recordID,entered,contactID,firstname,lastname,address,city,state_prov,postalcode,region,country,org_name,contact_title,workphone,workextension,alt_phone,mobile_phone,fax,main_email,alt_email,url,network,category_id,discipline,principal_activity,principal_focus,composition,coverage,governance,observations,validation,updated
"1","2007-01-05","8","Marian Ewurama","Addy","PO Box LG 448","Legon","","","","Ghana","Western Africa Network of Natural Products Research Scientists (WANPRES)","Executive Secretary","(+233-21) 511-380","","","(+233-20) 813-5867","(+233-21) 512-063","costed@ghana.com","wannpres@ug.edu.gh","www.wannpres.org#http://www.wannpres.org#","B","2","Natural Products","The Western Africa Network of Natural Products Research Scientists (WANPRESS) is a network which brings natural products scientists from West Africa together to strengthen their capacity to add value to the sub-region's abundant natural production. The initiative follows a meeting of natural products scientists from Nigeria, Cameroon and Ghana organised by the United Nations University Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU/INRA) in collaboration with the International Foundation for Science (IFS) and the Committee on Science and Technology in Developing Countries (COSTED).","The objectives of WANNPRES is to: - bring together and strengthen the capacity and capabilities of natural product research scientists in the West Africa sub-region; - encourage collaboration in all areas of natural product research within the sub-region; - exchange information among scientists working on different aspects of natural product research; - ensure mobility of scientists among the various laboratories for effective collaboration; - assist in the development of centres for excellence in the different areas of natural products research.","Individuals and institutions","WANPRES is currently active in the following countries: Ghana, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Mali, Cameroon, Togo, Benin and Senegal.","Professional association","WANPRESS' funding partners include: the International Foundation for Science (IFS), the United Nations University's Institute of Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA) and the former Committee on Science and Technology for Developing Countries (defunct). WANPRESS received additional funding from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in addition to the IFS and UNU-INRA. Members of WANPRESS are being encouraged to become members of the UNU/INRA College of Research Associates (CRA), a network open to African scientists, academics and technologists who share UNU/INRA's commitment to science, technology, education and training as the pathway to better management and utilization of Africa's natural resources for development and poverty reduction. - Activities thus far confined to one meeting; another scheduled for 2006. - No apparent funding available for research and no indication of any ongoing research. - Website under construction (May 2006).","Verified","11 November 2006"
"2","2007-01-05","11","Malin","Akerblom","Uppsala University Box 549","Uppsala","","SE-751 21","","Sweden","International Science Programme (ISP)","Director, IPICS","(+46-18) 471-3574","","(+46-18) 471-3575","","(+46-18) 471-3495","Malin.Akerblom@isp.uu.se","isp@isp.uu.se","www.isp.uu.se#http://www.isp.uu.se#","B","2","Science","The International Science Program (IPPS) has been operating in developing countries, including Africa, since 1961 and supports 20 networks in chemistry; two in physics; and is establishing one in mathematics. The organisation provides grants for formal post-graduate training, education, research (applied and theoretic), as well as engagement of mentors. IPPS focuses its activities on providing assistance to create viable and independent research teams of an international standard.","IPPS' efforts are concentrated in the following support research areas: Africa Projects and Networks, Asia Projects, Latin America Projects, IPPS Resource Groups and occasional project support. IPPS focuses its activities on providing assistance to create viable and independent research teams of an international standard. In the countries where IPPS operates, physics is very weak and requires capacity building. Therefore, most of the projects supported by the IPPS are located at university departments. This means that in the project support given, the IPPS also assists the departments in creating or strengthening their M.Sc. and/or Ph.D. programs. The program has six affiliated groups, which means that those not receiving regular support can apply for grants for minor expenses of urgent need.","Institutions","African Networks: Eastern and Southern African Regional Seismological Working Group Network (ESARSWG): Covering Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Applied Atomic and Molecular Physics Network: Covering Senegal, Ghana, Kenya, Sudan and Zimbabwe. Africa Projects: Eastern and Southern African Regional Seismological Working Group Network (ESARSWG): Covering Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Applied Atomic and Molecular Physics Network: Covering Senegal, Ghana, Kenya, Sudan and Zimbabwe. Synthesis and device characterisation of organic semiconductors: Physics Department, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia Applications of EDXRF and related techniques in analyses of environmental samples University of Nairobi, Institute of Nuclear Science, Kenya Research, development and demonstration of solar cells based on nanostructured semiconductor titaniumoxide (Ti O2) PEC thin films: Physics Department, University of Nairobi, Kenya Photovoltaics Research Group: Moi University, Physics Department, Eldoret, Kenya Geophysical studies and investigations: Physics Department Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria The Nigerian mesoscale experiment: Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria Seismology: Department of Physics, University of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania Materials for energy efficiency and solar energy applications: Department of Physics, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Materials science and solar energy:, Department of Physics, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda Seismology: Department of Physics, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda Occasional Project Support: ESR Spectroscopy: Department of Physics, University of Khartom, Khartom, Sudan Applied Nuclear Physics: Department of Physics, University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Seismology: Department of Applied Physics, National University of Science and Technology, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe","Scientific association","Funding provided by Sida","Verified","11 November 2006"
"3","2007-01-05","13","August B.","Temu","ANAFE Executive Secretariat c/o World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) United Nations Avenue PO Box 30677","Nairobi","","00100","","Kenya","African Network for Agroforestry Education (ANAFE)","Executive Secretary","(+254-20) 722-4197","","(+254-20) 722-4162","","(+254-20) 722-4001","a.temu@cgiar.org","Anafe.sec@cgiar.org","www.anafeafrica.org#http://www.anafeafrica.org#","B","2","Agriculture","The African Network for Agroforestry Education (ANAFE) was established in 1993 in a collaborative effort between ICRAF and partner organisations. Its aim is to strengthen the teaching of multi-disciplinary approaches to land management in agriculture, forestry and animal science. The network's success has been demonstrated by its rapid expansion to include over 97 universities and colleges throughout sub-Saharan Africa. ANAFE institutions are all working together to improve their ability to deliver courses in a more effective and integrated manner.","ANAFE provides fellowships for post-graduate studies and research in agroforestry, facilitates staff exchanges and develops teaching materials. It sponsors regular meetings and workshops for the exchange of information and expertise, and publishes the results in a series of training and education reports. The network's specific objectives are to: - strengthen the content and delivery of tertiary education in agriculture, forestry and natural resource sciences with a special focus on the incorporation of agroforestry; - facilitate linkages among education, research and extension to maintain the relevance of the educational programs; - build a culture of sharing information and expertise among educational and training institutions in Africa, and promote links with global partners. The network develops and supports activities that: - strengthen the capacity of educational institutions to initiate and manage programmes with appropriate agroforestry content; - increase the number and expertise of staff teaching agroforestry; - coordinate education, research and extension programmes to facilitate the flow of agroforestry knowledge and skills to ultimate users; and - enhance collaboration between institutions for better utilization of human and other resources.","ANAFE comprises 98 member institutions in 34 countries across Africa, including several universities and technical colleges. The network is coordinated from ICRAF headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya.","ANAFE has appointed two focal institutions in each of the four regions where it operates, including the Institut Polytechnique Rural de Katibougou, Mali and Universite du Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso in the semi-arid lowlands of west Africa; Universite Nationale du Benin and the University of Science and Technology, Ghana in the humid lowlands of west Africa; Embu Agricultural Staff Training College, Kenya and Makerere University, Uganda in eastern and central Africa; and Botswana College of Agriculture and Bunda College of Agriculture, Malawi in southern Africa. Members of ANAFE are colleges and universities in Africa offering education programs in Agroforestry, Agriculture, Forestry, Natural Resource Management and Environment, including related topics in social sciences. ANAFE has 124 member colleges and universities in 34 African countries. It is among the largest working networks of educational institutions in Africa. Colleges and Universities outside Africa may apply for Associate membership. ANAFE will introduce an annual membership fee in 2006.","NGO","ANAFE operates on an approximate annual budget of $500,000 which is mainly provided by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). It has provided financial support to ANAFE since July 1991. ANAFE's members contribute to the cost of managing specific activities.","Verified","18 November 2006"
"4","2007-01-05","14","M.L.","Chandha","Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center Regional Centre for Africa (RCA) PO Box 10, Duluti","Arusha","","","","Tanzania","Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center (AVRDC)","Director","(+255-27) 255-3093","","(+255-27) 255-3102","","(+255-27) 255-3125","avrdc-arp@cybernet.co.tz","info@avrdc-rca.co.tz","#http://www.avrdc.org/rca.html#","A","1","Agriculture","The Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center (AVRDC) is an international not-for-profit organisation committed to alleviating poverty and improving diets through research, development and training. Established in Arusha, Tanzania in 1992, AVRDC's Regional Center for Africa (RCA) is mandated to conduct vegetable research, training and information services for the benefit of national research programs in Africa. Research and Training facilities are located at the Madiira Vegetable Research and Training Station (located 15 km from Arusha, Tanzania).","The Regional Centre for Africa (RCA) conducts an annual 5-month training course on vegetable production for the benefit of researchers and extension specialists working with the national agricultural research and extension systems (NARES), NGOs, and the private sector in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Short-term skill oriented courses are also organized from time to time. In-country training courses of 2 to 3 weeks on need-based topics mutually identified by African NARES/sponsors and RCA are conducted for vegetable researchers and extension specialists. Opportunities are available for research internships, post-graduate thesis research, and Post-Doctoral placements on different aspects of vegetable crops agronomy, production, breeding, crop protection, etc. The general goal of these training events is to enhance the capacity of the staff working with NARES, NGOs, and the private sector in Africa to carry out vegetable Research and development programs. AVRDC's Regional Centre for Africa addresses the major research issues of its mandate commodities through a two-pronged approach: - Enhancing the genetic potential of selected vegetable crops; - Developing technology packages to maximize the production and utilization of vegetable crops and to improve the environment, land and people, in which these crops are grown.","Individuals and institutions","RCA, in close cooperation with the Southern African Center for Cooperation in Agricultural Research and Training (SACCAR), initiated a Collaborative Network of Vegetable Research and Development (CONVERDS). The CONVERDS is a technical organisation charged with coordinating and promoting vegetable research and development agenda and jointly planning to solve pressing problems on vegetable production and utilization in SADC region. Recently, West African NARS established the West Africa Vegetable Network (WAVNET), and RCA will be closely associated with this new network. Similarly, RCA is actively partaking in the ASARECA initiatives in vegetable research and development programs in the region. AVRDC facilitates five regional networks, including: AARNET covering Southeast Asia, comprised the ASEAN member countries SAVERNET covering all of South Asia CLVNET covering Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam CONVERDS, covering ten member countries in southern Africa AVNET, covering Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, and Thailand AVRDC's regional centres include: - Asian Regional Center (Bangkok, Thailand) - Regional Center for South Asia (Hyderabad, India) - Regional Center for Africa (Arusha, Tanzania) Outreach project offices include: - AVRDC West Africa Office (Bamako, Mali) - AVRDC-CIRAD Peri-urban Project (Hanoi, Vietnam) - Afghanistan Program (Jalalabad, Afghanistan) - Central Asia and the Caucasuses (Tashkent, Uzbekistan)","NGO","- Not active in post-graduate training and/or research.","Verified","23 October 2006"
