Presentation during the 14th Association of African Universities (AAU) Conference and African Open Science Platform (AOSP)/Research Data Alliance (RDA) Workshop in Accra, Ghana, 7-8 June 2017.
An overview on Sustainable Agricultural Intensification Researach and Learnin...africa-rising
Presented by Million Gebreyes, ILRI, at the SHARED Workshop for the SAIRLA project Bringing Evidence to Bear on Negotiating Ecosystem Service and Livelihood Trade-offs in Sustainable Agricultural Intensification in Tanzania, Ethiopia and Zambia, ILRI Addis, 12 February 2019
The Nordic Network for Adult Learning (NVL) is a decentralized organization that promotes lifelong learning and competence development across Nordic countries. It has a yearly budget of 6.7 million DKK and staff coordinators who spend 50% of their time in 5 countries and 30% of staff time in 3 autonomous areas. NVL's strategic goals are to promote quality assurance in adult learning, cross-sector cooperation, personal development, and dissemination of information on prioritized themes. NVL's fields of work include providing an online meeting place for networks and projects, organizing conferences and seminars, initiating comparative analyses and projects of strategic importance, and bringing organizations together at national and Nordic levels to inspire development work.
A presentation made on the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Transfrontier Conservation Area (TFCA) Network and communication portal, by Martin Leinweber of GiZ
TCI 2016 Incorporating Network Theory and Visualisation into Cluster Analysis...TCI Network
This document summarizes a presentation on incorporating network theory and visualization into cluster analysis of European ICT clusters. It discusses using the V-LINC methodology to analyze clusters in three regions by investigating value chain linkages, knowledge linkages, and economic policy and support. The methodology collects data on individual firms and firm linkages in a cluster. It then generates visualizations and reports on the cluster. Comparing results across regions showed clusters benefit from local suppliers and knowledge linkages but also international linkages. Economic policy must be tailored to each region based on analysis of the cluster.
Cluster are going to play an important role in regional development, coordination and strategy development. There are plenty of upcoming financing opportunities to cluster organizations to play a more important role. Cluster initiatives from Danube Region shall not miss this opportunity
Impulsis - A joint initiative of ICCO, Edukans and Kerk in ActieICCO Cooperation
Impulsis supports small development NGOs (MoNGOs) in the Netherlands. It focuses on education, entrepreneurship, health and environment. Impulsis provides advice, funding, networking and links MoNGOs to actors in developing countries. There are many MoNGOs in the Netherlands due to their tangible results and personal connections. Impulsis and the ICCO Alliance can collaborate by linking MoNGO projects to Alliance expertise and programs, and enriching Alliance work with MoNGO resources and constituents. Effective communication between Impulsis and ROs can achieve these
The document discusses the value of the Research Data Alliance (RDA) for regions. It outlines how RDA supports regions in their work and business through various activities like disseminating regional efforts, facilitating connections, and providing organizational support. Regions also contribute value to RDA through participation in activities, hosting events, and providing financial support. The goal is to foster international collaboration to address challenges in sharing data across borders.
The document discusses ways that research funders can engage with and benefit from the Research Data Alliance (RDA). RDA works to build infrastructure for open data sharing across disciplines. Funders that support RDA can get more value from the research they fund through improved data quality, reuse, and benefits to stakeholders. Funders can encourage adoption of RDA outputs, support RDA operations, participate in forums, and sponsor events, fellowships, and pilots implementing RDA recommendations. Engaging with RDA helps funders deliver more benefits from research and supports RDA's work of improving data sharing.
An overview on Sustainable Agricultural Intensification Researach and Learnin...africa-rising
Presented by Million Gebreyes, ILRI, at the SHARED Workshop for the SAIRLA project Bringing Evidence to Bear on Negotiating Ecosystem Service and Livelihood Trade-offs in Sustainable Agricultural Intensification in Tanzania, Ethiopia and Zambia, ILRI Addis, 12 February 2019
The Nordic Network for Adult Learning (NVL) is a decentralized organization that promotes lifelong learning and competence development across Nordic countries. It has a yearly budget of 6.7 million DKK and staff coordinators who spend 50% of their time in 5 countries and 30% of staff time in 3 autonomous areas. NVL's strategic goals are to promote quality assurance in adult learning, cross-sector cooperation, personal development, and dissemination of information on prioritized themes. NVL's fields of work include providing an online meeting place for networks and projects, organizing conferences and seminars, initiating comparative analyses and projects of strategic importance, and bringing organizations together at national and Nordic levels to inspire development work.
