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Table of Contents
List of Acronyms ..............................................................................................................................................................................

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Board of Directors, Mission, Vision and Overall Goal .............................................................................................................

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Chairman’s Message ........................................................................................................................................................................

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Executive Director’s Message ........................................................................................................................................................

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Reﬂection on the 2011 Annual Conference and Workshop ....................................................................................................

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Research, Capacity Buidling and Knowledge Generation .......................................................................................................

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International Cooperation and Partnership................................................................................................................................

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Youth and Gender Empowerment................................................................................................................................................

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Training and Sensitization...............................................................................................................................................................

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Science Communication and Stakeholder Dialogue ...............................................................................................................

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Outreach, Knowledge Brokerage and Policy Advocacy ..........................................................................................................

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Appendix 1: Logframe indicating status of implementation of programs during the reporting period .....................

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Appendix 2: Finacial Statements .................................................................................................................................................

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Appendix 3: Status of activities carried out under the IP Programme in the January – December 2011....................

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Appendix 4: Checklist of enclosed publications and other material....................................................................................

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Appendix 5: Where we work..........................................................................................................................................................

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Appendix 6: ATPS Board Members...............................................................................................................................................

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Appendix 7: ATPS Regional Steering Committee Members .................................................................................................

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Appendix 8: ATPS National Coordinators and Focal Points .................................................................................................

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Appendix 9: Responsible STI Policy Advisory Committee Members ..................................................................................

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Appendix 10: The Secretariat .......................................................................................................................................................

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Appendix 11: ATPS Grants 2011 ...................................................................................................................................................

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List of Tables
Table 1: Regional grants commissioned under Agricultural innovations for climate change adaptation for foodsecurity in Africa (CP0309) ...........................................................................................................................................................

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Table 2: Emerging and indigenous technologies for climate change adaptation in Africa (CP0109) .........................

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Table 3: Traditional Knowledge Systems & Increasing Access to Beneﬁt Sharing of Intellectual Property in Africa(CP0209) – Small Grants................................................................................................................................................................

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Table 4: Research commissioned under the AYFST Climate Innovation Challenge Awards ...........................................

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Table 5: Research commissioned under the AYFST Climate Innovation Challenge Awards ...........................................

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List of Figures
Figure 1: A snapshot of the homepage of the ICE ......................................................................................................................

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List of Acronyms

List of Acronyms
AAS

African Academy of Sciences

AAU

Association of African Universities

ABS

Access and Beneﬁt Sharing

ACCFP

African Climate Change Fellowship Programme

ACET

African Centre for Economic Transformation

ACODE

Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment

ACPC

Africa Climate Policy Centre

AGM

Annual General Meeting

AHERS

African Higher Education and Research Space

AIAE

African Institute of Applied Economics

ANAFE

African Network for Agro-forestry Education

APHRC

African Population and Health Research Centre

ARIPO

African Regional Intellectual Property Organization

ATPS

African Technology Policy Studies Network

AU

Africa Union

AWFST

African Women Forum for Science and Technology

AYFST

African Youth Forum for Science and Technology

BEST

Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services, Social Sustainability and Tipping Points in African Dry lands
project

BIPCEA

Bio-resources Innovation Policy Consortium for Eastern Africa

BTA

Biotechnology Trust Africa

CAR

Central African Republic

CAADEP

Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Programme

CoP

Conference of Parties

CoP-17

United Nations Climate Change Conference, Durban, South Africa

COSTECH

Tanzanian Commission for Science and Technology

CSP

Climate Sense Program

DeIPHE

Development Partnerships in Higher Education

DSTR

Directorate of Science, Technology and Research, Rwanda

ECA

Economic Commission for Africa

EoI(s)

Expression(s) of Interest

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EMOD

Executive Master of Science in Organizational Development

FARA

Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa

FANRPAN

Food, Agriculture, Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network

FMEn

Federal Ministry of Environment (Nigeria)

GHGs

GreenHouse Gases

GO-SPIN

Global Observatory of Policy Instruments on Science, Technology and Innovation

HESP

Higher Education Support Program

ICE

Interactive Collaborative Environment

ILRI

International Livestock Research Institute

IPCC

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

IPIntellectual Property

ISAAA

International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications

MDG(s)

Millennium Development Goal(s)MKU

Mt. Kenya University

MoU

Memorandum of Understanding

NANODEV

Nanotechnologies for Development

KNCST

National Council for Science and Technology (Kenya)

NEPAD

New Partnership for African Development

NGO(s)

Non-Governmental Organization(s)NISER

Nigerian Institute for Social and Economic Research

NSC

National Steering Committee

OAU

Organization of African Unity

PanAACPan African Agri-Business Consortium

RMRDC

Raw Materials Research and Development Council

RSC

Regional Steering Committee

S&T

Science & Technology

SCP

Sustainable Consumption and Production

SEI

Stockholm Environment Institute

SET-DEV

Science Ethics and Technological Responsibility in Developing and Emerging Countries

SIDA

Swedish International Development Agency

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List of Acronyms

SPC

State Project Coordinators (SPC)

SPM

Summary for Policy Makers

SRDA

Scientiﬁc Revival Day for Africa

STEPS
CentreSocial, Technological and Environmental Pathways to Sustainability

STI

Science, Technology and Innovation

TAC

Technical Advisory Committee

TK

Traditional Knowledge

ToTs

Training of Trainers

TRECCAfrica

Transdisciplinary Training for Resource Efﬁciency and Climate Change Adaptation in Africa

TWASROSSA

The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World – Regional Ofﬁce for Sub Saharan Africa

UCL

University College of London

UK

United Kingdom

UN

United Nations

UNCST

Uganda National Council for Science and Technology

UN-ECA

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

UNEP

United Nations Environment Program

UNESCO

United Nations Education, Scientiﬁc and Cultural Organization

UniBRAIN

Universities, Business, and Research in Agricultural INnovations

USA

United States of America

USIU

United States International University

ZSL

Zoological Society of London(STEPS) Centre

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Board of Directors

Board of Directors

Prof Shaukat Abdulrazak Ali
ChairmanProf Turner Issoun

Prof Indira NathProf Sir Brian Heap

Prof Kevin Urama
Ex Ofﬁcio Member

Prof Agness Mwang’ombe

VisionMissionOverall Goal

To become the leadinginternational centre of
excellence and referencein science, technology andinnovation systems research,training and capacity
building, communicationand sensitization, knowledge
brokerage, policy advocacy andoutreach in Africa.

To improve the qualityof science, technology
and innovation systems
research and policy making
in Africa by strengthening
capacity for science andtechnology knowledge
generation, communicationand dissemination, use andmastery for sustainable
development in Africa.

To develop Africa’s STI
capacity (knowledge
basis and infrastructure,knowledge conditions
and policies) today forsustainable African
development tomorrow.

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The Chairman’s Message

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Chairman’s Message

The Chairman’s Message

It gives me pleasure to introduce the African
Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS) Annual Report for the year 2011.

This report presents a summary update of the STI
capacity building activities and ﬁnancial positionof the African Technology Policy Studies Network(ATPS) Secretariat for the period 01 January 2011
to 31 December 2011. The report is organized under the strategic objectives outlined in the ATPS
Annual Work plan for the period 01 January – 31
December 2011.
The ATPS is the leading trans-disciplinary networkof researchers, policymakers, private sector actors
and civil society that promotes capacity strengthening in science, technology and innovation (STI)
policy research, dialogue and practice, for sustainable development in Africa. With its headquarters
in Kenya, the ATPS works through its National
Chapters in 30 countries (27 in Africa and one eachin USA, UK, and Australia established for Africans in
the Diaspora). Its core functions include STI knowledge generation; knowledge brokerage; knowledge
dissemination & outreach; and knowledge valorization with support from development partners.
The ATPS has full Diplomatic status in the Republicof Kenya where its regional Secretariat is hosted.
ATPS supports capacity building activities in thearea of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI)
policy research and research capacity building(knowledge generation), intra-African and global
cooperation and partnerships, youth and gender
empowerment, training and sensitization, science
communications and stakeholder dialogue, STI
outreach, knowledge brokerage, knowledge cir-Prof. Shaukat Abdulrazak Ali
Board Chairman

culation and networking, and policy dialogues forsustainable development in Africa. Through these
thematic and facilitative activities, the ATPS hascontinued to provide platforms for improved STI
policy research, policy making and implementation for African development.
All ATPS programs focus on facilitating innovation
capacity development at individual, institutional,
country and regional levels.
In this regards, we are happy to note the signiﬁcant
increase in the activities of the ATPS during the reporting period. The number and quality of research
conducted by the Network increased signiﬁcantly

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during the year and so did the membership of the
network. The ATPS successfully completed many of
its ongoing collaborative research capacity building activities during the year and commenced new
programs with diverse partners globally. I am alsodelighted to note the increase in global reach andinﬂuence of the ATPS as it strives to represent theAfrican voice on STI policy dialogues in Africa andglobally. Notable amongst many of such engagements in 2011 was ATPS’ side events and continued presence at the 17th Conference of Parties tothe United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change hosted in Durban, South Africa.
ATPS participated in an exhibition for the African
Pavilion in and the CoP serving as the meeting
place for Parties Member countries and delegatesseeking technical support and guidance on emerging issues on climate ﬁnance, technology transfer
and low carbon development in the negotiations.
The ATPS delegation to the African Pavilion under
the stewardship of our Executive Director, hosted
a side event where leading experts presented key
papers to inform Africa’s position at the COP on(i) Climate Finance; (ii) Low Carbon Development;and (iii) Technology Transfer.
The ATPS Board is also delighted to note the record
expansion and global reach of the Network during
the year. The ATPS not only strengthened its national chapters in the 23 African countries, it also
expanded into six more countries including Egypt,
Sudan, Rwanda, Morocco, United Kingdom andChairman’s Message

the United States of America with plans in place
to expand to all countries of Africa and establish
Diaspora chapters in China, Australia, South America and India. ATPS also provided funding for thestrengthening of National chapters in Liberia, Ethiopia, Lesotho, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe
respectively. The ATPS Diaspora chapters provide
platforms for African’s in the diaspora and friendsof Africa living and working outside the continent
to effectively participate in African development
efforts through STI. This is an implementation activity of the African Manifesto for Science, Technology and Innovation launched by the ATPS and its
partners in Egypt in November 2010. The aim is toturn brain drain into brain gain through knowledge
brokerage and knowledge circulation.
I am also delighted to note the expansion in thenumber and quality of institutional collaborations and partnership agreements entered intoby the ATPS during the year. The ATPS prioritises
partnerships as a useful tool for pulling resources,
knowledge and expertise together to address challenges of mutual interest for African development.
The memorandum of understanding signed withlike-minded international organisations and panAfrican governmental agencies during the year istherefore welcome developments. Let me use theopportunity to thank our partners including theUnited Nations Economic Commission for Africa(UNECA) who signed an MoU to collaborate with
ATPS in the development and implementation of

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Chairman’s Message

the Africa Climate Policy Centre’s (ACPC) work
program on (i) Technology Transfer, (ii) Knowledge,
sharing and networking, (iii) Climate policy analyses and support to African governments, and otherspeciﬁc activities of mutual interest to both organizations that may be determined from time to time.
I also thank the African Union Commission (AUC),
the United Nations Agencies, African governments,
relevant Ministries, universities, and other stakeholders for their continued support and collaborations with the ATPS Secretariat in implementationof STI related activities during the year. We value
your partnerships and look forward to strengthening our work together in the coming years.

made in realizing the objectives stated under the
ATPS Phase VI Strategic Plan (2008-2012) as conﬁrmed by the external evaluation report which was
released in December 2011 (see http://www.atpsnet.org/media_centre/focus/evaluation-report/
index.php). On behalf of the ATPS membership,allow me to take this opportunity to thank youvery much for your continued support and partnership and request your continued partnership as the
ATPS prepares to enter into a new strategic phasein its efforts to strengthen Africa’s STIP capacity forsustainable development. You would agree withme that this important role of the ATPS is needed
now even more than before.

I also wish to specially appreciate the Netherlands
Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Netherlands Directorate-General of Development Cooperation- DGIS),
the Rockefeller Foundation, the Open Society Foundations, the European Commission, International
Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), United Nations
Environmental Programs (UNEP), University ofMaastricht, the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, for their ﬁnancial support which hasenabled the ATPS to implement its activities during the year. As you are aware, the activities of the
ATPS are informed by strategic policy priorities of
the African countries and policy stakeholders usually documented in multi-year Strategic Plans. The
on-going Phase VI Strategic Plan commenced in
January 2009 and will end in December 2012. I am
delighted to note that signiﬁcant progress has been

Finally, I wish to thank my fellow Board members
and the Secretariat staff for their hard work, which
has enabled this progress to be made during theyear. I reafﬁrm ATPS commitment to continue
championing this important function in the region.
We look forward to all your continued support in sodoing. I wish you all a prosperous and fruitful 2012.
Thank you, God bless ATPS.

Prof. Shaukat Ali Abdulrazak
Chair, ATPS Board /Executive Secretary (CEO), National Council for Science and Technology, Republic of
Kenya.

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Executive Director’s
Message

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Executive Director’s
MessageT

his report presents a summary update of
the STI capacity building activities andﬁnancial position of the African Technology
Policy Studies Network (ATPS) Secretariat for theperiod 01 January 2011 to 31 December 2011.
The report is organized under the strategic objectives outlined in the ATPS Annual Work plan for theperiod 01 January – 31 December 2011 as approvedby the ATPS Board and our development partners.
These include:i.

Research, Research Capacity Building &Knowledge Generation

ii. International Cooperation and Partnerships;iii. Youth and Gender Empowerment;
iv. Training and Sensitisation;v. Science Communications and Stakeholder
Dialoguevi. Outreach, Knowledge Brokerage, Knowledge Circulation and Policy Dialoguevii. Technical Support Program Activities A-F
and Networkviii. Management/Coordination
In line with its vision, ATPS continued to strengthen capacities of all ATPS actors and stakeholders
within Africa’s innovation systems at the national,
regional and continental levels. It has continued toact as the STI knowledge broker amongst the quadruple helix: policymakers, private sector actors,
science experts and the civil society, to ensure effective identiﬁcation, prioritisation, research andProf. Kevin Urama
Executive Director

policy making on key and emerging development
challenges of the continent in a rapidly changing global economy. The aim is to provide soundscientiﬁc evidence to inform STI policy making in
response to Africa’s development challenges atnational, regional and global scales. This effort isinformed by the ﬁrm believe that unless Africancountries strengthen their science, technology andinnovation capacities, achieving sustainable development and global competitiveness will remain amirage.
All ATPS thematic research and research capacity
building programs focus on facilitating innovation

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All ATPS thematic researchand research capacity building programs focus on facilitating innovation capacity
development at individual, institutional,
country and regional levels. Each research
program is therefore designed to include
the “make” or “design” perspective, i.e.
translation of the research outputs into
“institutional” and/ or “social engineering”
designs, and/or cost effective “technicaldesigns/technologies” that are necessary
to the speciﬁc development and/or policy
gaps addressed.

capacity development at individual, institutional,
country and regional levels. Each research program is therefore designed to include the “make”
or “design” perspective, i.e. translation of the research outputs into “institutional” and/or “social
engineering” designs, and/or cost effective “technical designs/technologies” that are necessary to
the speciﬁc development and/or policy gaps addressed. To enhance the process, each researchteam is expected to include (or proactively engage)trans-disciplinary science experts; relevant policymakers and practitioners at all stages of the project
cycle: from conception to implementation and dissemination of results. The scientiﬁc quality; added
value and innovation content; and societal andpolicy relevance of activities are regarded of equal
importance in all ATPS activities.
During the reporting year, ATPS recorded manysuccesses in the face of many challenges. Some of
the achievements during the years include:
1. Expansion and strengthening of ATPS National Chapters: - The network strengthened
its national chapters in six countries including Liberia, Ethiopia, Lesotho, South Africa,

Zambia and Zimbabwe and provided seedfunding for the launch of new chapters in six
countries including Egypt, Sudan, Rwanda,
Morocco, United Kingdom and the UnitedStates of America
2. Establishments and strengthening of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) National Steering Committees in four countries including
Kenya, Zimbabwe, Uganda and Lesotho.
3. Completed on-going research programs
including the European Commission (EC)funded collaborative project on “Science
Ethics and Technological Responsibility in Developing and Emerging Countries” (SET-DEV).
The program resulted in key outputs, namely,
two manifestos - an African and an Indian
manifesto for Science, Technology and Innovation, and a guideline on Socialization of
Scientiﬁc and Technological Research (STR)
for Kenya and in India.
4. Commencement of new collaborative research programs including (i) a collaborative
project on “Building Trans-disciplinary Climate
Change Adaptation Capacity at the University

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of Nigeria”. The project is a joint initiative of
the ATPS, University of Nigeria and the OpenSociety Foundations (OSF) designed to build
and up-scale the capacity for research, teaching, learning and outreach services in climatechange adaptation within the University of
Nigeria, and (ii) a collaborative project on“Bio-resources Innovation Policy Consortiumfor Eastern Africa (BIPCEA)”. The project is
supported under the auspices of the Bioresources Innovations Network for Eastern Africa Development (Bio-Innovate) Program.
This is a newly established multidisciplinarycompetitive funding mechanism focusing on
the applications of bio-resource innovations
to support sustainable growth and transformation of the agricultural and environmental sub-sectors from primary production tovalue addition, while enhancing adaptability
to climatic change and strengthening innovation policy.
5.

Development of a web-hosted Integrated
Collaborative Environment (ICE) for climatechange adaptation and resilience capacity
building in Africa (cf: http:www.atps-ice4cli-

matechange.net The ICE platform serves asa knowledge brokerage tool to bring climatechange information (the science, the economics, existing and ongoing adaptationplans, etc.,) to the desktops, laptops, tables
and mobile phones of policymakers, science
experts, private investors, and the generalpublic. It hosts online knowledge repositories,
adaptation and mitigation technology virtual
market place, and interactive social networking tools to enhance effective knowledge circulation on climate change impacts, adaptation and mitigation practices, etc. When fullylaunched, it will include platforms for instanttransmission of climate impacts photos taken by the public to be transmitted globallyfor speedy response actions by policymakers,
science advisors and private sector actors
looking for investment opportunities.
6. Increased International Collaboration/Institutional Partnerships: During the year, the
ATPS signed MoU with the United Nations
Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) tocollaborate in the development and implementation of the Africa Climate Policy Cen-SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNNOVATION FOR AFRICA DEVELOPMENT °ATPS ANNUAL REPORT 2011xiii

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Executive Director’s Message

tre’s (ACPC) work program on (i) Technology
Transfer, (ii) Knowledge, sharing and networking, (iii) Climate policy analyses and support
to African governments, and other speciﬁc
activities of mutual interest to both organizations that may be determined from time
to time. The ATPS also strengthened partnerships with the President Woodrow Wilson
Centre for International Scholars, USA under
the auspices of its Southern Voices program.
The ATPS also continued to play key roles inmany international panels including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change(IPCC) reports, the International Panel on
Sustainable Development, etc.

These achievements notwithstanding, the ongoing global ﬁnancial crisis, increasing climate change
impacts and the global shifts toward new development paradigms (inclusive green growth and climate resilient economies), provided great opportunities for the ATPS to help Africa countries shape
their response strategies, policies and plans. However, the triple crisis also meant that funding madeavailable to the ATPS by its consortium of Donors
and development partners fell short of meeting theincreased demands received by the ATPS from its
stakeholders. Allow me to take this opportunity toappeal for your understanding and cooperation if
we fell short of meeting your needs. It was mainly
due to budget constraints.

7. Increased grants to national chapters resulting in improved capacities of the ATPS
national chapters’. Overall twenty six (26)
grants were issued to the chapters in orderto support STI activities at the National level, launch new chapters and strengthen the
weak chapters.

I would like thank all our Donors and development
partners who have supported the implementationof the ATPS Phase VI Strategic plan activities so far,
especially during the year 2011. We could not haveachieved the much we did had it not been for yoursupport. We count on your continued support inthe coming years as we seek to expand our programs to address the multiple needs of the continent in 2012 and beyond.

8. During the year, the ATPS also played key
roles in the Africa Pavilion at the 17th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change held in
Durban, South Africa. ATPS participated in
an exhibition for the African Pavilion serving as the meeting place for the member
countries to receive advice on key STI related
policy issues in the negotiations. The ATPS
delegation to the African Pavilion also hosted a side event where key climate experts
gave presentations to African governments
and stakeholders to inform Africa’s positionat the COP on (i) Climate Finance; (ii) Low
Carbon Development; and (iii) Technology
Transfer, etc.
9. During the reporting period, the volume of
publications has grown tremendously in thevarious publication categories at the ATPS.
In all, we recorded a total of 55 publications
comprising of 13 Working Papers, 13 Research
Papers, 10 Policy Briefs, 3 Journal articles, 2Newspaper articles/Newsletters, 1Annual report, 3 Workshop/Conference Proceedings, 4Book volumes, and 5 Media Outreach items

Finally, I want to express my deepest appreciation to the ATPS Board, the ATPS Regional Council,
the International STI Advisory Committee, ATPS
Secretariat staff, National Coordinators, and the
network membership and all our dear stakeholders for the unwavering support and strategic guidance received during the year. We look forward toreceiving your continued support and cooperationin 2012 and beyond.
We, the ATPS Secretariat Management, ﬁrmly believe that with your continued support and collaboration, we will be able to build on the gains
made so far until our collective goal is achieved.
We believe that the renewed optimism in Africa’s
continued growth record in the past decade canonly be sustained if endogenous capacity in STI ismainstreamed as the engine of growth in Africa.
Together, we can make this happen.
God bless you. God bless ATPS. God bless Africa.
Professor Kevin Chika Urama
Executive Director, ATPS

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Reﬂection on the 2011 Annual
Conference and Workshop

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Conference and Workshop

Delegates at the ATPS 2011 Annual Conference in Mombasa, KenyaT

he 2011 ATPS Annual Conference and Workshops
were held from 07 – 10 November 2011 in Mombasa, Kenya. The theme of the workshop wasStrengthening Linkages between Policy Research andPolicymaking for African Development. The international conference aimed to strengthen the gains from an
initial consultative workshop on strengthening linkages
between policy research and policymaking for African
development held in Mombasa, Kenya in February 2011.

