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<b></b><span class="style56"><b>Photo:</b>
Participants in the Parliament Learning Exchange (Left to right) –
Mohammed Hardi Nyagsi, Parliament of Ghana; John Mugabi Bagonza,
Parliament of Uganda, Christina Mafoko, Director of Research, Parliament
of Zimbabwe; Abrahan Ibn Zackaria, Parliament of Ghana.</span><br />
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– Blog by Agnes A.S. Titriku, Program Manager, African Centre for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA), Ghana</b><br />
Staff members from three parliaments
(Ghana, Uganda and Zimbabwe) are participating in a Learning Exchange
programme coordinated by the <a href="http://acepa-africa.org/" target="_blank">African Centre for Parliamentary Affairs</a> (ACEPA), as part of the <a href="http://www.inasp.info/en/work/vakayiko/">VakaYiko</a>
project. The aim is to strengthen the role of parliamentary information
support units in evidence uptake by providing a space for peer
exchange and support—both ‘learning together’ and ‘learning from each
other’.<br />
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What do the parliaments’ information support systems look like?</h2>
<i>“Mapping out linkages and collaboration
among information departments has provided insight on how to
strengthen weak links for instance through learning from other
parliaments”. – </i><i>Research Officer, Parliament of Ghana</i><br />
At our <a href="http://www.inasp.info/en/news/details/221/" target="_blank">first meeting in Kampala in November,</a>
participants from Ghana, Uganda and Zimbabwe learned about each of the
parliaments’ information support systems. Thirteen staff from
information-producing departments – Research, Library, Information
Communication Technology (ICT), Parliamentary Budget Office – joined the
meeting.<br />
In all three parliaments, the <a href="http://blog.inasp.info/spotlight-evidence-parliaments-experience-parliament-uganda/" target="_blank">research departments</a>
are the main engines that drive the gathering and synthesis of evidence
for decision makers. These vary in size and strength across the
learning exchange partners, however: Parliament of Uganda has 34
research staff, Zimbabwe 8 and Ghana 10.<br />
Departments such as Library and ICT play an
important complementary role. The involvement of these and others
such as Hansard, Committees, and Public Affairs in the use of evidence
varies across the three parliaments.<br />
Participants also gained insight into the
role of specialized evidence units such as Parliamentary Budget
Offices, which provide technical analysis on the annual national
budget to guide MPs in the scrutiny of the Budget Bill. Uganda is the
only Learning Exchange parliament which currently has a Budget Office;
Zimbabwe and Ghana are moving towards establishing them, so were
interested to hear the experience of Uganda’s Budget Office
representative at the meeting.<br />
The <b>working relationship</b>
between these information support units is a crucial starting point
when supporting evidence use in parliaments. We decided to focus the
Learning Exchange on the strongest and most crucial working
relationships (between ICT, Research and Library).<br />
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Opportunities for improving evidence use in parliaments</h2>
The Learning Exchange builds on the <a href="http://www.inasp.info/en/publications/details/244/" target="_blank">first three years of the VakaYiko programme</a>
by providing opportunities to collaboratively tackle some of the
organizational-level issues that affect evidence use in parliaments.
Participants selected several key areas to work on together.<br />
<i>“Not all 275 MPs use products of the
research department. Some do not know much about what the department
does”. – Research Officer, Parliament of Ghana</i><br />
<b>The visibility of research departments </b>and
the services they offer is important role for stimulating demand for
evidence from MPs. Last year we brought research staff from the
Zimbabwean and Ghanaian parliaments to observe the Ugandan Parliament’s <a href="http://www.parliament.go.ug/index.php/about-parliament/parliamentary-news/939-oulanyah-launches-research-week-tips-on-informed-legislation.">Research Week</a>, <a href="http://blog.inasp.info/research-week/" target="_blank">hosted by the Department of Research Services (DRS) under the VakaYiko programme</a>. Parliament of Ghana is now planning to hold a similar event as part of the orientation programmes for its new parliament.<br />
Establishing links with <b>partners from academia, civil society</b>
and other institutions in local research systems can boost parliaments’
research capabilities across the many sectors they need to gather
evidence on. Participants shared their experience of approaches they are
taking to strengthen these links, including through roundtables and
exhibits at events. We also heard from a guest speaker from the
African Centre for Technology Studies in Kenya, which <a href="http://www.inasp.info/uploads/filer_public/e7/c0/e7c08150-3f75-49fe-9088-45416995fd29/annex_3_b_vakayikoacts_case_study.pdf" target="_blank">held a successful series of roundtables with MPs to strengthen the evidence base for climate change legislation</a>.<br />
Another common issue faced by all the information support units is <b>negotiating the intensely political environment</b>
within parliaments, as well as the power relationships between
parliaments and the executive. Gathering, synthesising and communicating
evidence within this challenging context was the topic of a recent
videoconference between staff from the 3 parliaments. We used this
opportunity to discuss some of the more strategic communications issues
faced by parliamentary evidence providers, including how to strengthen
feedback mechanisms to build a better understanding of MPs’ evidence
needs.<br />
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Looking ahead: what next?</h2>
Participants are currently using a DGroup –
Development through Dialogue – online platform to share experience
and examples of their work, such as policy briefs and other evidence
products.<br />
Our final face-to-face meeting is taking
place in Accra next month. This will include discussions of methods to
strengthen mechanisms for gathering citizens evidence, in which Ghana
will share their Community Scorecard approach, as well as expanding
access to online sources of evidence, in which Uganda will share their
experience as a member of their <a href="http://www.inasp.info/uploads/filer_public/f2/92/f29250ca-c1c6-41b1-bde6-48078564809d/access_to_research_literature.pdf" target="_blank">national library consortium</a>.<br />
The next six weeks promise to be an
interesting learning experience for parliamentary staff and ACEPA is
excited to be part of the process. It is our hope that at the end of
this programme, staff from the three parliaments would have learnt
from each other, enabling them to promote and increase the use of
evidence to inform policy making in their respective parliaments.