"5","2007-01-05","16","Joseph","DeVries","Food Security Program The Rockefeller Foundation Eden Square Complex Chiromo Road, Westlands Block 1, 5th Floor PO Box 66773 Westlands","Nairobi","","00800","","Kenya","Africancrops.net","Deputy Director","(+254-20) 3750-627","","(+254-20) 3675-000","","(+254-20) 3750-653","jdevries@rockfound.org","africancrops@wananchi.com","www.africancrops.net#http://www.africancrops.net#","A","2","Agriculture","Africancrops.net program strategy is to seize the opportunity created by recent breakthroughs in genetics and farmer-based approaches to breeding by implementing a program on genetic improvement and dissemination of new varieties of African food crops. By focusing genetic sciences on key biological and environmental constraints to crop production in Africa in a range of crops critical to food security, and involving farmers directly in their design and evaluation, new varieties can serve a critical role in boosting productivity among small-scale farmers in Africa. Through decentralized seed multiplication and the development of private seed companies, farmers can have ready access to seed of essential food crops that produce a larger and more dependable harvest. The centrepiece of the strategy is the operation of a continuum of research and product development investments which span the domains of biotechnology, breeding and seed systems and that result in locally relevant crop varieties that are accessible to farmers.","The program supports work on seven crops of importance to food security throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Maize and cassava - Africa's leading staple food crops - are given highest priority. Grant funding is also targeted to improvement strategies with high potential for impact focused on common beans, sorghum, rice, banana, and cowpea. The program has an active interest in the continuing development of crop scientists in Africa. Each year the program sponsors ten or more Ph.D. training fellowships aimed at equipping African professionals to better manage the crop variety development challenges of their home countries. The program supports an intensive Ph.D. crop breeding training program at the University of Natal in Pietermartzburg, South Africa. It also sponsors a number of doctoral fellows training in applied crop biotechnology at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. M.Sc. training in crop sciences is sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation through its Forum Project headquartered at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, and through a separate grant to the University of Zambia.","Grantees and investment partners may include any institution or individual engaged in relevant crop research and variety development activities of importance to small-scale farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. To-date, these have included national agricultural research institutes, international agricultural research centers, NGOs, and small and medium-sized private seed companies. Africancrops.net is an activity of The Rockefeller Foundation's Food Security Program.","The program's primary geographic focus is on eastern and southern Africa.","NGO","M.Sc. training in crop sciences is sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation through its Forum Project, headquartered at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda and through a separate grant to the University of Zambia. Grantees/investment partners may include any institution or individual engaged in relevant crop research and variety development activities of importance to small-scale farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. To date, these have included national agricultural research institutes, international agricultural research centres, NGOs, and small and medium-sized private seed companies.","Verified","18 November 2006"
"6","2007-01-05","17","Seyfu","Ketema","ASARECA Secretariat Plot 15 John Babiiha Road PO Box 765","Entebbe","","","","Uganda","Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA)","Executive Secretary","(+256-41) 320-212","","(+256-41) 320-556","","(+256-41) 321-126","s.ketema@asareca.org","asareca@asareca.org","www.asareca.org#http://www.asareca.org#","A","1","Agriculture","The Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA) is a non-political organisation of the National Agricultural Research Institutes (NARIs) of ten countries: Burundi, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. ASARECA aims at increasing the efficiency of agricultural research in the region so as to facilitate economic growth, food security and export competitiveness through productive and sustainable agriculture.","ASARECA's primary goal is to facilitate agricultural research in Eastern and Central Africa that will promote agriculture oriented towards markets and income generation. Its secondary goal is to serve as the main forum where strategies and ideas for agricultural research and their relationship to agricultural development in the sub-region are conceived and exchanged.","The National Agricultural Research Institutes (NARIs) that are members of ASARECA include: - Burundi: Institut des sciences agronomiques du Burundi (ISABU) - Democratic Republic of Congo: Institut national pour l'etude et la recherche agronomiques (INERA) - Eritrea: Department of Research and Human Resource Development (DARHRD) - Ethiopia: Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organisation (EARO) - Kenya: Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) - Madagascar: Centre national de recherche appliquee au developpement rural (FOFIFA) - Rwanda: Institut des sciences agronomiques du Rwanda (ISAR) - Sudan: Agricultural Research Corporation (ARC) - Tanzania: Department of Research and Development (DRD) - Uganda: National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO)","ASARECA's networks, programmes and projects include: - ASARECA Animal Agriculture Research Network (A-AARNET) - African Highlands Initiative (AHI) - Banana Research Network for Eastern and Southern Africa (BARNESA) - Eastern and Central Africa Biotechnology and Biosafety Programme (ECABIO) - Coffee Research Network (CORNET) - East African Plant Genetic Resources Network (EAPGREN) - Eastern Africa Rootcrops Research Network (EARRNET) - Eastern and Central Africa Bean Research Network (ECABREN) - Eastern and Central Africa Maize and Wheat Research Network (ECAMAW) - Eastern and Central Africa Programme for Agricultural Policy Analysis (ECAPAPA) - Eastern and Central Regional Sorghum and Millet Network (ECARSAM) - Eastern and Central Africa Rice Research Network (ECARRN) - Postharvest Processing Network (FOODNET) - Regional Potato and Sweet potato Improvement Network in Eastern and Central Africa (PRAPACE) - Regional Agricultural Informational Network (RAIN) - Soil and Water Management Network (SWMNET) - Trees on-Farm Network (TOFNET) ASARECA's National Agricultural Research Institutes (NARIs) members include: - Burundi: Institut des Sciences agronomiques du Burundi (ISABU) - Congo: Institut National Pour l'etude et la recherche agronomiques (INERA) - Eritrea: Department of Research and Human Resource Development (DARHRD) - Ethiopia: Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organisation (EARO) - Kenya: Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) - Madagascar: Centre National de recherche ppliquee au developpement rural (FOFIFA) - Rwanda: Institut des Sciences agronomiques du Rwanda (ISAR) - Sudan: Agricultural Research Corporation (ARC) - Tanzania: Department of Research and Development (DRD) - Uganda: National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO)","NGO","- Not active in post-graduate training and/or research. ASARECA's donors include: - African Development Bank (AfDB) - International Development Research Centre (Canada) - Delegation of the European Commission in the Republic of Uganda - Regional Economic Development Services Office for East and Southern Africa (USAID/REDSO/ESA) - Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) - USAID Africa Bureau office of Sustainable Development (USAID/AFR-SD)","Verified","12 October 2006"
"7","2007-01-05","18","Mildred","Mklanda","PO Box 60214","Addis Ababa","","","","Ethiopia","EarthCare Africa Policy Monitoring Institute","External Relations Director","(+251-11) 661-3889","","","(+251-911) 403-408","(+251-11) 661-3889","lindile46@yahoo.co.uk","","","A","1","Agriculture","The EarthCare Africa Policy Monitoring Institute (EcAF) facilitates action for policy analysis and environment by linking policymakers, government and NGOs, industry, research groups and community groups. EcAF develops and packages information kits on subjects related to desertification, and acts as a link between governments, NGOs and experts concerned with desertification.","The EarthCare Africa Policy Monitoring Institute's principal focus is conservation and resource management for environment and development, including: - sustainable natural resources management: e.g. resources and livelihood security, state of resources in Africa; - implementation of environmental legal instruments in Africa (ie Convention on Biodiversity, Climate Change Convention, Desertification Convention); - sustainable agriculture: food security; - socio-economic dimensions: women in relation to decision making; - means of implementation: policy research and analysis, cooperation for capacity building, education, public awareness, advocacy, and lobby group training.","Individuals and institutions","The EarthCare Africa Policy Monitoring Institute has nodes in Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.","NGO","- Not active in post-graduate training and/or research","Verified","29 November 2006"
"8","2007-01-05","19","Cheikh Hamidou","Kane","4 et 5, rue Jacques Bugnicourt ex Kleber BP 3370","Dakar","","","","Senegal","Environmental Development Action in the Third World (ENDA)","President","(+221) 842-8250","","","","(+221) 822-2695","enda@enda.sn","se@enda.sn","www.enda.sn#http://www.enda.sn#","A","1","Agriculture","Environmental Development Action in the Third World (ENDA) works with grassroots groups on the basis of their needs and objectives, contributes to the search for alternative development possibilities at all levels, and supports a variety of training schemes. ENDA works to enhance the visibility and value, in practice as well as theory, of the knowledge and tools that exist in local development efforts.","ENDA collaborates with grassroots groups in search of alternative development models on the basis of the experience, expectations and objectives of marginalised peoples. This consists of identifying and supporting community development initiatives - especially in terms of local organisations. This mutual commitment translates as: - presence at all levels of decision-making and action; - development of replicable models of progress, uniting action, research, training and communication; - involving intellectuals and professionals in defining and implementing development models for the majority and the least privileged; - fighting poverty: this is the primary principle behind ENDA activities; - involvement in international debates to render third world positions visible and influential.","ENDA is an international non-profit organisation based in Dakar, Senegal founded in 1972. It is an association of autonomous entities coordinated by an Executive Secretariat. ENDA's representation includes: - 24 teams at the Dakar headquarters each working on development and environment themes; - 21 centres in Southern countries: 14 in Africa, five in South America, two in Asia; - a European delegation and a Japanese representation to follow soon.","At the Dakar headquarters 24 teams each work on development and environmental themes, including: - 14 centres across Africa; - linkages with numerous institutions and administrations in the developing world.","NGO","- Not active in post-graduate training and/or research; External support provided by: - United Nations - Governments of Switzerland, Austria, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, France, Belgium, Canada, Finland, Italy and Sweden - European Union","Verified","21 November 2006"
"9","2007-01-05","20","Dennis","Garrity","World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) Headquarters United Nations Avenue, Gigiri PO Box 30677","Nairobi","","00100","","Kenya","World Agroforestry Centre/International Center for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF)","Director General","(+254-20) 722-4000","","(+1-650) 833-6645","","(+254-20) 722-4001","d.garrity@cgiar.org","ICRAF@cgiar.org","#http://www.worldagroforestrycentre.org#","A","1","Agriculture","The World Agroforestry Centre/International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF) works to mitigate tropical deforestation, land depletion and rural poverty through improved agroforestry systems. Its goal is to initiate and assist in the generation and dissemination of appropriate agroforestry technologies for resource-poor farmers and other land users. In 2002 the Centre acquired the brand name the 'World Agroforestry Centre'. The 'International Centre for Research in Agroforestry' remains its legal name; however the network continues to use the acronym 'ICRAF'.","The World Agroforestry Centre/ICRAF, established in 1978, is an autonomous, non-profit organisation whose goal is to help mitigate tropical deforestation, land depletion and rural poverty through improved agroforestry systems. The network's objectives focus on conducting strategic and applied research, in partnership with national institutions aimed at developing appropriate agroforestry technologies for more sustainable and productive land use. The centre seeks to strengthen national capacities to conduct agroforestry research by encouraging inter-institutional collaboration and promoting the dissemination of information through training, education, documentation and communication activities. In a collaborative arrangement with African universities, ICRAF senior scientists co-supervise field research and assist Masters and Ph.D. students in thesis writing. Degrees are awarded by the universities where students are registered. In any given year, ICRAF has approximately 50 graduate students under supervision at its research sites.","ICRAF is one of 18 centers in the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). CGIAR was established in 1971 and today consists of an informal association of 41 public and private sector donors supporting some 18 international agricultural research centers.","The World Agroforestry Centre/ICRAF is subdivided into seven regional groups, four of which are located in Africa. The African centres include: - African Humid Tropics Agroforestry Programme; - Eastern & Central Africa Programme; - Sahel Programme (Mali, Senegal, the Gambia, Niger and Burkina Faso); and - Southern Africa Programme","ICRAF is an NGO governed by a Board of Trustees, which has equal representation from developed and developing countries. Since May 1991, ICRAF has become a full member of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR).","Financial support for ICRAF's research, training and information activities is provided by the following organisations: - European Union: $3,199,000 - Canadian International Development Agency: $3,378,000 - DFID (UK): $1,046,000 - Government of Denmark: $969,000 - International Fund for Agricultural Development: $678,000 - Government of The Netherlands: $1,899,000 - Rockefeller Foundation: $907,000 - SII, The Netherlands: N/A - Sida/SAREC: $4,922,000 - USAID: $1,682,000 - World Bank: $1,761,000","Verified","8 November 2006"
"10","2007-01-05","21","Lindiwe","Majele Sibanda","141 Cresswell Street Weavind Park, 0184 Private Bag X813, Silverton 0127","Pretoria","","0127","","South Africa","Food Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN)","Chief Executive Officer","(+27-12) 845-9100","","","(+27-72) 441-8110","(+27-12) 845-9110","l.sibanda@fanrpan.org","admin@fanrpan.org","www.fanrpan.org#http://www.fanrpan.org#","A","1","Agriculture","The Food Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network's (FANRPAN) principal activity is to co-ordinate, influence and facilitate policy research, analysis and dialogue at the national, regional and global levels in order to develop the food, agriculture and natural resources sector through networking, capacity building and generation of information for the benefit of all stakeholders in the SADC region.","FANRPAN's objectives include: - promoting appropriate agricultural policy in order to reduce poverty, increase food security and enhance sustainable agricultural development in the SADC region; - improving policy analysis, research and formulation of priority SADC agricultural research themes; - developing human and institutional capacity for co-ordinated dialogue among stakeholders; - improving policy decision-making through the generation, exchange and use of policy related information.","FANRPAN's nodes are housed in the following institutions: - Botswana: Directorate of Research and Development, University of Botswana - Malawi: Agriculture Policy Research Unit, University of Malawi - Mozambique: Department of Agricultural Economics, Eduardo Mondlane University - Namibia: Namibia Economic Policy Research Unit - Tanzania: Economic and Social Research Foundation - South Africa: Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development, University of Pretoria - Zambia: Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Zambia - Zimbabwe: Southern African Political Economy Series Trust and University of Zimbabwe","FANRPAN is mandated to work in the SADC countries and is currently active in 11 SADC countries, including: Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.","NGO","- Not active in post-graduate training and/or research FANRPAN is associated with the following entities: - Centre for Applied Social Sciences - CTA Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation - Department for International Development - Department for International Development - Economic Social Research Foundation Tanzania - Famine Early Warning Network - Food Agriculture organisation - International Crops Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics - International Food Policy Research Institute - International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre - International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources - Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit - Regional Food Security Training Programme - Regional SADC Database Management & Analytical Project - Southern African Development Community - Southern African Development Community Food Agriculture Natural Resources - The World Bank - United States Agency for International Aid - University Of Pretoria - University of the North - University of Zimbabwe","Verified","21 November 2006"