The outcomes from this workshop informed the consultative group on the way forward and the need to engage
a wider stakeholder group for making better impacts on
strategies for strengthening linkages between research,
policy and practice for African development.

note which called for abstracts addressed the following
conference sub-themes:i) Conceptualizing research, policy and practicefor sustainable African developmentii) Youth and Gender empowermentiii) Mechanisms and Approaches for effective linkages amongst researchers, policymakers andpractitioners access and beneﬁt sharing.

iv) The role of capacity developmentv) Research uptake, communication, advocacy
and brokeragevi) Challenges and Opportunities for effective
linkages between research, policy and practice

The overall purpose of the conference was to engage
relevant stakeholders to address the gap between research, policy and practice with a view to designing aproactive way forward for bridging this gap for African
development.

The conference attracted the participation of 155 participants from 25 countries globally including policy
makers, researchers, civil society and private sector actors.

Papers from a range of stakeholders who registered forthe conference and heeded the conference concept

The ﬁrst two days of the workshop were devoted toplenary sessions where invited keynote speakers shared

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A cross section of participants during the ATPS 2011 Annual Conference in Mombasa, Kenya held under thetheme Strengthening Linkages between Policy Research and Policymaking for African Development
their perspectives on the gaps, challenges and opportunities surrounding the theme of the conference. This
paved way for the parallel plenary sessions addressing
each of the conference subthemes.
The conference provided a perfect forum for thedelegates to discuss on improved linkages amongst
researchers, policymakers and practitioners in Africa.

Participants also discussed on the need for improved
utilization of home-grown research evidence forpolicymaking and practice as well as the establishmentof a trans-disciplinary consortium/network of likeminded institutions that will promote effective linkages
amongst researchers, policymakers and practitioners in
Africa.

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Research, Capacity Building
and Knowledge Generation

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Research, Capacity Building
and Knowledge Generation

ATPS stakeholders join the local community in the re-afforestation of a depleted Mangrove forest
in Mombasa, Kenya
All ATPS thematic research and research capacity building programs focus on facilitating innovation capacity
development at individual, institutional, country andregional levels. Each research program is therefore expected to include the “make” or “design” perspective,
i.e. translation of the research outputs into “institutional” and/or “social engineering” designs, and/or costeffective “technical designs/technologies” that are necessary to the speciﬁc development and/or policy gaps
addressed. To enhance the process, each research teamis expected to include (or proactively engage) transATPS Research Priorities
disciplinary science experts; relevant policymakers andpractitioners at all stages of the project cycle: from for the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger andconception to implementation and dissemination of re- halving hunger and poverty by 2015 in relation to 1990.
sults. The scientiﬁc quality; added value and innovation
To realize this, Africa must build its institutional capacicontent; and societal and policy relevance of activities
ties in Agricultural science, technology and innovation. A
are regarded of equal importance in all ATPS activities.
fundamental analysis of the underpinning national andregional strategies, policies, institutions and actors in the
Regional Research Projects
agricultural and allied sectors as well as the inter-linkages      amongst them is required to form the basis for responThe ATPS Agricultural Innovations Program is aimed at sible innovation responses to the complex challenges incontributing to the achievement of the UN Millennium the agricultural systems for development. This forms theDevelopment Goal number One (MDG 1) which calls main focus of the ATPS Agricultural Innovations Program.
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An update on speciﬁc activities under this program isprovided below.

Implementation of three regional studies on
Agricultural Innovations and Emerging Technologies for Climate Change Adaptation andFood Security in Africa
This objective aims to support research and research capacity building on agricultural innovations for climatechange adaptation and food security in Africa. Under
this program, the ATPS conducted regional research on
agricultural innovations for climate change adaptationin Africa. The regional research was conducted in West
Africa Anglophone (Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia,
The Gambia), Central African Francophone (Cameroon,
Equatorial Guinea and Central African Republic (CAR).
The speciﬁc objectives outlined in the Call for Proposals
were six-fold, namely:
To mainstream the concept of innovation in African agriculture through targeted training andﬁeld demonstrations in selected countries,
ii. To identify and document indigenous andemerging innovations and good practices for
improving food security in the face of climatechange in Africa and elsewhere,iii. To develop a system based integrated innovation systems framework for improving agricultural productivity in Africa taking into consideri.

ation climate change and global ﬁnancial crisis.
iv. To build the capacities of African Young Professionals, Women and Policymakers on agricultural innovation systems through an integrated
capacity building training programs including
hands-on case studies, farm placements andcountry tours to show case and learn fromgood practices elsewhere.
v. To enhance individual and institutional behavioral changes towards sustainable farming andother agri-businesses innovations in Africa.
vi. To support the implementation of the NEPADCAADEP program through popularization andpolicy advocacy.
The Call for Proposals targeted under this objective wasposted on the ATPS website and circulated to all ATPS
national chapters and in 29 countries inviting applications from all members of the ATPS Network. A total ofﬁfteen (15) proposals were received from Burkina Faso,
Cameroon, Ghana and Nigeria. The proposals were subjected to intensive peer and expert review culminatingin the commissioning of three (3) regional grants targeting the Western and Central African region. The ﬁrst
regional grant for US$50,000 covered Nigeria, Liberia
and Sierra Leone while the second grant amounting
to US$40,000 covered Ghana and the Gambia. These
grants were commissioned as scheduled in 2009. The
third regional grant for US$40,000 covered Cameroon,
Central African Republic and Equatorial Guinea and wascommissioned in 2010.

Table 1 below presents a summary of the progress of studies commissioned under the Agricultural Innovations
programme

S/N

PRINCIPALRESEARCHER

TITLE OFRESEARCH

COUNTRIES
COVERED

Principal
Researcher
Agwu Agwu Ekwe
Co-Researchers
Mr. Festus Amadu(Sierra Leone)
Mr. Mustapha Sawi
(Liberia)

STATUS

Research Completed
Agricultural
Innovations for
Climate Change
Adaptation andFood Security inWest Africa: The
Case of Nigeria,
Ghana and Sierra
Leone

Working Paper No. 61
http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/wps61.pdf
Nigeria, Liberia& Sierra Leone

Research paper No. 12
http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/rps12.pdf
Policy Brief No. 29
http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/pb29.pdf

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S/N

PRINCIPALRESEARCHER

TITLE OFRESEARCH

COUNTRIES
COVEREDSTATUS

Principal
Researcher
Akon -Yamga Gordon
Research Completed
Co-Researchers
Paul Boadu (Ghana)

Joyce Amoako(Ghana)Agricultural
Innovations for
Climate Change
Adaptation andFood Security
in Africa: The
Ghanaian
Perspective

Working Paper No. 59
Ghana &

http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/wps59.pdf

The Gambia
Research Paper No. 11
http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/rps11.pdf

Beatrice Darko Obiri(Ghana)Policy Brief in press
Fatou Janha Mboob(The Gambia)

Principal
Researcher
Ngoh Siri Bella

Co-Researchers
Mafany George Teke

Agricultural
Innovations
and Indigenous
Knowledge as Keys
to Ensuring Food
Security in theSouth West Regionof Cameroon

Cameroon,
Equatorial
Guinea &Central African
Republic

Research Paper No. 13 Publishedhttp://www.atpsnet.org/Files/rps13.pdf

Working Paper and Policy Brief in press

Sylvester Ndeso
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in Africa (CP0309)

 

Small Grants National Case Studies on Indig- vations for climate prooﬁng agriculture in Africa underenous and Emerging Agriculture Innovations the auspices of the ATPS small grants research program.
A series of country case studies were planned to map
for Resilience
This activity aimed to support case studies on indigenous and emerging agricultural technologies and inno-

and document indigenous and emerging agricultural
technologies and innovations for climate prooﬁng agriculture in Africa.

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The speciﬁc objectives of the research activities under
this call were three-fold, namely:i)

To identify and document effective indigenousand emerging technologies and innovations forclimate change adaptation and resilience in Africa;ii) To build the capacities of African Young Professionals and Women to adapt to climate change
impacts in their communities, localities andcountries; andiii) To enhance behavioral changes towards climate change adaptation measures at individual and institutional levels.

S/N
1.

RESEARCHERS
1.Kaletapwa Farauta
2.Yusuf Lawan Idrisa
3. Victoria Chinwe
Agu

TITLE OF PROPOSAL

Following the Call for Proposals under this objective, a
total of 22 proposals were received from nine (9) African countries namely Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho,
Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Uganda.
The proposals were subjected to thorough peer and expert review which led to the commissioning of eleven(11) small grants under this program with a budget of
US$13,500 each. The grants were commissioned in six(6) countries namely Egypt, Ghana, Lesotho, Malawi,
Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Tanzania.
The status of the research carried out under this initiative is summarized in Table 2 below.

COUNTRY

Assessment of the Nigeria
incidence of Climate
Change and Indigenous Innovative Adaptation Measures inNorthern Nigeria

STATUS
Research Completed
Working Paper No. 62
http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/wps62.pdf
Research Paper No. 15
http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/rps15.pdf

2.

3.

1.Mekbib, S.B 2.Olal- Assessment of the Lesothoeye, A.O
Impact and Adaptive Capacity of the
3.Mokhothu, M.N.
Machobane Farming
System to Climate
4.Masia J.
Change in Lesotho

Research Completed

Shemdoe Riziki

Research Completed and PublishedWorking Paper No.51

Tracking Effective In- Tanzania
digenous Adaptation
Strategies on Impactsof Climate Variability
on Food Security and
Health of Subsistence
Farmers in Tanzania

Working Paper No.51
http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/wps60.pdf

http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/wps51.pdf
Research Paper No.4
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4.

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1.Nzeadibe Chidi
2.Nnaemeka Chukwuone
3.Victoria
Chinwe Agu
4.Nassi H. Mandu

TITLE OF PROPOSALCOUNTRY

ClimateChange Nigeria
Awareness and Indigenous Adaptive
Technologies in the
Niger Delta Region of
Nigeria

Research Completed and PublishedWorking Paper No. 57
http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/wps57.pdf
Research Paper No.7
http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/rps7.pdf
Policy Brief No.28
http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/pb28.pdf

5.

6.

1.Adebayo Dr. K
2. S.O Iposu
3. J.J. Atungwu
4. F.O.A George
5 Temitope Ayinde
6. A.O.S Ayanwale
7. O.S. Fashola
8. T.A Dauda
9. S.L Rikko

Emerging and Indig- Nigeria
enous Technology for
Climatic Change Adaptation in the Farming Systems of Southwest Nigeria

1.Mahu Seth Agbeve Wind Resource As- Ghana
2.Vadim
Belot- sessment for Sustainserkovsky
able Development in
Rural Ghana- A Science, Technology, andInnovation Research
Capacity Building Initiative

Research Completed and PublishedWorking Paper No.56:
http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/wps56.pdf
Research Paper No.10: !!  " ,!
pdf
Policy Brief No. 27:
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agric.html
Research Completed
Working Paper No. 55
http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/wps55.pdf
Research Paper No.10
http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/rps10.pdf
Policy Brief in press

7.

1.Enete Anselm
2. Ignatius Madu
3. E.A Onwubuya
4. A.N Onyekuru
5. Mojekwu Josephat
6. Staff Sgt (rtd)Fidelis Eze

An Assessment of Nigeria
Indigenous Climate
Change Adaptation
Practices in Smallholder- Agriculture ofSoutheast Nigeria

Research Completed and PublishedWorking Paper No.53
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pdf
Research Paper No.6
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Policy Brief No.25
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RESEARCHERS

8.

1. Emeka CelestinePeter Nzeh
2. Rita Ogugua

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TITLE OF PROPOSALCOUNTRY

Study of Technologi- Nigeria
cal and Farming Systems Adaptation to
Climate Change inFarming Communities of Enugu State ,Nigeria

STATUS
Research Completed and PublishedWorking Paper No. 52.
http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/wps52.pdf
Research Paper No.5
http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/rps5.pdf
Policy Brief No.24
http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/pb24.pdf
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http://www.compassnewspap e r. c o m / i n d e x . p h p ? o p t i o n = c o m _content&view=article&id=2877:experts-challenge-scientists-on-climate-change&catid=37:generalnews&Itemid=607

9.

10.

11.

1.Morlai Teddy
Knowledge
based Sierra Leone
2.Kelleh G. Mansaray Integrated Mapping
3.Gibril Vandi
of Climate Change
Adaptations: Indigenous
Responses,
Techno-Scientiﬁc Observations and Future
Outlook for Food Security, Health and Disaster Managementin Sierra Leone.

Research Completed and Published1.Samra Manal
2.Ahmed Abdel
Hamid

Sensitizing and Build- Egypt
ing the Capacity of
Women towards Climate Change Consequences in NorthernLakes of Egypt

Research completed

1.Magombo Tennyson
2.Mutisungirire
Kachulu
3.George
Kanthiti 4.Hilda Kabuli
5.Grace
Chawezi
Phiri

Enabling Rural In- Malawi
novation for Climate
Change Adaptationand Livelihood Security

Research Completed+ ;      

Working Paper No. 54
http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/wps54.pdf
Research Paper No.8
http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/rps8.pdf
Policy Brief No. 26
http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/pb26.pdf
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http://allafrica.com/stories/201103220827.html

Policy Brief No. 26
http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/pb33.pdf

Research Paper No.
http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/rps14.pdf

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Development of the structure for a web-based
platform for the Interactive Collaborative Environment (ICE)The ATPS is in the ﬁnal stages of operationalizing the
ICE platform, with the sections described above alreadyoperational.

During the reporting year, ATPS embarked on an initiative that aims at designing and implementing a webhosted Integrated Collaborative Environment (ICE)for climate change adaptation and resilience capacity
building in Africa. The ICE is web-hosted and functions
as a climate market place where stakeholders can ask
questions and receive leading answers and directions ofcore experts to be contacted for further advice and/or
available relevant resources. The ICE addresses the needof strengthening the climate resilience by providing
quadruple helix stakeholders with an integrated collaborative environment where easy access to better structured and interconnected knowledge and intelligence
tools can enhance capacities to understand, harmonize
and cooperate in the efforts to build climate resiliencein Africa and elsewhere.

The development of the remaining modules is currently
ongoing. The ﬁnished modules of the ICE can be accessed at http://atps- ice4climatechange.net.

Generally the ICE furnishes all latest Web 2.0 development, including web-wikis, blogs, forums, ﬁle sharing,and secure threaded discussions. Participation in the ICE
can be in real time or off-line, with a dedicated module that allows for interaction of geristered members
both between individuals and in groups, which allows
for knowledge and ﬁle sharing as well as discussions on
various topics related to climate change (http://atpsice4climatechange.net/myice/ ). The ICE also has a wiki
to allow the members engage in extensive discussions
that will be moderated for the purposes of checking
the accuracy of the information being shared on theplatrorm regarding climate change(http://atps-ice4climatechange.net/wiki/index.php?title=Welcome).

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In implementing the thematic program on: “Strengthening National IP Policy and legal framework in Eastern andSouthern Africa: Traditional Knowledge (TK) Access andBeneﬁt Sharing (ABS) and Effective IP Systems, ATPS focused on the activities below during the reporting period.

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 "1+#    + -The Regional Steering Committee (RSC) was createdto oversee the IP program implementation at the regional scale. Twelve renowned IP Experts from relevant
institutions were identiﬁed and invited to serve on
the Regional Steering Committee (RSC) to spearhead
the effective running of the regional network on IP.
Eleven (11) experts, representing key institutions wererecruited into the RSC for the IP program. The partici-"       B=;
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pation of some of the senior ofﬁcials from these institutions have been hampered by conﬂicting schedules
while in some cases, the contact persons/members
have changed jobs and moved to other organizations.
These changes have made it necessary to replace thesaid ofﬁcials. Some of the RSC members convened in
Mombasa, Kenya during the 2011 ATPS Annual Conference and Workshop where they interacted with other
IP team members.

        
 "+#    + -To ensure proactive engagement of the National Chapters in the coordination of the IP program, the ATPS liaised with the National Chapter Coordinators to establish 5-person IP national steering committees (NSCs) in
Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Uganda,
Tanzania and Zimbabwe. The NSCs in most of the countries are progressing quite well while a few challenges
have been reported in some of of the countries. The
Secretariat in consultation with the respective national
chapters and NSC chairpersons has recommended a review of the team composition to ensure they meet thethreshold diversity and attend the meetings as required.
The process of strengthening the NSCs kicked off in Lesotho, Malawi and Swaziland. The remaining ﬁve countries have reported good progress and have sent in theirreports regularly.

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The IP coordinators are required to visit the countries
implementing the IP program at least once every year.
These visits are intended to raise the proﬁle of the program in the country by meeting and sensitizing therelevant stakeholders and government ofﬁcials besides
providing technical support to the grantees/researchers
as well as the national steering committees. During thereporting period, chapter visits were implemented in
Kenya, Lesotho and Zimbabwe.
The NSC members in Swaziland and Tanzania attended an IP workshop that took place in November 2011
where the schedules of chapter visits in the two countries were discussed.

+  1   With the IP studies drawing nearer to completion andpublishing, the ATPS intends to populate the pages reserved for the IP program under the ATPS website anduse it as a platform for sharing experiences and lessons
from across the region. This activity is dependent on
the implementation of other activities within the programme and it is expected that the website can be populated within this year, 2012. The RSC, NSC and the IP
research team are all currently functioning as a networkthat meets annually during the ATPS annual conference
and workshops.

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Following the conclusion of the country case studies
in Ethiopia, Lesotho, Kenya and Tanzania, outputs haveundergone peer review and are now in press. We expect
to disseminate these outputs widely when published.

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Six case studies under the IP program were commissioned in Malawi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Tanzania
and Uganda. Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho and Tanzania havecompleted their studies and submitted their papers andpolicy briefs which have been shared with external reviewers for review. The Uganda study is on course but
the project delayed slightly due to research clearance
and regulatory approvals. Both Lesotho and Malawi arenearing completion but have been delayed because thePrincipal investigators have changed jobs and the coinvestigators are taking over the responsibilities for the
projects. The transitions have occasioned delays but the
Secretariat has got assurances that these projects will
be completed in the next three months. The case studyin Zimbabwe will be commissioned in 2012 while discussions are still underway with the Malawi and Swaziland teams to inform the way forward on their studies.

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Table below gives a summary of the status of these projects
S/N

Principal researcher

Co-researchers

Title of research

Country

Completed;

1.Anne Mbwayo
Ndetei Prof. D.M

2. Victoria Mutiso
3. Lincoln Khasakhala

Phiri Dorica Suvye

Shemdoe Georges

StatusTraditional Medicine: Mental
Health and Behavioural
Kenya
Practices

Chapusa Domino
Phiri

Ascertaining the Nature of
Traditional Knowledge andTraditional Cultural Expressions and the Search for
Legal Options in Regulating
Access in Malawi.

Loy Mhando

National Policies and Legal
Frameworks Governing
Traditional Knowledge andEffective Intellectual Property Systems in Southernand Eastern Africa: The Caseof Traditional Healers in
Tanzania

Malawi

Working Paper,
Reserch Paper
and policy brief in
Press

Project implementation stalled
due to changes
in PI;

Completed;

Tanzania

Working Paper,
Reserch Paper
and policy brief in
Press
Completed;

Solomon Tibebu

Pitso Masupha

Assessment of Possible
Wondwossen
Intellectual Property ProBelete Getahun
tection Options of TradiDechasa Angecha
tional Knowledge System in
Habtamu Gujabayu
Ethiopia

Lebese Lekholoane
Thlako Mokhoro
Maseqobela Williams lieketseng
Tjokotsi Sekoja
Phakisi
Lefa Thamae

Ethiopia

Working Paper,
Reserch Paper
and policy brief in
Press
Completed;

The Impact of Intellectual Property Rights andMulti-Media on Acquiringand Managing Traditional
Knowledge Systems

LesothoWorking Paper,
Reserch Paper
and policy brief in
Press

Mamolise Falatsa
Munabi, Catherine
Lwanga, Herbert:
Job Wanakwakwa

Dr. Muhumuza,
Denis

Empowering Traditional
Herbalists in Uganda to
beneﬁt-share better fromtheir knowledge and skills
Ugandain collaboration with otherResearchers and Innovatorsin the Government, Civil andBusiness sectors          "  %&$'(')* +  ,

Expected toconclude within
the 2nd quarter of2012   ! "   # $ 

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Small Research Grants
Commission new Small Grant Case Studies on
Health Innovations Program
Based on the experiences and lessons from the healthprogram commissioned under the ATPS Phase V strategic plan (2004 – 2007), ATPS has continued its focus on
health in its current Phase VI strategy (2008 – 2012). A
program is currently under development on “strengthening science, technology and innovation systems for improved health care delivery in Africa”. While building on
its predecessor in Phase V, this new program is unique in
its recognition of the need for a more holistic/systemic
approach to strengthening healthcare delivery systems.
This program recognizes that strengthening health systems must be aligned to the complex developmental
issues that are affected by (and in turn affect) health.
While continuing to generate and collate policy-relevant
research on healthcare delivery and management, theprogram will have special emphasis on (i) strengthening
the linkages, interactions and joint learning amongst thedifferent actors in the healthcare sector and (ii) spearheading uptake and utilization of policy research outputs by the policymakers
In tune with the above, the program’s main objectives
will include:(i) Conducting well targeted and policy-relevant research; including analysis, synthesis and reviews ofexisting literature. This research will be targeted at
improving the policies and institutions that inﬂuence healthcare delivery(ii) Building human and institutional capabilities toraise awareness, knowledge and skills of stakehold-ers in order to integrate health care technology issues into national development plans(iii) Improving uptake and use of policy research in policy making by supporting continuous engagement
between the researchers and policymakers andother relevant stakeholders in the health sector(iv) Disseminating the ﬁndings to deepen the understanding of health care technologies and their linkages to access and effectiveness of health care systems.
The draft concept note for the program is currently under review. The ATPS Secretariat Management plans tocommission a Book Volume on the subject to ensurethat the outcomes of the program are published.