We’ll be writing up what we’ve learned about evidence in parliaments
into a series of papers to be released later this year – stay tuned!<br />
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Agnes
Titriku is the Program Manager for the African Centre for
Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA), where she plays an active role in the
design and implementation of programs and interventions for Parliaments
within and without the African continent. <br />
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She also coordinates the activities of
the West African Association of Public Accounts Committees (WAAPAC),
whose secretariat is currently hosted by ACEPA. <br />
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She has eight years’ experience of
active engagement in the field of Parliamentary Democracy and
Governance. <br />
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Prior to working at ACEPA, she has worked
with the Canadian Parliamentary Centre, where she provided research
and programmatic support to a number of parliamentary strengthening
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<i><b>Source: INASP Blog </b></i><br />
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Twenty percent of the participants completed the implementation of their action
plans, 40% were almost complete and the remaining 40% were half way through the
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encountered any challenge, 9 reported overloaded work schedules, 3 had a
problem of internet connectivity, 3 were isolated by their members and 2 did
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assessed on factors that created enabling environment for the implementation of
their action plans. Sixteen (57.1%) respondents received cooperation from team
members involved in the action plan implementation. This was confirmed by their
supervisors. Other enabling factors for the performance include; the fact that
activities being implemented were satisfying organisational needs; that minimal
organisational resources were required; that strategic buy-ins were secured
from stakeholders within and outside the organisations; and that participants
showed positive attitude towards the implementation of action plans.</span></div>
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monitoring and evaluation</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Participants were
required to monitor and evaluate their action plans, and they used varied means
to monitor and evaluate their actions — crosschecking action plans; looking out
for output/indicators; personal visits; as part of to do lists; and by
collaborating with other colleagues.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Using these M&E
activities as guiding tools, 1 participant developed an information request
form to be used by the front desk unit of the organisation for information to
regularise and clarify the nature of information request. Twelve others sensitised
members of their organisations; whiles another 4 made efforts to organise
internally created documents.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Another 3 participants
satisfied their obligations by working to gather evidence in the form of
data/information/research publications for their organisations, activities that
have been stimulated by the training. Other outstanding activities perform by
the participants include; uploading documents onto the website, gathering feedback,
sensitisation and uploading database with current data.</span></div>
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of training</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Participants experience
better appreciation of internal documents for EIPM; better understanding of
research methodologies, increased knowledge of information/evidence sources,
enhanced skill-set to access evidence, improved contribution to policy
documents, critical thinking capacity when assessing evidence products and an
increased awareness and appreciation of EIPM concepts.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">General
feedback and recommendation</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In general the EIPM
course has enhanced the skills of participants to access evidence, improved
their contributions to policy documents and increased ability to communicate
evidence. All the participants recommended EIPM training to their colleagues.
The training is believed to be having significant effects on participants and
their organisations. Constant introduction of innovations by participants to
their work places will result is marked improvement in policy making processes
with Ghana’s Civil Service.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It is recommended that
support be offered to successful graduates of these trainings once they return
to their organizations, and training partners must endeavour to consolidate the
implementation of these action plan through follow-ups such as was conducted by
VakaYiko partners.</span></div>
ginkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03409743034872697453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2865766732540681304.post-42823343910770099792016-02-05T06:21:00.000-08:002016-02-05T08:20:14.715-08:00Evidence-Informed Policy Making in Ghana—GINKS Shows the way<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Evidence-Informed Policy Making in Ghana — GINKS Shows
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; line-height: 115%;">There
is a growing demand for evidence informed policy making to improve relevance,
efficiency and effectiveness of policy reforms. It is argued that the absence
of evidence leads to opinion based policies which rely deeply on either the
selective use of evidence or experimental opinions of individuals or groups. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Evidence-informed
policy making is grounded on the fact that policy decisions should be informed
by available evidence and balanced analysis of the policy issue in question.