A presentation made on the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Transfrontier Conservation Area (TFCA) Network and communication portal, by Martin Leinweber of GiZ
TCI 2016 Incorporating Network Theory and Visualisation into Cluster Analysis...TCI Network
This document summarizes a presentation on incorporating network theory and visualization into cluster analysis of European ICT clusters. It discusses using the V-LINC methodology to analyze clusters in three regions by investigating value chain linkages, knowledge linkages, and economic policy and support. The methodology collects data on individual firms and firm linkages in a cluster. It then generates visualizations and reports on the cluster. Comparing results across regions showed clusters benefit from local suppliers and knowledge linkages but also international linkages. Economic policy must be tailored to each region based on analysis of the cluster.
Cluster are going to play an important role in regional development, coordination and strategy development. There are plenty of upcoming financing opportunities to cluster organizations to play a more important role. Cluster initiatives from Danube Region shall not miss this opportunity
Impulsis - A joint initiative of ICCO, Edukans and Kerk in ActieICCO Cooperation
Impulsis supports small development NGOs (MoNGOs) in the Netherlands. It focuses on education, entrepreneurship, health and environment. Impulsis provides advice, funding, networking and links MoNGOs to actors in developing countries. There are many MoNGOs in the Netherlands due to their tangible results and personal connections. Impulsis and the ICCO Alliance can collaborate by linking MoNGO projects to Alliance expertise and programs, and enriching Alliance work with MoNGO resources and constituents. Effective communication between Impulsis and ROs can achieve these
The document discusses the value of the Research Data Alliance (RDA) for regions. It outlines how RDA supports regions in their work and business through various activities like disseminating regional efforts, facilitating connections, and providing organizational support. Regions also contribute value to RDA through participation in activities, hosting events, and providing financial support. The goal is to foster international collaboration to address challenges in sharing data across borders.
The document discusses ways that research funders can engage with and benefit from the Research Data Alliance (RDA). RDA works to build infrastructure for open data sharing across disciplines. Funders that support RDA can get more value from the research they fund through improved data quality, reuse, and benefits to stakeholders. Funders can encourage adoption of RDA outputs, support RDA operations, participate in forums, and sponsor events, fellowships, and pilots implementing RDA recommendations. Engaging with RDA helps funders deliver more benefits from research and supports RDA's work of improving data sharing.
TCI 2016 A policy learning and multi-knowledge perspectiveTCI Network
This document summarizes a presentation on cluster evaluation and policy learning from a knowledge governance perspective. The presentation discusses how current cluster evaluation focuses on measuring impacts but not learning, and proposes taking a boundary-working and multi-knowledge approach to enable learning among cluster managers, policymakers, and scientists. This includes organizing interaction across boundaries, inclusion of non-scientific knowledge, and ensuring feedback loops and potential for policy change. An example is provided of operationalizing this approach through a co-design process to develop an agrifood cluster in India. Principles of knowledge governance evaluation are outlined, and indicators used in an evaluation of a Smart Specialization strategy in Helsinki that struggled to integrate different types of knowledge and traditions.
Presentation from a lecture to UCL students about current principles and practice in managing museum collections. Primarily of relevance to a student audience.
ELESIG is a community of over 2000 researchers and practitioners focused on investigating learners' experiences with technology in education. The group aims to share knowledge and resources to advance the field. Members communicate informally to stay up to date on research methods, provide feedback on projects, and network with colleagues. The community has a website, Twitter, and Facebook presence to facilitate collaboration and discussions.
TCI 2016 The journey: startups and innovation in the US and EUTCI Network
This document summarizes Constantijn van Oranje-Nassau's presentation on startups and innovation in the US and EU. It discusses trends in government, corporations, and universities and how they interact. It then provides lessons learned from the US experience, including the importance of clusters and networks. It outlines strengths and challenges for the Netherlands, and proposes actions for StartupDelta to strengthen the Dutch ecosystem, connect it internationally, and advocate for the future. The goal is to make the Netherlands the best ecosystem in Europe for starting and growing businesses.
The document discusses the development of a connected regional cyberinfrastructure in SADC to support data sharing and open science. It outlines the SADC Cyberinfrastructure Framework, which aims to enhance collaboration, data sharing, and open science through coordinated infrastructure, policies, skills, and partnerships across SADC member states. The framework is intended to accelerate research and innovation and promote socioeconomic development through a cohesive strategy and roadmap for cyberinfrastructure in the region.