International Collaborative ResearchContinued collaboration with SET-DEV partners to draft an African Manifesto for STI and ahandbook on STI in Kenya
The period saw the successful completion of the European Framework 7 funded INCO program on: “Science;         E   ;  =  F (SET-DEV). The program resulted in key outputs, namely, two manifestos - an African and an Indian manifesto for Science, Technology
and Innovation, and a guideline on Socialization of Scientiﬁc and Technological Research (STR) for Kenya andin India. The outputs were all products of multi-lateraldialogue between the SETDEV partners in Africa, Europe
and India, and key stakeholders in Africa, Europe and India. The ATPS leveraged the SETDEV program efforts to
produce a manifesto for STI in Africa.
Three ﬁnal workshops were held in India, Kenya andBelgium in March, April and May 2011 respectively toParticipants who attended the ﬁnal meeting of the SETDEV program during the presentation of the African
Manifesto fo Science, Technology and Innovation
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popularize the key outputs from the program. ATPS took
the lead role in organizing a parliamentary breakfast
meeting held in Kenya on 29 April 2011, targeting thequadruple helix, organized in collaboration with the National Council for Science and Technology (NCST). The
meeting was attended by 60 delegates from 26 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and the USA.
   '  : The ATPS leadership in the development of the African Manifesto for Science, Technology
and Innovation, and a Guideline on Socialization of Scientiﬁc and Technological Research (STR) for Kenya, hashelped to raise the STI proﬁle amongst the STI policy
communities in three continents: Africa, Asia, and Europe. The interactions with the EU Commissioners andMinister’s in Brussels during the launch of the Manifestoes, and in other African countries is seen as a welcome
strategy to increase networks with potential Donors andincrease sTI visibility among key decision makers. We
have since seen increased requests for the ATPS to play
key roles in research proposals being developed by EU
institutions and greater networking amongst national
chapter members and partners in Europe and India.
The African Manifesto for STI and the guidelines forSocialization of STI have also received wide coveragein various media including newspapers, radio and TV.
Interest and commitments to implement its recommendations have also been wide reaching on the continent. Global STI institutions such as UNESCO havewelcomed the African manifesto and we are in discussion with them on strategies to implement the recommendations of the manifesto, including the publicationof the state of STI in Africa report. We are also currently
working with the STEPS Centre, UK on new funding opportunities to implement the Manifesto.

Collaboration with University of Nigeria (UNN)
to build and up-scale the capacity for research,teaching, learning and outreach services in climate change adaptation within the UNN
ATPS has embarked on a collaborative project on “Building Trans-disciplinary Climate Change Adaptation Capacity at the University of Nigeria”. The project is a joint initiative of the ATPS, University of Nigeria and the OpenSociety Foundations (OSF). The overall purpose of thisinitiative is to build and up-scale the capacity for research, teaching, learning and outreach services in climate change adaptation within the University of Nigeria.
This capacity building initiative will document existing climate change technologies, and climate change
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disciplinary curriculum to mainstream CCA in University
teaching and learning in Nigeria. It is expected that the
project will also develop and garner the support of policy makers to support the curriculum review, teaching,research and outreach on Climate Change Adaptation(CCA) in all Nigerian universities. As partner in the program, the ATPS is receiving support to further develop
its integrated Collaborative Environment for Climate
Change Adaptation in Africa.
Strategic Impact: This program provides an avenue for
the ATPS to address a core objective of its Phase VI Strategic plan on curriculum review. It also affords the ATPSa in road to a new donor, OSF with whom discussions are
now ongoing for potential core funding to support the
ATPS Phase VI Strategic plan activities. Through the program, the ATPS is now working with Five (5) Universities
in three regions of the continent on trans-disciplinary
curriculum review, hence increasing ATPS’ visibility andopportunities for new members from these institutions.
Nanotechnologies for Development in India, Kenya
and the Netherlands: Towards a Framework for Democratic Governance of Risks in Developing Countries
The ATPS is collaborating with Maastricht University
and the University of Hyderabad, India on a program:G      E   B H I
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The ATPS’ role in the project involves the establishment
and hosting of the NANO-DEV website to enhance itsrole as a knowledge broker in the emerging ﬁeld, conduct a case study on governance of nanotechnologies in
Kenya, and assist the PhD Students and a Post-Doctoral
Fellow who are registered on the program at Maastricht
University whenever they are in Kenya for their research,when necessary. The students were selected by Maastricht University following its own rules and procedures
and are originally planned to be based in the Universityof Nairobi for their research while they are in Kenya.
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were held in Nairobi, Kenya, on 12-13 December 2011.
In the workshop the project team presented comparative insights from India and the Netherlands to stimulate the discussions on an African and Kenyan approachto these questions. Participation in the workshop was byinvitation only with attendance from experts in nanotechnologies, nanoscience and related newly emerging
science and technologies from a variety of Kenyan institutions: universities, non-university research institutions, government agencies, stakeholder organizations.

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Prof. Wiebe Bijker of Maastricht University opens a workshop on Nanotechnology for Kenya’s Development
in Nairobi, Kenya
The project is led by Prof. Wiebe Bijker, University ofMaastricht, The Netherlands, with the University of Hyderabad, India; and the ATPS as partners.

Collaborate with University College London(UCL), Zoological Society of London (ZSL), International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
on a Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services, Social
Sustainability and Tipping Points in African
Drylands project (BEST)This program is underway and ATPS participated in
the interview process for a Post-Doctoral ResearchOfﬁcer to take the program forward. A start up
workshop was also held in May 2011 where partner
institutions discussed the process of reﬁning theconcept and research questions. The partners also
discussed the possibility of having a stakeholder
engagement workshop with some of the relevant
policymakers/ practitioners scheduled for the third
quarter of 2011. The Post-Doctoral Fellow is basedat the University College London but will liaise withILRI and ATPS while in Kenya for the coordination of
the research project.

nerships with leading institutions in the relevant ﬁeldsof research. Through these programs, funds are also
leveraged to support stafﬁng costs of the ATPS while atthe same time producing relevant research outputs tofeed into the outcomes of the ATPS Phase VI Strategic
Plan (Program B on International Collaboration and Institutional Partnerships). The BEST program launched a
website to disseminate information on the outputs ofthe project which can be accessed at

Other partnerships and initiatives with thequadruple helix (relevant STI institutions in
Africa through development of memorandumof understandings, joint activities, etc)
MoU between ATPS and UNECA

policymaker/practitioners; SME and entrepreneurs; andscientists working on related issues.

ATPS entered into an MoU with the United Nations
Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) to collaborate in
the development and implementation of the Africa Climate Policy Centre’s (ACPC) work program on (i) Technology Transfer, (ii) Knowledge, sharing and networking, (iii) Climate policy analyses and support to African
governments, and other speciﬁc activities of mutualinterest to both organizations that may be determinedfrom time to time. UNECA is mandated to support economic development of its Member States, and promoteinternational cooperation for Africa’s development andis also responsible for promoting social development,
gender equality and the advancement of women. The
African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) was establishedin 2010 to serve as the knowledge-management andpolicy-facilitation arm of the Climate for Development(ClimDev) Africa Program.

   '   Through these programs, the ATPS
Secretariat Management aims to strengthen ATPS’ part-

Strategic Impact: The MoU provides great opportunities for the ATPS Climate Sense Program (CSP) activities

As part of the project implementation, a workshop
will be held at the ILRI Complex in Nairobi Kenya on 14 February 2012. The Aim of workshop is
to engage stakeholders and at all levels including
grassroots users through to national and international

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to directly feed into African Union Commission’s policy
priorities and also more directly to the African countries
climate policies and strategies.

Collaborative Project on Bio-resources Innovation
Policy Consortium for Eastern Africa (BIPCEA)ATPS has embarked on a collaborative project on “Bioresources Innovation Policy Consortium for Eastern Africa(BIPCEA)”. The project is supported under the auspicesof the Bioresources Innovations Network for Eastern
Africa Development (Bio-Innovate) Program. This is a
newly established multidisciplinary competitive funding
mechanism whose niche is characterized by a focus on
the applications of bio-resource innovations to support
sustainable growth and transformation of the agricultural and environmental sub-sectors from primary production to value addition, while enhancing adaptability
to climatic change and strengthening innovation policy.
The Bio-Innovate Program is based at the International
Livestock Centre (ILRI) and funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) overthe 5 year period (2010-2014). The program receives
strategic direction from Technical Committee (TAC) of
which the ATPS Executive Director, Dr. Kevin Urama is amember. Other partners involved in the project include
the Kenya National Council of Science and Technology (KNCST); Uganda National Council for Science andTechnology (UNCST); Tanzania Commission for Scienceand Technology (COSTECH); Directorate of Science,
Technology and Research, Rwanda (DSTR); International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA); and the Stockholm Environment Institute(SEI). All the partners were hosted by the UNCST for

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the inaugural meeting for the project on 29 September
2011 in Kampala, Uganda. At the meeting, all partners
discussed their speciﬁc roles and timelines were agreed
on the delivery of some of the start-up activities.
Strategic Impact: The role of ATPS under the BIPCEA
project is to provide support on policy review national
science, technology and innovation policies in Eastern
Africa to establish the extent to which they promote
bioscience innovations. ATPS will also leverage on its
network to facilitate the convening of two high-level regional conferences on bioscience innovations and policies in Eastern Africa.

Collaborative project on Transdisciplinary Training for Resource Efﬁciency and Climate Change
Adaptation in Africa (TRECCAfrica) proposal for
the Intra-ACP Academic Mobility Scheme
ATPS has partnered with the South African based
Stellenbosch University agrees to undertake a project
dubbed TRECCAfrica under the Intra-ACP Academic
Mobility Scheme Lot 1-Africa (EACEA/35/10).
As an associate partner, ATPS role in the project is toenhance the policy skills of the TRECCAfrican students
and staff members and to raise awareness of the programme among our numerous stakeholders including
policy makers, researchers, private sector actors, civilsociety groups and the media in Africa and the Diaspora. ATPS will also offer modules on policy translationof research results and policy advocacy skills during
the proposed TRECCAfrica Transdisciplinary Summer
Schools as well as through an internship programme forselected TRECCAfrican students.

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In addition, ATPS will also assist in organizing workshopsthat will bring relevant stakeholders together to foster
networking and collaboration opportunities among partners in the academic mobility scheme and other stakeholders in Africa and the Diaspora. The ATPS will alsooffer to the consortium its Interactive Collaborative Environment (ICE) platform for climate change adaptationand mitigation in Africa to enhance collaboration and coordination amongst the participating staff and students.
Strategic Impact: This project is of strategic importance to the ATPS as it will enhance its continuing efforts to build a strong African network of academics
and students to tackle the twin challenge of climatechange and resource depletion facing the African continent. Other institutions involved in the project include
Mekelle University, Ethiopia; University of Ghana; University of Nairobi; University of Dar Es Salaam; and the
University of Nigeria.
The ATPS participated in an exhibition for the African
Pavilion in the 17th Conference of Parties to the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change andthe 7th Conference of Parties serving as the Meeting of
the Parties to its Kyoto Protocol (COP 17/CMP 7).
The ATPS delegation to the African Pavilion under the
stewardship of the ATPS Executive Director organized aside event where they made presentations touching on
Africa’s position at the COP on (i) Climate Finance; (ii)
Low Carbon Development; and (iii) Technology Transfer.
The ATPS Exhibition stand attracted numerous guests
who expressed an interest to learn more about the network and become afﬁliated in one way or another. The
forum was also used as an opportunity to disseminate
ATPS publications.
Strategic Impact: It is envisaged that the inclusion of
ATPS in the African Pavilion sets the pace for the formal accreditation of the ATPS as a UN Observer in the
Negotiation Table in charge of technology transfer andinnovations for CC adaptation and mitigation of GHGs.
The ATPS is also making progress on the other UN Panels including the International Resource Panel for which
the ATPS Executive Director chairs the Water Working
Group; and the UNESCO Global Observatory on STI
which will produce the Paris Protocol for STI. The ATPS
will continue to pursue these developments earnestly.

Towards a Global Observatory of Policy Instruments on Science, Technology and Innovation(GO-SPIN) UNESCO, Paris, 19-20 October 2011
The ATPS Executive Director attended the GO SPIN
workshop from 19 – 20 October 2011 which was organized by the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France. The

Workshop focussed on the elaboration of a methodology for the systematization, assessment and standardization of the information concerning STI policy instruments around the world. Several decision-makers andexperts from the governments, academia, multinational
companies that perform R&D activities, as well representatives from other similar initiatives participatedin this high level international meeting. The Executive
Director attended the meeting as a speaker within theroundtable on Monitoring Policy Instruments on Science, Technology and Innovation around the World:
The Role of ATPS. The presentation was well received
by the invited delegates who shared a common sentiment that the ATPS was a vital link to UNESCO andother global bodies to provide the relevant STI policy
expertise owing to it strategic advantage. One of the
key outcomes of this meeting was the creation of aninternational committee to work towards gathering input to feed into the “Paris Manual” a methodology tostandardize the information about science, technology
and innovation “policy instruments” that are the mostvaluable information of these platforms.
Strategic Impact: Through these initiatives, the ATPS
Secretariat Management aims to strengthen ATPS’ partnerships with UNESCO both at the regional and international levels.

Regional Meeting on Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP), 21 – 22 September
2011, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
The ATPS Executive Director attended a Regional Meeting on Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP)
which was hosted by UNEP in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
from 21 – 22 September 2011. The main objectives of
the regional meeting were to provide a global and regional overview on MP/SPC process as well as to provide capacity building through thematic working groups
related to SCP priority areas for Africa. The outcomes ofthe meeting are expected to feed into the preparationof the Rio+20. The meeting explored the core questionsof how African countries can pursue poverty reduction,industrial growth, food security and overall economic
progress in resource-efﬁcient ways. Given that Africa ispredominantly dependent on natural resources - land,
water, minerals, soils, forests, etc, the meeting also
tried to propose and interpret resource efﬁciency withinthese contexts. By this approach, the participants wereable to beneﬁt from clear strategies and recommendations to take back to their various governments. The ED
collaborated with Prof. Eric Eboh, the Executive Directorof the African Institute of Applied Economics (AIAE) andmember of ATPS Nigeria, to give a presentation on Decoupling Resource Efﬁciency and Productivity. The

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paper show cased the need for STI capacity building forsustainable development through improvements in efﬁciency and productivity.
Strategic Impact: The ED’s attendance to the meetingprovided him with an opportunity to provide expertisefrom ATPS on peculiar policy, institutional and STI imperatives and challenges in promoting SCP in resource-dependent economies. Embedding this message in the position
report for the Rio+20 is a strategic move to mainstream
STI in the global discourses on Sustainable Development.

Open Society Foundations Higher Education
Support Program (HESP) Africa Roundtable,
September 15-16 2011 Maputo, Mozambique
The ATPS Executive Director attended an Africa Roundtable Forum organized by the Open Society Foundations(OSF) Higher Education Support Program (HESP). The
meeting explored the priorities of Higher Education andalso sought to identify and discuss the privileged ways
in which higher education functions in Africa, in order toinﬂuence ways in which HESP could eventually support
projects and initiatives. This invitation was extended to
the ED following his publication on Higher Education for
Sustainable Development in Africa which he presented
to the Association of African Universities (AAU) in 2009
and was published under the ATPS Special Paper Series(see http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/hesda.pdf), and hisrole as Chair of the Reference Group of Africa Climate
Change Adaptation initiative of the OSF.

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Launch of the Biennial Report of the State of
STI in Africa
The ATPS has liaised with the National chapters in a
meeting held on 29th April 2011 in Nairobi, Kenya toagree strategies for launching the ATPS biennial reporton the State of STI in Africa. The meeting attended by
23 National Chapter Coordinators, and key Stakeholders from the Quadruple Helix brainstormed on the
structures required at the national and regional levels toensure that the necessary data required for the report
would be accessible to the ATPS at all scales, and also
ensure that quality editorial functions are performed toensure the quality of the biennial reports.
The ATPS Executive Director also held meetings with
UNESCO Paris on the subject, and discussed potential
areas of collaboration to facilitate the production of thebiennial reports using the data resources of UNESCO
and also ensure that the reports would feed into the
UNESCO Global report on STI. UNESCO has promised
to allow the ATPS to liaise with its Statistics ofﬁce on
datasets for the publication of the report.

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Participation in the Intergovernmental Panelon Climate Change (IPCC)
The ATPS Executive Director participated as lead Author
for the special report of the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC) special report on Renewable Energy Sources and climate Change Mitigation (SRREN).
The ED participated as a lead author for the Summaryfor Policy Makers (SPM) and Chapter 1 of the full report.
The report was adopted by the Parties in May 2011 andhas now been published by the IPCC (cf: http://srren.
ipcc-wg3.de/report). One of the key meetings attended
by the ED is the ﬁrst IPCC Lead Authors’ meeting forthe 5th Assessment Report held in Changwon, China. He
is a Lead Author in the AR5 chapters: Sustainable Development and Equity. The ED also attended a Regional
Experts’ Meeting hosted in Accra, Ghana from 9 – 11August 2011 also supported by the IPCC, whose objectives were to discuss key issues of climate change impacts and adaptations at the regional level. The meeting
discussed how best to accommodate the outcomes ofthe meeting in the sectoral and regional chapters of theFifth Assessment Report (AR5).

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The ATPS Executive Director and the Senior Research Ofﬁcer collaborated with other Sub-Saharan Africa experts
to lead the sub-Saharan Africa chapter of the UNESCO
Science report for the period 2006 – 2010. The reportwhich is published every 5 years was launched in Parisin November in 2010, and at the ATPS annual conference in Cairo, Egypt in November 2010. The ATPS also
participated in the launch of the Sub-Saharan Africa
chapter in Nairobi on 24 February 2011spearheadedby the UNESCO Regional Ofﬁce in collaboration with
the Kenyan National Commission Science and Technology (NCST). The event was attended by the UNESCO
ofﬁcials, science experts and government ofﬁcials, including the Minister for Higher Education, Science andTechnology of the Republic of Kenya, and the Executive
Secretary of the NCST Kenya.
UNESCO Paris has translated the report into many UN
languages, and is currently working with the ATPS totranslate Sub-Saharan Africa chapter into French andArabic. The feedbacks received so far, suggest that thereport is already being used by many agencies as a toolfor STI policy advocacy in many countries globally.

among many other interventions.
The President Woodrow Wilson International Centre
has now requested the ATPS to lead the paper on Climate Change and Technology Transfer in collaboration
with the African Centre for Economic Transformation(ACET).
The commissioned research papers will be presented to
the relevant US government department in 2012. ATPS’leading roles in STI capacity building, knowledge brokerage, technology transfer, and mainstreaming STI in climate change negotiations and dialogue was applaudedby the PWWC at the meeting. The ATPS is working with
the Woodrow Wilson International Centre on this initiative and will provide updates accordingly.

International Panel for Sustainable Resource
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Southern Voices in the Northern Policy Debate
May 2011
The Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars(USA) invited the ATPS to a consultative conference on
Southern Voices in the Northern Policy Debate which
was held from 22-23 May 2011in Dakar, Senegal. The
ATPS which was selected amongst key institutions toparticipate in the conference was represented by Dr.
Kevin Urama, ATPS Executive Director and Prof. Turner
T. Isoun, ATPS Board member.
The purpose of the conference was to identify a set ofissues or themes, which are of mutual concern to theNorth and South alike, but upon which the South has
a distinct perspective, set of interests, cultural or historical context which differs greatly from the Northern
powers. The objective of the conference was to reach an
agreement on this set of interests for which the President Woodrow Wilson International Centre can commission research efforts to bring this “Southern perspective or voice” to the attention of U.S. policymakers.
The meeting identiﬁed a number of key areas where theAfrican voices needs to be represented in US policy dialogues, including: Climate Change; Technology Transfer;
STI capacity building;
Agricultural Subsidies and Tariff Escalation; Youth, Employment, Migration and Poverty Alleviation; and Public Policies and Effects on Food Security and Poverty

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The ATPS Executive Director is engaged in the International Panel for Sustainable resource Management
as Chair of the Sustainable Water Resources working
group, and member to the Panel. Through his role on
the Panel, the ATPS received a grant of US$49,806 to
support his role in leading the report on “Decoupling,
Water Efﬁciency and Water productivity”. The reportaims to mainstream clean technologies and sustainable
polices for effective water management in global policy
dialogues. Members of the working group span all continents of the world. A zero draft report was presented
by members at the Resource Panel session held from 29
May to 01 June 2011 in Helsinki, Finland.