"11","2007-01-05","22","Njabulo","Nduli","Department of Agriculture Private Bag X250, Office DA-GF-03","Pretoria","","","","South Africa","Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA)","Chairman","(+27-12) 319-7212","","(+233-21) 772-823","","(+27-12) 319-7001","ddgaprm@nda.agric.za","info@fara-africa.org","www.fara-africa.org#http://www.fara-africa.org#","A","1","Agriculture","The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) is an umbrella organisation bringing together and forming coalitions of major stakeholders in agricultural research and development in Africa. FARA complements the innovative activities of national, international and sub-regional research institutions to deliver more responsive and effective services to its stakeholders. It plays advocacy and coordination roles for agricultural research for development, while the national agricultural research systems (NARSs), advanced research institutions (ARIs) and international agricultural research centres (IARCs) develop improved technologies along the research-to-development continuum in their respective countries and coverage areas.","FARA's vision is to enable Africa to achieve at least six percent annual growth in agriculture by the year 2020 through enhanced research and adding value to its products, consequently increasing food security, alleviating poverty and sustaining economic growth. Its principal focus is to enhance and add value to the effectiveness and efficiency of agricultural research systems in Africa that will contribute to agricultural development, economic growth and sustainable use of natural resources.","Individuals and institutions Partners consist of sub-regional organisations, research institutions, civil societies, government institutions and potential donors including such research institutions as: - national agricultural research systems, advanced research institutes, international agricultural research centres, universities and civil society groups; - farmer organisations, the private sector, NGOs and political bodies; - African Union, NEPAD, government institutions and policy makers.","Pan-African The founding members of FARA include: - ASARECA (Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in East and Central Africa); - CORAF/WECARD (West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development); - SADC (Southern African Development Community); - SPAAR (World Bank's Special Program for African Agricultural Research. SPAAR was disbanded when FARA started functioning)","NGO","- Advocacy network not engaged in post-graduate training and/or research. FARA's donors include: - African Development Bank - Canadian International Development Agency - Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) - European Union - International Development Research Centre (IDRC) - Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Rockefeller Foundation - The Governments of Belgium, France, Italy, Germany, The Netherlands and Norway - UNDP - USAID - World Bank","Verified","21 November 2006"
"12","2007-01-05","23","Joachim","von Braun","2033 K Street, NW","Washington","DC","20006-1002","","USA","International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)","Director General","(+1-202) 862-5600","","","","(+1-202) 467-4439","J.Vonbraun@cgiar.org","ifpri@cgiar.org","www.ifpri.org#http://www.ifpri.org#","A","1","Agriculture","International Food Policy Research Institute's (IFPRI) vision is a world free of hunger and malnutrition. The vision is based on the human right to adequate food and nutrition and recognition of the inherent dignity of all members of the human family. It is a world where every person has secure access to sufficient and safe food to sustain a healthy and productive life and where decisions related to food are made transparently and with the participation of consumers and producers.","- Expand the pool of policy researchers and advisors upon which IFPRI can draw to develop research and outreach programs; - Ensure the relevance and accessibility of IFPRI research and outreach activities; - Provide an informal forum for policy researchers, practitioners in the field, and their counterparts at IFPRI to share ideas and methods for conducting policy research and outreach; - Diversify the disciplines of professionals associated with IFPRI's research and outreach activities, thereby improving the quality and quantity of IFPRI's research and outreach; - Encourage researchers and policy advisors from developing and developed countries to participate actively in the dialogue on emerging policy issues in order to stimulate and sustain economic development; - Encourage researchers in developing countries to undertake country- and context-specific policy research, thereby helping the countries strengthen and retain local capacity; - Help identify and set priorities for policy research issues that increase the relevance of IFPRI's research and outreach programs and enhance IFPRI's policy responses to changing information needs in developing countries; - Broaden the sphere of regional influence for IFPRI's research and outreach activities.","IFPRI directly supports developing-country policymakers, nongovernmental organisations (NGOs), and civil society in their efforts to help the poor. In addition, the Institute's published research indirectly affects policy changes through opinion leaders, donors, advisers, and media who influence national and international decision making. IFPRI conducts food policy research and disseminates it through four research and outreach divisions, a communications division, and the 2020 Vision initiative: - 2020 Vision Initiative (2020) - Communications Division (CD) - Development Strategy and Governance (DSGD) - Environment and Production Technology Division (EPTD) - Food Consumption and Nutrition Division (FCND) - International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR) - Markets, Trade and Institutions Division (MTID) IFPRI supported networks include: - ECAPAPA-IFPRI Food policy Research Program - South Asia Initiative - Regional Network on HIV/AIDS, Rural Livelihoods and Food Security (RENEWAL) - Program for Biosafety Systems - Association of Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA) - Asia Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutes (APAARI) - Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) - West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development (CORAF/WECARD) - CGIAR Water Challenge Program - International Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology for Development - Collective Action and Property Rights Initiative - Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (SAKKS) - Southern and Eastern African Farming Systems Research and Extension Association - International Farming System Association - African Agricultural Researchers Association (AARA) - Agricultural Research and Extension Network (AgREN) - Agri-Food Research Network - Association of Agricultural Research Institutions in the Near East and North Africa (AARINENA) - Eastern and Central Africa Program for Agricultural Policy Analysis (ECAPAPA) - Economic Research Forum for the Arab Countries, Iran, and Turkey - European System of Cooperative Research Networks in Agriculture (ESCORENA) - Food Agriculture, and Natural Resource Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN) - Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR) - Poverty Reduction Learning Network (PRLN) - Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA) - Social Science and Policy Research Network for Agriculture (SSPN) - Society for International Development (SID) - South Asia Network of Economic Research Institutes (SANEI) - Southern African Development Community (SADC) - Regional Food Security Training Program (RFSTP) - Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN) - Tanzania Agricultural Policy Analysis Network (TAPANET) - The Economics Education and Research Consortium (EERC) - Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (WOCAN)","IFPRI headquarters are located in Washington, DC. Branch offices are located in the following countries: - Ethiopia - India - China - Costa Rica - Uganda","NGO","- Funding provided by the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations; - IFPRI operates a variety of networks dealing with food policy; however these tend to be issue focused","Verified","9 November 2006"
"13","2007-01-05","24","Karin","Brodie","SAARMSTE Secretariat c/o David and Joan Brookes PO Box 482","Kloof","","3640","","South Africa","Southern African Association for Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education (SAARMSTE)","President","(+27-11) 717-3045","","(+27-31) 763-4535","","(+27-11) 717-3067","brodiek@educ.wits.ac.za","cliveg@iafrica.com","#http://www.wits.ac.za/SAARMSTE/#","A","1","Science","The principal activity of the Southern African Association for Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education (SAARMSTE) is to advance research in mathematics, science and technology education (MSTE) in Southern Africa by: - fostering a sense of community among researchers in MSTE; - promoting research to improve and develop MSTE programmes in response to current and future needs; - seeking representation in relevant MSTE policy-making bodies; - organising conferences at which the results of MSTE research can be presented; - assisting in the development of research skills of people interested in entering the MSTE field, and developing further expertise in that field by means of organizing workshops, short courses and exchange visits; - liaising with other MSTE bodies; - providing avenues for local publication of the findings of research in MSTE; - making research in MSTE available and accessible to policy makers and practitioners; - building an open forum for debate encompassing different MSTE research paradigms; - encouraging discussion and research around key issues in MSTE; - other means as the members in general meeting may determine.","SAARMSTE's principal focus includes: - fostering a sense of community among researchers in science and maths education; - organising conferences at which results of research undertaken by members could be presented; - promoting science and maths education research in the region; - providing resources for people interested in entering the field or developing further expertise in the field; - liaising with similar bodies in other parts of the world.","Individuals and institutions","Southern Africa","Academic consortium","","Verified","29 November 2006"
"14","2007-01-05","25","Michael","Kishimba","Chemistry Department University of Dar es Salaam PO Box 35061","Dar es Salaam","","","","Tanzania","African Network for Chemical Analysis of Pesticides (ANCAP)","Executive Secretary, Professor","(+255-22) 241-0244","2113","(+255-22) 241-0038","(+255-741) 411-225","(+255-22) 241-0244","kishimba@chem.udsm.ac.tz","ancap@chem.udsm.ac.tz","#http://www.ancap.org/#","A","1","Chemistry","The African Network for Chemical Analysis of Pesticides (ANCAP) is a non-governmental, apolitical, non-sectarian and non-profit making scientific body devoted to the study, promotion and development of the science of all aspects of chemical analysis of pesticides, including residue analyses, degradation and environmental fate with the overall objective of not only safeguarding public health and the environment, but also ensuring the safety of African agricultural and aquatic products. Thus, making them competitive on the world market and significantly contributing to the region's poverty eradication endeavours.","ANCAP's establishment (through logistical and financial support of the University of Uppsala's International Program in the Chemical Sciences) has provided coordination of the human resources capacity in chemical analysis of pesticide research within the region and created an interactive atmosphere among researchers in the region and promotion of south-south and north-south collaboration. The regional networking approach in chemical analysis of pesticides research has offered many opportunities, among them the following: - facilitation of the optimal use of laboratory equipment and other facilities pertinent to chemical analysis of pesticides available in the region; - promotion of the regional research approach to solving common problems; - intra-regional capacity building via training of M.Sc. and Ph.D. students in one month exchange programs in ANCAP member states; - contribution towards increasing the potential to marshal both decision-makers and political support needed for policy formulations based on research results.","Individuals and institutions","ANCAP's coverage is currently limited to Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe.","NGO","- ANCAP derives its funding from membership fees and subscriptions, contributions by African and multilateral donors, as well as donations and grants from governmental and non-governmental organisations. - ANCAP is sponsored by the International program in the Chemical Sciences (IPICS), Uppsala University (Sweden). The network occasionally receives sponsorship for specific activities from UNESCO. - Due to limited funding, one month exchange programs offered for M.Sc. and Ph.D. research.","Verified","14 October 2006"
"15","2007-01-05","26","Nguessan","Koffi","Immeuble Abdoulaye DIAW 2eme Etage Route des Mamelles Ouakam BP 21007","Dakar","","","","Senegal","Union for African Population Studies (UAPS)","President","(+221) 860-3664","","","","","uaps@sentoo.sn","yao@uaps.org","www.uaps.org#http://www.uaps.org#","A","1","Demography","The Union for African Population Studies (UAPS) is a scientific, pan-African, non-profit organisation. The main objective of UAPS is to promote the scientific study of population in Africa through research, training, information, technical assistance and cooperation.","The main focus of UAPS is to promote the scientific study of population in Africa. In order to reach this objective UAPS' strategy hinges on the four following components : - Information : editing, publication and dissemination of a scientific journal, a newsletter and various other scientific Publications; the setting up of a documentation centre; and organising conferences and seminars; - Training: organisation of seminars and workshops for the initiation and retraining in new research approaches and methods (data collection and analyses); in the drafting and formulation of research proposals and study reports; and in the use of research findings; - Research: through grants for individual research and/or in commissioning of studies through the setting up of networks, the Union contributes to research networks and the enhancement of knowledge among the African population; - Assistance and technical cooperation: through the provision of technical and scientific support to public, parastatal or private institutions, as well as the other scientific organszations working in the field of population studies. In addition to these components, the UAPS Secretariat continues conduct activities geared towards the organisation's institutionl building.","UAPS is open to all African or Africa-related researchers and to all institutions working in the field of population and development in Africa. It currently has a membership of approximately 1,050 members from Africa, Europe, North America and Asia. UAPS provides two types of memberships: individual and institutional.","Pan-African","NGO","- Structured more as an association - Restructured due to lack of funds","Verified","20 October 2006"