Dr. Nellie Mutemeri presented strategic options for knowledge generation and dissemination on artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) by the African Minerals Development Centre (AMDC). She outlined that the AMDC could establish an ASM knowledge hub to collate, generate, and share information online and through publications. The hub would coordinate data collection from countries and organizations, lead research, and manage an open-access database. It would facilitate knowledge exchange through a network of partners providing existing data and supporting new knowledge generation and dissemination. The presentation aimed to start a conversation on how the AMDC could implement ASM knowledge initiatives aligned with the Africa Mining Vision of integrating and developing the ASM sector.
This document introduces ELESIG, a special interest group that aims to identify and exploit synergies between learner experience projects and build capacity for learner experience research. Launched in 2008, ELESIG now has over 1700 members organized into 6 local groups. The group allows members to communicate, disseminate research, gain feedback, and network with other researchers. ELESIG also offers small grants up to £750 to support projects that build shared knowledge about learner experience research.
INGSA James Wilsdon - Evidence-informed policy makingOECD Governance
INGSA aims to improve capacities at the science-policy interface globally. Its vision is to build expertise among practitioners, policymakers, and academics. It develops networks, shares knowledge, and partners with other organizations. INGSA operates under ICSU and has a secretariat in New Zealand and a research hub in the UK. It holds capacity-building workshops around the world and biennial summits. INGSA is establishing regional chapters and working to strengthen scientific advice related to issues like the SDGs. It is supported by various funders and has over 2800 members from over 75 countries.
Presentation on the Collections Trust's new framework for Strategic Collections Management, which will drive the development of standards over the next 3 years.
Shaping future research environments: digital challenges and opportunitiesJisc
This document discusses the launch of a new Jisc digital research community aimed at connecting, sharing, and collaborating to address issues in the research process. It provides background on the community development process starting in mid-2020. The community council identified several priority issues, and potential community activities are discussed like webinars, discussions, case studies, and guides. An introductory webinar covered the purpose and priorities of the community, and gathered input from participants on desired activities and ways to get involved through a Menti polling tool. Next steps include making recordings available and continuing discussions to shape the emerging community.
IFAD aims to be a learning organization that systematically learns from its projects and programs to deliver high-quality services and help partners overcome poverty. It will share knowledge about rural poverty reduction to promote good practices, innovations, and influence policies.
Each IFAD project should practice a virtuous circle of communicating, learning, and sharing knowledge. A project knowledge pyramid shows how communication, knowledge management, monitoring and evaluation, and financial information are all knowledge management activities.
Projects should promote communication through a website, electronic archive, photos, press articles, and videos. They should also participate in local, national, regional and international forums and networks to facilitate knowledge sharing.
Great Museums need good Collections ManagementNicholas Poole
Great museums need good collections management to bring together objects, experiences, facts, and stories. Collections management involves managing both physical collections and digital assets as well as administrative information about the collections. It is guided by standards like SPECTRUM to ensure openness and accountability while preparing museums for current and future challenges. Good collections management, as outlined in SPECTRUM, is essential for delivering great museum experiences.
TCI 2016 Tuning cluster polices with regional RIS3TCI Network
This presentation discusses how cluster policies can be tuned with regional research and innovation strategies for smart specialization (RIS3). The presentation finds that cluster policies contribute to RIS3 through sustainable stakeholder engagement, cross-border collaboration, prioritization, evidence-based policymaking, and multi-level governance. Cluster policies are not just cluster programs but the whole set of instruments that facilitate collaboration across sectors and regional actors. Integrating existing cluster policy instruments within RIS3 implementation, and vice versa, can both strengthen clusters' contributions to integrated policy mixes and strengthen clusters themselves.
Alain Flausch - The added value of associations in a fast changing and connec...visitbrussels
UITP is an association founded in 1885 that represents public transport organizations worldwide. It has over 3,400 members in 94 countries. The document discusses how the world is changing and associations must change with it. Members now have less time to dedicate to associations and expect more value. UITP is focusing on customer-oriented tools, workshops over conferences, advocacy, and knowledge sharing to better serve time-strapped members. While technology offers opportunities, associations provide benefits like representation, knowledge exchange, and networking that individual organizations cannot achieve alone.
Funding opportunities for researchers- Dr. Sara Banu Akkaş & Dr. Asuman Özgür...MarikaKowalska1
The presentation is about Funding Opportunities for Researchers. It was conducted by Dr. Sara Banu Akkaş & Dr. Asuman Özgür Keysan from Middle East Technical University in Turkey.
Selematsela re orienting the role of the informaiton specialist in the knowle...FOTIM
1) The document discusses the changing role of information specialists in the knowledge society, where data sharing and management are increasingly important.