This is based on the fact that a policy decision made on evidence is likely to
produce a better outcome than one that is opinion-based.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></div>
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increase the use of evidence in policy making in developing countries, the
VakaYiko consortium, a network of NGOs working in Ghana, Zimbabwe and South
Africa; the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and International Network for
the Availability of Scientific Information (INASP) was formed based on the premise
that for research evidence to be routinely and effectively used in
policy-making, at least three factors need to be in place: individuals with the
skills to access, evaluate and use research evidence; processes for handling research
evidence in policy-making departments; and a facilitating environment that
identifies and responds to research uptake needs.</span></span></div>
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the perspectives of researchers, there is no synergy between them (researchers)
and policy makers. There is also the need to demystify research and policy
making. Even though there are a number of platforms from which evidence (in the
form of data, research articles, expert opinion and citizen knowledge) can be
accessed for policy making in Ghana, the question remains whether potential
users are aware of these, and have the necessary skills to access them, and
also check for quality across the various platforms.</span></span><br />
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the consortium representative in Ghana, started building the capacity of civil servants
and parliamentary staff on evidence-informed policy making. So far, GINKS has
trained over 60 people from Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) and
information support staff of the Parliament of Ghana.</span><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";"> </span>In April, 2015, GINKS in
collaboration with the Civil Service Training Centre (CSTC), trained staff from
MDAs on evidence-informed policy making. The Head of Civil Service in Ghana,
Nana Dwemena Agyekum, lauded the EIPM approach as a unique one that would move people
away from the usual desk-top policy formulation to a more rigorous scientific
process. Clara Richards, Director of the
consortium, said civil servants needed skills to be able to search for relevant
information and effectively communicate it to those who make policy.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: small;">This programme was followed in
October by another training programme for middle level staff working in MDAs. In
her interaction with participants, the Principal of the CSTC, Mrs Dora Dei-Tumi
indicated that the quality of information submitted to cabinet effects the
quality of policies the government of the day will formulate. She reiterated
the core function of the civil service as the provision of policy options for
government, adding that the CSTC was taking advantage of GINKS’ support to
build the capacity of civil servants to be able to provide information that
speaks to the needs of government. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">GINKS also recognises that the
role information support staff of parliament play in policy. The organisation
therefore opened this year with a ten day capacity building training for this
level of staff. A Deputy Clerk of Parliament, Alhaji Ibrahim Gombilla, was
excited at the support extended by GINKS to the parliamentary staff. He said
parliament places a lot of emphasis on capacity building but did not have all
the resources to do it alone; hence, GINKS' support was timely.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">GINKS has also built the capacity
of staff of District Assemblies through policy dialogue in Ho and Koforidua in
the Volta and Eastern regions of Ghana respectively. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">Training people on
evidence-informed policy making also involve evaluating the trainees at their
work places to get first-hand information on how the training impacts on their
performance. GINKS therefore make follow to ups to evaluate action plans drawn
by trainees during these trainings and the results have been encouraging.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">By Sule Jotie <i>(GINKS) </i></span></span></div>
ginkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03409743034872697453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2865766732540681304.post-44343728767782960742016-02-05T02:02:00.000-08:002016-02-05T02:02:14.550-08:00Knowledge café on evidence-informed policy-making in Zimbabwe <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Fx6BUvHloY8" width="320"></iframe><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">There are examples of successful policies in Zimbabwe, informed </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">by
evidence. But, since independence, policymaking has largely </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">been
reactionary and ideologically driven. This has resulted in </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">many policy
inconsistencies and failures. The need to build </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">institutional capacity
to make informed policy decisions in </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Zimbabwe is especially urgent now,
as Zimbabwe faces </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">major economic challenges.</span>ginkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03409743034872697453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2865766732540681304.post-90159474043273928102016-02-05T02:00:00.001-08:002016-02-05T02:00:41.416-08:00ZeipNet - Evidence Informed Policymaking Interviews <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GSsscUDxD_U" width="320"></iframe><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Evidence informed policymaking (EIPM) is an approach that </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">ensures
decision-making is well informed by the best available </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">evidence. A
number of studies show that most policy failures </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">and inconsistencies are
largely caused by, either a lack of evidence, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">or a lack of rigor in
evidence used to create or review policies. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">EIPM, therefore, requires
systematic and transparent access to, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">and appraisal of, evidence as part
of the policymaking process.</span>ginkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03409743034872697453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2865766732540681304.post-44844098932536053482016-02-05T01:59:00.001-08:002016-02-05T01:59:12.587-08:00Press Conference: Discussion Forum to be Hosted by ZeipNet in partnership with AEN <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TiGfYsglhKc" width="320"></iframe><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Zimbabwe Evidence Informed Policy Network in partnership </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">with the
