1. 1
FORUM ON OPEN DATA AND OPEN
SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURE
15 June 2015, Nairobi, Kenya
JACKIE OLANG
NASAC Secretariat, Nairobi-Kenya
Website: www.nasaconline.org
Email: jolang@nasaconline.org

2. Member Academies
Cameroon Senegal
Ethiopia Sudan
Ghana South Africa
Kenya Tanzania
Madagascar Uganda
Morocco Zambia
Mozambique Zimbabwe
Nigeria Mauritius
Benin Togo
Burkina Faso Congo Brazzaville
AAS (regional academy) and host of the
Secretariat in Nairobi, Kenya
NASAC: who we are
NASAC and its Members: Founded in Dec. 2001 as independent forum for
African science academies to “provide authoritative science advice for
policy formulation for development in Africa”
• 8 founding member-
academies to current 21
(Burkina Faso and Congo
Brazzaville)
• Partners:
Dutch/French/German/US
/UK Academies, IAP, AU,
UNECA and AfDB

3. NASAC: what we do
NASAC
Facilitate
creation of
Science
Academies
Voice of
science in
Africa
Strengthen
Existing
Academies
Independent
platform for
credible advise

4. OPEN ACCESS/SCIENCE
A consortium of Science Academies in Africa:
www.nasaconline.org
Aims to influence development policy in Africa through
offering merit-based science advise
What have we done for the open access/science?
Consultative forum for African Scientists to influence policy
and decision making.
What is our long term goal?
Facilitate a mind set shift from information societies to
knowledge societies – creation, access and dissemination