TRREE for Africa has three general objectives.

• First, to increase knowledge as well as practical skills of those involved in the management and conduct of ethics evaluation and research partnerships.
• Second, to create a participatory process that will nourish lasting partnerships with and amongst African partners.
• Third, to create a resource that will facilitate the dissemination of knowledge in European and African countries. Overall, this will strengthen the research ethics evaluation capacities in African countries.

Target Audience

TRREE-for Africa will provide training and resources that relevant to the work of all those who must ensure the protection of the interests and well-being of human subjects participating in research conducted in Africa as well as the promotion of the highest ethical standards. While some modules may focus on more specific training needs of research ethics committee members, or research teams including investigators, nurses, or study coordinators, the training is open to all and may be of interest to health authorities, funding agencies and universities, as well as to political authorities, patients and the media.

Target Timeline

This project started in November 2006 and expects to deliver the training and capacity building material by November 2008. During this time, a significant period of time (approximately 9 months) will be allocated to the identification of training needs of the African research community. In parallel, existing resources will be identified and made available on the web-site on an ongoing basis. The next step will be the drafting of the content of training modules. Following a period of pilot testing, the e-learning web-site will be open for general use.

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