2) It emphasizes the benefits of open data sharing, such as greater knowledge development and research impact, and the need for data preservation policies and partnerships with data organizations.
3) The document argues that information specialists can add value through communities of practice, electronic document management, bibliometric analysis, and supporting data monitoring and evaluation.
TCI 2016 A policy learning and multi-knowledge perspectiveTCI Network
This document summarizes a presentation on cluster evaluation and policy learning from a knowledge governance perspective. The presentation discusses how current cluster evaluation focuses on measuring impacts but not learning, and proposes taking a boundary-working and multi-knowledge approach to enable learning among cluster managers, policymakers, and scientists. This includes organizing interaction across boundaries, inclusion of non-scientific knowledge, and ensuring feedback loops and potential for policy change. An example is provided of operationalizing this approach through a co-design process to develop an agrifood cluster in India. Principles of knowledge governance evaluation are outlined, and indicators used in an evaluation of a Smart Specialization strategy in Helsinki that struggled to integrate different types of knowledge and traditions.
Presentation from a lecture to UCL students about current principles and practice in managing museum collections. Primarily of relevance to a student audience.
ELESIG is a community of over 2000 researchers and practitioners focused on investigating learners' experiences with technology in education. The group aims to share knowledge and resources to advance the field. Members communicate informally to stay up to date on research methods, provide feedback on projects, and network with colleagues. The community has a website, Twitter, and Facebook presence to facilitate collaboration and discussions.
TCI 2016 The journey: startups and innovation in the US and EUTCI Network
This document summarizes Constantijn van Oranje-Nassau's presentation on startups and innovation in the US and EU. It discusses trends in government, corporations, and universities and how they interact. It then provides lessons learned from the US experience, including the importance of clusters and networks. It outlines strengths and challenges for the Netherlands, and proposes actions for StartupDelta to strengthen the Dutch ecosystem, connect it internationally, and advocate for the future. The goal is to make the Netherlands the best ecosystem in Europe for starting and growing businesses.
The document discusses the development of a connected regional cyberinfrastructure in SADC to support data sharing and open science. It outlines the SADC Cyberinfrastructure Framework, which aims to enhance collaboration, data sharing, and open science through coordinated infrastructure, policies, skills, and partnerships across SADC member states. The framework is intended to accelerate research and innovation and promote socioeconomic development through a cohesive strategy and roadmap for cyberinfrastructure in the region.
Dr. Nellie Mutemeri presented strategic options for knowledge generation and dissemination on artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) by the African Minerals Development Centre (AMDC). She outlined that the AMDC could establish an ASM knowledge hub to collate, generate, and share information online and through publications. The hub would coordinate data collection from countries and organizations, lead research, and manage an open-access database. It would facilitate knowledge exchange through a network of partners providing existing data and supporting new knowledge generation and dissemination. The presentation aimed to start a conversation on how the AMDC could implement ASM knowledge initiatives aligned with the Africa Mining Vision of integrating and developing the ASM sector.
This document introduces ELESIG, a special interest group that aims to identify and exploit synergies between learner experience projects and build capacity for learner experience research. Launched in 2008, ELESIG now has over 1700 members organized into 6 local groups. The group allows members to communicate, disseminate research, gain feedback, and network with other researchers. ELESIG also offers small grants up to £750 to support projects that build shared knowledge about learner experience research.
INGSA James Wilsdon - Evidence-informed policy makingOECD Governance
INGSA aims to improve capacities at the science-policy interface globally. Its vision is to build expertise among practitioners, policymakers, and academics. It develops networks, shares knowledge, and partners with other organizations. INGSA operates under ICSU and has a secretariat in New Zealand and a research hub in the UK. It holds capacity-building workshops around the world and biennial summits. INGSA is establishing regional chapters and working to strengthen scientific advice related to issues like the SDGs. It is supported by various funders and has over 2800 members from over 75 countries.
Presentation on the Collections Trust's new framework for Strategic Collections Management, which will drive the development of standards over the next 3 years.
Shaping future research environments: digital challenges and opportunitiesJisc
This document discusses the launch of a new Jisc digital research community aimed at connecting, sharing, and collaborating to address issues in the research process. It provides background on the community development process starting in mid-2020. The community council identified several priority issues, and potential community activities are discussed like webinars, discussions, case studies, and guides. An introductory webinar covered the purpose and priorities of the community, and gathered input from participants on desired activities and ways to get involved through a Menti polling tool. Next steps include making recordings available and continuing discussions to shape the emerging community.
