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The ATPS Strategy
The ATPS Phase V strategy is a plan for guiding the activities of the network over the period 200 to 2007. The programmatic focus is motivated through the ATPS mission of supporting research in science and technology, building capacity for research and policy analysis and dissemination.
Objectives
The principal objectives of ATPS in Phase V are:
- Research and capacity building - strengthening capacity of institutions to generate and use new knowledge through intra and inter-continental knowledge sharing activities;
- Training and sensitization - improving governance of S&T for development through stakeholder events; and
- Public participation and outreach - increasing awareness of knowledge for development especially S&T knowledge and bridging the policy - research gap through deliberative events and participatory workshops to engage the public is S&T policy issues across Africa;
- Support to the NEPAD framework - strengthening NEPAD's ability to deliver on its S&T plan of action and its water and environmental sustainability goals.
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