DCCC and ENNP members

On 12 June the DCCC and ENNP held their fourth joint meeting. The joint meetings are considered one of a kind in terms of ownership of the research agenda by both north and south, and of active participation in identifying priorities and gaps. During the meeting DCCC members expressed their commitment to urge African countries to honour their pledge of contributing 2% of their health budget to health research and insisting on national budget planners to indicate health research expenditure lines in national plans as an initial step of the process. The meeting discussed cofunding issues, and recommended that EDCTP publish a table clearly indicating cofunding possibilities and requirements of European Member States to help grant applicants who seek cofunding for their research projects.