Bio-Innovate Technical Advisory Committee
The Executive Director was appointed to the membership of the Bio-Innovate Technical Committee (TAC)
during the period. The Bio-Innovate is a newly established multidisciplinary competitive funding mechanism whose niche is characterized by a focus on theapplications of bio-resource innovations to support sustainable growth and transformation of the agriculturaland environmental sub-sectors from primary production to value addition, while enhancing adaptability to
climatic change and strengthening innovation policy.
The TAC provides strategic direction to the selection ofprojects and overall technical management of the BioInnovate program which is based at the International
Livestock Centre (ILRI) and funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) overthe 5 year period (2010-2014). Through his participation in the committee, the ED has initiated discussions
with ILRI on potential areas of collaboration between
the ATPS and ILRI especially in areas on science communication, policy dialogue and STI capacity building.
Discussions are ongoing on the modalities of the collaboration which is necessary for the drafting of a MoU
between the two organizations.

Open Society Foundations’ Africa Climate
Change Adaptation Initiative Reference GroupThe ATPS Executive Director was appointed to the Reference Group of the Africa Climate Change Adaptation
Initiative funded by the Open society Foundation (OSF).
The three-member Reference Group acts as a sub-Boardfor the OSF initiative in Africa, with a mandate to review
and advice on projects to be funded, approve the work
program on the initiative, and evaluate the Program Director. At the OSF Board orientation workshop which
was held in Budapest, Hungary from 14 – 17 June 2011,
Dr. Kevin Urama was nominated by his peers to serve
as Chair of the Reference Group. The costs of the ED’s

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participation in the Reference Group are fully coveredby the OSF.

Kenya National Council of Science and Technology (NCST) Annual Conference, Nairobi,
Kenya, 3-6 May 2011
ATPS was invited to the Kenya National Council of Science and Technology (NCST) Annual Conference which
was held from 3 - 6 May 2011 in Nairobi, Kenya. The
conference theme was Science, Technology and Innovation as a Platform for National Development. The NCST
conference attracted participation from policy makers,
scholars, academicians, scientists, entrepreneurs, innovators, research and development workers, and otherend-users of technologies.The Executive Director’s presentation on Science, Technology and Innovations andHuman Livelihoods was presented on his behalf by Dr.
Maurice Bolo, Post-Doctoral Research Ofﬁcer.
ATPS has continued to forge strong links with the Kenya National Council for Science and Technology which
has also been supporting and providing guidance to the
ATPS-Kenya chapter.
Strategic Impact: Secretariat Management believes
that ATPS’ participation in these global STI reports andinitiatives is a welcome development. It is expected tomainstream ATPS and STI capacity building in these
global forums and eventually improve ATPS’ visibility in
the STI arena and fundraising capacity, globally.

ACPC Consultation Forum on Climate and Development Program of Africa, Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia, April 2011
The ATPS Executive Director was invited as an expert
to a high level experts’ consultation workshop on the
Climate and Development Program of Africa which washeld from 26 – 27 April 2011 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The meeting was an organized by the African Climate
Policy Center (ACPC) which was recently established as
the technical arm of the Climate for Development in
Africa (ClimDev-Africa) programme, a joint initiative of
UNECA and the African Development Bank.
The focus of this consultative meeting was Low carbon
development and Climate and Energy. The main objective of the meeting was to identify key research questions on low carbon development and climate withenergy development particularly energy access in Africa. The consultative meeting also sought to map andidentiﬁes complementarities of initiatives undertakenby the invited institutions so as to prioritize knowledge
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der discussion. Participation to this important meeting
was by speciﬁc selection based on the background andexpertise of the invited delegates, therefore indicating the signiﬁcance attached by UNECA to the workof ATPS.

Emerging collaboration with the African Academy of Sciences (AAS)The ATPS has a held several meeting with the Executive Director and other representatives of the African
Academy of Sciences (AAS) to discuss potential areasof collaboration between the two organizations. At
a meeting hosted at the ATPS Secretariat, key areasthat emerged as being of mutual interest to both AAS
and ATPS include: Climate change; STI Policy; Training
and Sensitization; Science Communication and Stakeholder Dialogue; Mainstreaming Trans-Disciplinarity in
African Universities; and others. Discussions are ongoing regarding the potential of both organizations hosting joint Annual Conferences and General Meetings ofmembers; hosting the ATPS Secretariat within the AAS
complex; and other joint program initiatives.
Strategic Impact: The ATPS regards the emerging
partnership with AAS as very important. As an umbrella body for Science in Africa, AAS will provide a usefulplatform for ATPS to access African Science experts andscientiﬁc knowledge and resources. On the other hand,
ATPS will support the AAS in enhancing uptake of science outputs from its Fellows.

National Chapters/Institutional Support

Support the National Coordinating Centres
undertaking studies on Traditional Knowledge
Systems and Increasing Access to Beneﬁt Sharing of Intellectual Property (IP) in Africa, targeting Eastern Africa and the SADC countries(Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Swaziland,
Lesotho, Malawi and Mozambique).
Seven National Chapters have beneﬁted from grants to
support national coordinating centres under the IP program so far. The chapters are Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho,
Malawi, Swaziland, Uganda and Zimbabwe. Following
the successful resolution of the challenges affecting
the Tanzania chapter, the already constituted National
Steering Committees in the chapter will now be able tobeneﬁt from this initiative.

Support the ATPS National Chapters and Focal Points
ATPS organized a retreat for the National Chapter coordinators from 28 – 30 April 2011 in Nairobi, Kenya.
Twenty three 23 national chapter coordinators attended the retreat where they discussed and strategized on
ways of strengthening the relationship between thechapters and the ATPS. At the retreat, the coordinators
committed to put more effort in ATPS activities within
their respective chapters.
The coordinators adopted and endorsed the revised
Agreement between ATPS and its National Chapterswhich outlines the working modalities to ensure mutual
beneﬁt. They also reviewed and adopted the minutes of
the national chapter coordinator’s meetings held on 29
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International Cooperation andPartnershipProf Osita Ogbu takes ATPS National Coordinators and Secretariat staff through training on the Ethics of awinning organization

Conduct Training of Trainers
Following a successful launch of the ToTs in Cairo during
the last annual conference, a training curriculum andmanual to guide the training of trainers was developed.
The curriculum and manual is based on the content the
IP team shared with the African Regional Intellectual
Property Organization (ARIPO), initially approached tofacilitate the workshop but were unable to commit. To
avoid delays in the programme implementation a teamof IP experts led by Prof. Moni Wekesa, Dean of the Law
School at the Mount Kenya University (MKU) were approached to implement the training from 10 – 11 November 2011 in Mombasa, Kenya.
The speciﬁc objectives of the ToT workshop were to: identify the various forms of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs); provide an overview of intellectual property
rights and linkages to access and beneﬁt sharing; understand patents and the patent application
process and linkages to ABS;
 To introduce key concepts concerning disclosureand certiﬁcates of origin/source/compliance;
 provide an overview of patent registration ofﬁces in Africa, their roles and linkages with international and other ofﬁces (e.g. the Patent Cooperation Treaty, the European Patent Ofﬁce, theUnited States Patent and Trademark Ofﬁce); understand how a patent registration ofﬁce examines and grants patents, patent opposition,and patent ﬁling and maintenance costs; and Understand the international legal framework
related to IPRs.
The TOT was facilitated by Prof. M. Wekesa and Ms Millicent Ligare and attracted participation from 4 chapter
coordinators (Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, and Uganda); 25
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ticipating countries; 10 TOT participants; 4 project principle investigators; and 3 Regional Steering Committee
Members. The session also attracted the interest andparticipation of 17 other conference attendees thereby
bringing the cumulative attendance to 64.

suit within the ﬁrst quarter of 2012. To fast track the process, IP-team held a side session during the IP workshops
held November 2011 for all coordinators to present theirworkplans this year (2012), to enable the TOTs and coordinators to implement activities such as round tableworkshops, stakeholders meetings etc. It is expectedthat the published materials will be ready by the second
quarter of 2012 hence everything will be in place for thecountries to effectively create awareness on Traditional
Knowledge, Access Beneﬁt Sharing and effective IP.

The training covered seven sessions and these included:
The Intellectual Property Rights regimes; IPR institutional frameworks (both international and regional);
Protection of Traditional Knowledge and expression of
Folklore; concepts and principles of Beneﬁt Sharing as
per Nagoya and Swakopmund Protocols; Protectionof Traditional Knowledge; Tools for Access and Beneﬁt
Sharing; and Bioprospecting and Biotrade.
The post-evaluation of the training was generally positive and ATPS expects to carry on with the implementation of the ToT curriculum for the remaining duration of
the project. The ToT beneﬁciaries at country level will
receive further support to implement the ToTs at theirrespective country levels.

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The national chapters have been requested to submit
proposals for awareness creation and sensitization involving grassroots communities. As at the end of December 2011, only two countries, Ethiopia and Uganda
had submitted their proposals and funding budgets havebeen approved. Other chapters are expected to follow+ 
   '       ) '8 )   9    '
    (    )   '4               8' ATPS organized a 3-day workshop on “Strengthening
Linkage between Policy Research and Policymaking for
African Development” from 16 – 18 February 2011 in
Mombasa, Kenya. The overall purpose of the workshop
was to engage relevant stakeholders to address the gap
between policy research and policymaking with a view
to designing a proactive way forward for bridging thisgap for African development. The workshop was organized in collaboration with the African Population and
Health Research Centre (APHRC); the African Center
for Economic Transformation (ACET); and the Food,
Agriculture, Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network(FANRPAN).

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The workshop was attended by 29 delegates from 9
African countries comprised of policy makers, private
sector actors, journalists and researchers. The delegatessought to identify and prioritize strategies to improve
the linkages amongst policymakers and policy implementers in Africa to improve the use of homegrownpolicy research evidence in policymaking. The meeting
also sought to create a network of like-minded institutions to sustain policy knowledge brokerage and communication for African development.
A key outcome from the meeting were key Resolutionscommitting to establish a trans-disciplinary consortiumof policy research institutions and policy making armsof governments in Africa to:i.

Promote more effective policy development;ii.

Enhance collaboration and coordination of ﬁnancial and human resources;iii.

Facilitate the development and sharing of
knowledge amongst the stakeholders; andiv.

Enhance the capacity for evidence-based policy development.

International Cooperation and Partnership

The proceedings report from this workshop is available
at http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/Linking_Research_to_policy_-_Proceedings_of_Stakeholders_Workshop_Kenya.pdf.
   '   In the process of developing the African Manifesto for STI, the lack of collaboration between
policy research and policymakers was identiﬁed as a key
constraint to STI policy development and policy implementation on the continent. The gap was identiﬁed by
all the key actors in the STI policy space in Africa during the Manifesto development consultation exercise,including the ofﬁcials of the African Union, Science experts, National Councils for STI, the private sector actors and the civil society. The initiative aims to address
this gap, and also through collaboration with development partners and other leading STI Policy ResearchInstitutions in Africa, mainstream the ATPS’ role as aknowledge broker on STI policy issues on the continent.
This workshop was a pre-cursor to the wider Pan-African roundtable forum which was held during the 2011
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A group of youth at a conference organised by ATPS and the University of Nairobi on “Factoring Youth Voices
into Critical Issues”

African Youth Forum for Science andTechnology (AYFST)
Climate Change Innovation Challenge Awards
To build capacity for innovation amongst youths, ATPS
held a competition on Climate innovations Challenge
at its annual conference in November 2011. The aims of
the programs are:
The speciﬁc objectives of the research include:i)

To identify, document, induce and upscale indigenous and new technologies and innovation
for Climate Change mitigation, adaptation, risk
reduction, preparedness and resilience capacity
building in Africa;ii) Harness new ideas, prototype technologies
and ground breaking scientiﬁc research and/or
craftsmanship in designing ‘workable solutions’for addressing the climate challenge and har-ness the development opportunities in “climatechange industry” for African development;iii) Mobilise and support African Women/Youth toharness and incubate their innovative capacities and entrepreneurship skills in addressing
climate change challenges and opportunities
in Africa. The Award winners will receive longterm mentorship as Climate Innovators in Africa;iv) Mobilize women/youth across the continent
and amplify their voices in making sense of climate science, economics, politics, and opportunities in Africa; andv) Mainstream a culture of innovation among Af-

rican women/youth in ﬁnding solutions todevelopment challenges such as climatechange.
Following the successful Proposal Tournament organized by ATPS on 26th November 2010 in Cairo, Egypt,

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15 proposals submitted under the Climate Innovation
Awards were shortlisted under the AYFST category
passed the threshold for fundable proposals and were
subsequently approved by the 18th meeting of the ATPS
Board. The shortlisted proposals cover (10) countries
namely: Ghana, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Kenya,
Tanzania, Malawi, Benin, South Africa, and Lesotho.

the workshop, the grantees presented the status of their
ongoing studies to their peers and experts led by the
AYFST project coordinator. The grantees received usefulcomments from reviewers aimed at strengthening andupscaling the remaining part of their studies. The studies are on course and are expected to conclude within
the second quarter of 2012.

The grantees supported under this initiative convened
in Mombasa, Kenya on from 08 - 10 November 2011
for a Progress Review and Methodology Workshop. At

Below is a summary of the research studies commissioned under this category.

PROPOSAL CODE TITLE OF PROPOSAL

LEAD PROPONENTCOUNTRYSTATUS

CP/0401/10-06

Design and analysis of a 1mw
grid-connected solar photovoltaic
system in Kumasi, Ghana

Ebenezer Nyarko Kumi

Ghana

Commissioned &ongoing

CP/0402/10-04

Near real-time application andvalidation of a multi-temporalthreshold algorithm in active forest ﬁre detection and monitoringin Zimbabwe using MSG satellite

Tawanda Manyangadze

Zimbabwe

Commissioned &ongoing

CP/0402/10-05

Optimization of a continuous
biodiesel plant

Mr. J. N. Nwakaire

Nigeria

Commissioned &ongoing

CP/0403/10-01

Evaluation of the CMIP3 Modelon the Simulation of the South
Atlantic ocean Dipole

Hyacinth C. Nnamchi

Nigeria

Commissioned &ongoing

CP/0403/10-02

Developing the Capacity and
Improving Access of Small-scale
Farmers to Low Cost Artiﬁcial
Substrate Mushroom Cultivation
in South-Eastern Nigeria

Mkpado Mmaduabuchukwu

Nigeria

Commissioned &ongoing

CP/0404/10-01

Utilization of the Potential Rain
Water Harvesting Technology for
Improving Food Security in Dry
Areas, The Case of Bahi District,
Dodoma.

Deusdedit Kibassa

Tanzania

Commissioned &ongoing

CP/0404/10-02

Harnessing Indigenous Knowledge
on Small-Scale Soil and Water
Conservation Innovations toLoma Nyangulu
Enhance Farmer Adaptation to
Climate Change in Central Malawi.

Malawi

Commissioned &ongoing

CP/0404/10-05

Assessing Indigenous Climate
Change Adaptation and Mitigation and Improving Resilienceand Decision Making Capacity of
Kiros Meles Hadgu
Smallholder farmers in response
to climate risks in Tigray, Northern
Ethiopia.

Ethiopia

Commissioned &ongoing

CP/0404/10-06

Assessment of the vulnerability
and adaptation strategies to climate variability and change of the
Bos-taurus dairy genotypes under
diverse production environments
in Kenya.

Kenya

Commissioned &ongoing

Kiplangat Ngeno

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CP/0405/10-07

Analysis of the role of ICTs in Climate Change Awareness; Adaptation and Mitigation in Rural South
Africa and Zimbabwe.

Shakespear MudombiSouth Africa

Commissioned &ongoing

CP/0401/10-08

Detailed measurements of vehicular carbon footprints emissions
concentration level in Minna,
Niger State, Nigeria and the Environmental Pollution cum Climate
Change EffectFrancis Okelola Olumayokun

Nigeria

Commissioned &ongoing

CP/0401/10-05

The Integration of Conservation
Agriculture to Agro-forestry system as an adaptation strategy toclimate change.

Sekaleli Ts’epo Stephen

LesothoCommissioned &ongoing

CP/0404/10-04

Climate Change Analysis: Improve
Farmers’ Resilience to Climate
Related Hazards in the Upper
Catchment of Blue Nile, Ethiopia

Mr. Bewket Amdu

Ethiopia

Commissioned &ongoing

CP/0405/10-03

Les Jeunes moteurs des Communautés résilientes face au changement climatique dans les villes de
Karimama et de Malanville

Abdelaziz Lawani

Benin

Commissioned &ongoing

CP/0401/10-02

Assess the rationale and compeTibebu Solomon
tence ofpastoral community innovative adaptation to the incidenceof climate change in Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Commissioned &ongoing#     K"M= B  = Strengthen collaboration with UNECA and AU on
mainstreaming youth in STI governance in Africa
The 5th TWAS-ROSSA Young Scientists’ Conference
February 2011, Nairobi, Kenya

Change Impacts and Vulnerability in Africa; The role of
networking - Developing an Integrated Collaborative
Environment (ICE)”. The involvement of ATPS in capacity building initiatives for young scientists through the
AYFST program was well appreciated at the event.

The ATPS was invited to participate in the Fifth Young
Scientists’ Conference of the TWAS, the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World - Regional Ofﬁce for Sub
Saharan Africa, (TWAS-ROSSA). The conference was heldin Nairobi, Kenya from 26-27 February 2011 focused on
the theme “Exchanging Knowledge on Climate Change Impacts and Vulnerability in Africa: The Role of Networking.”

Publish a book volume on innovation for Climate
Change Adaptation and Mitigation in Africa
This will be published upon the completion of the grants
awarded under the innovation challenge programme

The Conference provided a forum for young and seniorscientists to share their research ﬁndings on climatechange in the region as well as outline effective networking mechanisms for the advancement of climatechange research and implementation of scientiﬁc measures to reduce Africa’ vulnerability.

In line with the ATPS program on student Internships,
seven (7) interns were hosted during the reporting
period. These include Mr. Trust Saidi, a Ph.D. student
from the Maastricht University; Ms. Sarah Ngetha an
International Relations graduate from the United States
International University, Nairobi; Mr. Josiah Owiti a
Biochemistry graduate from the University of Nairobi;
Mr. Robert Mutwiri a Law graduate from the Catholic
University of Eastern Africa (CUEA); Ms Belinda Maka-

At the event, the ATPS Executive Director presented akeynote paper on “Exchanging knowledge on Climate

Support to ATPS Youth Internships and PostDoctoral Summer Placement Program

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dia a graduate in Pure Chemistry from the University of
Nairobi; Ms. Suchi Smita Mahato an International Political Economy major senior at Colorado College which isan arts school in Colorado Springs, USA; and Ms. Ada
Osisioma a holder of Executive Master of Science in
Organizational Development (EMOD) from the UnitedStates International University (USIU)-Africa.
The ATPS Secretariat has continued to receive applications for Internships and short term summer placementsfrom experts around the world wishing to strengthen
their networks and skills on STI in Africa. The Secretariat
hopes to expand this facility in future as a cost effective way of building STI capacity and global outlooks /networks for African youths through learning by doing,
peer to peer knowledge circulation and knowledge networking. As in most student internship programs, ATPSInterns receive KES 8,000 per month as a contribution
to their local transport while working at the ATPS. International interns and/or their sponsors are expected tocover the cost of their international ﬂights, accommodation and subsistence while undertaking their internship in Kenya.

African Women Forum for Science and Technology (AWFST)

Climate Change Innovation Challenge Awards
Following the successful Proposal Tournament on the
Climate innovations Challenge program, organized by
ATPS on 26th November 2010 in Cairo, Egypt, 15 proposals submitted under the Climate Innovation Awards
were shortlisted under the AWFST category passed thethreshold for fundable proposals and were subsequently
approved by the 18th meeting of the ATPS Board. The
shortlisted proposals cover (5) countries namely: Nigeria, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, including the Diaspora,and the United Kingdom (UK).
The grantees supported under this initiative convened
in Mombasa, Kenya on from 08 - 10 November 2011
for a Progress Review and Methodology Workshop. At
the workshop, the grantees presented the status of theiron-going studies to their peers and experts led by the
AYFST project coordinator. The grantees received usefulcomments from reviewers aimed at strengthening andup scaling the remaining part of their studies. The studies are on course and are expected to conclude within
the second quarter of 2012.
Below is a summary of the research studies commissioned under this category.

PROPOSAL CODE

TITLE OF PROPOSAL

LEAD RESEARCHERCOUNTRYSTATUS

CSP/0501/10-01

Smallholder rice farmers in South E
astern Nigeria: Constraints. Impact,
mitigation and adaptation toclimate change

Dr. Happiness Oselebe

Nigeria

Commissioned &ongoing

CSP/0502/10-01

Waste Minimization Programme(WIP)

Martha Ada Ugwu

UK

Commissioned &ongoing

CSP/0504/10-01

Climate Change Awareness andIndigenous Innovative Adaptation
Measures applied by the Maasai
Society in Tanzania

Elinorata Mbuya

Tanzania

Commissioned &ongoing

CSP/0504/10-02

Farm Level Responses to Climate
Change and Sustainable Agro-Ecosystem Management in MarginalLands of Ebonyi State, Nigeria

Ann Nnenna Ezeh

Nigeria

Commissioned &ongoing

CSP/0504/10-05

Moving Forward in a Changing Climate: Poverty Reduction
through Sustainable Environmental
Management (PRESEM)

Joy Samantha
Bongyereire

UgandaCommissioned &ongoing

CSP/0504/10-07

Effective Dissemination pathwaysfor delivering Climate informationand services to vulnerable groups
for adaptation in semi-arid Kenya.

