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Science, Technology and Innovation for Africa’s Development : Science, Technology and Innovation for Africa’s Development John Mugabe
Outline: Outline Renewed focus on science and innovation
Africa’s common aspirations
Challenges to realize the goals
Programmatic interventions
Renewed focus on science and technology: Renewed focus on science and technology Recognition that science and technology have to drive Africa’s economic and socio-political transformation
Emergence of the knowledge economy and development as a knowledge intensive process
Key policy processes: WSSD, NEPAD and UN General Assembly 2005
Africa’s aspirations: Africa’s aspirations A continent that harnesses science and related technological innovations for its economic transformation
A continent that contributes to the global pool of science and innovation
Common challenges: Common challenges Confidence building
Common/shared policy instruments
Improving infrastructure for R&D
Building civic and political constituencies for science and technology
Programme Element 1: Programme Element 1 Knowledge and information
1. Profiles of institutions
2. Funding instruments
3. STI indicators
4. S&T policy needs in agriculture and health
5. Inventory of science parks
6. good practices of regional S&T cooperation
Programme Element 2: Programme Element 2 Flagship R&D programmes
1. African Biosciences Initiative
2. African Energy Research and Innovation
3. African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)
4. African Water sciences network
Programme element 2 (cont): Programme element 2 (cont) 12 flagship programme areas (ICTs, biotechnology, biodiversity, laser technologies, space science, post-harvest food technologies, water sciences and technologies, drought research, indigenous technologies, manufacturing technologies, minerals science, and energy R&D)
Programme Element 3: Programme Element 3 Common strategies and consensus to improve policy conditions
1. African Biotechnology Panel (AU approved and appointed)
2. Common African Science, Technology and Innovation (ASTII) Indicators
3. Regional ST cooperation protocol
Programme Element 3 (cont): Programme Element 3 (cont) Stakeholder dialogues on STI (e.g. African Policy Dialogues on Biotechnology); Parliamentarians forum on S&T
Strengthening the capacity of Regional Economic Communities (RECs) to address science and technology issues—S&T offices established in RECs