Technical support to the coordination of the 'Scientific and technological support to the Regional centres of Excellence related to Green Transition' <p class="ql-align-justify"><em>The service contract aims at providing technical assistance to the European Commission and to some extend to African partners. Technical assistance will contribute to improving the Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) ¿ green transition framework for collaboration and overall knowledge management system of Regional Centres of Excellence (RCoEs) related to green transition at Sub-Saharan Africa level and between African regions. </em></p><p class="ql-align-justify"><em>Technical assistance will support i.e. the creation and use of a programme coordination mechanism; the exchange of knowledge and information between the activities implemented in the various thematic areas of green transition; disseminate the knowledge, information and tools produced; create and consolidate inter-sectoral opportunities for networking; create links and complementarities with other STI ¿ green transition initiatives, etc.</em></p><p><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">The services contract will contribute to the transversal component of the programme ¿</span>Scientific and Technological Support to RCoEs related to Green Transition¿<span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13);"> which objective is to improve cross-sectoral and cross-regional coordination and strategic steering of the RCoEs. The transversal activities will complement and add value to the thematic component that will focus on increasing the RCoEs¿ STI capacities in thematic areas such as biodiversity and forest; water; oceans; agro-ecological and sustainable agri-food systems; climate and disaster resilience; and energy.</span></p>