PROGRAMME OFFICER’S TRAINING IN ETHIOPIA October 19, 2011
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The participants outside the conference venue
Zarina Moola (Policy Advisory Programme) and Louise van Heerden (Scholarly Publishing Programme) from the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) were invited to participate in the Programme Officer’s Training Course organised by the Network of African Science Academies (NASAC), in collaboration with the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences. The training was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 3 to 6 October 2011. There were representatives from the academies of Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Zambia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Senegal, Morocco, Ethiopia and South Africa. The course was made up of four days of lectures and practical exercises designed to provide participants with practical skills and knowledge useful for the designing, planning and managing of academy activities and the dissemination of results. Participants were also familiarised with the functions, organisation and operations of other African academies and fostered an exchange of ideas on how science academies in Africa support policymaking in their countries.
The training facilitators were Lauren Alexander Augustine (The National Academy of Science, U.S.A), Jackie Olang (NASAC), Doyin Odubanjo (Nigerian Academy of Science) and Nthabiseng Taole (ASSAf). The training was made possible thanks to generous support from the Royal Society (U.K.) and the National Academies of Science (U.S.A.) through the ASADI programme.
Louise and Zarina at ‘Lucy’s Restaurant’ (named after Lucy, the famous partial skeleton of Australopithecus afarensis found in Ethiopia)
NATIONAL SCHOLARY EDITORS’ FORUM MEETS AGAIN August 24, 2011
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The National Scholarly Editors’ Forum (NSEF) held its fifth annual meeting in Kempton Park’s Emperors Palace Convention Centre on Thursday, July 28 2011. This was the second NSEF meeting to be hosted at the venue near the OR Tambo International Airport.
The theme this year was: “Changing landscapes of academic research and publishing”. (more…)
ASSAf engages SADC science and technology policy makers August 13, 2009
Posted by Mutheu in : International Relations, Liaison , add a commentASSAf, through its Executive Officer, Professor Roseanne Diab, will present the outcomes of the South African Development Community’s (SADC) Regional Workshop for Academies and Universities held in May 2009 in Pretoria, South Africa to SADC science and technology policymakers on 14 August 2009. (more…)
