[SDI-Africa] Comments sought on African science funding body (deadline August 31)

[Kate Lance]

Comments sought on African science funding body

  http://www.nepadst.org/doclibrary/pdfs/asif_questionnaire.pdf
   
  African scientists, politicians, and policy advisors are being asked to make suggestions on the design of a proposed mechanism for funding regional research facilities across the continent -- an African Science and Innovation Facility (ASIF).  The request has come from the science and technology office of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), which is drawing up the proposal at the request of African science and technology ministers. Questions include what kind of organisation the ASIF should be, how to measure its impact, and how to ensure that African governments and the private sector contribute to it.
   
  NEPAD's science and technology office will present its final set of options for the ASIF at the African Ministerial Council on Science and Technology in November. If the science ministers approve of these plans, they will then be submitted to the full summit meeting in January. 
  
Responses should be sent by 31 August to: asif at nepadst.org


 		
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