African Evidence Network are to host a forum on the </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">national evidence
infrastructure in Zimbabwe: Strengthening </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">the institutional landscape to
support Evidence-Informed </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Policy-Making. Crowne Plaza Monomotapa Hotel, Harare</span>ginkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03409743034872697453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2865766732540681304.post-30235703898458553002016-02-05T01:55:00.000-08:002016-02-05T02:02:36.621-08:00ZeipNet Interview series - Interview with ZimOnline Media <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SdPVTeySlRo" width="320"></iframe><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Simbarashe
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interviews Zimbabwe Evidence </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Informed Policy Network (ZeiNpet)
officials Ronald Munatsi </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">and Gilchrist Ndongwe on Evidence Informed
Policy Making </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">in Zimbabwe.This interview was done as a follow up to the </span></div>
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<br />ginkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03409743034872697453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2865766732540681304.post-54563987539399617242016-02-01T07:17:00.000-08:002016-02-01T07:17:40.558-08:00Policy Dialogue Workshop: An interview with Wahab Zakari, Ghana <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ln278BCwbm8?list=PLT9X0kFSsnVCd-h4uVYJ2Y4lJIXLKKaQB" width="320"></iframe><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">An interview with Wahab Zakari, Development Planning Officer, Agotime Ziope</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> District Assembly, Ghana) http://agotimeziope.ghanadistricts.gov.gh/<br />Agotime Ziope formerly Adaklu Anyibe is one of the twenty five (25) Municipalities</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> and Districts in the Volta Region of Ghana. The Administrative Capital of the District </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">is Kpetoe. Agotime-Ziope District is bordered by the Republic of Togo to the East; </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Akatsi North and Central Tongu Districts to the South and the Adaklu District to the </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">West and North. The District covers a total land area of about Six Hundred and </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Thirty-Seven kilometres square (637km2). Wahab talks about the opportunities</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> that exist for Agotime Ziope District to use evidence in decision making and </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">development planning, why he will recommend the course on evidence-informed </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">policy making to Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs).<br />The VakaYiko Consortium www.inasp.info/en/work/vakayiko/, a three year project </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">working in Ghana, South Africa and Zimbabwe to build the capacity of policy</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">makers to access, evaluate and use evidence in policy-making. This interview </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">was filmed during the policy dialogue workshop held in Ho, Volta Region of </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Ghana on 3rd November 2015. Editing by Joseph -- joetigo@gmail.com</span>ginkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03409743034872697453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2865766732540681304.post-40677371792836772432016-02-01T07:11:00.000-08:002016-02-01T07:11:27.496-08:00Policy Dialogue: An interview with Felix Adom Boateng, Ghana <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0ymb-fzoxew?list=PLT9X0kFSsnVCd-h4uVYJ2Y4lJIXLKKaQB" width="320"></iframe><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">An interview with Felix Adom Boateng, Development Planning Practitioner, Regional </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Coordinating Council (Ho, Ghana) http://www.ghana.gov.gh/index.php/about-ghana/regions/volta. <br />Volta Region is one of Ghana's ten administrative regions. It is to the east of Lake Volta. Its </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">capital is Ho. The Volta region of Ghana, lies to the east of the Volta lake. The region covers an area </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">of 20,570 square kilometres representing 8.6% of Ghana. Between latitudes 5° 45’N and 8°45’N. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Between the Volta Lake by the west and east by the Republic of Togo and south by the Atlantic Ocean. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">20,570 sq. kilometers i.e. 8.6% of the total area of Ghana. The Region spans all the vegetational zones </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">of the country stretching from the Atlantic coast in the south to the north.<br />The region’s population in 2000 was 1,635,421. This implies, an increase of 35.0 per cent over the 1984 </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">count 1,211,907, giving an annual growth rate of 1.9 per cent. The intercensal growth rate shows little </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">change from 2.0 per cent in 1970, 1.8 per cent in 1984 and 1.9 per cent in 2000. The population density </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">of the region increased from 59 persons per square kilometre in 1984 to 79.5 persons in 2000.<br />Felix talks about the roles that Regional Coordinating Council plays to ensure good development programmes, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">the kind of evidence consumed for planning purposes and why he will recommend the course on evidence-informed </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">policy to Metropolitan, Municipal and Districts Assemblies (MMDAs).<br />The VakaYiko Consortium www.inasp.info/en/work/vakayiko/, a three year project working in Ghana, South </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Africa and Zimbabwe to build the capacity of policy makers to access, evaluate and use evidence in policy-making. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">This interview was filmed during the policy dialogue workshop held in Ho, Volta Region of Ghana on 3rd </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">November 2015. Editing by Joseph -- joetigo@gmail.com</span>ginkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03409743034872697453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2865766732540681304.post-20934551727458767142016-02-01T07:09:00.000-08:002016-02-01T07:09:35.897-08:00Policy Dialogue Workshop: An interview with Abdulai Abdul Gafaru, Ghana <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HgnEnctk44c?list=PLT9X0kFSsnVCd-h4uVYJ2Y4lJIXLKKaQB" width="320"></iframe><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">An interview with Abdulai Abdul Gafaru, Internal Auditor, Ho Municipal Assembly, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Ghana http://ho.ghanadistricts.gov.gh/<br />Ho Municipal is one of the twenty five (25) Municipalities and Districts in the Volta </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Region of Ghana. The Municipality is also the administrative capital of the People of </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">the Volta Region. The Municipality lies between latitudes 6 ᵒ 207N and 6 ᵒ55; N and </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">longitude 0 ᵒ 127 E and 0 ᵒ 53 E. The Municipality shares boundaries with the Republic </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">of Togo to the east, to the west with Ho West District, to the north with Hohoe Municipality </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">and to the south with Agotime–Ziope. Abdulai talks about the opportunities that exist for </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to use evidence in their </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">development planning, the role MMDAs play to ensure good development projects</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> within the municipality, the opportunities that exist for MMDAs to use evidence in </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">their development process and why he will recommend the course of evidence-informed</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> policy making course to all MMDAs.<br />The VakaYiko Consortium www.inasp.info/en/work/vakayiko/, a three year project working </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">in Ghana, South Africa and Zimbabwe to build the capacity of policy makers to access, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">evaluate and use evidence in policy-making. Gafaru talks about the roles Metropolitan, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Municipal and District Assemblies play to ensure good development projects within the </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">municipality, Opportunities for Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">to use evidence and whether or not he will recommend the course on Evidence-informed</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> policy making (EIPM) to MMDAs.<br /><br />This interview was filmed during the policy dialogue workshop held in Ho, Volta Region of </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Ghana on 3rd November 2015. Editing by Joseph -- joetigo@gmail.com</span>ginkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03409743034872697453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2865766732540681304.post-70759209444654009582016-02-01T07:07:00.000-08:002016-02-01T07:07:38.432-08:00Policy Dialogue, An interview with Johnson Addison, Ghana <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/eNBH0NznlVI?list=PLT9X0kFSsnVCd-h4uVYJ2Y4lJIXLKKaQB" width="320"></iframe><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">An interview with Johnson Addison, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, Hope for </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Future Generations, Ghana http://www.hffg.org/<br />Since 2001, HFFG has worked in close collaboration with her Donors and Implementing </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Partners, national, regional, and district level stakeholders, communities, and other civil </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">society organisations to inform communities and thereby transform lives, achieving the</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> following in the process;<br />Established a reproductive health centre at Ekumfi Ekrowful in the Mfantseman East District </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">of the central region to improve access to quality maternal, neonatal, child health and primary </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">health care services to over 5,000 people in the facility’s catchment. Partnered the Ghana Health </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Service (GHS) to revamp and also rehabilitate health centres in communities in the Ajumako </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Enyan Essiam and Mfantseman districts of the central region.<br />Trained 50 Models of Hope to provide HIV related prevention, treatment, care and support services</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> to Persons Living with HIV (PLHIV) across the central region of Ghana. Reached an average of 3,000 </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">PLHIV with HIV prevention, treatment, care and support services annually since 2007 in the Central and </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Brong Ahafo regions. Reached an average of 10,000 key population (Most at Risk Population) –sex </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">workers and non-paying partners with HIV prevention messages since 2010 in the Brong Ahafo region </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">of Ghana. Johnson talks about the extend to which Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">(MMDAs) use evidence in project development planning, the opportunities that exist for MMDAs to</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> use evidence in project development planning and why he will recommend the course on evidence </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">informed policy making to MMDAs.<br /><br />The VakaYiko Consortium www.inasp.info/en/work/vakayiko/, a three year project working in Ghana,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> South Africa and Zimbabwe to build the capacity of policy makers to access, evaluate and use evidence </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">in policy-making. This interview was filmed during the policy dialogue workshop held in Ho, Volta Region </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">of Ghana on 3rd November 2015. Editing by Joseph -- joetigo@gmail.com</span>ginkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03409743034872697453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2865766732540681304.post-84312062831616002522016-02-01T07:05:00.000-08:002016-02-01T07:05:05.640-08:00Policy Dialogue Workshop: An interview with K. Tenasu Gbedemah, Ghana <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gh0BnaPMUy0?list=PLT9X0kFSsnVCd-h4uVYJ2Y4lJIXLKKaQB" width="320"></iframe><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">An interview with Tenasu Kofi Gbedemah, Voice Ghana, (Ho, Ghana) http://www.voiceghana.org <br />Volta Region is one of Ghana's ten administrative regions. It is to the east of Lake Volta. Its capital is Ho. The Volta region of Ghana, lies to the east of the Volta lake. The region covers an area of 20,570 square kilometres representing 8.6% of Ghana. Between latitudes 5° 45’N and 8°45’N. Between the Volta Lake by the west and east by the Republic of Togo and south by the Atlantic Ocean. 