"16","2007-01-05","27","Kwabena","Ofori-Attah","University of the Cumberlands 6191 College Station Drive","Williamsburg","KY","40769","","USA","African Education Research Network (AERN)","Administrator & Assistant Professor","(+1-606) 549-2200","","","","","doforik@cumberlandcollege.edu","Craig_Brookins@ncsu.edu","#http://www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/aern/index.htm#","A","1","Education","The African Education Research Network (AERN) was founded in 1992 by a small group of American and African universities meeting on the campus of Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. It is a non-profit network dedicated solely to the dissemination of information on Africa. AERN's principal activity is to broaden the scope of socio-political, educational and economic understanding about the continent of Africa and to support through research conducted on, in and about the African continent the dissemination of information associated with education and human development pertaining to people, products and systems on the continent of Africa.","AERN will serve as a conduit for information and provide the structure necessary for the improvement of educational access and opportunities for persons residing on the continent of Africa. It intends to serve as the major source of research that is easily accessible by all persons who have an interest in Africa. AERN aims to become an institutionalized and sustainable network of educational resources that are available and accessible to educators, researchers, practitioners and policy makers throughout the world in general and specifically on the African continent.","Individuals and institutions","- Albany State University (lead university) - University of Swaziland (lead university) - Ado Bayero University - Clark Atlanta University - Florida A&M University - Kenyatta University - Makerere University - National University of Lesotho - North Carolina State University - Ohio University - Oklahoma State University - University of Ghana - University of Manchester - University of Namibia - University of Ottawa - University of Zimbabwe","NGO","- Not active in post-graduate training and/or research. - Website last updated 16 May 2005.","Verified","13 October 2006"
"17","2007-01-05","28","Mamadou","Ndoye","7-9 rue Eugene-Delacroix","Paris","","75116","","France","Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA)","Executive Secretary","(+33-14) 503-7757","","","","(+33-14) 503-3965","adea@iiep.unesco.org","","www.adeanet.org#http://www.adeanet.org#","A","1","Education","The Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) was established at the initiative of the World Bank in 1988. Then called Donors to African Education (DAE), its objective was to foster collaboration and coordination between development agencies in support of education in Africa. ADEA's principal activities include: - promoting dialogue and partnerships; - developing consensus on policy issues facing education in Africa; - reinforcing African Ministries' capacities to develop, manage, and implement education policies; - promoting the sharing of experiences and successful strategies; - promoting nationally-driven education policies, projects, and programs.","ADEA focuses on developing partnerships between Ministers of Education and funding agencies in order to promote effective education policies based on African leadership and ownership.","ADEA is a network and a partnership. This means that ADEA is neither a funding agency nor a traditional organisation or investment project. ADEA is a network of African ministries of education, development agencies, education specialists and researchers and NGOs active in education.","Pan-African","NGO","Not active in post-graduate training and/or research","Verified","8 November 2006"
"18","2007-01-05","30","Xavier","Mugisha","Department of Statistical Methods Institute of Statistics and Applied Economics Makarere University PO Box 7062","Kampala","","","","Uganda","Institute of Statistics and Applied Economics (ISAE)","Director","(+256-41) 541-558","","(+256-41) 540-409","","(+256-41) 530-756","xmugisha@isae.mak.ac.ug","mugisha@eprc.or.ug","www.makerere.ac.ug/statistics/intro.htm#http://www","A","1","Education","The Institute of Statistics and Applied Economics (ISAE) was established as an autonomous institute within the legal framework of Makerere University, Kampala in July 1969 to provide facilities for the high level professional training of personnel in Statistics and Applied Economics to meet the urgent needs of Uganda, other countries of East Africa, as well as other English-speaking countries in the context of the formulation and implementation of National Plans for Economic and Social Development.","ISAE provides undergraduate, post-graduate and specialized training in statistical methods, planning, applied statistics and demography. The department also offers programs in the following areas: - Bachelor of Statistics - Bachelor of Science Quantitative Economics - Bachelor of Science Population Studies - Bachelor of Science Actuarial Science - Bachelor of Science Statistics - Master in Statistics - Master in Arts Demography - Master of Science in Reproductive Health","Individuals and institutions","The present core group countries in this regional cooperation scheme include: Uganda, Botswana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.","University faculty","- Out of mandate (undergraduate program and post-graduate diploma).","Verified","12 November 2006"
"19","2007-01-05","31","Paul","Ginies","01 BP 594","Ouagadougou","","01","","Burkina Faso","L'ecole inter-Etats d'ingenieurs de l'equipement rural (EIER-ETSHER)","Director General","(+226-50) 302-053","","(+226-50) 307-116","","(+226-50) 312-724","dg@2ie-edu.org","2ie@2ie-edu.org","www.eieretsher.org#http://www.eieretsher.org#","A","1","Engineering","L'ecole inter-Etats d'ingenieurs de l'equipement rural (EIER) [International Institute for Water and Environmental Engineering] and L'ecole inter-Etats des techniciens superieurs de l'hydraulique et de l'equipement rural [the Inter-State School of Professional Hydraulics and Rural EquipmentTechnicians] (ETSHER) were created in 1968 and 1972, respectively. Since its inception, EIER-ETSHER has trained numerous engineers, technicians and post-graduate diploma specialists.","EIER-ETSHER is the brainchild of 14 French-speaking African countries and is embedded in a network of research and training partnerships spanning both northern and southern Africa. It has opted to contribute to the development of knowledge in its areas of expertise through the development of applied research programs focusing on priority issues for Africa. EIER-ETSHER provides training in the following areas: - Bachelor of Engineering - Master of Engineering - Specialized Masters - Ph.D. program (to be announced)","Individuals and institutions","Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and Togo.","NGO","- Efforts focused on undergraduate training and colleges - Francophone African network EIER-ETSHER receives funding from the following institutions: - African Institute of Sciences and Technology (AIST)/Nelson Mandela Institution - French Development Agency (AFD) - Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) - Development and Cooperation Department - Economic Community of West African States (CEDEAO/ECOWAS) - European Commission - Food and Agriculture Organisation - French Ministry of Foreign Affairs - French-speaking Countries Institute of Energy and Environment (IEPF) - French-speaking Universities Agency (AUF) - German Office of Academic Exchanges (DAAD) - West African Economical and Monetary Union (UEMOA/WAEMU) - World Bank Institute - World Meteorological Organisation","Verified","12 November 2006"
"20","2007-01-05","32","Jenny","Taylor","PO Box 418","Wits","","2050","","South Africa","Foundation of Tertiary Institutions of the Northern Metropolis (FOTIM)","Project Co-ordinator","(+27-11) 717-9362","","(+27-11) 318-2848","","(+27-11) 717-9364","jenny@fotim.ac.za","anke@fotim.ac.za","www.fotim.ac.za#http://www.fotim.ac.za#","A","1","Education","The Foundation of Tertiary Institutions of the Northern Metropolis (FOTIM) is the largest academic consortium in South Africa, currently with a membership of nine universities and universities of technology in the Gauteng, Limpopo and North West provinces. FOTIM actively promotes collaboration amongst universities and universities of technology, and convenes conferences, workshops and discussion fora in the important areas of quality assurance, mentorship, libraries and information, disability, access, gender, and the use of ICT in education. It encourages debate, best practice and capacity building through the sharing of knowledge and commitment to academic excellence in the region.","FOTIM's vision is to create opportunities for the benefit of higher education in the region through collaborative projects and initiatives. Its objectives contain the concepts of co-operation and optimal resource utilization, transformation within higher education, greater mobility of students, and the promotion of equity, diversity and academic excellence. An important benefit to FOTIM's members is the provision of a neutral forum for debate and a place where the views of others can be heard. South African higher education policy has taken as its point of departure a triple challenge: - overcoming social and structural inequalities; - contributing to reconstruction and development, and - positioning South Africa to engage effectively with globalisation.","Individuals and institutions","FOTIM member institutions include: - North-West University - Tshwane University of Technology - University of Johannesburg - University of Limpopo - University of Pretoria - University of South Africa - University of the Witwatersrand - University of Venda - Vaal University of Technology","Academic Consortium","- Not active in post-graduate training and/or research.","Verified","13 November 2006"
"21","2007-01-05","33","Urbain","Dembele","BP E 1854","Bamako","","","","Mali","Educational Research Network for West and Central Africa (ROCARE)","National Coordinator","(+223) 221-1612","","(+223) 223-6578","(+223) 914-9328","(+223) 221-2115","urbain@ml.refer.org","info@rocare.org","www.rocare.org#http://www.rocare.org#","A","1","Education","The Educational Research Network for West and Central Africa's (ROCARE) role is the promotion of African expertise in order to positively influence the educational practices and policies. Education is one of the engines of the transformation and competitiveness in Africa where research in must urge on the evolution of the academic system. This research must be fostered by local values and constraints.","ROCARE's strategic objectives include: - reinforcing national and regional capacity in research and evaluation of policies; - increasing the quality and relevance of research for experts and decision makers; - communicating the results of research in order to stimulate public dialogue.","ROCARE's network consists of 100+ researchers in 12 member countries: eight francophone and four Anglophone. ROCARE's regional coordination is carried out in Bamako, Mali. A steering committee defines the parameters of the network and a scientific committee monitors the quality of research. The national chapters are headed by coordinators who liaise with stakeholders in the field of education and other related sectors.","ROCARE's coverage includes: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo.","NGO","- Not active in post-graduate training and/or research. ROCARE's international donors and partners include: - International Development Research Centre (IDRC) - DDC (Cooperation Suisse) - Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) - USAID - Association for Education Development - Forum of African Women Educationalists (FAWE)","Verified","7 November 2006"
"22","2007-01-05","34","Jenny","Glennie","PO Box 31822","Braamfontein","","2017","","South Africa","South African Institute for Distance Education (SAIDE)","Director","(+27-11) 403-2813","","","","(+27-11) 403-2814","jennyg@saide.org.za","info@saide.org.za","www.saide.org.za#http://www.saide.org.za#","A","1","Education","The South African Institute for Distance Education (SAIDE) was formed as an educational trust in July 1992. Its explicit brief is to assist in the reconstruction of education and training in South Africa. It promotes open learning principles, the use of quality distance education methods and the appropriate use of technology. SAIDE works closely with policy makers and providers of educational programs to translate these approaches into practice. SAIDE is committed to increasing democratic access to knowledge, skills and learning through the adoption of open learning principles and distance education strategies. SAIDE has the following aims: - to successfully promote open learning and quality distance education in key policy areas and in different educational sectors; - to support programs in adopting sound distance education practices in course design, materials development, learner support, the use of technology and in management; - to build knowledge about distance education through research, the development of resources and the dissemination of information.","SAIDE is not an implementing agency. Rather, it acts as an advocate, catalyst, and facilitator to support the design and development of new programs using distance education methods and to bring about change in existing distance educational practices. SAIDE has developed an excellent reputation for the quality and effectiveness of its work, and for its ability to manage a wide range of projects. SAIDE was conceived of as an independent organisation which would not itself offer programs to learners, but which would work with programs and institutions, as well as national and provincial governments, to promote the concept of quality distance education and help give it practical expression.","Individuals and institutions","Southern Africa and SADC region","NGO","- Not active in post-graduate training and/or research SAIDE was initially entirely supported by the European Union. From 1995, SAIDE began to diversity its funding. In early 1997, SAIDE turned its attention to its financial sustainability. It consolidated its project system, introduced timesheets and set targets for different types of income. These types were: - General income from funding agencies (organisational grants) - Particular project income from funding agencies (project grants) - Commissioned project income - Other (including interest, royalties, use of administrative services, etc).","Verified","22 November 2006"
