The project intends to set up, cultivate, use and link collaboration with both governmental and non-governmental institutions of different disciplines. Priority is given to institutions active within the host country, but links to other African countries and oversea institutions are desired as well.

The following institutions were involved in recent scientific collaboration, technical, administrative or financial support:

• DBO (German Embassy), Kinshasa, DRC
• GTZ (German technical Cooperation), Kinshasa, DRC
• ICCN (Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature), Kinshasa, DRC
• INRB (Institut National de Recherche Bio-médicale), Kinshasa, DRC
• IUPN (Institut Universitaire Pédagogique National), Kinshasa, DRC
• ISTM (Institut Supérieur des Techniques Médicales), Kinshasa, DRC
• MAKARERE UNIVERSITY, WARM-Dept./FVM/, Kampala, Uganda
• MPIEVAN, Max-Planck-Institut für Evolutionäre Anthropologie, Leipzig, Deutschland
• ULB (Université Libre de Bruxelles), Laboratoire de Botanique Systématique et de Phytosociologie, Brussels, Belgium
• UNIKIN (Université de Kinshasa), Kinshasa, DRC
• UNIKIS (Université de Kisangani), Kisangani, DRC