)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Heinemannstraße 2
53175 Bonn
Germany  
Contact PTJ:
Dr. Dirk Schories
Marine Research, Geosciences, Ship and Marine Technology
Project Management Jülich
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
Schweriner Str. 44
18069 Rostock
Germany
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