Thursday, July 30, 2015

Aviesan-Inserm is present in the proposal winner of the H2020 call 'Reducing the risk of exporting non ethical practices to third countries'

This 18-month proposal named 'Creating and enhancing TRUSTworthy, responsible and equitable partnerships in international research' (TRUST), aims at proposing the analysis of research conducted in low and middle income countries which can pose an ethical risk. Drafting recommendations to anticipate or avoid them, is also required by the tender. This project coordinated by the University of Lancachire (UK) brings together 13 partners from Europe (UK, France, Switzerland), Asia (India) and Africa (Kenya, South Africa). The partnership includes academic (including Inserm), NGOs (including Action contre la faim), the European institutions (EDCTP) and an international organization (UNESCO). Finally, the consortium will benefit from the advice of a broad panel of academic experts and also representatives of institutions such as the Wellcome Trust and the Council of Europe.