Viola Kirui

Kenya

Commissioned &ongoing

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TITLE OF PROPOSAL

LEAD RESEARCHERCOUNTRY

CSP/0504/10-08

Identifying Indigenous knowledge
and effective communication
systems for adaptation to climatechange by smallholder farmers of
Kiliﬁ District, Kenya.

Grace A. Achiando

Kenya

Commissioned &ongoing

CSP-0504/10-09

Strategies for Promoting Sustainable Indigenous Practices in Adaptation, Resilience Capacity Building
and Mitigation of Deforestation,
Desertiﬁcation and Drought in
Rural African Communities.

Barrister Onyeke
Kingsley

Nigeria

Commissioned &ongoing

Aliet Ondicho

Kenya

Commissioned &ongoing

CSP-0501/10

The Effect of Human Activities on
the Role of Forests as a Carbon Sink
- The Case of Mau Forest, Kenya.

STATUS8     K"M= B  = Strengthen collaboration with UNECA and der the Climate Sense Programme to submit abstracts
AUC on mainstreaming women in ST&I gover- for presentation at the CCDA-I conference as a way ofshow casing experiences from their work. This was esnance in Africa
pecially important for the ATPS researchers as provided
First Climate Change and Development for Af- them a chance to contribute to global debates on clirica (CCDA-I) Conference, 17 – 19 October 2011 mate change issues such as the upcoming African Pavilion and COP17/CMP7 that was held in Durban, SouthThe ATPS Technical Staff team members played key Africa from 28 November 2011 – 9h December 2011.
roles in the First Climate Change and Development for
Africa (CCDA-I) Conference which was held from 17 – 19 The involvement and participation of ATPS at the conOctober 2011. The conference was hosted at the United ference is one of the direct outputs under the MoU
Nations Conference Centre in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia signed by ATPS and UNECA
and was organized through collaborative efforts of African Union Commission (AUC), African Development Other partnerships with AUC
Bank (AfDB) and the United Nations National Econom- The African Union Commission (AUC) has through the
ic Commission for Africa (UNECA). This conference was African Development Bank’s Association for Developpart of the Climate for Development in Africa (ClimDev ment of Education in Africa (ADEA) commissioned
Africa) programme and it was coordinated by the new the Prof. Kevin Urama, the ATPS Executive Director to
African Climate Policy Center (ACPC) of UNECA.
prepare a paper on the Role and Contribution of Research and Post-graduate Training to Strengthening
The overall objective of the conference was to establish and Sustaining the African Higher Education and Rea forum for dialogue, enhance awareness raising, mobi- search Space (AHERS). The request for the preparation
lize effective commitment and actions through bringing of the paper was as a result of an earlier keynote patogether policy makers, academicians and practicing per presented to the Association of African Universities
stakeholder with the aim of effectively mainstreaming (AAU) in 2009 on Higher Education for Sustainable Declimate change concerns into development policies, velopment in Africa. This latest request was very timely
strategies, programmes and practices in Africa. The as it afﬁrms the AUC’s recognition of the internal experCCDA-I also explored ways of strengthening Africa’s po- tise within the ATPS.
sition and participation in international climate change
negotiations with a view to ensuring adequate reﬂec- Publish a book volume on innovation for Climatetion of the continent’s concerns and priorities in a post- Change Adaptation and Mitigation in Africa
2012 international climate change regime.
This will be published upon the completion of the
ATPS encouraged former successful grant recipients un- program.
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A section of participants in a group discussion during the IP Training of Trainer’s Workshop

Building S&T Constituencies andPopularization of S&T
Organize in-country activities to commemorate the scientiﬁc revival day of Africa in the
ATPS chapter countries
The 46th Ministerial Conference of the Organization of
African Unity (OAU) in 1987 declared 30th June as a daythat should be reserved to commemorate the Scientiﬁc Revival Day in Africa (SRDA). ATPS attaches greatsigniﬁcance to this day and has used it over the years
to mobilize support and generate enthusiasm for Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) policy in Africa
through various platforms. During the reporting period,
ATPS circulated a call to all the National Chapters to
submit Expressions of Interest (EoIs) for activities tocommemorate the SRDA in their respective countries.

Eight chapters (Benin, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi,
Nigeria, Uganda, and the UK) heeded the call and their
EoIs are currently under review. Zimbabwe chapter has
requested special concession to submit their proposal
later as they are undergoing the process of registrationof the chapter in Zimbabwe and addressing institutional
challenges facing the chapter in the country’s politicalclimate. A grant of US$5,000 per chapter was approved
for the chapters that have expressed interest with the
exception of the UK chapter which is still in its infancy.
Brief reports from the countries where the activity was
implemented are provided below:-

ATPS Lesotho
ATPS Lesotho chapter celebrated the Scientiﬁc Revival
Day on the 30th of August at Lehakoe Club in Lesotho.
The main purpose of the event was “To adopt and launch
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vation.” The objectives for the Lesotho Chapter’s commemoration included the adoption, launch and sensitization of the general public on the African Manifesto
for Science, Technology and Innovation (STI); assisting
political parties in Lesotho to integrate STI and entrepreneurship in their manifestos; raising awareness of the
ATPS and the ATPS Lesotho Chapter and encouraging
new members to join the ATPS Lesotho Chapter; presentation to the general public the Lehakoe Resolutions
which were adopted at the Chapter’s Annual General
meeting and to demonstrate products which are relevant to economic setting of Lesotho and Africa whose
emergence is attributable to Science, Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The forum provided a platform to also address the Science illiteracy problem at alllevels of the society in Lesotho and to help in sustaining
the momentum, passion and commitment gained so far
by the ATPS Lesotho Chapter. For more on this event,please see http://www.atpsnet.org/media_centre/focus/atps-lesotho-srd/index.php
ATPS Kenya
The ATPS-Kenya chapter commemorated the SRDA witha workshop which was held in collaboration on 29 July
2012. The target groups were mainly the youth aged between 15 and 35 years old. Partners and collaborators include organizations involved in policy formulation / implementation, promotion, production, training, research
and marketing of agricultural products including the Kenya National Council for Science and Technology (NCST)
and the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI).

The overall objective of the workshop was to promoteparticipation of the Kenyan Youth in Agricultural Science, Technology and Innovation Systems for employment and wealth creation. The workshop created awareness of the role of STI in Agriculture among the targeted
participants and also created a forum for the youth toshare experiences in agri-business. The workshop further provided insights on the opportunities available inAgricultural Value Chain for the youth and also sought
to identify potential agri-business technologies and innovations that can be adapted / up-scaled by the youth
to increase production.
ATPS Malawi
The ATPS Chapter in Malawi held a one day meeting on
December 9, 2011. The gathering primarily provided an
opportunity for like-minded institutions and registeredand potential members to be inducted to the aspirations of ATPS and encourage them to employ ATPS in
realizing their own aspirations for a better world by
being innovation and knowledge brokers without andwithin Malawi.
The tenets of the meeting recognized that the ATPS
Chapter in Malawi is committed to a course of development which transcends narrowly-deﬁned limits of asingle organization. Thus, the Chapter seeks to nurturea network of professionals equipped with knowledge
and skills that are needed to make the transition towards more sustainable socio-economic development.

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Participants at the African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS) Malawi Chapter Meeting held
December 9, 2011, Lilongwe, Malawi
ATPS Nigeria
ATPS Nigeria has in the past couple of years taken theinitiative to network with other organizations in Africa
and indeed Nigeria in annually celebrating the Scientiﬁc Revival Day. In 2011, the collaborating institutions
included the University of Nigeria (UNN), the ATPS
Network, and the Open Society Foundation (OSF) of
the United States of America, the Development Partnerships in Higher Education (DelPHE) of UK and theFaculty of Agriculture, UNN, under the UNN-ATPS-OSF
project on building trans-disciplinary climate change
adaption capacity at the University of Nigeria. The major activity for the celebration was a symposium on Climate Change Adaptation Strategies and Policies on the
6th July 2011 at the Princess Alexandra Auditorium, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria.
Speakers at the symposium were drawn from South
Africa, the Federal Ministry of Environment, the University of Nigeria, the Federal University of Technology
Yola, and the African Institute for Applied Economics,
Enugu. Participants were from the partner institutions
jointed by representatives from the Federal Ministry ofEnvironment,(FMEn), Abuja; the Nigerian Institute forSocial and Economic Research (NISER), Ibadan; the Raw
Material Research and Development Council, (RMRDC),
Abuja; the Step-B Project, Abuja; representatives fromState Ministries of Environment; State Project Coordinators (SPC) of the Fadama 111 projects; staff and studentsof the University of Nigeria as well as selected secondary
schools, and the press. More information on this event isavailable at http://www.atpsnet.org/national_chapters/
nigeria/news/srd-nigeria-2011/index.php.
Conduct a Parliamentary Roundtable on Role of
STI in Africa: Implications for Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
UNESCO Capacity building training workshop in
STI Policy for Eastern African, 31 October – 01 November 2011, Nairobi, Kenya
The UNESCO bureau in Nairobi tapped on the ATPS expertise in STI policy issues for a training to map the policy environments of the countries in Eastern Africa anduse this data as a reference for training of policy makers,
academics, private sector and/or parliamentarians in
STI Policy formulation, implementation and monitoring. The justiﬁcation for the training was that each of
the various countries reﬂects the diverse developmental
characteristics of East African countries with challenges
in effective STI policy implementation for accelerated
socio-economic development.
This request came as a follow up to the detailed training manual on STI that ATPS prepared for UNESCO in
2010. The ATPS research and training team under theguidance of the Executive Director put together a stimulating training program for the delegates which wasvery well received. The overall objective of the training
was to create the necessary capacity in STI policy in theselected countries in Eastern Africa (Rwanda, Uganda,
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development of STI for sustainable development. The
Executive Director was the Lead Consultant for thistraining activity.

Organize training for ATPS National
Coordinators
The ATPS National Chapter Coordinators and Regional
Council members held a meeting in Mombasa, Kenyaon 07 November 2011. This convening was the secondin the year for the team which held an earlier meetingin Nairobi, Kenya from April 28 – 30, 2011
Immediately following the meeting, ATPS Secretariat
staff members and the national coordinators and regional council members beneﬁtted from a training
workshop on Ethics of Winning Organizations. The
training was facilitated by a professional consultant
who provided strategies on how to harness efforts tocollectively deliver on the mandate of ATPS. This training was part of the annual training of ATPS staff members, the Regional Council and National chapter coordinators to build a common vision and ethics for ATPS.

Staff Training
Support staff training
In continued commitment towards ensuring that ATPS
members of staff beneﬁt from its capacity building
mandate, has continued to support various staff mem-www.at psnet .org
bers who have beneﬁtted from training grants. During
the period in review, one staff member was sponsored
to attend intensive 5-day leadership training in Kisumu,
Kenya.
Another staff has received partial support towards a
Bachelors’ degree at the Africa Nazarene University,
Nairobi. Staff members are continually encouraged toundertake short courses that are relevant to their work
to enrich them with skills that will enable them add
value to their work and ultimately contribute to theeffective realization of ATPS’ objectives. The training
assessment needs for all staff members are discussed
and reviewed during the ATPS Performance Review andAppraisal process each year. The training needs for staff
in 2011 were identiﬁed by Line Managers and respective staff members accordingly during their Forward Job
Planning meetings.
In addition, training is provided on collective basis on
matters of Human Resources and Team Building issues
such as the planned ATPS Staff training which was heldon 07 November 2011, at the Mombasa Continental
Hotel in Mombasa, Kenya. This whole exercise is meant
to enhance cohesiveness and strengthen the ATPS Secretariat team, and motivate them to work towards acommon objective. The training was also expected toharmonize the relationship between the Secretariat andthe National Chapters.

ATPS Finance Manager, Mr. Murimi Muriuki takes staff though the budget making process during an internal
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ATPS Multi-Media Publications & Websites
Below is a summary of the publications produced and/or initiated in 2011: 1 ATPS Reports
 1 Book Volumes
 3 Book Chapters 1 ATPS Newsletters 4 Conference/Workshop Proceedings Reports
 3 Journal Articles
 1 ATPS Research Paper Series 6 Technopolicy Briefs
 5 Multimedia Publications
 17 Conference/Keynote presentations
 18 Press Releases
 1 Other publication (ﬂyers, prospectuses etc)
A complete list of the publications is shared below. The Website report is discussed separately.

ATPS Reports
1. Urama K.C., Bolo, M.B., (2011) Science, Technology and Innovations for African Development; ATPS Annual
Report 2010. http://www.atpsnet.org/publications/annual_reports/2010/index.php

Book volumes
1.

Ozor N., Thuku C., Akenga N., and Urama K. (2011) Book of Abstracts: A compendium of the 2011 ATPS
Annual Conference and Meetings http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/Annual_Conference_2011_Program_and_
Book_of_Abstracts.pdf

Book Chapters
1.

IPCC, 2011: Summary for Policymakers. In: IPCC Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate
Change Mitigation [O. Edenhofer, R. Pichs-Madruga, Y. Sokona, K. Seyboth, P. Matschoss, S. Kadner, T.
Zwickel, P. eickemeier, G.Hansen, S.Schliomer, C. von Stechow (e.ds.)] Cambridge University Press, united
Kingdom and new York, USA.
http://srren.ipcc-wg3.de/report

2. Moomaw, W., F. Yamba, M. Kamimoto, L. Maurice, J. Nyboer, K. Urama, T. Weir, 2011. Introduction. In: IPCC
Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation [O. Edenhofer, R. Pichs-Madruga,
Y. Sokona, K. Seyboth, P. Matschoss, S. Kadner, T. Zwickel, P. eickemeier, G.Hansen, S.Schliomer, C. von Stechow (e.ds.)] Cambridge University Press, united Kingdom and new York, USA. http://srren.ipcc-wg3.de/report
3. Ozor, N., M.N. Oguguah and M. Ugwuoke (2011) Sharing the Lagos megacity experience in the integrated
management of sea level rise and ﬂooding; In: K. Otto-Zimmermann (Ed.). Resilient Cities: Cities and Adaptation to Climate Change; Springer Science + Business Media B.V. 2011: 319-327. Available online at:http://
www.springerlink.com/content/u623427519386133/abstract/

ATPS Newsletters
1. SETDEV Newsletter, Issue No. 5, May 2011
http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/SET-DEV_newsletter_05.pdf
http://www.set-dev.eu/phocadownload/set_dev_newsletter_05.pdf

Conference/Workshop Proceedings
1.

Ozor, N., & Urama, K. (2011) Proceedings of the Pre-Conference and Policy Side Events on Higher Education in Agriculture in Africa held at the Speke Resort and Conference Center, Munyonyo, Kampala, Uganda.
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2. Urama, K., Ozor, N., & Mwangi, W., (2011) Proceedings of the 2010 ATPS Annual Conference and Workshops on the State of Science, Technology and Innovation in Africa: Implications for Achieving the Millenium Development Goals. http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/2010_Annual_Conference_Proceedings.pdf
3. Urama, K., Ozor, N., & Bolo, M., (2011) Strengthening Linkage between Policy Research and Policymaking for African Development Proceedings Report. http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/Linking_Research_to_policy_-_Proceedings_of_Stakeholders_Workshop_Kenya.pdf
4. Mwangi, W.,& Urama, K. (2011) Science, Ethics and Technological Responsibility in Developing and Emerging Countries (SETDEV). Implementation of the African manifesto for Science, Technology and Innovation.
A Breakfast Roundtable with Stakeholders & Final Outputs’ Workshop (Manuscript under review)

Journal Articles:
1. Urama, K. C.,Mulugetta, Y., Thorne, S., Ozor, N. (2011) Review of Technology Transfer Models and Opportunities for Climate Sensitive Sectors in Africa. (Manuscript under review)
2. Urama, K. C., and Ozor N., (2011) Agricultural Innovations for Climate Change Adaptation and Food Security in Western and Central Africa. AgroScience Journal. (In Press).
3. Ozor, N., and Nnaji Cynthia (2011) The Role of Extension in Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change in
Enugu State, Nigeria. Journal of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development; Vol. 3(3): 42-50.
http://academicjournals.org/jaerd/PDF/Pdf%202011/Mar/Ozor%20and%20Nnaji.pdf

ATPS Research Paper Series:
1.

Farauta, B. Chukwudumebi, L. E., Idrisa, Y. L, and Agu, V. C. (2011) Farmers’ Perceptions of Climate Change
and Adaptation Strategies in Northern Nigeria: An Empirical Assessment
http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/rps15.pdf

Technopolicy Briefs:
1. Enete A.A, Madu I.I, Mojekwu J.C, Onyekuru A.N, Onwubuya E.A and Eze F (2011) Indigenous Agricultural
Adaptation to Climate Change: Study of Southeast Nigeria
http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/pb25.pdf
2. Morlai T. A, Squire B.C, Mansaray K.G and Vandy G. (2011) Goals of Sustainable Agriculture in Sierra Leone: Can they be achieved in the Absence of Climate Change Capacity Building of Small-holder Farmers?
http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/pb26.pdf
3. Dauda T.O, Rikko L.S, George F.O.A, Fashola O.S, Atungwu J. J, Iposu S. O, Shobowale A. O and Osuntade
O. B (2011) Emerging and Indigenous Technologies for Climate Change Adaptation in the Farming Systems of Southwest Nigeria: Issues for Policy Action
http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/pb27.pdf
4. Nzeadibe C.T, Chukwudumebi L.E, Nnaemeka A.C and Agu C.V (2011) What Policy Options can Promote
Climate Change Awareness and Adaptation in Niger Delta Region of Nigeria?
http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/pb28.pdf
5. Agwu E. A, Chukwudumebi L.E, Amadu F.O, Morlai T, Wollor T.E and Cegbe L.W (2011) What Policy Options can Promote Agricultural Innovations for Climate Change Adaptation and Food Security in the West
African Sub-region?
http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/pb29.pdf
6. Agbeve M.S. (2011). Harnessing Wind Energy for Climate Change Adaptation and Food Security in Coastal
Regions of Ghana: A Policy Perspective
http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/pb30.pdf
7. Yousry, H and Samra, M (2011) Sensitizing and Building the Capacity of Women towards Climate Change
Consequences in Northern Lakes of Egypt
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Multimedia Publications:
1. TV Talk on Nanotechnologies for Technologies Nation TV 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWt9sbm8_O0&list=UUnvdzdU0aCoVpLDxwSuftZQ&index=3&feature=plpp_video
2. TV Talk on Linking Research to Policy and Practice KTN TV 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a-9NJvsbzc&list=UUnvdzdU0aCoVpLDxwSuftZQ&index=10&featur
e=plpp_video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Htfd2Xzsers&list=UUnvdzdU0aCoVpLDxwSuftZQ&index=9&feature=plpp_video
3. TV Talk on Drought Mitigation KTN TV 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKzBuuQPUns&list=UUnvdzdU0aCoVpLDxwSuftZQ&index=8&feature=plpp_video
4. Radio talk on GMOs Metro FM 2011
http://www.atpsnet.org/Media/Urama_Ozor_GMO_Talk.mp3
5. Radio talk on Scientiﬁc Revival Day in Africa Metro FM 2011

Press releases:
1.

Update on the recently concluded ATPS Conference on linking Research to Policy and practice
http://www.atpsnet.org/media_centre/focus/ac2011/index.php
2. Sciences, Ethics and Technological Responsibilities in Developing and Emerging Countries: Implementationof the African Manifesto for Science, Technology and Innovation
3. ATPS holds a Side Event at COP 17 in Durban, South Africa. http://www.atpsnet.org/media_centre/focus/
atps-at-cop-17/index.php
4. Programme and Book of Abstracts for the 2011 ATPS Annual Conference http://www.atpsnet.org/media_
centre/focus/2011-annual-conference/index.php
5. ATPS Signs a MoU with the Economic Commission for Africa on collaboration in the development andimplementation of Africa Climate Policy Centre’s. http://www.atpsnet.org/media_centre/focus/atps-ecamou/index.php
6. The IP coordinating team visits Zimbabwe http://www.atpsnet.org/media_centre/focus/zimbabwe-ip-visit/index.php
7.