IFAD aims to be a learning organization that systematically learns from its projects and programs to deliver high-quality services and help partners overcome poverty. It will share knowledge about rural poverty reduction to promote good practices, innovations, and influence policies.
Each IFAD project should practice a virtuous circle of communicating, learning, and sharing knowledge. A project knowledge pyramid shows how communication, knowledge management, monitoring and evaluation, and financial information are all knowledge management activities.
Projects should promote communication through a website, electronic archive, photos, press articles, and videos. They should also participate in local, national, regional and international forums and networks to facilitate knowledge sharing.
Great Museums need good Collections ManagementNicholas Poole
Great museums need good collections management to bring together objects, experiences, facts, and stories. Collections management involves managing both physical collections and digital assets as well as administrative information about the collections. It is guided by standards like SPECTRUM to ensure openness and accountability while preparing museums for current and future challenges. Good collections management, as outlined in SPECTRUM, is essential for delivering great museum experiences.
TCI 2016 Tuning cluster polices with regional RIS3TCI Network
This presentation discusses how cluster policies can be tuned with regional research and innovation strategies for smart specialization (RIS3). The presentation finds that cluster policies contribute to RIS3 through sustainable stakeholder engagement, cross-border collaboration, prioritization, evidence-based policymaking, and multi-level governance. Cluster policies are not just cluster programs but the whole set of instruments that facilitate collaboration across sectors and regional actors. Integrating existing cluster policy instruments within RIS3 implementation, and vice versa, can both strengthen clusters' contributions to integrated policy mixes and strengthen clusters themselves.
Alain Flausch - The added value of associations in a fast changing and connec...visitbrussels
UITP is an association founded in 1885 that represents public transport organizations worldwide. It has over 3,400 members in 94 countries. The document discusses how the world is changing and associations must change with it. Members now have less time to dedicate to associations and expect more value. UITP is focusing on customer-oriented tools, workshops over conferences, advocacy, and knowledge sharing to better serve time-strapped members. While technology offers opportunities, associations provide benefits like representation, knowledge exchange, and networking that individual organizations cannot achieve alone.
Funding opportunities for researchers- Dr. Sara Banu Akkaş & Dr. Asuman Özgür...MarikaKowalska1
The presentation is about Funding Opportunities for Researchers. It was conducted by Dr. Sara Banu Akkaş & Dr. Asuman Özgür Keysan from Middle East Technical University in Turkey.
Selematsela re orienting the role of the informaiton specialist in the knowle...FOTIM
1) The document discusses the changing role of information specialists in the knowledge society, where data sharing and management are increasingly important.
2) It emphasizes the benefits of open data sharing, such as greater knowledge development and research impact, and the need for data preservation policies and partnerships with data organizations.
3) The document argues that information specialists can add value through communities of practice, electronic document management, bibliometric analysis, and supporting data monitoring and evaluation.
The document discusses governance options for the African Open Science Platform (AOSP). It presents several models including a treaty, national legal entity, treaty with national legal entity, agreement, memorandum of understanding, and notes the strengths and weaknesses of each. It emphasizes that a combination of models may be necessary to address AOSP's long term goals of sustainability, effectiveness, and impact. Key requirements identified include legal capacity, clear lines of authority, participation of partner states, flexibility, and funding commitments.
This document introduces OER Africa and AgShare, an initiative that promotes open educational resources (OER) in Africa. It discusses that OER has the potential to increase access to high-quality materials, reduce costs, and facilitate collaboration. AgShare specifically focuses on agricultural resources and uses a participatory action research approach involving students and stakeholders to co-create OER. Resources are hosted on the OER Africa website and focus on key agricultural institutions and value chains in several African countries. The next phase will strengthen critical value chains and involve dissemination of the AgShare methodology.
The document summarizes the vision, mission, and structure of the Ethiopian National Learning Alliance (NLA). The NLA's vision is for decision makers to create an enabling environment for sustainable agricultural intensification strategies and for smallholder farmers to benefit from these practices. Its mission is to create a learning platform for decision makers, development partners, and smallholder farmers. The NLA structure includes a steering committee and thematic learning groups. It also outlines boundary partners, learning themes, expected results, and challenges of the NLA.
The document discusses the African Open Science Platform (AOSP) project, which aims to support the development of open science in Africa. Key points:
- AOSP is a 3-year pilot project starting in 2016 that is funded by the South African Department of Science and Technology to establish an open data platform and coordinate open science initiatives across Africa.
- It is being implemented by the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) in partnership with organizations like the Association of African Universities (AAU) and UbuntuNet Alliance.
