Recent News
Nigeria Launches Another High-Tech Communciation Satelitte in Xichang, China
Tuesday, 20th December 2011. An ATPS Board Member, Prof. Turner T. Isoun played a pioneering role in the initiation and establishment of Nigeria’s telecommunication satellites, in his role as the then Minister for Science and Technology of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (2003-2008).
ATPS Collaborates with Maastricht University to host a workshop on Nanotechnologies for Kenya’s Development
The African Technology Policy Studies Network, in Collaboration with the Maastricht University of Netherlands have organised a two day workshop on Nanotechnologies for Kenya’s Development: Questions of Knowledge Brokerage and Risk Governance. The workshop, which will be on 12th and 13th December 2011 aims to investigate how Kenya can control its own nanotechnologies and Nano science to benefit its own development agenda and is specifically aimed at addressing the following: Which forms of stakeholder participation or knowledge brokerage can help to realize this?
ATPS holds a Side Event at COP 17 in Durban, South Africa.
A section of delegates at the ATPS Side Event on Making Sense of Climate Change (Click to enlarge)
The United Nations Climate Change Conference that began in Durban on the 28 November 2011 has brought together representatives of all Parties as well as International Organizations and Civil Society. With a comprehensive agenda that follows the Bali Action Plan agreed at COP 13, which also includes the Cancun Decisions, the discussions are being held in two tracks, COP17 - LCA and CMP7 - KP and will seek to make progress in the implementation of the Bali Action Plan and the Kyoto Protocol.
Videos from the 2011 ATPS Annual General Meeting
Handover to the new chair of the ATPS Board, Prof. Abdulrazak and presentation of the Draft Mid Term Evaluation Report. Closing remarks by various stakeholders.
ATPS Annual Conference 2011 Participant list
The following is a list of the participants who attended this year's ATPS Annual Conference tagged "Strengthening Linkages Between Policy Research and policymaking for African Development" The conference was held in Mombasa, Kenya between 7th to 11th November 2011. Participant list Participant portrait photos (Captioning is still in progress)
ATPS Collaborates with UNESCO to provide training in Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Formulation and Implementation for Sustainable Development in East Africa
ATPS has collaborated with UNESCO to provide training in Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Formulation and Implementation for Sustainable Development in East Africa. Delegates include selected University Deans, Institutions of Science, Technology and Innovation, the staff of the National Councils for Science and Technology in East African countries.
ATPS Mid Term Evaluation Questionnaire - Appreciation
The evaluation team would sincerely like to thank those who took time to complete the evaluation questionnaire. Your response is important in the shaping the future of the network and is highly appreciated.
ATPS Signs a MoU with the Economic Commission for Africa on collaboration in the development and implementation of Africa Climate Policy Centre’s.
ATPS has signed a memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) that will see the two organizations collaborate in the development and implementation of ECA-based Africa Climate Policy Centre’s (ACPC) work program. The program focuses on Technology Transfer, Knowledge sharing and networking and Climate policy analyses and support to African governments.
Increasing the role of Sciences in African Development: A speech by Prof. Berhanu Abegaz
Increasing the role of Sciences in African Development: A speech by Prof. Berhanu Abegaz, Executive Director, African Academy of Sciences at the World Chemistry Leadership Meeting San Juan, Puerto Rico .
Notice to stakeholders on the ongoing ATPS Evaluation
Notice to stakeholders on the ongoing ATPS Evaluation.
ATPS Chapters plan activities for the 2011 Scientific Revival Day
The 46th Ministerial Conference of the African Union (AU) in 1987 declared 30th June as a day reserved to commemorate the Scientific Revival Day of Africa (SRDA). The SRDA is a day for Africans to re-examine the role science and technology plays in their lives, the prevailing environment for science and technology, the achievements, missed opportunities, and strength of her science policy.
ATPS Participates in a Consultative Conference on Southern Voices in the Northern Policy Debate
Dakar; May 22nd & 23rd 2011: ATPS Executive Director, Dr. Kevin Urama and Prof. Turner T. Isoun, ATPS Board member, represented ATPS at the Consultative Conference on Southern Voices in the Northern Policy Debate. This meeting was attended by members from key institutions from all over Africa such as African Centre for Economic transformation, African Institute for Development studies, Institute for Global dialogue and Initiative Prospective Agricole et Rurale just to mention a few.
