Kenya-France PAMOJA PHC Call for Applications (2015/2016)
Kenya and France have for a long time had scientific cooperation, formalized since 2009 through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and the three French Research Institutes based in Kenya, namely: the French Research Institute for Development (IRD), the International Cooperation Center for Agronomic Research Applied to Development (CIRAD) and the French Institute of Research in Africa (IFRA Nairobi). Kenya and France wish to strengthen those co-operation activities in Higher Education, Science, and Technology as expressed in the bilateral scientific cooperation agreement signed on 5 th May 2015 known as “PAMOJA PHC” (Hubert Curien Partnership). The PAMOJA PHC opens the doors of 400 French Research Laboratories to Kenyan Research Institutions and Researchers. Kenya becomes the second Sub-Saharan country to sign a PHC with the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development, besides Sou