- The project involves several work packages, including establishing open data policies, research data infrastructure, training programs, and a roadmap for African research data.
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The document discusses the African Open Science Platform (AOSP) project. It notes that AOSP aims to support the development of open science in Africa by providing a coordinating platform. Specifically, it will work to establish an African open data platform, fund research data infrastructure initiatives, co-design open data policies, and develop incentives and training for research data science. The ultimate goal is to help African research institutions better manage, share and reuse research data according to FAIR open data principles.
The document is an invitation to join the Future Center Alliance (FCA), an international alliance of future-oriented organizations and practitioners. The FCA aims to promote the work of Future Centers which prototype solutions to complex challenges. Membership in the FCA provides access to a global network and expertise to collaboratively address challenges. The FCA will be led by a Chairman and Founding Partners during its first year to develop activities that deliver benefits to members and generate knowledge about innovation. Interested organizations are invited to join and help shape the FCA's approaches.
This document discusses research uptake strategies presented by Farah Ahmed at a conference in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It defines research uptake as the effective use of research evidence by decision-makers to improve policy and development outcomes. An effective uptake strategy involves stakeholder engagement, capacity building, communications, and monitoring and evaluation. It should have clear objectives, identify target audiences, and determine how to communicate research findings. The document provides examples of uptake approaches like partnerships, stakeholder mapping, and developing communication products tailored to specific audiences. It also discusses barriers to uptake like institutional policies and leadership, and questions to consider around stakeholder engagement, capacity building, communications planning, and monitoring impact.
Presentation by the ROER4D Curation and Dissemination Manager, Michelle Willmers, on Science Communication to the “Middleware for Collaborative Applications and Global Virtual Communities” (Magic) project.
Role of Knowlede Share Fairs - Example from FAOGauri Salokhe
This document discusses knowledge sharing initiatives at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. It describes how FAO held its first Knowledge Share Fair in 2009 with over 1000 staff attending 120 sessions. The goal was to demonstrate how knowledge sharing improves effectiveness. Outcomes included an internal knowledge sharing portal, virtual and in-person trainings on tools, and a knowledge sharing toolkit. Follow-up regional share fairs and thematic events were also organized to continue sharing good practices.
The Research Data Alliance (RDA) aims to facilitate open sharing of data across technologies and disciplines to address societal challenges. There are two main components - the volunteer community that builds social and technical connections through Working Groups, and the business operations that support the community. Organizations performing research can engage with RDA in various ways like sponsorship, membership, or participation in Working Groups to help shape standards and address issues like data management, quality, and interoperability. RDA offers a global network and opportunities for collaboration on solutions to research data challenges.
This document discusses knowledge sharing initiatives at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. It describes how FAO held its first Knowledge Share Fair in 2009 with over 1000 staff attendees sharing knowledge across 120 sessions. Outcomes included an internal knowledge sharing portal, virtual and in-person trainings on knowledge sharing tools, and a knowledge sharing toolkit. Follow up regional and thematic share fairs and events were also held to continue fostering knowledge exchange within FAO.
Higher Education and Territorial Development: A missing link?ConectaDEL
Presentación de James Karlsen en el Seminario Aprendiendo de las Diferencias organizado por Programa ConectaDEL BID FOMIN-Orkestra-Agderforsking
Buenos Aires, Argentina
24 de Abril 2012
Why do you want to fund your research idea?
Does your research idea deserve to be funded? If yes, do you really need money? Have you considered in-king resources?
Have you previously applied for a research grant? If yes, what were the lessons learned?
What are the common limitations you encounter when seeking funding for your research project in Africa?
How do you currently secure funding for your research project in Ghana?
This presentations share interesting approaches to mobilize funding for your research project in Ghana or Africa
The document discusses the use of open educational resources (OER) at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in South Africa. It argues that South African universities should not only use existing OER, but also contribute new OER, especially for "at risk courses." It outlines UCT's involvement with OER from 2007-2013, including research projects, policy initiatives, and the launch of an OER directory. The document also identifies barriers like lack of incentives and technical expertise, as well as enablers such as grants and management of OER. Finally, it proposes processes to promote OER adoption at international, national, and institutional levels.
The document summarizes the use of open educational resources (OER) at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in South Africa. It discusses UCT's involvement with OER through various projects from 2007-2013. It also identifies barriers like lack of policy, incentives and technical expertise, as well as enablers like grants, technical support and management of OER. Finally, it proposes processes to promote OER adoption at international, national, institutional and departmental levels through activities such as research, policy development, recognition in hiring/promotion, and identifying key courses for OER development.
