HORIZON EUROPE - International cooperation in Artificial Intelligence

HORIZON-CL4-2027-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-06: This call supports collaborative research on AI between the EU and partner countries, including those in Africa, addressing AI safety, trustworthiness, bias mitigation, and the development of AI systems adapted to diverse cultural and linguistic contexts. Projects should demonstrate tangible benefits for both the EU and the partner country communities.

A minimum of three independent legal entities from three different EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries is required (for most calls). African institutions, including UNIMA, are explicitly eligible and encouraged as consortium partners to receive EU funding directly. Coordination must be led by an EU/Associated Country organisation. AI researchers, computer scientists, social scientists, and legal scholars working on AI ethics and governance are relevant.

Proposals are submitted through the EU Funding and Tenders Portal (https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/).

UNIMA's validated Participant Identification Code (PIC) is 999453275.

The first step is to identify a European lead partner. UNIMA's existing collaborations with universities in the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Belgium, and other EU/Associated Countries are the natural starting point. EURAXESS Africa (https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/worldwide/africa) organises partner-matching webinars and publishes consortium-building notices for Africa Initiative calls.