Lesotho Chapter’s Scientiﬁc Revival Day Set for 30th August 2011 http://www.atpsnet.org/media_centre/
focus/atps-lesotho-srd/index.php

8. ATPS Chapters plan activities for the 2011 Scientiﬁc Revival Day http://www.atpsnet.org/media_centre/
focus/srd-2011/index.php
9. ATPS Participates in a Consultative Conference on Southern Voices in the Northern Policy Debate http://
www.atpsnet.org/media_centre/focus/southernvoices/index.php
10. ATPS Nigeria Chapter to commemorate the Scientiﬁc Revival Day of Africa, 2011 http://www.atpsnet.org/
media_centre/focus/srda2011/index.php
11. The Final Newsletter under the SETDEV process is published. http://www.atpsnet.org/media_centre/focus/
setdev-ﬁnal-newsletter/index.php
12. Implementation of the African Manifesto for Science, Technology and Innovation - A Breakfast Roundtable with Stakeholders & SETDEV Final Outputs’ Workshop http://www.atpsnet.org/media_centre/focus/
setdev-breakfast-roundtable/index.php
13. Nigeria Launches Another High-Tech Communciation Satelitte in Xichang, China http://www.atpsnet.org/
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14. ATPS Collaborates with Maastricht University to host a workshop on Nanotechnologies for Kenya’s Development http://www.atpsnet.org/media_centre/news/article.php?article=82
15. ATPS Collaborates with UNESCO to provide training in Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Formulation and Implementation for Sustainable Development in East Africa http://www.atpsnet.org/media_centre/news/article.php?article=75
16. ATPS Mid Term Evaluation Questionnaire – Appreciation http://www.atpsnet.org/media_centre/news/article.php?article=74
17. ATPS Signs a MoU with the Economic Commission for Africa on collaboration in the development andimplementation of Africa Climate Policy Centre’s. http://www.atpsnet.org/media_centre/news_archive/
article.php?article=73
18. Notice to stakeholders on the ongoing ATPS Evaluation http://www.atpsnet.org/media_centre/news_archive/article.php?article=72

Conference Papers and Keynote presentations
1. Urama, K.C., (2011) Introductory Concepts of Science, Technology and Innovation. Presentation made at
the ATPS/UNESCO Capacity Building Workshop in STI Policy Formulation and Implementation for Sustainable Development in East Africa, 31 October – 01November 2011, Nairobi, Kenya
2. Urama, K.C., (2011) The State of STI Environment in Africa: Imperatives for Successful Policy Development.
Presentation made at the ATPS/UNESCO Capacity Building Workshop in STI Policy Formulation and Implementation for Sustainable Development in East Africa, 31 October – 01November 2011, Nairobi, Kenya
3. Urama, K. C., and Mbo’o, M., K (2011) overview of necessary tools and key steps to ensure a successful STI
policy formulation. Presentation made at the ATPS/UNESCO Capacity Building Workshop in STI Policy
Formulation and Implementation for Sustainable Development in East Africa, 31 October – 01November
2011, Nairobi, Kenya
4. Ozor, N., (2011) Institutional Arrangements for Successful STI Policymaking: Key Issues to Consider. Presentation made at the ATPS/UNESCO Capacity Building Workshop in STI Policy Formulation and Implementation for Sustainable Development in East Africa, 31 October – 01November 2011, Nairobi, Kenya
5. Bolo, M.B., (2011) Public Engagement in STI Policy Formulation & Policy Implementation. Presentation
made at the ATPS/UNESCO Capacity Building Workshop in STI Policy Formulation and Implementation for
Sustainable Development in East Africa, 31 October – 01November 2011, Nairobi, Kenya
6. Ozor, N., and Acheampong, E., (2011) Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation – The Key to Effective Policy Implementation. Presentation made at the ATPS/UNESCO Capacity Building Workshop in STI Policy
Formulation and Implementation for Sustainable Development in East Africa, 31 October – 01November
2011, Nairobi, Kenya
7. Urama, K. C., (2011) Monitoring Policy Instruments on Science, Technology and Innovation around theWorld. Presentation made at the UNESCO conference on Towards a Global Observatory of Policy Instruments on Science, Technology and Innovation (GO-SPIN), 19-20 October 2011 Paris, France.
8. Urama, K. C., et al (2011) Conceptualising of Low Carbon Development in the Context of Africa. Presentation made at the ﬁrst Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA-I) Conference, 17 – 19 October
2011, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
9. Urama, K. C.,Mulugetta, Y., Okereke, C., Sokona, Y.(2011) Low Carbon Development: Opportunities andChallenges in Africa. Invited paper presented at the ﬁrst Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDAI) Conference, 17 – 19 October 2011, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
10. Urama, K. C., Bolo, M, and Ozor, N. (2011) Science, Technology and Innovations and Human Livelihoods,
presentation made at the National Council of Science and Technology Annual Conference, 3-6 May 2011,
Nairobi, Kenya
11. Mwangi, W. (2011). African Manifesto for Science, Technology and Innovation and Case Study on Socialisation of STI in Kenya and Lessons Learned on 2- 3 May 2011, Brussels, Belgium
12. Ozor, N. (2011) The Biennial Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) in Africa Report. Paper presented at
the SETDEV Workshop and ATPS Retreat at Hilton Hotel, Nairobi from 28-30 April 2011.
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13. Mwangi, W. (2011). African Manifesto for Science, Technology and Innovation and Case Study on Socialisation of STI in Kenya and Lessons Learned on 28 – 29 March 2011 in Hyderabad, India
14. Ozor, N. and Urama K. (2011) Linking Science and Technology Research to Policy and Practice: Issues andthe Role of African Governments. Paper presented at the workshop on Strengthening Linkage between
Policy Research and Policymaking for African Development held at the Sarova Whitesands Hotel, Mombasa, Kenya from 16-18 February 2011.
15. Ozor, N. (2011) The Need for Inclusion of Climate Change Issues in the Curricula of Universities. Paper Presented at the Inaugural Workshop and Sensitization of Stakeholders on Building Transdisciplinary Climate
Change Adaptation Capacity at the University of Nigeria Nsukka held on 16 March 2011 at Princess Alexandra Auditorium University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
16. Urama, K. C. (2011) Exchanging knowledge on Climate Change Impacts and Vulnerability in Africa; Therole of networking - Developing an Integrated Collaborative Environment (ICE), presentation made at the
TWAS-ROSSA Young Scientists’ Conference organized by the African Academy of Sciences, 26-27 February
2011, Nairobi Kenya
17. Mwangi, W. (2011) Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (PGRFA), presentation made for theInternational Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA), 06 - 08, January 2011,
Chennai, India.

Other publications
1. Urama, K. C., Ozor, M., Akenga, N.(2011), “About ATPS Flyer” (Revised ed.) http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/
About_ATPS.pdf

Literature acquisition, referral services
ATPS continued its subscriptions to online journals in 2011 through the SAGE platform, which is among the leading
academic and professional publishers in the world. The sage subscriptions include the following:a) Science, Technology and Societyb) Public understanding of Sciencec) Progress in Developmental Studiesd) International Journal of Rural Managemente) Margin – The Journal of Applied Economic Researchf) Journal of Environment and developmentg) Journal of Education for Sustainable Developmenth) Journal of Asian and African Studiesi) Gender, Technology and Developmentj) Bulletin of Science, Technology and Societyk) Action Research
These are accessible through the ATPS website at http://www.atpsnet.org/publications/online/index.php.
Subscription to JSTOR was also renewed in 2011, with ATPS receiving free access to JSTOR journals through the year
as part of JSTOR’s Africa Access initiative. The full list available to ATPS via JSTOR is available at http://about.jstor.
org/content-collections/journals

Website Hosting
The ATPS website, http://www.atpsnet.org has continued to receive increased visit since its launch in 2010. In 2011,
the website received a total of 43,214 page loads compared to 28,448 in 2010, representing a 52% increase. The
total number of visitors to the website in 2011 stood at 16, 576 compared to 10,549 in 2010. The number of new
visitors to the site was 11,664 while that of returning visitors was 4,912 compared to 2,758 in 2010, representing a
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In activity by countries, Nigeria was the most active African country, followed by Kenya and Malawi while theUnited States was the most active non-African country followed by the UK and Canada.

During the year, focus on the ATPS Social Media pages was enhanced with a view of improving subscriptions to
the pages. This saw an increase in the number of views of videos of ATPS activities posted on the ATPS YouTube
page (http://www.youtube.com/user/atpsnetwork ) to ﬁve hundred and the number of people who liked the ATPS
Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/atpsnet ) grew to 80 while the Twitter handle (http://twitter.com/ATPSNETWORK ) attracted 75 followers.
Through the ATPS website membership registration form, we received up to 810 registrations for ATPS membershipwith Kenya producing the highest number of registered menbers at 203 followed by Nigeria at 182 and Ghana at
68. The diaspora chapters had a total of 45 members while Rwanda led in numbers amongst the new chapters at
25 members.
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ATPS National Chapter Coordinators at the Coordinator’s retreat

Strengthening and Expansion of National
Chapters
Activities under this objective including the ongoing support to ATPS National Chapters and efforts tolaunch new chapters are under implementation and willcontinue throughout the year. At the National Chapter
Coordinators’ retreat with the Secretariat held from 2830 April 2011, the new chapters/ focal points – Egypt,
Rwanda, Sudan, UK and USA were oriented on theirroles as ATPS chapters in a forum that was also attended by the veteran chapters. Representatives from otherdormant chapters namely Ethiopia, Liberia, Lesotho
and Zambia also beneﬁted from this opportunity andreceived useful insights on how to revamp the chapters.
As collectively agreed at the retreat, nine (9) chaptershave received seed grants to help them initiate thepreliminary requirements such as chapter registration,
recruitment and induction of members within the chapters as well as institutionalization of chapters in relevant
government agencies. The chapters that beneﬁted fromthe seed grants are Egypt, Ethiopia, Liberia, Rwanda, Sudan, South Africa, UK, USA and Zambia. Other weakerchapters such as Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Mali,
Mozambique, Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe are also being considered for seed grants to revitalize them. It wasalso agreed that all the national chapter coordinators(old and new) would receive appointment contracts
clearly indicating their tenure and terms of reference, inline with the ATPS Articles of Association.
A follow up meeting was held on 07 November 2011 in
Mombasa, Kenya where the coordinators revisited someof the issues discussed at the April meeting. They provided updates on activities within their respective chapters such which included an update on membership in
the speciﬁc chapters.

Knowledge Brokerage Programmes
Regional roundtable meetings
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advocacy. These meetings were to be implemented during the reporting period, however due to the delay inpublication of needed materials, it was postponed tothe second quarter in 2012.
The roundtable meetings are targeted at key policy
makers in areas of Traditional Knowledge Access and Beneﬁt Sharing, classic IP, ofﬁces of policy making such as national science technology ofﬁces policy related NGOs suchas ACODE in Uganda, politicians etc. For them initiate policies and legal framework, materials such as policy briefs andstudy reports which are currently in press will form goodbackground information for them.

National roundtable workshops
This is one of the activities under the creation of awareness in the target countries in the IP programme. As aprecursor to the national round table meetings, the TOT
workshop held in November 2011 adequately equipped
the trainees with resource expertise for creation ofawareness. The curriculum and training manuals are
now available and the national chapter coordinators
were advised to include the national roundtable workshops in their work-plans for the year 2012. The IP teamwill follow up and coordinate the workshops during the
2nd quarter of 2012.

Technical Support, Network
Management and Coordination
Board Meetings
During the reporting period, the 19th and 20th ATPS
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robi and 11 November 2011 in Mombasa, Kenya respectively. This period saw the change in Chairmanship of
the ATPS Board. Prof. Shaukat Abdulrazak was elected
at the Chair of the ATPS Board by the 19th ATPS Board.
In line with the ATPS Articles of Association, the immediate former Chair, Prof. Samuel Wangwe handed overto the Chair-elect at the 20th Board meeting held in
Mombasa, Kenya on 11th November, 2011. Together
with other members including Prof. Oliver Saasa, Prof.
Oyebanji Oyelarana Oyeyinka, and Mr. Akosi Benjo, theformer Chair (Prof Samuel Wangwe) retired from theBoard at the same meeting.
These transitions in leadership and membership of the
ATPS Board were formerly ratiﬁed by the ATPS Annual
General Meeting held in the same venue on the sameday. As usual, the Board Members continued to provide
the ATPS Network with strategic guidance during thereporting period and for the year ahead.
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ATPS 2009 Audit – March 2011
The ATPS annual audit was carried out in accordance
to International Standards of Auditing by Deloitte andTouché in March 2011. The audit included examining,
on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts anddisclosures in the ﬁnancial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and signiﬁcant estimates made

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Chair of the ATPS Board, Prof. Shaukat Abdulrazak addresses the 2011 ATPS Annual General Meetingand evaluating the overall ﬁnancial statement presentation. In their opinion, the independent auditors (Deloitte and Touche) found the ﬁnancial statements for2010 reﬂecting a true and fair view of the state of affairsof the organization as at 31 December 2010. The report
also noted that ATPS abided by Kenyan law during thereporting period.
Special Audit for ATPS Phase VI Strategic Plan
Grant (2009 – 2012)
Deloitte and Touché carried a program Audit on the
ATPS Phase VI Strategic Plan (2009 – 2012), in accordance with requirements as speciﬁed in the Decision
for Activity No. 17390-DCO0107603 issued by Netherlands Directorate-General of Development Cooperation (DGIS). The Auditors carried out tests on selectedtransactions and records to determine the ATPS compliance with terms of the program grant agreement, laws,
regulations, contract binding policies and procedures.
According to the Auditors the ATPS complied in all material aspects with the obligations imposed by the grantin respect to the items tested.
Special Audit for UniBRAIN Grant (January 2010 –December 2010)
Deloitte and Touché also carried a program Audit on the
UniBRAIN project for the year ended 31 December 2010.
The audit was carried out in accordance with the termsof reference given by the Danish Ministry of Foreign

Affairs’ general guidelines for accounting and auditing
grants channeled through governmental, Parastatal andinternational organizations , the Generally Accepted
Auditing Standards and any other relevant regulations
in order to provide an independent and professional
opinion on the ﬁnancial results and management of the
UniBRAIN project and organisation, the ATPS accounting systems, internal control systems and procedures
as well as the ﬁnancial statements. The Auditors performed tests to determine whether the ATPS complied,in all material respects, with agreement terms and applicable laws and regulations.
According to the Auditors report there were no instances of noncompliance by ATPS to the agreement terms,
laws and regulations, contracts, binding policies andprocedures. The UniBRAIN ﬁnancial report also represents fairly in all material respects, program revenues
and costs incurred and reimbursed for the year thenended in accordance with the terms of the agreements
and in conformity with the basis of accounting.

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the 2011 ATPS Annual General Meeting was held in
Mombasa, Kenya immediately following the Annual
Conference on 11th November, 2011. Duly registeredmembers of the ATPS attended the meeting where
they audited technical and ﬁnancial reports of the ATPS
Secretariat for 2011 as well as the work plan accordingly.

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External Evaluator, Prof. Chris Garforth present draft evaluation report to ATPS 2011 AGM
Regional Council members and National Chapter
Coordinators also presented reports on their activities,
respectively. In addition to the AGM proceedings,
members also reviewed and ratiﬁed the draft report of
the ATPS Phase VI Strategic Plan Evaluation Report at
the 2011 AGM. Members also welcomed the change
in leadership of the ATPS Board expressing great
conﬁdence in the future of the Network under the newleadership of the Board.

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Evaluator, Prof. Vincent C. Anigbogu is a science,technology and governance expert and is assistedby Prof. Christopher James Garforth an international expert in institutional and rural development.
Both evaluators have longstanding international
expertise in institutional and project evaluation/
quality management.
The draft ﬁndings of the evaluation exercise were
presented to the 20th ATPS Board Meeting as well
as ATPS Members at the 2011 Annual General
Meeting held on 11 November 2011 in Mombasa,
Kenya, for discussion and clariﬁcation respectively.
The report will be published in 2012 and the ATPSis already working with stakeholders to address therecommendation therein.

The ATPS External Evaluation was commissioned in
May 2011, following extensive consultations with
DGIS on the Terms of Reference and the evaluation
timelines. The overall objective of the external evaluation was to assess the effectiveness and efﬁciencyof the implementation activities of the ATPS Phase
VI Strategic Plan for the period 01 January 2009 –31 December 2010 and ATPS’ compliance with thegeneral Terms of Reference and conditions of theDecision of 16 February 2009, Activity No. 17390DCO0107603 (REF: DCO/OC-042/09) and othergenerally applicable laws and regulations in Kenya.

Conclusion

To ensure a transparent and independent evaluation process, the 19th ATPS Board approved thecommissioning of two independent external evaluators to conduct the evaluation. The Lead External

Most of the activities under the 2011 ATPS work planand budgets for the year as approved by the Board havebeen implemented or are in advanced stages of implementation.

There have been no signiﬁcant deviations in the implementation of thematic research activities approved forthe year 2011 during the reporting period. A detailed log
frame indicating the status of implementation of programs during the period as per the approved work planand budgets is provided as Appendix 1.

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Planned ActivitiesJanuary -December 2011

A.1 Regional Research Projects

A) Improved abilityof African researchers
to engage in highquality peer reviewed
ST&I policy research
for African development
A. Research,
Research Capacity
Building & Knowledge Generation

B) Enhanced
understanding of ST&I
research and policy
processes in Africa;andA.2 Small Research GrantsC) Improved ability to formulate andimplement innovative
ST&I policies in Africa.

A.3 International
collaborative
Research

A.4 National
Chapters/ Institutional Support

Activities

Expected
time Frame

Status of activities

A.1.1 Support implementation of 3 regional studies
commissioned in 2010 on Agricultural Innovations
and Emerging Technologies for Climate Change
Adaptation and Food Security in Africa, targeting
countries in Western Africa (Anglophone) &Central Africa (Francophone) regions.

Ongoing
throughyear

A.1.1 Support implementation of one ongoing regional study on Traditional Knowledge Systems andIncreasing Access to Beneﬁt Sharing of Intellectual
property (IP) in Africa, targeting Eastern Africa andthe SADC countries commissioned in 2010

Ongoing
through year

A.1.2 Commission National Case Studies on
Traditional Knowledge Systems and Increasing
Access to Beneﬁt Sharing of Intellectual property(IP) in Africa, targeting Eastern Africa and the SADC
countries in Mozambique and Swaziland

Feb-11

A.1.3 Support implementation of 6 ongoing National Case Studies on Traditional Knowledge Systems and Increasing Access to Beneﬁt Sharing ofIntellectual property (IP) in Africa, targeting Eastern
Africa and the SADC countries. Studies commissioned in 2010 in Kenya (1), Uganda (1), Tanzania(1), Ethiopia (1), Lesotho (1), and Malawi (1).

Ongoing
through year

A.2.1 Commission new Small Grant Case Studies on
1. Health Innovations program
2. Science, Technology and Innovations
GovernanceOngoing
through year

Draft concept note for the
Health Innovations program
under review.

1A.3.1 Collaboration with FARA, ANAFE and PanAAC on Training and sensitisation on Agricultural
Innovation and Agribusiness Incubation - Universities, Business and Research in Agricultural INnovation UNIBrain) initiative.

2Ongoing
through theyear[4]

Challenges experienced inprogram implementation leading
to ATPS’ withdrawal from theprogramme

3A.3.2 Continued collaboration with SET-DEV
partners to draft an African Manifesto for STI and ahandbook on STI in Kenya

Ongoing
through theyear

Research studies completedPublications are various stages ofcompletionOn goingProposals received from
Swaziland to be commissioned
in 2012Due to non-response, Mozambique was replaced by Zimbabwe
which has also submitted a
proposal to be commissioned
in 2012
Studies completed in Kenya,
Lesotho, Tanzania and Ethiopia.
Publications in press
Study in Uganda
Study stalled in Malawi due tochange in PI

1A.3.3 Collaborate with University of Nigeria(UNN) to build and up-scale the capacity for
research, teaching, learning and outreach services
in climate change adaptation within the UNN

Project completed successfullyOngoing

A.3.4 Host 2 African PhD students and support
an Indian and a Dutch PhD student and a Dutch
Post-Doctoral Fellow on Nanotechnologies forDevelopment in India, Kenya and the Netherlands:
Towards a Framework for Democratic Governanceof Risks in Developing Countries, in collaboration
with Maastricht University and the University ofHyderabad and conduct a case study on governance of nanotechnologies

Ongoing
through year

2A.3.5 Collaborate with University College London(UCL), Zoological Society of London (ZSL), International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) on a Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services, Social Sustainability
And Tipping Points In African DrylandS project

June 2011

A.4.1. Support the National Coordinating Centres
undertaking studies on Traditional Knowledge Systems and Increasing Access to Beneﬁt Sharing ofIntellectual Property (IP) in Africa, targeting Eastern
Africa and the SADC countries (Kenya, Uganda,
Tanzania, Ethiopia, Swaziland, Lesotho, Malawi andMozambique).

Ongoing
through theyearOngoing

A.4.2. Support the New ATPS National Chaptersand focal points

June-11Ongoing – seed grants issued to
new chapters/focal points

Ongoing
Workshop held from 12 – 13
December 2011 in Nairobi, Kenya

Ongoing
Workshop scheduled for 14 February 2012 in Nairobi, Kenya

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Strategic Objectives

OutcomesA) Better regional
integration and theidentiﬁcation andprioritization of common research areasof mutual interest to
African countries

B. International
Cooperation And
PartnershipB) Enhanced uptake
and use of common
identiﬁed research
MDGs in Africa; andoutcomes, technologies and innovations
for addressing the
MDGs in Africa; andC) Increased
partnerships amongst
African S&T institutions, government
ministries, and civilsociety and with likeminded organizations
globally.

Planned ActivitiesJanuary -December 2011
B.1 International
Round Table Discussion Forums-

C. Youth And
Gender Empowerment+# A functioning
networking platform,
forum [online andofﬂine] in which theyouth/women can
exchange opinions;and increased
awareness among
the youth/women on
inter-related policy
issues in agriculture,science and technology and the need for
multi-disciplinary
approaches in ST&I
research and policy
making;B.1.1/B.2.1 Conduct Trainer of Trainers (ToTs) programmes, roundtables , workshops, publications,
etc to promote awareness on intellectual property
at grassroots levels in the Eastern Africa and the
SADC countries
B.1.2 Conduct a 3-day workshop to engage scientists, policy-makers, science journalists and policy
research advisors in brainstorming, discussing andprioritizing innovative ideas on strategically addressing the science-policy divide.