Similar to Private Sector Research Institutes' Initiatives in Promoting/Advocating for Open Data and Open Science in Africa/Joseph Mwelwa (20)
This document discusses initiatives for an African Open Science Platform to support open data and data infrastructure across Africa. It lists existing data centers and computing centers in various African countries, as well as international collaborations and challenges around policy, funding, internet access, data storage, computer infrastructure, skills, and awareness. The platform aims to address these challenges and support open data and data-driven research on the continent.
This document summarizes a presentation about open science and data infrastructure in Africa. It discusses several large-scale scientific projects that generate massive amounts of data, such as the Square Kilometre Array telescope. It also profiles initiatives like H3ABioNet that aim to facilitate genomic research and data sharing across Africa. The presentation advocates for the development of an African Open Science Platform to help coordinate open science activities on the continent and promote policies around open data, research collaboration, and cyberinfrastructure. It outlines some focus areas and stakeholders in building out such a platform to support data-intensive research.
The document discusses various aspects of open science in South Africa and Africa more broadly. It addresses how climate change is impacting the continent, challenges with reproducibility, and the rapid technological changes occurring. It also covers imperatives for research, innovation, and education. Additional sections discuss open science governance, funding needs, skills and training requirements, the role of citizen science, necessary infrastructure, and opportunities for open innovation.
The document discusses open science and open innovation. It describes how open access to scientific data, publications, code, and workflows through online platforms is enabling new forms of collaborative scientific inquiry across traditional boundaries. Global collaboratories can now engage in research at unprecedented scales using open data. The benefits of open science include accelerating scientific discovery, empowering citizens and entrepreneurs to make new innovations based on open data and code, and transforming the nature of scientific research.
Simon Hodson discusses key aspects of open science including open access to research outputs, FAIR data principles, and engaging society. Open science requires addressing technical, funding, skills, and mindset challenges. While data created with public funds should be open by default, legitimate exceptions exist for commercial interests, privacy, and security. Criteria for data appraisal, selection and preservation need input from disciplines. Barriers to data sharing include concerns over misuse and lack of credit, while benefits include advancing research and building institutional reputation. Open science governance is needed to balance openness with other priorities like intellectual property, and define roles and responsibilities among stakeholders.
This document summarizes a presentation on open science and open data. It discusses the importance of open research data for reproducibility and innovation. It outlines key policy developments promoting open data, including funder data policies and journal data policies. It also describes CODATA's activities related to data policies, frameworks for developing open data strategies, and components of the international open science ecosystem.
This document summarizes the key points from a presentation on European perspectives on open science policy:
1. It outlines the 8 open science policy priorities established by the European Commission, including open access to publications and data, establishing the European Open Science Cloud, rewarding open science practices, research integrity, and citizen science.
2. It discusses the progress made on open access policies over the past 10 years from FP7 to Horizon 2020, including mandatory open access to publications and open access to research data by default from 2017 onward.
3. It introduces the concept of the proposed Horizon 2020 Open Research Europe publishing platform as a way to rapidly publish open access peer-reviewed articles and pre-prints resulting from Horizon 2020 projects
The document discusses open access, open data, and open science in Botswana. It defines key terms like open access, open data, and open science. Open access refers to freely available scholarly articles, while open data refers to freely available research data. Open science aims to make research more open, global, collaborative and closer to society through open access to publications and research data. The document outlines some open access initiatives in Botswana, including workshops hosted by the Botswana Library Consortium. It discusses the benefits of open access for researchers, publishers, research institutions and libraries. It also provides an overview of the research data management landscape and stakeholders in Botswana.
The African Open Science Platform (AOSP) aims to promote open data and open science across Africa. It is funded by the National Research Foundation of South Africa and managed by the Academy of Science of South Africa. AOSP focuses on developing policy frameworks, infrastructure, capacity building initiatives, and incentives to encourage data sharing across four key areas. It has already held several workshops and events in its first two years and outlines further actions and deliverables to advance open science in Africa.
The document summarizes the African Open Science Platform (AOSP), which aims to promote open science and open data on the African continent. It is managed by the Academy of Science of South Africa and funded by the National Research Foundation of South Africa. AOSP works to build capacity for open science through developing policy frameworks, infrastructure, skills, and incentives. It focuses on collecting and sharing African research openly to increase collaboration, reuse of data, and return on investment in research.
1. The document discusses various strategies for marketing an institutional repository (IR), including using social media, registering the IR in relevant directories and harvesters, and participating in events like Open Access Week.
2. It provides details on registering an open access policy with ROARMap and ensuring the IR is OAI-PMH compliant and harvestable by listing the OAI base URL and examples.