20,570 sq. kilometers i.e. 8.6% of the total area of Ghana. The Region spans all the vegetational zones of the country stretching from the Atlantic coast in the south to the north.<br />Voice of People with Disability Ghana (VOICE GHANA) is a registered nonprofit, Ghanaian non-governmental organization with Charity No: G -10, 042 and DSW/5710. The organisation was formed in 2002 by a small group of people with disability who had a vision to form an NGO managed and staffed by people with disabilities for the benefit of persons with all category of disabilities in the Volta Region and Ghana.<br />This philosophy continues to this day as VOICE GHANA has a policy of recruiting more persons with disabilities as Board and staff members. The organization was formerly known as VOLPHIG. This name was changed to VOICE GHANA in 2009 as a result of our strategic direction to transform the organization from a regional based NGO of people with disabilities to a national organization to work with all people with disabilities at the grassroots level in Ghana. Tenasu talks about the extend to which Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies use evidence in development planning and why he will recommend the course on evidence-informed policy making to MMDAs.<br />The VakaYiko Consortium www.inasp.info/en/work/vakayiko/, a three year project working in Ghana, South Africa and Zimbabwe to build the capacity of policy makers to access, evaluate and use evidence in policy-making. This interview was filmed during the policy dialogue workshop held in Ho, Volta Region of Ghana on 3rd November 2015. Editing by Joseph -- joetigo@gmail.com</span>ginkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03409743034872697453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2865766732540681304.post-6662961150086440782016-02-01T06:48:00.002-08:002016-02-01T06:48:54.926-08:00Evidence informed policy making: An interview with Dr. Joris Jerald Niilante Amissah, Ghana <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/R5AAnH-ekAo?list=PLT9X0kFSsnVCdOAIUTZHW9Xmksp6AbSeG" width="320"></iframe><br /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<br />
<span style="font-size: 7.5pt;">An interview with Dr. Joris Jerald Niilante
Amissah, Lecturer, Family and Consumer </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 7.5pt;">Sciences Department, University of Ghana (UG)
www.ug.edu.gh . Jerald was one of </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 7.5pt;">the External speakers/ facilitators at the
Evidence-informed policy making training </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 7.5pt;">for Parliament of Ghana staff.<br />
The University of Ghana, the premier university and the largest university in
Ghana </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 7.5pt;">was founded as the University College of the
Gold Coast by Ordinance on August 11, 1948 </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 7.5pt;">for the purpose of providing and promoting
university education, learning and research.<br />
As a University poised to distinguish itself in the area of research to make an
impact at the </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 7.5pt;">national and international level, the University
has launched a new Strategic Plan. <br />
Dr. Aissah talks about how knowledge of research design can benefit
parliamentary staff and </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 7.5pt;">also some factors to be considered in
assessing research design of a piece of information.<br />
The VakaYiko Consortium wwws.inasp.info/en/work/vakayiko/, a three year project
working in </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 7.5pt;">Ghana, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe to
build the capacity of policy makers to access, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 7.5pt;">evaluate and use evidence in policy-making.
This interview was filmed during Evidence informed </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 7.5pt;">policy making training course for Parliament
of Ghana staff held in Afienya, near Accra, Ghana </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 7.5pt;">from 11th to 20th January 2016. Video and
editing by Joseph -- joetigo@gmail.com</span><br />
<br />ginkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03409743034872697453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2865766732540681304.post-8518146398501303902016-02-01T06:42:00.001-08:002016-02-01T06:42:31.756-08:00Evidence informed policy making - An interview with Dr. Isaac Frempong Mensa-Bonsu, Ghana<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NvtzriJDp20" width="320"></iframe><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">An interview with Dr. Isaac Frempong Mensa-Bonsu, Director for Plan
Coordination, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) <a class="yt-uix-redirect-link" dir="ltr" href="https://www.ndpc.gov.gh/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="https://www.ndpc.gov.gh/">https://www.ndpc.gov.gh/</a>. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> Dr. Mensa-Bonsu was one of the External speakers/ facilitators at the
Evidence-informed </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">policy making training for Parliament of Ghana staff.<br />The
National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) was established under </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Articles 86 and 87 of the 1992 Constitution as part of the Executive.
The National </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Development Planning Commission Act, 1994, (Act 479) and
the National Development </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Planning (System) Act, 1994, (Act 480), provide
the core legal framework for the establishment </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">of the Commission and
the performance of its functions. (Other laws of relevance to the </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Commission’s work are: the Local Government Act (Act 462) 1993; Local
Government </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Service Act (Act 656) 2003; Petroleum Revenue Management Act
(Act 815) 2011; Civil </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Service Act (PNDC Law 327) 1993; and Ghana
Infrastructure Investment Fund Act, (Act 877), 2014). <br />Dr.
