{"Organization coordinates":"48.938372222222, 2.36275","Organization location":"Saint-Denis, France","Page URL":"https://www.appropedia.org/Francophone_Area_for_Research_Development_and_Innovation","Page affiliations":"Université de Paris 8","Page description":"EFRARD is an acronym for the abbreviated French name \"Espace Francophone pour la Recherche, le Développement et l'Innovation\": (in English this is: Francophone Area for Research, Development and Innovation). The new initiative it proposes namely EFRARD marks a change in Francophone research cooperation. EFRARD project offers a voluntary process for a revitalised partnership between francophone's actors in the field of research and development.The emergence of shared knowledge and the capacity of organizations to promote and disseminate scientific and academic information have increasingly fundamental become determinants of their prosperity. In a context of financial crisis, this project aims to analyse the determinants of R&D collaboration for making better use of R&D funds and reduce collaboration-related costs. We applied an action research approach of allowing scientists that are geographically, socially and culturally distant from each other to work together on projects and programs.","Page keywords":"Francophone, development, innovation, partnership, R&D collaboration, R&D funds","Page language":"en","Page license":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","Page title":"Francophone Area for Research Development and Innovation","Page views":"86","Page year":"Thursday, 01-Jan-09 00:00:00 UTC","Modification date":"Friday, 28-Nov-25 00:59:11 UTC"}