"23","2007-01-05","35","Else","Oyen","CROP Secretariat Nyg?rdsgaten 5","Bergen","","N-5020","","Norway","Comparative Research Programme on Poverty (CROP)","Scientific Director","(+47-5) 558-9739","","(+47-5) 558-9744","","(+47-5) 558-9745","crop@uib.no","inge.tesdal@crop.uib.no","www.crop.org#http://www.crop.org#","A","1","Governance Sciences","The Comparative Research Programme on Poverty (CROP) is an international NGO initiated by the International Social Science Council (ISSC) organised around an extensive international and multi-disciplinary research network, which is open to all poverty researchers and others interested in a scientific approach to poverty. CROP has been selected by the Norwegian Research Council as a node for poverty research in Norway directed towards the South.","CROP is a response from the academic community to the problem of poverty. CROP concentrates on research. The major aim is to produce sound and reliable knowledge, which can serve as a basis for poverty reduction. CROP has attracted researchers from all over the world and gained respect as an independent voice in an area where many different interests are involved. The global phenomenon of poverty has entered the international political agenda. Politicians and major humanitarian organisations are looking for solutions, hoping that researchers can provide the answers. There is a great potential for developing poverty research, to create new insights between disciplines and across national boundaries. CROP has created an intellectual arena where such interests can meet. Regional workshops, international conferences and projects are organised for researchers to meet face to face to discuss topics of mutual interest and develop new ideas. Such arenas are of particular importance when researchers from different cultures and disciplines are to co-operate and engage in comparative studies. The main objectives for CROP are: - considering how the social sciences can better contribute to the understanding of poverty in a global context; - comparing different theoretical approaches so as to understand better their links and relationships; - considering how scholars working within different paradigms -- develop a joint arena for multi-paradigmatic poverty research; - establishing an international scientific network which will give impetus to a long-term research program; - generating and securing high quality data of importance for different social science approaches to the comparative study of poverty; - creating a body of scientific knowledge which can be used for poverty reduction.","Individuals and institutions","Francis Wilson, Professor Chair of CROP, School of Economics University of Cape Town, South Africa Abderrezak Benhabib, Professor & Director Laboratory MECAS (Management des Entreprises et du Capital Social) Tlemcen University, Algeria Alicia Ziccardi Contigiani, Researcher Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales (ISS-UNAM) UniverSidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico Dr. Paul Hunt Department of Law, University of Essex, UK Layi Erinosho, Professor & Executive Secretary Social Science Academy of Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria Santosh Mehrotra, Regional Economic Advisor UNDP Regional Centre for Asia, Thailand Leif Jensen, Professor Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Penn State, USA Yolanda Ricardo, Vice Director Centro de Estudios de America, Cuba Karima Korayem, Professor Faculty of Commerce (Girls), Al Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt Adebayo O. Olukoshi, Executive Secretary Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), Dakar, Senegal Maria Petmesidou, Professor Vice-Chair of CROP, Department of Social Administration, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece Peter Saunders, ARC Professorial Fellow and Director Social Policy Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia Elisa Reis, Professor Vice-Chair of CROP Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Mohammad Shafi, Professor Emeritus Aligarh Muslim University, India Arjun Sengupta, Adjunct Professor Department of Population and International Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA Carlos Sojo, Director Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO), San Jose, Costa Rica Du Xiaoshang, Deputy Director, Institute of Rural Development, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), Beijing, China","NGO","- Not active in post-graduate training and/or research","Verified","24 November 2006"
"24","2007-01-05","36","Kwesi","Kwaa Prah","PO Box 359 Rondebosch","Cape Town","","7701","","South Africa","Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society (CASAS)","Director","(+27-21) 689-9217","","","","(+27-21) 685-0332","kkprah@casas.co.za","casas@casas.co.za","www.casas.co.za#http://www.casas.co.za#","A","1","Governance Sciences","The Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society (CASAS) was conceived as a Pan-African centre for creating research networks in Africa and its Diaspora. CASAS undertakes the supervision, coordination and management of research work focusing on the economic, social, historical, political and cultural aspects of the development problematique in Africa.","CASAS undertakes the supervision, coordination and management of research work focusing on the economic, social, historical, political and cultural aspects of the development problematique in Africa. Cultural issues and their relationship to development, and selected basic research on the structure of African society are particularly important areas of interest to the centre. In this respect, CASAS carves out a niche which is distinct from the areas of interest of other similar research bodies in Africa.","Individuals and institutions","Pan-African","NGO","- Not active in post-graduate training and/or research.","Verified","13 November 2006"
"25","2007-01-05","37","Chris","Landsberg","PO Box 1933 Parklands","Johannesburg","","2121","","South Africa","Centre for Policy Studies (CPS)","Director","(+27-11) 442-2666","","(+27-11) 442-2667","","(+27-11) 442-2677","chris@cps.org.za","portia@cps.org.za","www.cps.org.za#http://www.cps.org.za#","A","1","Governance Sciences","The Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) is an independent policy research institution, committed to producing original and thought-provoking research on South Africa's, and the rest of Africa's, policies, governance, and democratisation challenges. Originally established as part of the Business School of the University of the Witwatersrand in 1987, CPS's work still enjoys wide recognition among foreign scholars and research institutions. Engaging with, but remaining independent of all political parties and interest groups, it has established itself as a highly respected influence in South Africa's key policy debates.","CPS' principal focus is to serve as a forum for debate among policy-makers, scholars, analysts, and other stakeholders, thereby influencing policy debates at home, in Africa and globally on South Africa and the rest of Africa's policy, governance and democratisation challenges; and to effectively disseminate the products of its research and other activities to all stakeholders, including policy-makers, civil society organisations, and citizens in general. This is one of CPS's key challenges: becoming better and far more effective in communicating policy research findings.","CPS Board of Directors: - Prof. Paulus Zulu, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University of Natal (Durban): chairperson - Dr Chris Landsberg, Director, CPS (non-voting) - Khehla Shubane, CEO, Business Map Foundation - Gillian Godsell, Independent Consultant - Dr Haroon Bhorat, Director, DPRU, University of Cape Town - Francis Antonie, Senior Economist, Standard Bank - Prof Frances Lund, Senior Research Fellow, Dept for School of Development Studies, University of Natal CPS Members: - Dr Chris Landsberg, Director, CPS - Prof Frances Lund, Senior Research Fellow, Dept for School of Development Studies, University of Natal - Khehla Shubane, CEO, Business Map Foundation - Prof Paulus Zulu, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Natal - Steven Friedman, Senior Research Fellow, CPS - Rasigan Maharajh, Chief Director, Institute for Economic Research on Innovation, Tshwane University of Technology - Gillian Godsell, Independent Consultant - Dr Haroon Bhorat, Director, DPRU, University of Cape Town - Francis Antonie, Senior Economist, Standard Bank - Claire Kruger, (staff representative) Information Officer, CPS","South Africa, SADC sub-region and Pan-Africa (in order of priority).","NGO","Funding is provided by the following institutions and organisations: - Anglo American Chairman's fund - De Beers Fund - South African Breweries - Open Society Institute - The Ford Foundation - The Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) of Bonn - The Institute for Development Studies (IDS) - The Government of Belgium - The Mott Foundation - The Embassy of Finland - The Ford Foundation - The Rockerfeller Brothers - The Foundation for Human Rights - Not active in post-graduate training and/or research.","Verified","19 November 2006"
"26","2007-01-05","38","Adebayo","Olukoshi","Avenue Cheikh Anta Diop x Canal IV BP 3304","Dakar","","18524","","Senegal","Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA)","Executive Secretary","(+221) 824-0374","","(+221) 825-9822","","(+221) 824-1289","executive.secretary@codesria.sn","codesria@codesria.sn","www.codesria.org#http://www.codesria.org#","A","1","Governance Sciences","The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) is a Pan-African research organisation with a primary focus on the social sciences, broadly defined. It is recognised not only as the pioneer African social research organisation but also as the apex non-governmental centre of social knowledge production on the continent. CODESRIA's principal objectives include the facilitation of multi-disciplinary research, the promotion of research-based publishing, the building of capacity amongst African researchers at all levels through a strong training programme, the promotion of the principle of academic freedom, and the creation of multiple fora for the exchange of views and information amongst African researchers. CODESRIA challenges the fragmentation of research and knowledge through the creation of thematic research networks that cut across regional, disciplinary and linguistic barriers. It encourages the African social research community to strive for the achievement of a more holistic understanding of the historical and contemporaneous experiences of the continent through multi-disciplinary interventions that draw on a variety of traditions and approaches, integrate gender perspectives, and tap into the insights of different generations of scholars. In this sense, the Council can also be seen as playing a critical role in promoting a dialogue among the disciplines, the four generations of African social researchers, and male and female scholars. Furthermore, the Council is mandated to support the strengthening of the institutional basis of knowledge production by developing programmes of collaboration with other centres of social research in Africa whether they are national or (sub-) regional, university-based or independent.","CODESRIA's principal objectives are as follows: - To promote and facilitate research and knowledge production in Africa using a holistic, multi-disciplinary approach. In this connection, the Council is committed to the goal of combating the fragmentation of knowledge production, and the African community of scholars along various disciplinary and linguistic/geographical lines; - To promote and defend the principle of independent thought and the academic freedom of researchers in the production and dissemination of knowledge; - Encourage and support the development of African comparative research with a continental perspective and a sensitivity to the specificity of development process in Africa; - Promote the publication and dissemination of the results of research undertaken by African scholars; - Strengthen the institutional basis of knowledge production in Africa by proactively engaging and supporting other research institutions and their networks of scholars within its programs of activities. As part of this goal, the Council also actively encourages cooperation and collaboration among African universities, research organisations and other training institutions; - Encourage inter-generational and gender-sensitive dialogues in the African academy as a further investment of effort in the promotion of awareness of and capacity in the use of different perspectives for knowledge production; - Promote contacts and dialogue between African researchers and researcher on Africa elsewhere in the world, as well as interaction between the Council and similar international organisations.","Individuals and institutions","Pan-African","NGO","- Not active in post-graduate training and/or research.","Verified","19 November 2006"
"27","2007-01-05","39","Fernard","Vincent","3 rue Varembe Case postale 116","Geneva","","CH 1211-20","","Switzerland","Development Innovation and Networks (IRED)","President","(+41-22) 734-1716","","","","(+41 22) 740-0011","info@ired.org","pier@ired.org","www.ired.org#http://www.ired.org#","A","1","Governance Sciences","The Development Innovation and Networks' (IRED) principal activity is to create, together with organisations dedicated to social economic and political change, a vibrant movement to leverage change based on the analysis and proposals generated by the people at local, regional and global levels.","IRED is an international association of individuals who believe in a global development project, who live by the same values and who are committed, both individually and collectively, towards bringing about change. IRED is an international network of over 1,000 partners, local networks, peasant and urban groups, associations of handicraftsmen, women, cooperatives, NGOs and other fellow organisations, who are eager to collaborate in order to break out of their state of isolation and, by joining forces, constitute an organised force to bring about change. It is an international service, organised at the national, regional and world levels, to provide its members and partners, and indeed all of the organisations with which it collaborates, with information, exchanges of experiences and support for local and global development. To achieve the defined objectives, IRED: - facilitates exchanges of experiences between South-South, South-North, North-South and also with the East; - assists in the creation and development of local and national networks, unions and group federations; - provides together with partners, technical support in the areas of training, management and organisation, appropriate technologies, negotiating, etc., in order to strengthen the institutions in question, at every level. IRED is therefore a facilitator, a convivial platform from which each and every one can express himself freely and work positively, a service which strives to guide and strengthen all those with whom it collaborates, and never competing with those involved in similar activities.","Individuals and institutions","Central Africa, East-Africa, West Africa, Asia, South America, Austral Africa, North America, Central America.","NGO","- Not active in post-graduate training and/or research; - No response to repeated queries.","Verified","22 November 2006"
"28","2007-01-05","40","Ibbo","Mandaza","4 Deary Avenue, Belgravia PO Box MP 111 Mount Pleasant","Harare","","","","Zimbabwe","Southern Africa Political Economy Series Trust (SAPES)","Executive Director","(+263-4) 252-962","","(+263-4) 252-965","","(+263-4) 252-963","ibbo@sapes.org.zw","info@sapes.org.zw","www.sapes.co.zw#http://www.sapes.co.zw#","A","1","Governance Sciences","The Southern Africa Political Economy Series Trust's (SAPES) mission is to promote the growth of regional scholarship and publications, public debate and policy dialogue on critical political and socio-economic problems which affect the SADC region. The Trust has engaged in a wide range of research activities, an ambitious publications program, and training in policy formulation and analysis. Formerly known as the Southern African Regional Institute for Policy Studies (SARIPS), SAPES Trust is a policy research institute with a southern African regional focus. SAPES Trust has been sponsoring research and publishing since the late 1980s, including a weekly newspaper and an extensive book catalogue.","SAPES seeks to develop an autonomous indigenous capacity for intellectual and scholarly input that promotes policy research, training and dialogue in the southern African region that is uninfluenced by official agendas of governments, donors and established pinnacles of conventional academia abroad and in the sub-region. The organisation operates under the following objectives: - providing a regional perspective to national social science research institutions in the region; - promoting policy analysis through rigorous policy research which is at once development-oriented, problem-focused and predictive; - creating an environment for policy dialogue processes which bring together policy makers, academics and civil society organisations in a discourse on critical policy issues through national, regional and international seminars, workshops and conferences; - promoting cooperation among social scientists in the region by sponsoring research networks and visiting research fellowships; - opening channels of communication between various research institutes, development groups and other organised movements and governments in the region; - building regional capacity in policy making and analysis through training; and - disseminating research results through publications.","SAPES is governed by a board of directors comprised of distinguished international experts drawn from a wide range of disciplines. The Board provides policy direction and guidance to management. The SAPES directorate consists of the Executive Director, who is in charge of the overall management of the Institute, together with an assistant director for training and research and an assistant director for finance and administration. The activity areas of the Institute consist of research, training and policy dialogue, which are supported by finance and administration and the Library and Documentation Centre.","SADC region","NGO","- Not active in post-graduate training and/or research","Verified","26 November 2006"