B.2 Joint Participatory Dialogue
on STI Policy
issuesB.3 International
Conferences &Workshops

B.2.2 Training on Linking research to policy andpractice

Expected
time Frame

Ongoing
through theyear

16 – 18 February 2011

Status of activities
ToT workshop held in November
2011Regional and national roundtables to be implemented in2012CompletedReport publishedNov 2011

Completed

Nov 2011

Completed

Nov 2011

Completed

C.1.1 Award grants to wining proposals on STI relevant subjects under the AYFST / YICAN programwith a speciﬁc focus on Innovation Incubation
for Climate Change adaptation and mitigation,
Agricultural innovations; Poverty Alleviation and
Entrepreneurship programs

Jan -11

15 Grants commissioned – at advanced stages of implementation

C.1.2 Support implementation of the commissioned grants on STI relevant subjects under the
AYFST / YICAN program with a speciﬁc focus on
Innovation Incubation for Climate Change adaptation and mitigation, Agricultural innovations;
Poverty Alleviation and Entrepreneurship programs

Ongoing
through theyearOngoing

C.1.3 Strengthen collaboration with UNECA &AU on mainstreaming youth in ST&I governancein AFRICA

June-11

Completed

C.1.4 Publish a book volume on Innovations for
Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in
Africa based on outcomes of the competition andother research

Nov 2011

To be implemented uponcompletion of studies in 2ndquarter of 2012

C.1.5 Support to ATPS Youth Internships and PostDoctoral Summer Placement Program

Ongoing
through theyear

C.2.1 Award grants to wining proposals on STI
relevant subjects under the AWFST / WECAN
program with a speciﬁc focus on Innovation Incubation for Climate Change adaptation and mitigation, Agricultural innovations; Poverty Alleviationand Entrepreneurship programs

Jan -11

9 Grants commissioned

C.2.2 Support implementation of the commissioned grants on STI relevant subjects under the
AWFST /WECAN program with a speciﬁc focus on
Innovation Incubation for Climate Change adaptation and mitigation, Agricultural innovations;
Poverty Alleviation and Entrepreneurship programs

Ongoing
through theyearOngoing

C.2.3. Strengthen collaboration with UNECA &AU on mainstreaming women in ST&I governancein AFRICA

Jun-11

Ongoing

C.2.4 Publish a book volume on Innovations for
Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in
Africa based on outcomes of the competition andother research

March-11

Ongoing (combined with C.1.4)

Activity to be combined with D.2.1 and B.3.1
B.3.1 ATPS annual international conference andworkshops / Training of National Chapters
B.3.2 Annual regional meeting under the program:Strengthening National IP Policy and legal framework in Eastern and Southern Africa: Traditional
Knowledge (TK) Access and Beneﬁt Sharing (ABS)and Effective IP Systems
Activity to be combined with B.3.1

# Enhanced skills/
capacities in agriculture, ST&I researchand policy advocacy
amongst Africa Youths
and women;$# Increased youth/
women participation in ST&I research
projects and other
innovative and productive interventions
at local, regional andnational levels;

Activities

C.1 African Youth
Forum for Scienceand Technology(AYFST)

C.2 African
Women Forum for
Science and Technology (AWFST)

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Outcomes#
Enhanceddissemination of ST&I
policy research topolicymakers and to
stakeholders at thegrassroots throughthe fourth estate
D. Training and
Sensitization
B) Build capacityof journalists, artists
and policy makers tocommunicate and use
ST&I policy research.
C) Appreciation andapt use of ST&I policyin African development.

Logframe Indicating Status of Implementation of Programs

Planned ActivitiesJanuary -December 2011

Activities

D.1 Building S&T
Constituencies/
Popularizationof S&T

D.1.1. Organise in-country activities to commemorate the scientiﬁc revival day of Africa in the ATPS
chapter countries.

D.2.1 Conduct a Parliamentary Roundtable onRole of STI in Africa: Implications for Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs)

Expected
time Frame8 chapters to received grants of
US$ 5,000 each to implement
SRDA activities
Jun-11(Benin, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho,
Malawi, Nigeria, Uganda, &Zimbabwe)
Training workshop implemented
in collaboration with UNESCO infrom October 31 – 01 November
2011
Oct-11

Roundtable held on 9th November 2011 during the ATPS Annual
Conference

Combinedwith B1.1

Completed

Nov-11Completed

Ongoing
through theyearOngoing

Ongoing
through theyearOngoing

D.2 Parliamentary
Round Tables on
STI Policy Brieﬁngs
D.2.2 Conduct Trainer of Trainers (ToTs) programmes, roundtables , workshops, publications,
etc to promote awareness on intellectual property
at grassroots levels in the Eastern Africa and the
SADC countries

D.4 National
Chapters Training
Workshops

Status of activities

D.4.1 Organise training for ATPS National
coordinators

Combine activity with B.3.1

D.5 Staff TrainingA)Better appreciation of ST&I policy
research by sciencejournalists, policy
makers and artists;

E. Science
Communications
and Stakeholder
DialogueB)ATPS Techno policy
briefs derived fromthe research ﬁnding

E.1.1 Support ATPS publications series

E.1 ATPS MultiMedia Publications& Websites

C)Strengthened
partnerships between
researchers and policy
makers in the ST&I
policy process;D)Sensitized leaders/
policy makers on theirleadership roles inpromoting ST&I-leddevelopment;

E)Stronger existing ATPS chapter
through training,and establishment ofofﬁces, etc;

F) Minimum of six
policy briefs addressing MDG related
ST&I policy issues
published.

D.5.1 Support staff training

E.4 Literature acquisition, referral
services

E.1.2 Continuous development of the interactive
ATPS website and other subsidiary websites suchas the IP program, and national chapters

Ongoing
through theyearOngoing

E.1.3 Commission contributions to the biennial
publications on the state of STI in Africa

Ongoing
through theyearOngoing

E.1.4 Publish popular articles, ﬂyers, etc for popularisation of STI at the grassroots levels

Ongoing
through theyearOngoing

E.4.1 Subscription to international journals,
Magazines, reports, newspapers, and literatureacquisition, etc

Ongoing
through yearOngoing

E.5.1. Hosting the ATPS website and othersubsidiary websites: re-designed to include betterknowledge circulation facilities, blogs, twitters,
knowledge boards, and multiple languages (French,
English, and Arabic).

Ongoing
through yearOngoing

E. 5.2 Update and host a website for the
Nanotech. for Development project in liaison with
Maastricht University, Netherlands & University ofHyderabad, India

Ongoing
through yearOngoing

E.5 Website
Hosting

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Strategic Objectives

F. Outreach,
Knowledge Brokerage And Policy
Advocacy

G. TechnicalSupport (Program
Activities A - F)

G1. TechnicalSupport (Network
Management/
Coordination)

H-External Evaluation of ATPS

Outcomes

Planned ActivitiesJanuary -December 2011

Activities

Expected
time Frame

Status of activities

F.1 Strengthening
and Expansion of
National Chapters

F.1.1.Support to ATPS National Chapters. Launchof a new Chapter Focal Points in Rwanda,
Madagascar, and Tunisia. Strengthen links with
State institutions in Africa (AU, NEPAD, and otherregional bodies)

Ongoing
through year

9 chapters received seed grants(Egypt, Ethiopia, Liberia, Rwanda,
Sudan, South Africa, UK, USA and
Zambia)F.2 Knowledge
Brokerage Programmes

F.2.1 Organise National workshops on Traditional
Knowledge Systems and Increasing Access to Beneﬁt Sharing of Intellectual Property (IP) in Africa
focusing on Eastern Africa and the SADC countries(Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Swaziland,
Lesotho, Malawi and Mozambique) to launch thenational networks & National steering committees
under the ATPS Intellectual Property program

Ongoing
through yearOngoing

F.2.2 Organize science cafes and School programson selected STI policy issues

Starting Jan,
2011

Ongoing

G.1. Network
Consultants

G.1.1 Commission Network Consultants tosupervise and provide technical support to ongoingregional and small grants case studies

Ongoing
through yearOngoing

G.2. Staff Travel/
Program Supervision

G.3.1 Support staff travels for network management, knowledge circulation and knowledge
valorisation activities.

Ongoing
through yearOngoing

G1.1. Board Meetings

G1.1.1 Conduct Board meetings in June andNovember 2011

Jun/Jul 2011
and Nov/Dec
2011

Board meeting held on 11
November 2011

G1.2 Program
Management(Secretariat
management coordination/National
chapter meetings,
communicationand travels)

G1.2.1 Program Management , Monitoring andevaluation

Evaluation by
DGIS- 01 Jan 09 to
31 Dec 2010

Board meeting held on 07 July
2011

Ongoing

December
2011

Final mid-term evaluation reportis in press

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Appendix 2 – Financial Statements

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Speciﬁc Objective Expected Outcome Proposed Activities Performance
tors
1.
To
enhance knowledge
sharing and collaboration

Effective
national
and regional networks for information sharing andcoordination of activities

Indica- Current Status

1.1
Hold workshop with proposed
collaborators
andstakeholders to determine and agree
the way forward

1.1.1
One
qualitystakeholder workshop
held within 4 months ofproject commencement

1.1.1.
One
quality stakeholder workshop
carried out in September
2009.

1.2
Invite regional and international institutions tojoin knowledge network

1.1.1
A regional network up and runningwith clear guidelines
for operation within 6months of project commencement

1.2.1 Regional
Steering
Committee (RSC) inaugural meeting held on 29
April 2010 in Nairobi, Kenya. Other meetings heldwith the RSC members
in November 2010 andNovember 2011 in Cairo,
Egypt and Mombasa, Kenya.

1.3
Overseethe creation of national networks in
1.1.1
National netselect countries
works created in theselect countries within 2
1.4
Hold anmonths of activity 2.1
nual conferencesat regional level for
stakeholders

1.1.1
National Steering Committees established in 6 countries –Ethiopia, Lesotho, Kenya,
Malawi, Swaziland, Uganda and Zimbabwe

1.1.2
Successful an1.4.1
Annualnetnual networking and inworking conference held
formation sharing conduring the ATPS annual
ferences
conference in Abuja, Nigeria, 2009; Cairo, Egypt,in 2010; and Mombasa,
Kenya in 2011
1.0.1
Country visits
to launch the IP networks
held in Ethiopia, Kenya,
Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

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Speciﬁc Objective Expected Outcome Proposed Activities Performancetors
1.
To generate and disseminate knowledge on
the IP policy environment

Increased knowledge
on national and regional IP policy environments for better
policy making processes

1.1
Conduct anassessment of thecurrent regional IP
environment and select countries to be
included

1.2
Conduct
detailed assessments of the IP
environments in theselect countries

1.3
Developa communication
strategy

Indica- Current Status

1.1.1
A detailed report on the current regional and international
policy environment in
the area of TK, ABS andIP within 4 months ofactivity 1.1

2.1.1 Background study ofthe current regional andinternational policy environments in the area of TK,
ABS and IP completed andready for publication.

2.1.2 Three (3) Policy
briefs being drafted fromthe background study
1.1.2
At least 2 pol- commissioned under 2.1.1
icy briefs published and above completed anddisseminated on impor- ready for publication.
tant issues emerging issues from 2.1.1 within 2 2.2.1 Six (6) Small grants
months of 2.1.1
case studies commissioned. Three case studies
in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania completed and outputs are in press. Lesothoand Uganda studies still
1.1.1
Detailedreongoing. Malawi project
ports on the policy envistalled due to change in PI
ronments, needs assessment and gaps of the 1.1.2
3 policy briefs
select countries
from the country casestudies in Ethiopia, Kenya
and Tanzania expected
1.1.1
At least 1 pol- completed and in press. 3
icy brief published and more expected from Lesodisseminated on im- tho, Malawi and Uganda.
portant national issues
1.1.3
5 baseline reemerging issues fromports from Ethiopia, Ke2.2.1 within 2 months ofnya, Lesotho and Tanza2.2.1
nia under review. Other
reports expected from
Malawi and Uganda while
1.1.2
A communi- Swaziland and Zimbabwe
cation strategy for the studies will be commisprogrammedetailing sioned in 2012.
the necessary publications, website and other 2.3.1 A draft Communicommunication strate- cation Strategy has beengies within 7 months of developed, peer reviewed
project commencement and is awaiting publication. IP outputs to be posted on a dedicated webpage
http://ip.atpsnet.org/.

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Speciﬁc Objective Expected Outcome Proposed Activities Performance
tors
1.

To
promoteawareness at
the grassroots
levels, on issues of TK, ABS
and effective IP
systems

Improved ability to 1.1 Trainer of trainer
contribute to policy
programmes
and legislative frameworks

1.2 Workshops,
policy roundtables, seminars

Indica- Current Status

1.1.1This exact activities, and therefore
performance indicators,
will be completely dependent on the ﬁndingsof the above activities

3.1.1 A training workshop
was organised for selected experts within theimplementing countries
in November 2010 anda subsequent on in November 2011. Work plansfor implementing the ToTs
at national level received
from Ethiopia, Swaziland,
Malawi and Uganda. Others expected from Kenya,
Tanzania and Zimbabwe.
They will all be implemented in 2012.

International workshops
held in in November 2010
in Cairo, Egypt and also in
November 2011 in Mombasa, Kenya during the
ATPS Annual Conference
and Workshops. IP was anintegral part of the program with keynote speakers and parallel breakout
sessions. The aim was tointegrate IP in the mainstream of policy response
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Publications
ATPS Reports

ATPS Annual Report 2010: Science, Technology and Innovations for African Development
http://www.atpsnet.org/publications/annual_reports/2010/index.php
Tracking Effective Indigenous Adaptation Strategies on Impacts of Climate Variability
on Food Security and Health of Subsistence Farmers in Tanzania http://www.atpsnet.org/
Files/wps51.pdf
Estimating Land Prices and Opportunity Costs of Conservation in a Mega diversity Country
http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/wps58.pdf
Climate Change Awareness and Adaptation in The Niger Delta Region of Nigeria http://
www.atpsnet.org/Files/wps57.pdf
Technological Challenges Of Climate Change Adaptation In Nigeria: Insights From Enugu
State http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/wps52.pdf
Emerging and Indigenous Technology for Climate Change Adaptation in Southwest Nigeria
http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/wps56.pdf

ATPS Working Paper
SeriesEmerging Technologies for Building Resilience to Climate Change Effect: A Case Study in
Dangbe East District of the Republic of Ghana http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/wps55.pdf
Enhancing Agricultural Yields by Small-holder Farmers through Integrated Climate Change
Adaptation in Sierra Leone http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/wps54.pdf)
Indigenous Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change: Study of Imo and Enugu States inSoutheast Nigeria http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/wps53.pdf
Agricultural Innovations for Climate Change Adaptation and Food Security in Africa: The
Cases of Ghana and The Gambia http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/wps59.pdf
Assessment on the Adaptive Capacity of the Machobane Farming System to Climate Change
in Lesotho http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/wps60.pdf
Climate Change and Adaptation Measures in Northern Nigeria: Empirical Situation and
Policy Implications http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/wps62.pdf
Agricultural Innovations for Climate Change Adaptation and Food Security in West Africa:
The Case of Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Liberia http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/wps61.pdf

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ATPS PUBLICATIONS AND MULTI-MEDIA PRODUCTIONS CHECKLISTJanuary to December 2011 period:
Publications
Tracking Effective Indigenous Adaptation Strategies on Impacts of Climate Variability on
Food Security and Health of Subsistence Farmers in Tanzania
Indigenous Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change: Study of Southeast Nigeria
Farmers’ Perception of Climate Change Governance and Adaptation Constraints in Niger
Delta Region of Nigeria
Enhancing Agricultural Yields by Small-holder Farmers through Integrated Climate Change
Adaptation in Sierra Leone
Emerging Technologies for Climate Change Adaptation: A Case Study in Dangbe East Districtof Ghana
ATPS Special Paper Series

Emerging and Indigenous Technology for Climate Change Adaptation in Southwest Nigeria
Agricultural Innovations for Climate Change Adaptation and Food Security in Africa: The
Cases of Ghana and The Gambia
Agricultural Innovations for Climate Change Adaptation and Food Security in Nigeria, Sierra
Leone and Liberia: Empirical Evidence
Agricultural Innovations and Adaptations to Climate Change Effects and Food Security inCentral Africa: Case of Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and Central African Republic
Incidence of Indigenous and Innovative Climate Change Adaptation Practices for Smallholder Farmers’ Livelihood Security in Chikhwawa District, Southern Malawi
Farmers’ Perception of Climate Change Governance and Adaptation Strategies in Nothern
Nigeria: An Empirical Assessment
Technological challenges of climate change adaptation in Nigeria: insights from Enugu State
http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/pb24.pdf
Agricultural Innovations for Climate Change Adaptation and Food Security in Ghana and The
Gambia: Policy Options

Technopolicy Briefs

What policy options can promote climate change awareness and adaptation in Niger deltaregion of Nigeria? http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/pb28.pdf
Harnessing Wind Energy for Climate Change Adaptation and Food Security in Coastal Regions of Ghana: A Policy Perspective http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/pb30.pdf
What Policy Options can Promote Agricultural Innovations for Climate Change Adaptation
and Food Security in the West African Sub-region? http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/pb29.pdf
Emerging and Indigenous Technologies for Climate Change Adaptation in the Farming Systems of Southwest Nigeria: Issues for Policy Action http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/pb27.pdf
Sensitizing and Building the Capacity of Women towards Climate Change Consequences inNorthern Lakes of Egypt
http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/pb33.pdf

Technopolicy Briefs

Indigenous Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change: Study of Southeast Nigeria.
http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/pb25.pdf
Tracking Effective Indigenous Adaptation Strategies on Impacts of Climate Variability on
Food Security and Health of Subsistence Farmers in Tanzania
http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/pb31.pdf

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ATPS PUBLICATIONS AND MULTI-MEDIA PRODUCTIONS CHECKLISTJanuary to December 2011 period:
Publications
Strengthening Linkages between Policy Research and Policymaking for African Development:
Proceedings of the Stakeholders Workshop held at Mombasa Continental Hotel, Mombasa,
Kenya from 16 - 18 February 2011
http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/Linking_Research_to_policy_-_Proceedings_of_Stakeholders_Workshop_Kenya.pdf
Workshop and/or Conference Proceedings

The State of Technology and Innovation in Africa: Implications for Achieving the Millennium
Development Goals - Proceedings of the 2010 ATPS Annual Conference and Workshops heldat Conrad Hilton, Cairo, Egypt from 25 - 30 November 2010
http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/2010_Annual_Conference_Proceedings.pdf
Ministerial Conference on Higher Education in Agriculture in Africa (CHEA): Proceedingsof the Pre-Conference and Policy Side Events held at Speke Resort and Conference Centre,
Kampala, Uganda from 15 - 19 November 2010
http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/CHEA_Ministerial_Conference.pdf

Programme and Book of
Abstracts

Strengthening Linkages between Policy Research and Policymaking for African Development
http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/Annual_Conference_2011_Program_and_Book_of_Abstracts.
pdf
TV Talk on Nanotechnologies for Technologies Nation TV 2011

Media OutreachTV Talk on Linking Research to Policy and Practice KTN TV 2011

Science news Publications TV Talk on Drought Mitigation KTN TV 2011
featuring ATPS ProgrammesRadio talk on GMOs Metro FM 2011
Radio talk on Scientiﬁc Revival Day in Africa Metro FM 2011

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Where we Work

Appendix 5: Where we Work

About ATPS:
The ATPS is a multi-disciplinary network of researchers, practitioners and policy makers that promotes
science, technology and innovation (STI) policy research, dialogue and practice, for African Development.
With a regional secretariat in Nairobi, it operates through national chapters in 30 countries with an expansion plan in place to cover the entire Africa.
ATPS organizes and implements STI capacity building programs at regional and national levels. All programs address STI capacity building priorities of African countries identiﬁed by network members andstakeholders. ATPS activities are organized in four interrelated functional domains: STI knowledge generation; STI knowledge brokerage; STI knowledge dissemination; STI outreach & policy advocacy; andSTI knowledge valorization. These functions are performed through three cross-cutting hematic research
capacity building programs and three cross-cutting non-thematic facilitative programs. The thematic andfacilitative programs are intertwined and together they form the six medium term strategic priorities of
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Appendix 6: ATPS Board Members

Prof. Shaukat Ali
Abdulrazak (Chair)Prof. Turner T. Isoun(Member)National Council for Science and Technology
P.O. Box 30623-0010 Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254 20 2242175
Cell: +254 721 107867
E-mail: secretary@ncst.go.ke orsabdulrazak@yahoo.com

Former Honourable Minister, FMST
1 Ministers Hill
off 40 Colorado Close, Maitama, Abuja Nigeria
Tel: +234-9-523 3397 Fax: +234-9-523 4390
Cell: +234 805 960 0023
E-mail: ttisoun@aol.com

Prof. Sir Brian HEAP
(Member)

Vice-President, European Academies Science
Advisory Council
The Royal Society of London SW1Y 5AG
and Honorary Fellow, St Edmund’s College
Cambridge CB3 0BN, UK
Tel: +44 1223 248509
Email: brianheap1@gmail.com or rbh22@cam.ac.uk

Prof. Indira NATH
(Member)

Institute of Pathology (ICMR)
Safdarjung Hospital Campus
New Delhi 110029, India
Tel: +91 11 26100754
Home: +91 11 26517707 Cell: +91 971 7104448
E-mail: indiranath@gmail.com

Prof. Agnes W.
MWANG’OMBE, EBS(Member)

Principal, College of Agriculture and Veterinary
Sciences and Professor of Plant Pathology,
University of Nairobi
P.O. Box 30197-00100 GPO Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254-20-2055126 Cell: +254 722 788995
E-mail: wakesho123@gmail.com ormwangombe@kenyaweb.com

Prof. Kevin C.
URAMA (Ex-Ofﬁcio)

Executive Director
African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS)
3rd Floor, The Chancery, Valley Road
P.O. Box 10081-00100 Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254-20-271 4098/168/498
Fax: +254-20-271 4028
Email: kurama@atpsnet.org

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Responsible STI policy advisory commitee members

