Title: South Africa–Europe Partnership in Nanotechnology, Materials, and Production (ESASTAP Project)

Date and time: Monday 5 September 2005, 14.00 - 17.00

Abstract
The European Union (EU) is one of South Africa’s (SA) most strategic partners in international science and technology cooperation. This partnership has been significantly boosted with the announcement at the end of June 2005 of the launch of the European – South African Science and Technology Advancement Programme (ESASTAP).

Since the signing of a S&T cooperation agreement between SA and the EU in 1996, 160 South African partners have participated in the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Framework Programmes. The aim of this workshop was to explore mechanisms for increasing collaboration between South African and European researchers in the area of nanotechnology, materials and production.