"29","2007-01-05","41","David","Runnalls","161 Portage Avenue East 6th Floor","Winnipeg","MB","R3B 0Y4","","Canada","International Institute for Sustainable Development (ISSD)","President & CEO","(+1-204) 958-7700","","(+1-613) 238-2296","","(+1-204) 958-7710","drunnalls@iisd.ca","info@iisd.ca","#http://www.iisd.org/#","A","1","Governance Sciences","The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) contributes to sustainable development by advancing policy recommendations on international trade and investment, economic policy, climate change, measurement and indicators, and natural resources management. By using Internet communications, IISDS reports on international negotiations and broker knowledge gained through collaborative projects with global partners, resulting in more rigorous research, capacity building in developing countries and better dialogue between North and South.","Founded in 1990, IISD is in the business of promoting change towards sustainable development. Through our research and through effective communication of our findings, we engage decision-makers in government, business, NGOs and other sectors to develop and implement policies that are simultaneously beneficial to the global economy, the global environment and to social well-being. We also believe fervently in the importance of building our own institutional capacity while helping our partner organisations in the developing world to excel.","Individuals and institutions","Global outreach","Think tank","- Funding provided by the Ford Foundation - Not active in post-graduate training and/or research","Verified","11 November 2006"
"30","2007-01-05","43","Anne M.","Pertet","PO Box 20811","Nairobi","","00202 KNH","","Kenya","Social Sciences and Medicine in Africa Network (SOMA-Net)","CEO and Coordinator","(+254-20) 605-472","","(+254-20) 600-568","","(+254-20) 600-598","somanet@africaonline.co.ke","somanet@wananchi.com","www.somanet.org#http://www.somanet.org#","A","1","Governance Sciences","The Social Sciences and Medicine in Africa Network (SOMA-Net) is an African health research network, which aims at promoting the application of social sciences in improving human health and development. SOMA-Net's strategic goal is to develop health social science research capacity and promote development-oriented research that informs and strengthens health development and contributes to global knowledge.","SOMA-Net focuses on four main areas: networking, advocacy, promotion of health social sciences, research and research capacity strengthening. SOMA-Net is based on the widespread recognition that: - understanding health is highly complex because of the multiple levels of influence on specific health problems; - the effectiveness of applying social science to improve health has been limited because most health social research is driven by disease-specific or health program-specific needs rather than the broader view of health and illness in society, which crosses traditional disciplinary boundaries; - social and behavioural factors are important determinants of disease and illness and that an effective solution of these problems involves social and behavioural changes as well as technological interventions; - collaborative efforts between social and biomedical scientists provide potential strength in broadening the understanding, identification and solutions of health problems.","SOMA-Net has compiled a list of over 50 research organisations and networks working in social sciences in Africa. These organisations concentrate on political and development issues, economic and policy research, social science research in agriculture and rural development, gender, democracy and governance, population, specific branches of health sciences (reproductive health, nutrition) and social sciences. SOMA-Net therefore has a niche in that its main role is in research, which integrates, social and in health sciences which other networks do not adequately cater to.","SOMA-Net's membership extends to the following countries: Algeria, Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zaire and Zimbabwe.","Regional health research network (NGO)","- Not active in post-graduate training and/or research. - SOMA-Net's main research project currently focuses on HIV/AIDS. It is supported by Sida/SAREC under the Programme of Support to African Social Science Research on the HIV/AIDS pandemic: Reversing the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Among the Youth Through Participatory Action.","Verified","18 November 2006"
"31","2007-01-05","44","Saul","Taree Kahuika","SEAPREN Secretariat Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit (NEPRU) PO Box 40710 Ausspannplatz","Windhoek","","","","Namibia","Southern and Eastern Africa Policy Research Network (SEAPREN)","Coordinator","(+264 61) 277-500","","","","(+264 61) 277-501","Saul.Kahuika@nepru.org.na","SeaprenSecretariat@esrf.or.tz","www.seapren.org#http://www.seapren.org#","A","1","Governance Sciences","The Southern and Eastern Africa Policy Research Network (SEAPREN) is a network of six research institutions engaged in strengthening policy analysis in their home countries. The network was established in Gaborone, Botswana in November 1999. The aim of the network is to collaborate on national and regional research projects and capacity building; exchange best practices and mutual learning in research as well as institutional management; and monitor international developments and new approaches within the field of policy analysis to ensure that network members use best practices and techniques.","Research: Regional and International Trade The aim of this research theme is to facilitate the provision of critical and timely analysis of international trade relations which are evolving in East and Southern Africa in the increasingly complex international economic environment. Poverty and Poverty Alleviation: The aim of this research theme is to address specific questions regarding the problem of poverty in the East and Southern Region given the tendency of poverty indicators to increase over time despite the countries in the region instituting economic reforms and adopting poverty reducing programs. Governance: Within this theme, the transformation required by East and Southern African state apparatuses in order enable them to play the role of a facilitator and an enabler of economic growth will be investigated, and the types of institutions required and the level of collaboration needed to create a conducive environment for economic growth will be identified. Economic Growth and Industry: Research in this area will concentrate on national and regional policies that could enhance the competitive strengths with regards to industrialization. Typical questions would be the scope for trans-national industrial clustering, measures to avoid beggar thy neighbour policies, pooling efforts for investment and trade promotion, inter regional competition policies, industrial restructuring, and the role of IT and e-commerce. Capacity Building: The key objectives of capacity building under SEAPREN would be to promote sharing of best practices in institutional governance; provide a forum for experience sharing by equipping researchers with the necessary skills of professional networking; and promoting excellence in research by facilitating the dissemination of up-to-date analytical and empirical research methods. Connectivity: Connectivity is at the heart of the network. SEAPREN members are all connected with e-mail and web facilities. SEAPREN plans to use the net to its maximum for inter institute communication and research. The aim of the connectivity exercise is to ensure that member institutions of SEAPREN are well connected between themselves and with similar institutions in the region and other areas of the world. Institute Management: Activities in this area aim at facilitating the exchange of best practices in areas of: project management; overall economic management, financing and resource mobilization; personnel management, including performance pay systems etc; filing and institutional memory systems; information systems, library, web and others; internal information flows; and publication and dissemination. This is based on the demonstrated similarity of management problems that face the individual member institutions and the diverse methods that have been used to handle them.","Individuals and institutions","SEAPREN's member institutions include: - Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis (BIDPA) - Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU),South Africa - Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC), Uganda - Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF), Tanzania - Institute of Economic and Social Research (INESOR), Zambia - Institute of Policy Analysis and Research (IPAR), Kenya - Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit (NEPRU), Namibia","Professional association","- Not active in post-graduate training and/or research - Funding provided by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). On 24 Janaury 2003, Dr. Dirk Hansohm (Director of NEPRU and then Coordinator of SEAPREN) signed a grant agreement of US $250,000 for a period of 18 months. These core funds allowed the network to start its activities in the fields of collaborative research, training and dissemination. - Funding to SEAPREN also provided by the Norwegian Agency for International Development (NORAD)","Verified","17 November 2006"
"32","2007-01-05","45","Yao","Graham","9 Ollenu Street, East Legon PO Box AN19452","Accra-North","","","","Ghana","Third World Network Africa (TWN)","Coordinator","(+233-21) 503-669","","(+233-21) 500-419","","(+233-21) 511-188","contact@twnafrica.org","webjournalist@twnafrica.org","www.twnafrica.org#http://www.twnafrica.org#","A","1","Governance Sciences","Third World Network Africa (TWN) is a non-governmental organisation which carries out research and advocacy on issues of social and economic policy that advances the needs and interests of peoples of African and other developing countries (especially marginalized social groups), a fair distribution of global resources, and forms of development which are sustainable and fulfil human needs.","TWN is an independent non-profit international network of organisations and individuals involved in issues relating to development, the Third World and North-South issues. Its objectives are to conduct research on economic, social and environmental issues pertaining to the South; to publish books and magazines; to organize and participate in seminars; and to provide a platform representing broadly Southern interests and perspectives at international fora such as the United Nations conferences and processes.","Individuals and institutions","TWN brings together nearly 40 organisations from 15 African countries engaged in advocacy on defined trade policy issues. At the other extreme is the Consultative meeting of partners of TWN-Africa which has been held twice (1994 and 1996) where TWN-Africa's key partners evaluated the organisation's work and its future program. In between these extremes each of the program areas have developed various ways through which partners input into decision making.","NGO","- Not active in post-graduate training and/or research","Verified","20 November 2006"
"33","2007-01-05","46","Ousmane","Sene","Rue E x Leon G Damas (Fann Residence) BP 5456","Dakar","","","","Senegal","West African Research Association (WARA)","Director","(+221) 865-2277","","","","(+221) 824-2058","warc_croa@yahoo.fr","wara@bu.edu","www.warc-croa.org#http://www.warc-croa.org#","A","1","Governance Sciences","The West African Research Association (WARA) was founded in 1989 for the purpose of promoting scholarly exchange and collaboration between American and West African researchers and institutions. The principal objectives of WARA are to provide American and West African scholars access to research resources and expand research opportunities, to create a point of contact for American and West African researchers allowing the intersection of their respective research traditions; facilitate collaborative research efforts, projects, and conferences; reinforce institutions on both sides of the Atlantic; supplement sources of documentation about the region, award fellowships to both American and West African scholars; and to disseminate information on West Africa-related research.","WARA is a member of the Association of African Studies Programs and is an affiliated member of the African Studies Association, thus linking it with mainstream organisations dedicated to the development of African area studies and research exchanges with sub-Saharan Africa. WARA programs complement the efforts of the National Resource Centers (NRC) for African Language and Area Studies (Title VI Centers) to improve the cross-cultural learning of students and faculty in the US through study in Africa. As such, WARA's programs help to address the NRC's concern for quality infrastructure for overseas study and research programs in Africa. WARA fellowships and internships funded by grants from the US Department of State through CAORC, make it possible for a broad range of educators and students to experience professional exchanges and carry out research projects in West Africa. This fellowship program provides grants in the form of research stippends to both US and West African scholars at pre- and post-Ph.D. levels.","Individuals and institutions","WARA is a member of the Association of African Studies Programs and is an affiliated member of the African Studies Association, thus linking it with mainstream organisations dedicated to the development of African area studies and research exchanges with sub-Saharan Africa. WARA programs complement the efforts of the National Resource Centres (NRC) for African Language and Area Studies to improve the cross-cultural learning of students and faculty in the US through study in Africa. As such, WARA's programs help to address the NRC's concern for quality infrastructure for overseas study and research programs in Africa.","NGO","- Not active in post-graduate training and/or research - Coverage limited to West Africa","Verified","21 November 2006"
"34","2007-01-05","47","Richmond","Tiemoko","17 Lawal Street, off Oweh Street Jibowu","Lagos","","","","Nigeria","Africa Regional Sexuality Resource Centre (ARSRC)","Director","(+234-1) 791-9307","","","","(+234-1) 342-5470","info@arsrc.org","webmaster@arsrc.org","www.arsrc.org#http://www.arsrc.org#","A","1","Health Sciences","The Africa Regional Sexuality Resource Centre (ARSRC), established in 2003, is part of a Ford Foundation five-year grant-making initiative, Global Dialogue of Sexual Health and Well Being which aims at giving visibility, depth and legitimacy to the field of sexuality. The goal of the ARSRC is to promote more informed and affirming public dialogue on human sexuality and to contribute to positive changes in the emerging field of sexuality in Africa, by creating mechanisms for learning at the regional level. Action Health Incorporated, a Nigeria-based non-governmental organisation, who will also facilitate its activities, is hosting the centre.","ARSRC promotes informed public dialogue and opportunities for learning and advocacy on human sexuality to ensure positive changes in policies and programs on sexuality issues in Africa. Its goals include: - expanding and shaping discourse, thinking and action in favour of healthy, respectful, responsible and pleasurable sexuality; - nurturing and building professional capacity in the emerging field of sexuality; - building links between kindred organisations and individuals working on sexuality issues in Africa.","Individuals and institutions","ARSRC's regional African partners include: - International Islamic Center for Population Studies and Research - Health Systems Trust - Department of Community Health, College of Medicine, University of Lagos - Kenya Association for Professional Counselors (KAPC) - International Sexuality Forum (ISF) Other members of the International Sexuality Forum and Resource Centres - National Sexuality Resource Centre (NSRC) - The South and Southeast Asia Resource Centre on Sexuality (SSARCS) - Centro latinoamericano d sexualidad y derechos humanos (CLAM) [Latin American Center on Sexuality and Human Rights]","NGO","- Not active in post-graduate training and/or research","Verified","10 October 2006"
