FRANCOPHONE AFRICA
Accelerated urbanization, the need for massive infrastructure - Decentralisation - population Growth - 20+ French-speaking countries
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REMCAMeet Economic Municipalities Africa and Canada
Platform oforigination and structuring of municipal projects between Quebec and thefrancophone Africa
Manifest
Strategic positioning.
The first platform francophone dexport of themunicipal expertise quebec to theAfrica.
NOT a diplomatic forum NOT a living institutional
BUT a pipeline ofassets territorial MECHANISM ofbusiness structured
MARKET OPPORTUNITY
QUÉBEC EXPERTISE
Leadership in engineering - Ecosystem IA world-class - advanced Model ofsocial economy - renewable Energy SMES in market research
7 STRATEGIC AREAS OF HIGH VALUE
Pole, cross : the Economics of social & inclusion region
Sustainable infrastructure & engineering
Energy & transition climate
Agro-industrialization & value chains
Technologies municipal & digital transformation
Economic development & territorial attractiveness
Municipal Finance & PPP
IA applied to the territories
Five-axis
THE MODEL REMCA
Platform darchives
A fund digital scalable, indexed and open.
- Oral testimonies and interviews long deposited under an open license.
- Digitalization of african press the XXᵉ and XXIᵉ century.
- Mapping places and memorial institutions across the continent.
- Tool of the interdisciplinary research for researchers and journalists.
Roadmap
A programmed path on four years.
2024
Establishment of the network
Identification of the founding researchers, establishment of the scientific committee, selection of priority areas.
2025
REMCA’s First Notebooks
Launch of the publications series and the online archive platform. First summer school in Montreal.
2026
Travelling programme
Seminars held in Dakar, Abidjan and Nairobi. An exhibition co-produced with a Canadian museum.
2027
International indexing
Inclusion of publications in leading academic databases and the launch of the research residency.
Governance & ORGANIZATION
A structure joint and demanding.
Sponsors: Franchise Opportunities Canada (FOC) Inc. - Chamber of Commerce of the Canada-Africa (CACB) - IDEAS-AFRICA
International steering committee
Strategic direction
Commission dorganisation
Operational Coordination
Scientific committee
Content & expertise
Committee localhome
Facilitating on-site
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