Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Evidence-informed policy-making - An interview with Dr. Godfred Frempong (CSIR-STEPRI)


An interview with Dr. Godfred Frempong, Deputy Director of Science and Technology 
Policy Research Institute (CSIR-STEPRI) www.csir-stepri.org/index.php. Dr. Frempong 
talks about the types of research available to policy-makers in Ghana, evidence used by 
policy-makers in Ghana as well as challenges and opportunities to evidence-informed 
policy-making in Ghana.

The Science and Technology Policy Research Institute (STEPRI) was established in 1987 

under the (CSIR) to act as a focal point to articulate policy on national Science and 
Technology (S&T) development.  It was then known as the Technology Transfer Centre (TTC) 
and as a multidisciplinary unit, dealing with issues of technology utilization, transfer and 
development. http://www.csir-stepri.org/index.php. This interview was filmed during the 
VakaYiko Consortium annual meeting 2015, held in Accra, Ghana. Video and editing 
by Joseph -- joetigo@gmail.com

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