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2. 2OVERVIEW OF PRESENTATION
• A brief overview of Joint Minds Consult
• Motivation for private sector participation in the ODOS
discourse
• What private sector can do to promote ODOS in Africa
• Joint Minds Consult's contributions to ODOS as a private
sector
• Strategies for promoting ODOS
• Lessons learnt in the process
3. 3What is Joint Minds Consult?
• Joint Minds Consult (JMC) is an example of a private institution promoting
ODOS
• Country Managing Partner - Botswana – Dr Patrick Molutsi
• Board consists of experienced and international team of researchers,
education and training consultants [Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe] – based
in Gaborone- Botswana.
• Research, Knowledge Development and Management, Training and H Ed
Student Support [Master & PhDs]
• Research co-ordination and advocacy for research based policy and
decision making in Africa.
• A member of the Research Data Alliance.
• Endorser of the SI Accord on (ODOS)
4. 4
Figure. 3 JMCproposed Quadrant approach . Adapted on source: World map by www.freeworldmaps.net
D] European Union block
and Russia
E]Asia
B] USA and Canada
C1 ] The
Caribbean and
South America
F]. Central +
East Africa
A] PRINCIPAL CONSULTANTS-
BOTSWANA
R.C- Jamaica
R.C - Barbados
R.C- U.K
R.C-
India
R.C -Zambia
GLOBAL SPREAD AND NETWORK OF CONSULTANTS
A] SADC
G] West +
North Africa
H] Middle
East
I] Horn of
Africa
J] Australia and New
Zealand
C2 USA
5. 5
WHAT IS OUR MOTIVATION ON ODOS IN AFRICA ?
In a technologically and knowledge driven Africa,… data are indispensable.
Digital revolution has produced … enormous amounts of data
…organizations are drowning in transactional data - Data not informing
decisions
Knowledge production takes place in a multiplicity of places including public
and private sector institutions
Need formalization and recognition of data production points
Open data up for access, sharability, and optimal good use
Data production, like knowledge, have been de-concentrated from the
traditional bastions of knowledge such as universities, public and
private sector research institutions
Data stubbornly tends to lock away wealth from even those who produce it,
Data is a source for innovation, creativity and job creation
We know the local Data terrain
Compelling reasons for us to participate in data discourse
6. 6WHAT CAN PRIVATE SECTOR DO TO PROMOTE ODOS IN AFRICA ?
Through collaboration, private sector can engage
research institutions to understand needs
Provide funding for data initiatives
Participate in ODOS discourse
Support knowledge creation as an investment
sector area that thrives on data
Provide infrastructure as and when needed
7. 7
2
3
1
Joint Minds Consult’s Contribution as a Private Sector
• We are about research promotion, knowledge development and
management that includes research and data issues
•The Board of Directors made a conscious decision to participate in
ODOS discourse
•Board decision released key company resources: Time, human
physical, financial and social capital
• JMC was making an investment in the data sector
• For analysis on key social economic issues, we need DATA
•Hence we are aggressively building our own data bank through our
consultancies e.g The Out of School Education for Children project
• Process includes conducting SA, benchmarking which generates
data that can be re-used and shared.
• Using our social capital, initiated discussions with partners in
Botswana, the international partners in France, UK, the US
and Australia
• These are partners who have developed critical experience
and expertise developing and managing data
8. 8
• With our local and international partners, facilitated seminars in Botswana in
October 2016
•With partners, we developed a framework for thinking about ODOS
•We participated in producing a position paper to guide ODOS discourse in Botswana
• Paper provides a useful framework for operationalising ODOS in Botswana
• Paper was presented at the African Open Science side-event in Pretoria in 2016
• Joint Minds Consult is official Secretariat of the ODOS national committee
• 2nd collaborative paper to further enrich thinking about ODOS process is in press
STRATEGIES FOR PROMOTING/ADVOCATING FOR /ODOS IN BOTSWANA
9. 9
WHAT ARE THE LESSONS LEARNT?
• Getting the stakeholders together requires skillful application of social capital
• Contextual knowledge is key to unlock inertia and ‘siloism’
• Brokers are necessary to keep the momentum at each stage
Build trust among stakeholders
• Develop a coordination centre- for local and international linkages
• Focus on developing a grassroots awareness for the first step
• Private sector has a big role to play in promotion of ODOS
• JMC has demonstrated modest initiatives on ODOS
• It is small but growing company
• However, there is a need for large corporations to do the same as they are better
positioned for provision of funding and infrastructure
.