AAUN AUSTRALIA AFRICA UNIVERSITIES NETWORK - Prof Anton McLachlan, Australia Africa University Network

1. AAUN
AUSTRALIA AFRICA
UNIVERSITIES NETWORK
A consortium of Australian universities working
with African partner universities to:
- sustain research and education collaboration
and leadership across priority areas
- marshal Australian and African expertise in
equal partnerships to address challenges.

2. AAUN AUSTRALIA AFRICA
UNIVERSITIES NETWORK
Members
Objectives • 12 Australian universities
• Focus Australian universities engaged in Africa
engagement in SSA • 12 leading African universities
• Provide an advisory portal and invited, with focus on east and
point of contact southern Africa
• Develop institutional research African hubs
partnerships on SSA • Pretoria
• Develop capacity building and • University of Pretoria
• HC, AusAID
training programs • GRM, CARDNO
• Produce innovative policy • Nairobi
solutions • University of Nairobi
• HC, AIFSC, AusAID
• Provide post-training support • CPFGM, GRM
for African scholars

3. AAUN AUSTRALIA AFRICA
UNIVERSITIES NETWORK
Prioritised themes
• Food security Capacity building
• Mining and minerals • Scholarships
• Public sector reform • Alumni network
• Short courses
• Public health • Academic mobility
• Education • Research students
• Research partnerships

4. AAUN AUSTRALIA AFRICA
UNIVERSITIES NETWORK
Capacity building: themes relating to AIFSC
• Land use, water resources; conflict, legal issues
• Plant health, production, irrigation, salinity
• Animal health and production
• Poultry value chains, family farming
• Reducing postharvest losses
• Food safety and nutrition
• Agribusiness and supply chain management

5. AAUN AUSTRALIA AFRICA
UNIVERSITIES NETWORK
Initiatives 2013
• Research development fund
• Joint proposals
– Research projects
– Short courses (consultation
between AIFSC and AAA short
courses to maximise synergies)
• Delegations, fora
• ACU/AAUN events