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Some Data on the Triennium 2003-2006

I - The Centro de Estudos Africanos da Universidade do Porto (CEAUP) was founded in November 1997, and it has been, since 1999, a Research and Development Unit financed by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology. The CEAUP is a multidisciplinary and multicultural space, gathering a varied group of researchers, professors, students and institutions, Portuguese, African and others, from several domains of social and human sciences, with the purpose of developing scientific, fundamental and applied research on Africa.
Currently, the Unit "Centro de Estudos Africanos U.P." has a total of 26 researchers.

II - The CEAUP main objectives are:

1. scientific and applied research;
2. scientific and pedagogic cooperation with African universities and centres, mainly in the Portuguese-speaking African countries;
3. superior advanced formation (PhDs, Masters and post-graduations in African Studies);
4. elaboration and cooperation in projects of development in partnership with institutions and NGOs operating in Africa;
5. recuperation and revival of the cultural and historical heritage of African countries, mainly in the Portuguese-speaking African countries, with special emphasis to the recovery of libraries and archives;
6. publishing and editing of studies and sources on African Studies, including the annual publication of a specialised Journal - Africana Studia.

III - The outputs of CEAUP, as a scientific unit, are shown in:

1. Its publications:
1. a scientific peer Journal on African Studies, AFRICANA STUDIA, published since 1999. During the past decade it became the most regular scientific publication on African Studies in Portugal;
2. a monograph series, published in co-partnership with a Portuguese publisher "Campo das Letras", titled "Colecção de Estudos Africanos";
3. a series of E-books;
4. working papers and online data basis.
2. Its scientific seminars and conferences: The CEAUP organises a minimum of 2 International Conferences per year.
3. Its website… (to see the website)

IV - CEAUP's outputs, as an U. Porto Centre , are so far:
The participating in post-graduation courses, the CEAUP has been organising, since 1998, Master courses in African Studies.
Since 1998, there have been 7 editions of this Master course. Two of them took place in Cape Verde, in partnership with the local Instituto Superior de Educação.

V - The CEAUP intends to maximise the scientific and technological cooperation with public and private institutions connected to actions and programs of cooperation:

1. In Europe
1. Portugal:
• Instituto Português de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento, Lisbon;
• Centro de Estudos Africanos ISCTE - Lisbon;
• Centro de Estudos sobre África e do Desenvolvimento ISEG-UTL, Lisbon;
• Anthropology Department of the University of Coimbra;
• IICT- Lisbon;
• CIDEHUS-NESA, University of Évora;
• University of Beira Interior;
• The CEAUP is a founding member of the project "Biblioteca Central de Estudos Africanos" (Central Library of African Studies), which was implemented at ISCTE, in cooperation with the CEA-ISCTE, CESA-ISEG; and the CEA-FLUL.
2. In France:
• SOCRATES/ERASMUS programme with the Centre d'Études Africaines - École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales de Paris;
• Centre d'Études d'Afrique Noire - Institut d'Études Politiques de Bordeaux;
• SOCRATES/ERASMUS programme with the University of Aix-en-Provence;
• European Project: "Les traites, les esclavages, et leur abolition dans la construction de l'Europe", coordinated by CNRS - Centre International de Recherche sur l'Esclavage.
3. In Italy
• SOCRATES/ERASMUS programme with the University Orientale di Napoli;
• SOCRATES/ERASMUS programme with the University of Lecce.
2. In Africa
1. In Cape Verde:
• University of Cape Verde - Instituto Superior de Educação (co-organisation of the Masters in African Studies 2004-06, in Praia and of the Masters in African Studies 2007-09, in Mindelo);
• Agreement with the National Historical Archive of Cape Verde.
2. in Senegal:
• CODESRIA;
• Université Cheik Anta Diop
3. In S. Tome e Principe
• Cooperation with the Historical Archive of S. Tome and Principe.
4. In Angola:
• Agreement with the Instituto Superior de Ciências da Educação - Luanda;
• National Historical Archive of Angola;
• National Museum of Anthropology of Angola.
5. In Mozambique:
• Agreement with the Historical Archive of Mozambique;
• Centro de Estudos Africanos - University Eduardo Mondlane.

VI - The outputs achieved during the period 2003-2005 are displayed in Table I. During this time, this research unit was organised in two broad project areas:

• "Euro-African dynamics - problems of globalisation and acculturation"
• "States, powers and identities in Sub-Saharan Africa"

This table implies the following percentages of achievement:

The items "books", "national articles" and "national papers" and Master Theses remained below the estimated figures.
The percentages of achievement improved during the year 2006 because of new material and human resources inputs.

Table 3 implies the following % of achievements:

As FCT did not accomplish the triennial funding program in real time, our estimated activity remained determined by a very precarious cash flow.
Therefore, we were forced to finish the proposed program during 2006, having then received part of the funding which was due for 2005.
The correlation between achievements and funding can be showed as follows:

The correlation between the achievements and the number of researchers involved is also significant.