News Bulletin - Bridging the knowledge-action gap in STI - Key Highlights

This engagement will enhance the role of councils as national STI policy champions and advisors; and increased public awareness about the role of STI in social and The fund will also support councils to promote and economic development in sub-Saharan Africa to unlock disseminate the outputs and recommendations to other opportunities from the government in advancement of facilitate the implementati. [...] The integration of women and marginalized groups into the project underscores These consultations and capacity building initiatives emphasized the importance of agency in the context of the commitment to inclusivity and equitable growth. [...] Agricultural innovation: A special emphasis in Ethiopia The aim of the programme and the scholarships is to help African PhD students working in the field of innovation and development to strengthen their academic/research qualifications, improve the quality of their dissertations and prepare for a career in innovation and development either within academia or outside (e.g. [...] The programme does this by increasing the mobility and level of exposure of the PhD students to international knowledge Liza Awino Onyango- in the field of innovation and development. [...] ACTS and FAO jointly organise a regional workshop on scaling up climate action in the livestock sector Participants of the regional workshop jointly organised by ACTS and FAO to support countries in Eastern and Southern Africa in scaling up climate action in the livestock sector by identifying opportunities to address methane in the livestock sector in the context of the Global Methane Pledge.