"35","2007-01-05","48","Mutumu","Mugambi","PO Box 267","Meru","","","","Kenya","African Health Research Forum (AfHRF)","Executive Secretary and Vice-Chancellor","(+254-16) 430-301","","(+1-905) 526-8761","","(+254-16) 430-162","mugambi@africaonline.co.ke","neufeld@mcmaster.ca","#http://www.afhrf.org/#","A","1","Health Sciences","The African Health Research Forum's (AfHRF) overall objective is to promote health research for development in Africa and strengthen the African voice in setting and implementing the global research agenda. AfHRF acts as a hub at two levels by providing a link between the international health research community and the dynamic network of African national health research groups, and fostering communication with organisations and users within Africa.","The principal focus of AfHRF includes: - Designing and conducting a training program for teams of researchers and research users to acquire specific research leadership and management competencies, in the context of doing and/or using research on priority health and health systems issues; - Strengthening both the host and training institutions regarding health research management, in order to support fellowship teams; - Identifying and collaborating with similar programs in other regions and countries; - Identifying and collaborating with selected agencies in order to strengthen national regional health systems in Africa.","Individuals and institutions","AfHRF Participants include: - Professor Emeritus Hassan, Chair & Secretary General, INCLEN Africa (Egypt) - Adebayo O. Olukoshi, CODESRIA - Ann Pertet, Administrative Officer, SOMA-Net (Kenya) - Caroline Nyamai, Administrative Officer, AfriAfya (Kenya) - Dieter Neuvians, SHARED - Lola Dare, ACOSHED - Lucy Gilson, HEPNet - Dr. Martyn Sama, Steering Committee, AfHRF (Cameroon) - Professor Raphael Owor, Chair, Steering Committee, AfHRF (Uganda) - Dr. Ruth Nduati, Secretary, NARESA (Kenya) - Dr. G. Mwaluko, EquiNet (Tanzania) - Happiness Osegie, ACOSHED - Rene Loewenson, EquiNet - Professor Carel Ijsselmuiden, Chair, COHRED - Dr. James Mwanzia, Research Desk, WHO/Afro (Kenya) - Eric Buch, NEPAD - L. Kirkham, IDRC - Professor WM Macharia, Steering Committee, AfHRF (Kenya) - Geoffrey Olupot, Director of Research, Monitoring & Evaluation, Acting-Director of Programs, AMREF - Dr. Lesley Bamford, Research program, Health Systems Trust (South Africa) - Griet Onsea, Project Lead - Clearinghouse Project, AfHRF (Uganda) - Dr. Julius Julian Lutwama, Sr. Research Officer, UVRI (Uganda) - Professor Mutuma Mugambi, Secretary, AfHRF (Kenya) - Victor Neufeld, Consultant, AfHRF (Canada) - Richard Pickering, AfHRF (Canada) - Michael Pickering, Project Lead - Web Development, AfHRF (United States) - Olegoke, University of Natal (South Africa) - Dr. Andre Soton, (Benin) - Dr. Leonard Fourn, (Benin) - Professor E. Cesar Akpo, (Benin) - Dr. Alain Zoubga, (Burkina Faso) - Dr. Jean Nduwimana, (Burundi) - Dr. Martin Nduwimana, (Burundi) - Madame Antoinette Nyomba, (Gabon) - Dr. John O Gyapong, (Ghana) - Dr. N'Nah Sylla, (Guinea Conacry) - Dr. Akpa Otch, (Ivory Coast) - Dr. Absatou N'Diaye, (Mali) - Dr. J C Mohitt, (Mauritius) - Dr. Marthino Dgedge, Steering Committee, AfHRF (Mozambique) - Dr. Marian Jacobs, (South Africa) - Dr. Samia Habbani, (Sudan) - Dr. Andrew Kitua, (Tanzania) - Dr. T J Ngulube, (Zambia) - Dr. Shungu Munyati, (Zimbabwe) - Dr. Rose Leke, Steering Committee, AfHRF (Cameroon) - Dr. Ahmed El-Hassan, Steering Committee, AfHRF (Sudan) - Mme. Salimata/Ki Ouedraogo, Steering Committee, AfHRF (Burkina Faso) - Dr. Taiwo A Adewole, Steering Committee, AfHRF (Nigeria) - Dr. Romilla Maharaj, Steering Committee, AfHRF (South Africa) - Dr. Nelson Musoba, Assistant Lecturer, Institute of Public Health, Makerere University (Uganda) - Robinah Kaitiritimba, National Coordinator, UNHCO (Uganda) - Mr. Charles Wycliffe Matsiko, Planning and Policy Specialist, Planning Division, Ministry of Health (Uganda) - Dr. Mohamed Said Abdullah, Chair, [Steering Committee] (Kenya National AIDS Control Council)","Consortium","- The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) provided an additional CAD $572,000 for Phase II of the AfHRF project from April 2004 to July 2006. - A stock-taking exercise was held in April 2006 with the aim to review the current status of activities in the four countries, to revise the plans for the remainder of the pilot program and to discuss beyond the pilot possibilities. Strategic future partners include other national governments, regional organisations such as the New Economic Plan for African Development (NEPAD), the African Union (AU), and the World Health Organisation among others. - IDRC provided CAD $111,600 to AfHRF from April 2002 to July 2003. - Not active in post-graduate training and/or research","Verified","13 October 2006"
"36","2007-01-05","49","Rene","Loewenson","Box CY2720 Causeway","Harare","","","","Zimbabwe","Regional Network on Equity in Health in Southern Africa (EQUINET)","Program Manager","(+263-4) 705-108","","(+263-4) 708-835","","(+263-4) 737-220","admin@equinetafrica.org","info@equinetafrica.org","www.equinetafrica.org#http://www.equinetafrica.org","A","1","Health Sciences","The Regional Network on Equity in Health in Southern Africa (EQUINET) is a network of professionals, civil society members, policy makers, state officials and others within the region who have come together as an equity catalyst, to promote and realise shared values of equity and social justice in health. EQUINET gathers people to overcome isolation, give voice and promote networking using bottom-up approaches built on shared values. The network has come together in a spirit of self determination and collective self reliance working through existing government, civil society, research and other mechanisms and institutions in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region and in southern and East Africa. EQUINET attempts to build a forum for dialogue, learning, sharing of information and experience and critical analysis.","EQUINET activities are co-ordinated and managed through the Training and Research Support Centre, a non profit institution headquartered in Zimbabwe that carries out health and social policy work at national, regional and international levels. As a network, EQUINET mobilizes and disburses resources and provides technical, institutional and other forms of support to work on health equity, including: - training, mentoring, student grants, skills workshops and formal courses; - research grants and programs; - capacity support for policy analysis; - publication, Information outreach and information resources; - providing information and policy resources to governments, parliaments and civil society; - supporting alliances with parliament and civil society for health equity; - networking activities across countries, disciplines and communities.","EQUINET combines the resources of institutions in the region with partnerships with international organisations.","Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe and SADC region.","NGO","- EQUINET supports multi-disciplinary research as part of a more central advocacy role - Not active in post-graduate training and/or research The network has received funding support or co-funded work and activities with the following organisations: - International Development Research Centre (IDRC) - Dag Hammerskold Foundation (Sweden) - The Department for International Development (DFID-UK) - Global Equity Gauge Alliance - Oxfam - Rockefeller Foundation - Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) - Sida - UNAIDS - WHO-Afro - WHO-EIP","Verified","13 November 2006"
"37","2007-01-05","50","Wole","Soboyejo","D404B Engineering Quadrangle","Princeton","NJ","08544","","USA","US-Africa Materials Institute (USAMI)","Program Director","(+1-609) 258-5609","","(+1-609) 258-5168","","(+1-609) 258-1918","soboyejo@princeton.edu","dmgrieb@princeton.edu","#http://usami.princeton.edu#","A","1","Natural Products","The US-Africa Materials Institute (USAMI) is a virtual institute created in 2003 with sponsorship from the Division of Materials Research of the National Science Foundation. Since then it has organized over 40 visits by African materials researchers to work with US counterparts. USAMI has also sponsored visits by US researchers and students to work with their African counterparts and also attend workshops or conferences in Africa. This is achieved by: - Sponsoring research visits by African Scientists to US universities to engage in USAMI-sponsored research; - Sponsoring the visits to Africa for US researchers and students to engage in research and education activities; - Organizing workshops to bring materials scientists and engineers together; - Using virtual tools to promote education activities at all levels of US-Africa materials research.","The principal focus of USAMI is to conduct research that can lead to new discoveries that can provide global solutions to the problems of energy, health, housing, water, and affordable materials processing from recycled products and industrial or agricultural wastes. One of the key efforts is in providing academic inputs into the effort to establish the Nelson Mandela Institution (NMI). These African Institutes of Science and Technology (AISTs) promote interdisciplinary science and technology research, education and technology transfer across Africa.","Individuals and institutions","The network includes people at other international materials institutes (IMIs), US institutions and African, and in the Americas. USAMI is also working to establish a 'Global Development Network' of students and faculty that are using science- and technology-based projects to promote global development.","USAMI involves a network of faculty, staff and students that are collaborating within a virtual framework.","","Verified","5 November 2006"
"38","2007-01-05","52","Adipala","Ekwamu","Plot 151 Garden Hill Makerere University PO Box 7062","Kampala","","","","Uganda","Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM)","Coordinator","(+256-41) 535-939","","","","(+256-41) 534-153","eadipala@ruforum.org","secretariat@ruforum.org","www.ruforum.org#http://www.ruforum.org#","B","2","Agriculture","The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) is a consortium of 12 universities in east and southern Africa to develop and strengthen human resource capacity for inter-disciplinary problem-solving. RUFORUM achieves its goal through grants programs to support research and to address rural (agricultural) development issues, especially community and smallholder farmer needs. RUFORUM's mission is to foster innovativeness and adaptive capacity of universities engaged in agricultural and rural development to develop and sustain high quality in training, innovative and impact oriented research, and collaboration.","RUFORUM is a community of agricultural researchers joined in a network devoted to improving knowledge of the efficient and sustainable management of agricultural resources. An important goal of FORUM is to consolidate the culture of science into universities as they in turn improve the food security and livelihoods of African small hold farmers. Thus, properly coordinated projects based upon current scientific understandings and well conceptualized problems that reflect a commitment to rural communities are making a large impact among African universities. It is a Rockefeller Foundation initiative to improve postgraduate training and research in agriculture. The Forum works with universities in Uganda, Kenya, Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique. It has a special interest in maize and banana-based systems, but will consider all other crops within the context of food security for smallholder farmers. Forum grantees (researchers and their students) have an enviable publication record. RUFORUM arose from an initiative in 1992 by the Rockefeller Foundation to strengthen human capacity for interdisciplinary problem-solving in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe through the training of M.Sc. students. Following changes in the Rockefeller Foundation and a major review, it was agreed that the RUFORUM Secretariat be devolved from the Rockefeller Foundation to an African institute.","Individuals and institutions","As of January 2004, FORUM is run as an autonomous unit housed at Makerere University. It is owned by member universities of the five countries (Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Uganda and Zimbabwe), including: - Africa University (Zimbabwe) - Eduardo Mondlane University (Mozambique) - Egerton University (Kenya) - Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology - Kenyatta University - Makerere University (Uganda) - Moi University - Sokoine University of Agriculture (Tanzania) - University of Malawi - University of Nairobi - University of Zambia - University of Zimbabwe","NGO","The Rockefeller Foundation suspended its grant making operations in December 2001, to allow for review of the program and receive proposals for future direction. By then, the Rockefeller Foundation had received, reviewed and prepared grant award letters for 17 grants. The Foundation, however, continued to receive other proposals. Following the report Review of FORUM (Mule et al, 2002) which recommended that FORUM be devolved to an African institution (university), and subsequent steps to operationalize the new FORUM, a decision was made by the Rockefeller Foundation to return to authors all proposals that had been received, but not yet fully reviewed. Others (17) where the review process was complete and were ready for final grant making were handed over to the new FORUM (Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture) as possible candidates to kick-start the grant making process. The Board of Directors of FORUM met on 17-18 September 2004 in Entebbe, Uganda and resolved that the 17 proposals processed by the Rockefeller Foundation be used to kick start the competitive grant process. In 2005, FORUM received the following grants: - The Rockefeller Foundation: $1,737,744 - Higher Educational Partnership for Agricultural Development (HEPAD): $29,889","Verified","14 November 2006"
