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From 24 to 26 April 2012, the Council on Health Research and Development Group () in collaboration with , will jointly host 鈥樷�� in Cape Town, South Africa. Forum 2012 will be used to launch a new series of meetings on the theme: 鈥楤eyond aid鈥�.research and innovation as key drivers of health, equity and development鈥�.

The Forum will examine the prospects for a new vision of development that looks 鈥榖eyond aid鈥�, by focusing on developing capacities in low-and middle-income countries and emerging economies. This engagement will also probe how global collaborations can be used to support research and innovation processes that can enhance this new era of development.

Forum 2012 will investigate 3聽main themes in support of these processes:

• improving and increasing investments in research and innovation
• networking and partnerships for research and innovation
• creating enabling environments for research and innovation

The event will act as a platform for dialogue by bringing together more than 600 participants from research institutions, business, social enterprises, civil society organizations, governments, international organisations, funders and media.

鈥淭he Forum鈥檚 ambition is to improve the links among the various actors, across sectors, that play the key roles in making research and innovation work for health, equity and development鈥�, stated Prof. Carel IJsselmuiden, Director of the COHRED Group. 鈥淭his marks a new day for research for health and development and with Forum 2012 COHRED aims to create and nurture the 鈥榠mprobable partnerships鈥� for action towards a world beyond aid鈥�.

The three-day Forum meeting will also unveil the creation of virtual and physical global communities of practice and a sustained dialogue on key issues in the period leading up to the next set of Forum meetings.