MAIN AREAS OF ACTIVITIES
The Platforms activities focus on strengthening institutional capacities in relation to research based education, growth and employment related research and dissemination:

• Development of PhD courses
• Staff upgrading
• PhD scholarships for staff
• Research collaboration
• Dissemination

GUIDING PRINCIPLES
The Platform has established a set of principles to guide proposal development processes and the implementation of activities:

• The agreement signed between University Denmark and Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs sets the conditions for all BSU activities
• They must be firmly based on demands articulated by the university partners in Africa
• They must be inline with the African universities own strategies and plans
• Their must be a clear indication on how a given activity is contributing to the institutional strengthening of the involved universities
• All assignments that involves financial compensation of staff time for Danish university staffs involvement must be based on a competitive selection procedure