Mensa-Bonsu talks about the nature of policy making process in Ghana,
the use of evidence in </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Ghana's policy making process and the
opportunities that exist for the use of research evidence in </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">the
national policy making process in Ghana.<br />The VakaYiko Consortium
wwws.inasp.info/en/work/vakayiko/, a three year project working in
Ghana, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe to build the capacity of policy
makers to access, evaluate and use </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">evidence in policy-making. This
interview was filmed during Evidence informed policy making training </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">course for Parliament of Ghana staff held in Afienya, near Accra, Ghana
from 11th to 20th January 2016. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Video and editing by Joseph --
joetigo@gmail.com</span>ginkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03409743034872697453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2865766732540681304.post-49780791517718635572015-12-14T03:10:00.004-08:002015-12-14T03:10:57.149-08:00Knowledge café on evidence-informed policy-making in Zimbabwe<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Fx6BUvHloY8" width="320"></iframe><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">There are examples of successful policies in Zimbabwe, informed by
evidence. But, since independence, policymaking has largely been
reactionary and ideologically driven. This has resulted in many policy
inconsistencies and failures. The need to build institutional capacity
to make informed policy decisions in Zimbabwe is especially urgent now,
as Zimbabwe faces major economic challenges.<br /><br />ZeipNET,
in partnership with US Embassy Public Affairs Section Food for Thought
series, hosted a knowledge cafe to provide a forum to discuss success
stories, challenges and opportunities for evidence informed
policy-making in Zimbabwe. Of particular note, the forum sought to
obtain insight into what can be done to promote the routine use of
evidence in policy-making processes in Zimbabwe.<br /><br />The event took place 20 October 2015, in Harare.<br />Moderators: Ronald Munatsi and Gilchrist Ndongwe, ZeipNET<br />Speakers:
Onesimo Maguwu, a public health expert from USAID; Charles Dhewa, a
Knowledge Management Specialist from a local agro-based think-tank
Knowledge Transfer Africa; and Grey Chivanda, a former policy maker from
the ministry of higher and tertiary education, science and technology
development.</span>ginkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03409743034872697453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2865766732540681304.post-29556227389668729592015-10-20T05:58:00.001-07:002015-10-20T05:58:09.165-07:00Knowledge Café brings discusses policy formation in ZimbabweOn 20 October 2015, the Zimbabwe Evidence Informed Policy Network
(ZeipNET) is partnering with the United States (US) Embassy Public
Affairs Section to host a knowledge café on "Evidence Informed
Policymaking in Zimbabwe: Challenges, Successes and Opportunities".<br />
<br />
The
event will combine ZeipNET’s Knowledge Café series and the US Embassy’s
Food for Thought series. Both platforms share a common goal of creating
an enabling environment for engaging citizens, media, civil society and
government departments on key national topical issues.<br />
<br />
The
objective of this latest knowledge café (KC) is to demystify and reflect
on the concept of EIPM and to highlight challenges and opportunities
for the use of evidence in Zimbabwe’s policy formulation,
implementation, monitoring and review. Of particular note, the KC seeks
to obtain insight into what we can do to promote the routine use of
evidence in policy making. <br /><a href="http://www.ginks.org/Knowledge%20Cafe%20brings%20discusses%20policy%20formation%20in%20Zimbabwe.html" target="_blank"><b>Click to read more</b></a><br />
<br />
<b>Source:<a href="http://www.inasp.info/en/news/details/144/" target="_blank"> INASP</a></b><br />
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ginkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03409743034872697453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2865766732540681304.post-38695358171668267452015-10-20T03:27:00.002-07:002015-10-20T03:27:23.330-07:00Evidence-informed policy making in Zimbabwe: Challenges, Successes and Opportunities<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Guest post by </b><b>Gilchriste Ndongwe and Ronald Munatsi from <a href="http://zeipnet.org/">ZeipNET</a>, Zimbabwe</b><br />
<i>Evidence-informed policy making (EIPM) is critical to ensuring
good public policies. In Zimbabwe, EIPM is still in its infancy, but is
starting to make progress. Now is a good time to start asking: what is
Zimbabwe doing well in this area? What are the challenges to using
evidence in policymaking? And what are the opportunities to see evidence
become a routine part of Zimbabwe’s policymaking processes?</i><br />
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On 20 October 2015, the Zimbabwe Evidence Informed Policy Network
(ZeipNET) is partnering with the United States (US) Embassy Public
Affairs Section to host a knowledge café on “Evidence Informed
Policymaking in Zimbabwe: Challenges, Successes and Opportunities”. The
event will combine ZeipNET’s <a href="http://www.inasp.info/uploads/filer_public/2015/05/19/kc_gender_mainstreaming.pdf">Knowledge Café</a> series and the <a href="http://harare.usembassy.gov/food_for_thought.html">US Embassy’s Food for Thought</a>
series. Both platforms share a common goal of creating an enabling
environment for engaging citizens, media, civil society and government
departments on key national topical issues. <a href="http://www.ginks.org/Evidence-informed%20policy%20making%20in%20Zimbabwe.html" target="_blank"><b>Click to read more</b></a><br />
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Source: <a href="http://blog.inasp.info/evidence-informed-policymaking-zimbabwe-challenges-successes-opportunities/" target="_blank">INASP Blog </a>ginkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03409743034872697453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2865766732540681304.post-43737841475532106312015-10-19T05:40:00.001-07:002015-10-19T06:07:15.366-07:00EIPM training Intervention: Reviewing Parliament’s Information Support System as preparatory work<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Background</b><br />Having trialed VakaYiko’s Evidence-Informed Policy Making (EIPM) course for Civil Servants at the Civil Service Training Centre (CSTC) earlier this year in Accra, information support staff at the Parliamentary Service of Ghana was next on the radar of project administrators. A review exercise was conducted to gain insight of the information support system prevalent at the Legislature. These are presented in this piece, but also includes an overview of VakaYiko training and the rational for EIPM training in Parliament.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>VakaYiko Training in EIPM</b><br />The VakaYiko EIPM Course is aimed at mid-level civil servants involved in accessing, synthesizing and communicating evidence to policymakers in resource-constrained settings. This includes researchers, policy analysts, library and ICT staff, and others. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.ginks.org/EIPM%20training%20Intervention.html" target="_blank"><b>Click here to read more </b></a></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Ed Barney, Research Uptake Manager, DFID, UK</i></span></td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">GINKS, one of the partners in the INASP-led
