The publication of a funding announcement by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) for the German-African Innovation Incentive Award (GAIIA) is expected to be published end of June 2023. The funding award honours African researchers and their German partners for outstanding research achievements with high application potential, supports the implementation of a German-African cooperation project and offers accompanying transfer qualification measures.

From 22 to 25 March 2023, an Open Source Machine Building Workshop was successfully held in Tunis to jointly develop Open Source Hardware. Funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the Tunisian partners, led by Helmut Schmidt University, successfully built Open Source Machines for use in the local textile industry.

Around 80 participants from the Palestinian Autonomous Territories and Germany met on 1 March at an online workshop to exchange views on bilateral and multilateral initiatives of current scientific cooperation. Organised by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the Palestinian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, existing cooperations were examined and multilateral network and funding measures in the EU area were presented.