Event Report  |  04/05/2022

Official Opening Event of the Max Planck Partner Group in Senegal

On 16 and 17 March 2022, the inaugural event for the formation of the Max Planck Partner Group at the Université Virtuelle du Sénégal, or UVS of the Max Planck Partner Group with the Université Virtuelle du Sénégal, or UVS, took place in Dakar, Senegal. To launch its scientific activities, the research group held a kick-off workshop on “Access, Data Sharing and Sustainable Development Goals: An Overview from the Senegal's Point of View.”

Josef Drexl during his opening lecture at the launch of the Max Planck Partner Group Senegal. (Photo: Université Virtuelle du Senegal)
Josef Drexl during his opening lecture at the launch of the Max Planck Partner Group Senegal. (Photo: Université Virtuelle du Senegal)

At the opening ceremony before the workshop, Josef Drexl, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, gave a lecture on "Marchés numériques, droit de la concurrence et développement éconmique" (Digital markets, antitrust law and economic development). The event was streamed live on the YouTube platform and is still available there.


With the foundation of the research group, UVS hopes that its own strategic orientation will be strengthened and that the first project is only the beginning of a long partnership between the two institutions, as UVS wrote on Twitter.


With the project "Access, Data Sharing and Sustainable Development Goals: Regulation of the Data Economy in Emerging Economies," the institute will work with partners from emerging economies to develop advice on designing the optimal regulatory framework for data sharing to promote sustainable development in countries in the global South. In addition to UVS, research partners include universities in India and Brazil.