"39","2007-01-05","53","Peter","Dunsby","Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics University of Cape Town Private Bag","Rondebosch","","7701","","South Africa","National Astrophysics and Space Science Programme (NASSP)","NASSP Coordinator","(+27-21) 650-2344","","(+27-21) 650-2346","","(+27 21) 650-2334","pksd@maths.uct.ac.za","penny@maths.uct.ac.za","www.star.ac.za#http://www.star.ac.za#","B","2","Astrophysics","The National Astrophysics and Space Science Programme (NASSP) consortium consists of eight universities and four national (South African) facilities. The principal activity of NASSP is to train the next generation of astrophysicists and space scientists. The consortium has joined forces to deliver honours and Masters programs in astrophysics and the space sciences that will enable students from Africa and around the world to gain internationally-recognised postgraduate degrees under the mentorship of South Africa's leading scientists.","Two degree programs are offered by NASSP including: an Honours in Astrophysics and Space Science and a Masters in Astrophysics and Space Science. Lectures are given by the staff of the NASSP consortium and will cover most areas of modern Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology. In addition to lectures, students will be expected to take a substantial practical component which will involve several field trips to some of southern Africa's space science research facilities. These include the South African Astronomical Observatory site at Sutherland, where the Southern African Large Telescope (the largest optical telescope in the southern hemisphere) is currently being built; the radio telescope facility at Hartebeesthoek, and the High Energy Stereoscopic System (HESS). Students graduating from this program will be both equipped to conduct research at the cutting edge of Astrophysics along with the broad science skills needed in any modern technological society.","Individuals and institutions","The NASSP consortium consists of the following institutions: - University of Cape Town - University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban Campus - University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg Campus - University of the Free State - University of the North West, Potchefstroom Campus - University of Zululand - Rhodes University - University of the North West, Mabatu Campus - University of South Africa - South African Astronomical Observatory - Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory","Consortium","NASSP has received a total of $445,000 and R1,362,000 from the following donors for 2003-2005: - Ford Foundation ($175,000) - Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Mellon ($250,000) - Canon Collins Foundation (R30,000) - National Research Foundation (R622,000) - National Facilities, SAAO & HartRAO: (R300,000) - UCT Vice-Chancellors Strategic Fund (R440,000)","Verified","29 November 2006"
"40","2007-01-05","54","Esther","Kahangi","Bio-Earn c/o Inter-Universty Council for East Africa Box 7110","Kampala","","","","Uganda","Bio-Earn","Regional Coordinator","(+256-41) 256-251","","(+256-772) 326-953","","(+256-41) 342-007","bio_earn@iucea.org","claes.kjellstrom@sida.se","www.bio-earn.org#http://www.bio-earn.org#","B","2","Biotechnology","The mission of Bio-Earn (East African Regional Programme and Research Network for Biotechnology, Biosafety and Biotechnology Policy Development) is to build capacity in biotechnology in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda and promote appropriate research and related policies. Bio-Earn endeavours to use biotechnology in a sustainable manner in order to help improve livelihoods, ensure food security and safeguard the environment. The overall objectives of Bio-Earn is to: - enable countries in the region to develop biotechnologies and policies according to their own needs, abilities and opportunities; - promote collaboration in biotechnology, biosafety and biotechnology policy development to address key challenges and opportunities in the region; - foster communication between scientists, policy makers, biosafety regulatory officials and private sector, nationally and regionally.","The program consists of three main areas of Biotechnology, Biosafety and Biotechnology Policy Development. Bio-Earn has four capacity building and training components, including: - Ph.D. and M.Sc. training through the well established sandwich model; - Post-graduate training and research visits by faculty staff; - short term training and hands on training on various biotechnology policy issues, including biosafety capacity building (e.g. training courses, workshops, internships etc.); and - regional workshops on biotechnology policy issues. Swedish research institutions host Ph.D. students through a sandwich model, which means that students share their time between East African and Swedish institutions. In the area of bio-policy capacity building, a number of reputable international organisations provide support in the area of biosafety capacity building and biotechnology policy development. The program involves more than 60 researchers and some 70 policy-makers in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Sweden.","Individuals and institutions","Bio-Earn Network institutions include: Ethiopia: - Biodiversity Conservation and Research Institute (BCRI) - Biology Department, Addis Ababa University (including the Herbarium) - Ethiopian Science and Technology Commission (ESTC) - Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) Kenya: - University of Nairobi, Departments of Botany and Biochemistry - Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) - Moi University - Kenya National Council for Science and Technology (NCST) Tanzania: - Applied Microbiology Unit and Department of Botany, University of Dar es Salaam - Mikocheni Agricultural Research Institute - Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH) Uganda: - Med Biotech Laboratories - Department of Crop Science, Makerere University - Department of Biochemistry, Makerere University - Institute of Environment and Natural Resources, Makerere University - Uganda National Council for Science and Technology (UNCST) Collaborating and Support Institutions: Swedish Research Network Partners - Department of Biotechnology, Lund University, Sweden - Department of Biotechnology and Biochemistry, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden - Departments of Crop Science, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden - Department of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics (Uppsala), Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden - Department of Plant Ecology, Lund University, Sweden - Svalof-Weibull AB, Svalov, Sweden Others: - International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR)/Intermediary Biotechnology Service (IBS), the Netherlands - Plant Research International, Wageningen University, The Netherlands","Consortium","In 1997, the Department for Research Co-operation (SAREC) of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) assigned the Biotechnology Advisory Center (BAC) of the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) to develop a proposal for an East African Regional Program and Research Network for Biotechnology, Biosafety and Biotechnology Policy Development (BIO-EARN). After extensive discussions with East African academic and governmental institutions as well as Swedish institutions, a program proposal was submitted to SAREC in January 1998. Following a review process, SAREC granted BAC and the Biodiversity Conservation and Research Institute (BCRI) in Ethiopia funds for an inception period to further develop the BIO-EARN program proposal. During the inception period the BIO-EARN partners jointly formulated and promoted the program and individual research projects in more detail through national and regional workshops. As a result, all the projects in BIO-EARN are based on the national priorities of the individual countries. The inception period also enabled the BIO-EARN program to be successfully anchored at the national policy making level. In addition, the BIO-EARN program with its portfolio of projects was also reviewed by the BIO-EARN Steering Committee. A revised BIO-EARN proposal was submitted to SAREC in January 1999. In March 1999, BIO-EARN was given a three-year grant by SAREC, which enabled the program to start its activities. The second program period ran between 2002-2004.","Verified","2 November 2006"
"41","2007-01-05","55","Bruno","Kilunga Kubata","ILRI Campus PO Box 30709","Nairobi","","","","Kenya","Biosciences eastern and central Africa (BecA)","Network Director","(+254-20) 422-3000","","","","(+254-20) 422-3001","BKubata@nairobi.mimcom.net","webmaster@biosciencesafrica.org","www.biosciencesafrica.org#http://www.biosciencesaf","B","2","Biotechnology","The goal of Biosciences eastern and central Africa (BecA) is to support eastern and central African countries to develop and apply bioscience research expertise to produce technologies that help poor farmers to secure their assets, improve their productivity and income and increase their market opportunities. It will pave the way for a network of African centres of excellence. BeCA is envisioned as a means for enabling African scientists and institutions to become significant technological innovators as well as users. It will be one of a network of similar facilities serving each region of Africa. Their remit is to enable African scientists to undertake cutting-edge bioscience research targeted at priorities identified in the region by Africa's national agricultural research systems (NARS), including its universities and research organisations, as well as other institutions such as the Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA), the East African Community (EAC), the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) and NEPAD. The new facilities will complement and support national agricultural research institutions and universities by providing access to state-of-the-art biosciences and related scientific services and training. While having a primary focus on highest priority agriculturally related issues for eastern and central Africa, much of the research will have application across the continent and beyond. The facilities will be open to partnerships with the African research community at individual and institutional levels. New discoveries will be sought through strategic research in a world-class scientific environment. Creative ways will be sought to link new discoveries with product development and delivery so that scientific research ultimately benefits people living in poverty in Africa.","BeCA lists the following areas as its principal focus: People: Training young African scientists to M.Sc. and Ph.D. levels, in association with African universities. Continued professional development of young and mid-career scientists in African national agricultural research institutions and universities. Reduced brain-drain through provision of a powerful incentives for African scientists abroad to return home and for those working in Africa to remain professionally active in the region rather than leave for institutions in the industrialized world to pursue their careers. Reduced gaps in biosciences knowledge, skills and technologies between Africa and the industrialized world. Services: Increased levels and quality of bioscience applications to solve agricultural problems by African universities, national and regional research organisations and the private sector. More effective management of intellectual property and biosafety regulatory systems in Africa. Products: More relevant and effective new products and international public goods developed through bioscience applications specifically targeted at solving Africa's agricultural, health and environmental problems. These may include stress- and pest-resistant crops, nutritionally enhanced foodstuffs, and vaccines and diagnostics for regionally important livestock diseases developed through partnerships formed with public research institutions and public and private investors. Facilities: State-of-the-art research laboratories for the biosciences, including genomics, proteomics, gene technology, immunology and new containment facilities for safe genetic manipulation of plants and micro-organisms (e.g., for vaccine development), and safe handling of pathogens used in research programs.","Individuals and institutions","- Eastern and Central Africa - Key partners will include regional universities; national, regional and international agricultural research institutions; universities and other advanced research institutions worldwide; non-governmental organisations; the private sector; and the wider international scientific and development communities.","Consortium","BecA's design phase is being undertaken mainly with the financial support of the Government of Canada, provided through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and its Canada Fund for Africa (CFA). Additional support for the design phase has been provided the Gatsby Charitable Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture. Concept development was supported by the Doyle Foundation. CIDA provided a CDN $30 million grant to BecA, originally meant only for infrastructure. The funds were subsequently used to hire support staff at ILRI. ILRI agreed to host and receive funds. BecA has its own finance and program committee, yet the question of financial sustainability remains. Note: ILRI has invested in a very sophisticated bioinformatics platform that could potentially be useful to universities and post-graduate students.","Verified","14 October 2006"
"42","2007-01-05","56","Trevor","Sewell","Electron Microscope Unit University of Cape Town Private Bag","Rondebosch","","7701","","South Africa","South African Structural Biology Initiative","Professor","(+27-21) 650-2817","","","","(+27-21) 689-1528","sewell@uctvms.uct.ac.za","sro@bremner.uct.ac.za","#http://sbio.uct.ac.za/#","B","2","Biotechnology","The South African Structural Biology Initiative aims at establishing structural biology firmly in Africa for the first time by exploiting the synergies that exist between the three universities in the Western Cape, namely the University of Cape Town, the University of the Western Cape and the University of Stellenbosch. UCT and UWC will jointly offer a Master's degree in Structural Biology by coursework and dissertation, where staff who are leaders in their various disciplines will collaborate to offer a world class teaching and research environment for prospective students. A unique feature of the Masters program is that students will have the opportunity of interacting with leading international experts in Structural Biology who will come to South Africa to participate in the programme","The aim of the project is to establish structural biology firmly in South Africa and to do this by exploiting the synergies between the University of Cape Town and the University of the Western Cape. The proposed Master's program focuses on a critical area in the sciences for which there is a substantial need in South Africa and on the larger continent. The goal of the international development program is to provide support to those programs that enhance and contribute to overall national development, by equipping graduates with the necessary skills to lead, and by contributing to improved research and teaching applications at the institutions themselves. The two-year program, comprising 44 weeks, will be based at UWC and UCT; both institutions will be equipped with workstations, lecture and seminar rooms. Three groups of ten students are expected to complete the program during the grant period.","Individuals and institutions","Students will be recruited from the Western Cape province and other parts of Africa. UCT will build on existing collaborations with the following universities: Makerere University, the University of Dar es Salaam, and the universities of Botswana, Kenya, Zambia and Zimbabwe.","University department","The program intends to receive funding from various sources, including subsidy support from the South African Department of Education for one lecture post, the National Research Foundation, the Medical Research Council and university scholarship awards. External donors have also expressed interest in contributing. These include the Coca-Cola, Ford and Mellon Foundations. The institutions themselves have contributed $236,000 to the program to date. The combined funds provided by the universities and the corporation would meet all the program costs for the grant period. In addition to the donors listed above, the Carnegie Corporation provided a $1,093,900 grant for three years starting on 1 June 2002 and ending 31 May 2005.","Verified","24 November 2006"
"43","2007-01-05","57","Nelson","Torto","Department of Chemistry University of Botswana Private Bag UB","Gaborone","","00704","","Botswana","Southern and Eastern Africa Network of Analytical Chemists (SEANAC)","Secretary General","(+267) 355-2502","","(+267) 355-2488","","(+267) 355-283","torton@mopipi.ub.bw","seanac@mopipi.ub.bw","www.seanac.org#http://www.seanac.org#","B","2","Chemistry","The Southern and Eastern African Network for Analytical Chemists (SEANAC)