Appendix 7 - Responsible STI policy advisorycommitee members
1. Dr. Philippe Kuhutama Mawoko
Coordinator
African Science, Technology & Innovation Indicators(ASTII) Initiative
NEPAD Ofﬁce of Science & Technology
Tel: +27 (12) 841 4347 Mobile: +27 (83) 258 6104
Fax: +27 (12) 841 4414
E-mail: pkmawoko@nepadst.org
Website: http://www.nepadst.org
2. Prof. Wiebe E. Bijker
Faculty of Arts and Social
Sciences, Maastricht University
PO Box 616, NL-6200 MD
Maastricht, The Netherlands
Tel: +31-43-388 3321
E-mail: W.Bijker@TSS.unimaas.nl
Website: http://www.fdcw.
unimaas.nl/staff/bijker
3. Prof. Norman Clark
The Open University,
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA, United Kingdom
Email: n.clark@open.ac.uk or
norman18542@yahoo.co.uk

4. Prof. Bob Orskov
The Orskov Foundation
c/o The Macaulay Institute
Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen
AB15 8QH, Scotland, UK
Tel: +44 1224 498200
E-mail: b.orskov@macaulay.ac.uk
Website: http://www.
orskovfoundation.org/

5. Prof. Andy Hall
Researcher
United Nations University – MERIT, Maastricht,
The Netherlands
E-mail: hall@merit.unu.edu or andyhallmails@
yahoo.com
6. Prof. Peter H. May
PresidentInternational Society of Ecological
Economics (ISEE)
Chair, Department of Development,
Agriculture and Society
Federal Rural University of Rio deJaneiro, Brazil
Tel: +55 21 2551 1320
E-mail: peter@rebraf.org.br
7. Prof. Norah K. Olembo
Executive Director,
African Biotechnology
Stakeholders Forum
P. O. Box 66069
Nairobi 00800
Kenya
Tel: +254-20-444 4558
E-mail: absf@absfafrica.org or
noraholembo@yahoo.com
8. Prof. HODGE, Ian David,
Professor of Rural Economy,
Department of Land Economy,
University of Cambridge
19 Silver Street, Cambridge CB3
9EP
Tel: +44 1223 337134
Fax: +44 1223 337132
E-mail: idh3@cam.ac.uk

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Appendix 7 - Responsible STI policy advisorycommitee members
9. Prof. Ishenkumba Kahwa
Dean, Faculty of Pure and Applied
Sciences
Mona Campus, The University of
the West Indies
Kingston 7, Jamaica
E-mail:ishenkumba.kahwa@gmail.
com

10. Prof. Lynn K. Mytelka
Professorial Fellow
UNU-MERIT
35, rue Lhomond
75005 Paris, France
CODE de LA PORTE: 357B
Tel: +33 1 47 07 37 90
E-mail: Lmytelka@gmail.com
11. Dr. George O. Essegbey
Director, STEPRI-C.S.I.R.
P.O. Box CT 519
Accra, Ghana
Tel: +233-21-779401/773856
Email: george_essegbey@yahoo.
co.uk
12. Prof. Francis Mutua
National Project Coordinator
Applied Training Project
Nile Basin Initiative
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254 20 208 0371
E-mail: fmutua@nilebasin.org or
fmmutua@gmail.com

13. Prof. Kevin Urama(ATPS Secretariat Representative)
Executive Director
African Technology Policy Studies
Network (ATPS)
P.O. Box 10081-00100
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254 20 2714028
Fax: + 254 20 2714028
E-mail: kurama@atpnet.org
14. Dr. Musa A. Dube (ATPS National Chapters –Southern Africa Representative)
ATPS-Swaziland National
Coordinator
Senior Lecturer & ATPS National
Coordinator
Faculty of Agriculture, Universityof Swaziland
Tel : +268 527 40 21
Email: madube@agric.uniswa.sz
15. Prof. Michael C. Madukwe(ATPS National Chapters –Western Africa Representative)
ATPS-Nigeria National
Coordinator
Professor, Department ofAgricultural Extension
University of Nigeria
Nsukka, Enugu State
Nigeria
Tel: +234 42 771019
Email: madukwe@hotmail.com or
madukwemichael@yahoo.com

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ATPS Regional Steering Commitee Members

Appendix 8: ATPS Regional Steering
Committee Members

Dr. Sylvester Ndeso
AtangaATPS Cameroon

Faculty of Health Sciences
University of Buea
P.O. Box 63 South West Province
Republic of Cameroon
Tel: + 237-75816047
Cell: +237-99841433
Email: ndiande@yahoo.com

Prof. Michael
Madukwe
ATPS Nigeria

Department of Agricultural extension
University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State
Tel:+234 42 771019
Cell:+ 234 803 700 6968
Email: madukwemichael@yahoo.com

Dr Arsène Konan
Kouadio
ATPS Côte d’Ivoire

Centre Ivoirien de Recherches
Economiques et Sociales (CIRES)
Cocody, Boulevard Latrille08 BP. 1295 ABIDJAN 08, Côte d’ivoire
Tel.: (225) 22 444 363 / 22448942
Fax.: (225) 22 440829
Email: arsenekk@yahoo.fr
arsenekouadio@hotmail.com

Prof. Femi Olokesusi
ATPS Nigeria

Nigerian Institute for Socialand Economic Research (NISER)
P.M.B 5 UI Post Ofﬁce
Oyo Road, Ojoo, Ibadan, Nigeria
Tel:+234 2 8103345/8102904
Fax:+234 2 2413121
Email: madukwe@hotmail.com

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Committee Members

Dr. Musa DUBEATPS Swaziland

Faculty of Agriculture
University of Swaziland
Luyengo Campus
P. O. Luyengo, SwazilandTel:+268 527 40 21
Fax:+268 527 40 21
Cell:+268 618 15 79
Email: madube@agric.uniswa.sz

Prof. Kevin C. Urama
Executive Director
ATPS

African Technology Policy Studies Network
P.O. Box 10081-00100
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254 20 2714092
Fax: +254 20 2714028
Email : kurama@atpsnet.org

Mr. Kenneth W.
Aduda
ATPS Kenya

Projects and Resource Mobilization Manager
Kenya Industrial Research Development
Institute (KIRDI)
P.O. Box 54139-00200
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254 20 609498
Fax: +254 20 556362
Cell: + 254 721 466444
Email: adudakenwo@gmail.com

Dr. George Owusu
Essegbey
Director,
STEPRI/CSIR
P.O. Box CT 519,
Accra, Ghana
Tel:+233 21 773856
Fax:+233 21 773068
Cell: +233 243 753314
Email: george_essegbey@yahoo.co.uk

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ATPS National Coordinators & Focal Points

Appendix 9: ATPS National Coordinators & Focal Points
1. Australia
Mr. David Doepel
Chair, Africa Research Group, Murdoch University
90 South Street
MurdochWestern Australia 6150
Tel: +61418912287
Email: d.doepel@murdoch.edu.au
2. Benin
Dr. Roch L. MONGBO
Senior Lecturer & Researcher
FIDESPRA/Univ. of Abomey Calava and CEBEDES –XU dodo02 BP 778
Cotonou, Benin
Tel: +229-21304139
Cell : +229 95 96 64 46
Email: Rochl_mongbo@yahoo.fr
3. Botswana
Vacant
4. Burkina Faso
Dr. Benoit KABORE
Université de Ouagadougou
01 BP 4487 Ouagadougou 01
Burkina Faso
Cell : +226- 70403013 / 78812008 /75980731
Email: benkabor2003@yahoo.fr
5. Cameroon
Dr. Sylvester NDESO ATANGA
Lecturer, Epidemology & Public HealthFaculty of Health Sciences
University of Buea
P.O. Box 63
South West Province
Republic of Cameroon
Tel: + 237-75816047
Cell: +237-99841433
Email: silawrence2011@gmail.com or
ndiade@yahoo.com
6. Côte d’Ivoire
Dr. Arsène KOUADIO,
Associate Professor, University of Abidjan-Cocody ;Researcher, CIRES
Director, Laboratoire de croissance Economique
Executive Director, Institut pour le Développement(IPD), Coordinator, ATPS Côe d’Ivoire,

Coordinator, RIA Côte d’Ivoire,
Fellow Researcher, AERC, Poverty Economic Policy(PEP),
Cocody, Boulelevard Latrille
08 B.P. 1295 Abidjan 08, Côte d’Ivoire
Tel : +225 22 44 60 99
Fax: +225 22 48 82 84
Mobile : +225 07 98 46 80 / 05 95 97 91
E-mail: arsene.k@ipd-ci.org,
arsenekk@yahoo.fr
arsenekouadio@hotmail.com
7. Egypt
Ms. Manal Moustafa SAMRA
45 Noubar Street, Bab El-Louk
8th Floor, Apt 29, Cairo, Egypt
Tel: +20105005284
Email: mmsamra@gmail.com
8. Ethiopia
Mr. Wondwossen Belete
P.O.Box 25453
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: 251-11-6462428
Cel: +251-911-886709
Email: wondwossenbel@yahoo.com
9. The Gambia
Vacant
10. Ghana
Dr. Fred AMU-MENSAH
Senior Research Scientist
CSIR Water Research Institute
P.O. Box M.32
Accra, Ghana
Tel: +233-24-4748197
Fax: +233 21 77 7170
Email: assabil@aim.com or obeyie@gmail.com
11. Kenya
Mr. Kenneth W. ADUDA
Projects & Resource Mobilization Manager
Kenya Industrial Research Development Institute(KIRDI)
P.O. Box 54139-00200
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254 20 609498
Fax: +254 20 556362
Cell: + 254 721 466444
Email: adudakenwo@gmail.com

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12. Lesotho
Mr. Denis Sekoja Phakisi
Acting National Coordinator
Manufacturing Manager
Loti Brick, Koﬁ Annan Road
Thetsane Industrial Area
P.O. Box 8008, Maseru 100, Lesotho
Tel: +266 5885 3389
Fax: +266 22310071
Email: ds.phakisi@lycos.com
13. Liberia
Dr. Wollor Emmanuel TOPOR
Acting Dean
College of Science and Technology
University of Liberia
Tel: + 231-6875802
Email: wollortopor@yahoo.com
14. Malawi
Prof. Henry MLOZA-BANDA
Professor of Agricultural Ecology
University of Malawi
Faculty of Agriculture
Lilongwe, Malawi
Cell: +265 888 854 123
Email: mlozab@yahoo.co.uk
15. MaliDr. Sidiki Gabriel DEMBELE
Agrochimie/Agroforesterie et Fertilité des sols
Bureau Ouest-Africain d’Appui Organisational et deTechnologies Appropiées
B.P. E 3730, Bamako, Mali
Tél. : (223) 226 2012
Fax : (223) 226 2504
Cell : (223) 71 3806
Email: sidikigabriel@hotmail.com or ﬁliﬁngdem@
yahoo.fr
16. MoroccoProf. Dr. Saïd BOUJRAF
Director of the Clinical Neuroscience Laboratory
Department of Biophysics and Clinical MRI Methods
Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Fez
BP. 1893; Km 2.200, Sidi Hrazem Road, Fez 30000,
MoroccoTel: +212 667 780 442
Fax: +212 535 619 321
E-mail: sboujraf@gmail.com

17. MozambiqueEng. Lourino Alberto CHEMANE
ICT and Planning Advisor
Executive Secretariat, ICT Policy Commission
Bairro da Coop
Rua Particular Dr. Antonio de Almeida
61 R/C Direito, Maputo
MoçambiqueTel: +258 21 309398
Fax: +258 21 302289
Cell : +258 82 3110700
Email: lourino.chemane@mct.gov.mz
18. Nigeria
Prof. Michael C. MADUKWEProfessor, Department of Agricultural Extension
University of Nigeria
Nsukka, Enugu State
Nigeria
Tel: +234 42 771019 Fax: +234 42 771500
Cell: +234 803 700 6968
Email: madukwemichael@yahoo.com
Prof. Femi OLOKESUSI
Nigerian Institute for Socialand Economic Research (NISER)
P.M.B 5 UI Post Ofﬁce
Oyo Road, Ojoo, Ibadan, Nigeria
Tel: +234 2 8103345/8102904
Fax: +234 2 2413121
Email: femioloke@yahoo.com
19. Rwanda
Prof Herman Musahara
Associate Professor and Director
Directorate of Planning and Development(DPD)
National University of Rwanda
B.P.117 Butare
Huye, Rwanda
Email: hmusahara@nur.ac.rw
20. Senegal
Dr. Papa Alioune Sarr NDIAYEESP BP 15475 DAKAR Fann
SénégalTél : Bureau (221) 864 54 18
Fax : (221) 864 21 43
Domicile (221) 820 23 88
Cellulaire (221) 634 58 88
Email: pndiaye@ucad.sn or papealiounen@yahoo.fr

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ATPS National Coordinators & Focal Points

Appendix 9: ATPS National Coordinators & Focal Points
21. Sierra Leone
Mr. Chris SQUIRE
Head, Dept of Mechanical Engineering
Fourah Bay College
University of Sierra Leone
Mount Auroel
PMB Freetown Sierra Leone
Tel: +232 22 227831
Fax: +232 22 227453
Cell: +232 76 610600
Email: squirechris15@yahoo.com
22. South Africa
Professor Mark SWILLING
Sustainability Institute, School of Public
Management and Planning
Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland,
7602, South Africa
Cell: +27(0)83-459 7417
Tel: +27(0)21-881 3196
Fax: +27(0)21 - 881 3294
Email: swilling@sun.ac.za
23. Sudan
Mrs. Nadia Hassan SIDAHMED
Economic Studies Department
Industrial Research & Consultancy Centre (IRCC)
Sudan
Tel: +249 911449106
Email: nadiahsh@yahoo.co.uk
24. Swaziland
Dr. Musa A. DUBE
Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Agriculture
University of Swaziland
Luyengo Campus
P. O. Luyengo, Swaziland
Tel: +268 527 40 21
Fax: +268 527 40 21
Cell: +268 618 15 79
Email: madube@agric.uniswa.sz
25. Tanzania
VacantKent, ME5 7SF, UK
Tel: +4401634310389/07985476289
Email: Martha.ugwu@yahoo.co.uk
Martha@ugwu.fsworld.co.uk
27. Uganda
Mr. John OKUONZIKyambogo University, Faculty of Engineering,
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering,
P.O Box 1, Kyambogo, Kampala, Uganda
Tel: +256 782 353034
Email: jokuonzi@kyu.ac.ug or okuonzijohnie@yahoo.
com
28. USA-Diaspora
Dr. Anthony C IKEME
President & CEO
Clintriad Pharma Services
102 Pickering Way, Suite 200
Exton, PA 19341
Tel: 484.753.3405
Cell: 215.380.9920
Fax: 610.384.5455
Email: aikeme@clintriad.com
29. Zambia
Prof. Francis D. YAMBA
Coordinator, Centre for Energy Environment andEngineering Zambia (CEEEZ) Ltd, 176 Parirenyatwa
Road
Suite B. Fairview, P/B E721,
Lusaka, Zambia
Tel/Fax: +260 211 223118
Email: yambafd@yahoo.com
30. Zimbabwe
Mr. Benson ZWIZWAI
Deputy Director
Institute of Development Studies
P. O. Box 880
Harare, Zimbabwe
Tel: +263 4 333341/3
Fax: +263 4 333345
Cell: +263 772494902
Email: bmutzwizwai@yahoo.com

26. UK-Diaspora
Mrs. Martha Ada UGWU
59 Highgrove Road
Walderslade, Chatham
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The Secretariat

Appendix 10: The Secretariat
ATPS has an independent and dynamically evolving Secretariat with staff to provide executive direction, administrative implementation and physical infrastructure to the network.
The Secretariat is led by a Secretariat Management Committee (SMC) chaired by the Executive Director. The SMC
provides strategic intellectual and administrative direction to the Secretariat and regional activities of the ATPS, inliaison with the ATPS National Coordinators’ Regional Council. The SMC meets regularly to review the activities of
the Network for effective continuous monitoring and control and inputs into the network management decisions.
The ATPS Secretariat Staff in 2011 include:
Name

Designation

1) Prof Kevin Urama

Executive Director2) Dr. Nicholas Ozor

Senior Research Ofﬁcer3) Dr. Maurice Bolo

Research Ofﬁcer-Post Doctorate

4) Dr. Michele Francine

Research Ofﬁcer-Post Doctorate

5) Richard Murimi

Finance & Administration Manager

6) Ernest Acheampong

Research Ofﬁcer7) Wairimu Mwangi

Research Ofﬁcer8) Philip Osano

Research Ofﬁcer9) Steve Otieno

Accounts Assistant10) Hannah Adari

Research Assistant11) Edel Kwoba

Communications Assistant12) Nelson Akenga

Information Technology Assistant13) Eunice Kariuki

Administration and Program Assistant14) Jacinta Kahi

Communication Assistant-

15) Barbara Ombasa

Receptionist16) Cyprian Nyarige

Accounts Assistant17) Carol Thuku

Senior Secretary/Programs Administrative Assistant18) Richard Muchesia

Driver/Messenger19) George Kioko

Accounts Intern20) Ada Osisioma

Research Intern

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ATPS Grants 2011

Appendix 11 - ATPS Grants 2011
Grant No.

Lead Proponent

Title of Grant

Country

StatusBenin

Commissioned

Ethiopia

Commissioned

ATPS Kenya

Commissioned

ATPS Uganda

Commissioned

ATPS Nigeria

Commissioned

ATPS Nigeria

Commissioned

ATPS Ghana

Commissioned

ATPS
Zimbabwe

Commissioned

ATPS Malawi

Commissioned

ATPS LesothoCommissioned

Climate Change Innovation Awards-AYFST

1

CSP/0405/10

Abdelaziz Lawani2

CSP/0401/10

Tibebu Solomon
Abebe

Youths as the driving
force behind community
adaptation to climate change
in Karimama and Malaville,
Benin.
Assessment of the rationale
and competence of pastoral
community innovative
adaptation to the incidence ofclimate change in Ethiopia.

Knowledge and Brokerage Programs
3

NCKE120

Mr. Kenneth Aduda

4

NCUG15Mr. John Okuonzi

5

NCNG13

Prof. Micheal C.
Madukwe6

NCNG111

Prof. Micheal C.
Madukwe7

NCGH01

Dr. Fred Amu
Mensah8

NCZM120

Mr. Benson Zwizwai

9

NCMW12

Prof. H. R. Mloza
Banda

10

NCLS12

Mr. Dennis Sekoja
PhakisiSupport to Commemorate
the Scientiﬁc Revival Day(SRDA) 2011
Support to Commemorate
the Scientiﬁc Revival Day(SRDA) 2011
Support to Commemorate
the Scientiﬁc Revival Day(SRDA) 2011
Support to organize a
symposium on ICT and public
governance/ SRDA 2011
Support to Commemorate
the Scientiﬁc Revival Day(SRDA) 2011
Support to Commemorate
the Scientiﬁc Revival Day(SRDA) 2011
Support to Commemorate
the Scientiﬁc Revival Day(SRDA) 2011
Support to Commemorate
the Scientiﬁc Revival Day(SRDA) 2011

Support to National Chapters
11

NCEG02

Ms. Manal
Moustafa Samra

Offer of grant to launch the
ATPS Sudan Focal point

ATPS Egypt

Commissioned

12

NCET09Mr. Wondwossen
BeleteOffer of grant to re-launch
the ATPS Ethiopia National
chapter

ATPS Ethiopia

Commissioned

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ATPS Grants 2011

Grant No.

Lead Proponent

Title of Grant

Country

Status13

NCSN101

Dr. Wollor
Emmanuel Topor

Offer of grant to launch the
ATPS Liberia focal point

ATPS Liberia

Commissioned

14

NCMC101

Dr. Said Boujraf

Offer of grant to launch the
ATPS Morocco Focal point

ATPS Morocco

Commissioned

15

NCZA101

Prof. Mark Swilling

Offer of grant to re-launch
the ATPS South Africa
National chapter

ATPS South
AfricaCommissioned

16

NCSN101

Mrs. Nadia Hassan
Sidahmed

Offer of grant to launch the
ATPS Sudan Focal point

ATPS Sudan

Commissioned

17

NCUK101

Mrs. Martha Ada
Ugwu

Offer of grant to launch the
ATPS UK focal point

ATPS UK

Commissioned

18

NCUS101

Dr. Anthony C.
Ikeme

Offer of grant to launch the
ATPS USA focal point

ATPS USA

Commissioned

19

NCZM103

Prof. Francis D.
Yamba

Offer of grant to re-launch
the ATPS Zambia National
chapter

ATPS Zambia

Commissioned

20

NCRW101

Prof. Herman
Musahara

Offer of grant to launch the
ATPS Rwanda focal point

ATPS Rwanda

Commissioned

21

NCSE107

Prof. Micheal C.
Madukwe

ATPS Nigeria

Commissioned

22

CBO0301

Prof. K.P Baiyeri/University of
Nigeria

ATPS Nigeria

Commissioned

23

NCKE1113

Mr. Kenneth Aduda

ATPS Kenya

Commissioned

24

NCZM12

Mr. Benson Zwizwai

ATPS
Zimbabwe

Commissioned

25

NCKLS09

Mr. Dennis Sekoja
Phakisi

ATPS LesothoCommissioned

26

NCUG14Mr. John Okuonzi

ATPS Uganda

Commissioned

Program on building transdisciplinary climate change
adaptation capacity at the
UNN
Grant to support the 10th
anniversary of uninterrupted
publications of Agro SciencejournalGrant to organize National
Networking Meetings for the
ATPS Intellectual Property
Program
Grant to organize National
Networking Meetings for the
ATPS Intellectual Property
Program
Grant to organize National
Networking Meetings for the
ATPS Intellectual Property
ProgramOffer of grant aschapter ofﬁce supportimplementation of the IP
program in Uganda

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