ATPS Nigeria Chapter to commemorate the Scientific Revival Day of Africa, 2011
ATPS Nigeria is set to mark this year’s Scientific Revival Day of Africa. The major activity for the celebration will be symposium on “Climate Change Adaptation Strategies and Policies" The celebrations will take place on the 6th of July at the Princess Alexandra Auditorium, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria, starting at 10am.
The Final Newsletter under the SETDEV process is published.
(Click to enlarge) The last SET-DEV (Science, Ethics and Technological responsibility in Developing and Emerging countries) newsletter covering the final phase of the SET-DEV project launched in 2008 to support the Indian and African research systems in developing their own ethical perspectives in the context of Scientific and Technological Research (STR) Was published in May 2011. The final phase of SET-DEV process envisaged the presentation of the main outputs of the project: the Indian and African Manifestos, the Guidelines for Socialisation of Science, Technology and Innovation and the Pilot Programme carried out in India and Kenya during the implementation of the project.
Implementation of the African Manifesto for Science, Technology and Innovation - A Breakfast Roundtable with Stakeholders & SETDEV Final Outputs’ Workshop
(Click to enlarge) The African Technology Policy Studies Network, together with its SETDEV partners have organized a one day Breakfast Roundtable with Stakeholders on the Implementation of the African Manifesto for Science, Technology and Innovation under the Science, Ethics and Technological Responsibility in Developing and Emerging Countries (SETDEV) project. The workshop will also see the presentation of the final outputs under the project to key stakeholders at this breakfast roundtable for final review comments and implementation planning.
New Working Papers Published
The African Technology Policy Studies Network has published new working papers from its on-going Climate Sense Program. The papers were produced by researchers from different regions in Africa who were awarded grants under the ATPS Climate Sense Program as part of the implementation of the ATPS Phase VI Strategic Plan, 2008 – 2012.
ATPS and its partners host a workshop on Strengthening Linkage between Policy Research and Policymaking for African Development
16-18 February 2011. A session of the workshop in progress (Click to enlarge)The ATPS, in conjunction with its partners, the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC); the African Centre for Economic Transformation (ACET) and the Food, Agriculture, Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN), organized a three day workshop on Strengthening Linkage between Policy Research and Policymaking for African Development in Mombasa Kenya.
ATPS holds its 2010 annual international conference and workshops
ATPS Successfully held its 2010 Annual Conference, which took place at the Conrad Cairo from 25 – 30 November 2010 in Cairo, Egypt. The conference theme was The State of Science, Technology and Innovation in Africa: Implications for Achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
The third African Congress for Scientific Research and Technology
2 - 4 November 2010, Cairo, Egypt. ATPS championed the success of its youth and gender empowerment programme at a regional forum - the third African Congress for Scientific Research and Technology held in Cairo, Egypt from 2-4 November 2010.
ATPS Participates in the National Conference on Privacy and Data Protection Law in Kenya
20 – 21 September 2010. As part of its ongoing implementation of the SETDEV project, a national conference on Privacy and Data Protection was held on 21 September 2010 in Nairobi, Kenya.
ATPS Chapters mark the 2010 Scientific Revival Day
13th July 2010. The ATPS-Nigeria chapter collaborated with the Raw Materials Research and Development Council and the Federal University of Technology (FUT), Yola to host the 23rd African Scientific Revival Day ad the FUT Yola Multipurpose Hall.
Dr Urama attends the 7th African Development Forum Meeting
16 October 2010. The Seventh African Development Forum (ADF-VII) was held at UNECA from 10-15 October 2010 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
ATPS and RUFORUM host a Ministerial Conference on Higher Education in Agriculture in Africa
20 November 2010. The ATPS, in collaboration with the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) and other development partners including the Development Research Network (DDRN) organized a Ministerial Conference on Higher Education in Agriculture in Africa (CHEA).
ATPS Cameroon Chapter hosts a meeting on Responsible use of the Internet
Friday 20th of November 2010.The African Youth Forum for Science and Technology, Cameroon chapter organized a one day workshop on “Responsible use of the internet”.
ATPS joins partners to sensitize Kenyan MP's on climate change
The ATPS has collaborated with several key local and international partners to sensitize Kenyan Parliamentarians on Climate Change. The partners include the Ministry of Environment, UNEP, Climate Change Adaptation Network and IGAD Climate Prediction Applications Centre.