<a href="http://www.inasp.info/en/work/vakayiko/" target="_blank">VakaYiko Consortium</a>, recently published some ‘voices’ in the form of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qzX9qGX-ME&list=PLT9X0kFSsnVCo22n9SQPK7z3narcXBkSQ">videos</a>
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<span lang="EN-GB">To help achieve this goal, DFID is building
up its supply of research information; as Ed observes, if you can’t access it
then you can’t use it. DFID is building information systems to provide easy
access to research, to improve its own portfolio and communications to the rest
of the organization. And to also change the products they used to provide as
evidence to its decision makers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.ginks.org/video%20interview%20explains%20how%20DFID%20is%20using%20evidence.html" target="_blank"><b>Click here to read more </b></a></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">.....................................................................................................................................<br />Qurratulain Zaman is Communications Officer at INASP, an international development charity working with a global network of partners to improve access, production and use of research information and knowledge, so that countries are equipped to solve their development challenges.</span>ginkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03409743034872697453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2865766732540681304.post-27005139711633846712015-09-29T04:35:00.003-07:002015-09-29T04:35:53.095-07:00Series of VakaYiko Interviews at the Annual Consortium Meeting in Accra, Ghana <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_qzX9qGX-ME?list=PLT9X0kFSsnVCo22n9SQPK7z3narcXBkSQ" width="360"></iframe><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">This video is a series of interviews conducted at the the VakaYiko Consortium Meeting in Accra. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">VakaYiko (www.inasp.info/en/work/vakayiko/) is a three year project working in Ghana, South </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Africa and Zimbabwe to build the capacity of policy makers to access, evaluate and use evidence </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">in policy-making. Partners, Research Scientist, Communications Officer and a Freelance </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Consultant from Zimbabwe, Ghana and UK expressed their views on Evidence informed </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">policy making and the way forward. This interview was filmed during the VakaYiko </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Consortium annual meeting 2015, held in Accra, Ghana. Video and editing by </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Joseph -- joetigo@gmail.com</span>ginkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03409743034872697453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2865766732540681304.post-49816631916217667492015-09-29T03:45:00.002-07:002015-09-29T03:45:45.243-07:00Evidence informed policy making - An interview with Ibrahim Inusah, Ghana <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/F8hfgt8g4Po" width="360"></iframe><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">An interview with Ibrahim Inusah, Executive Secretary, Ghana Information
Network for </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Knowledge Sharing (GINKS). Ibrahim talks about the
importance of evidence informed </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">policy-making, Obstacles to
evidence-informed policy-making in Ghana, Opportunities for </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">evidence-informed policy-making in Ghana and the VakaYiko Consortium
annual meeting 2015.<br /><br />GINKS was established in 2003 with the
vision of a society where all have equal access and</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> use of ICT for
national development and a mission to establish a platform committed to
promote, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">create and provide knowledge for all through the use of ICTs
for national development in Ghana </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">(www.ginks.org). The VakaYiko
Consortium www.inasp.info/en/work/vakayiko/, a three year </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">project
working in Ghana, South Africa and Zimbabwe to build the capacity of
policy makers to </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">access, evaluate and use evidence in policy-making.
This interview was filmed during the </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">VakaYiko Consortium annual meeting
2015, held in Accra, Ghana. Video and editing </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">by Joseph --
joetigo@gmail.com</span>ginkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03409743034872697453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2865766732540681304.post-89142901826306418012015-09-29T03:43:00.000-07:002015-09-29T03:43:09.866-07:00Evidence informed policy making - An interview with Mina Okuru, Ghana <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XjoASxEgNu8" width="320"></iframe><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Mina Okuru is the Communications Coordinator at Center for Democratic </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Development (CCD-Ghana) in Accra. <br /><br />CDD-Ghana an independent, non partisan and, nonprofit organization based in Accra, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Ghana (www.cddgh.org). The CDD-Ghana is dedicated to the promotion of society and </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">government based on the rule of law, appropriate checks on the power of the state, and </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">integrity in public administration. Mina talks about the challenges to communicating </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">research evidence to policy-makers in Ghana, opportunities for communicating research </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">evidence to policy-makers in Ghana and the role of media in the policy-processes.<br />This interview was filmed during the VakaYiko Consortium annual meeting 2015, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">held in Accra, Ghana. Video and editing by Joseph -- joetigo@gmail.com</span>ginkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03409743034872697453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2865766732540681304.post-13466470347679010142015-09-29T03:41:00.002-07:002015-09-29T03:41:49.021-07:00Evidence informed policy making - An interview with Dr. Anthony Tsekpo, Ghana <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/K7HpFTEc6yk" width="320"></iframe><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">An interview with Dr. Antony Tsekpo, a Freelance Consultant, currently working </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">as Consultant for the European Union and also supporting the National Assembly </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">of Zambia. This interview was filmed during the VakaYiko Consortium annual </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">meeting 2015, held in Accra, Ghana. Video and editing by Joseph -- joetigo@gmail.com</span>ginkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03409743034872697453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2865766732540681304.post-80093817945000915312015-09-29T03:40:00.001-07:002015-09-29T03:40:27.016-07:00Evidence-informed policy-making - An interview with Dr. Godfred Frempong (CSIR-STEPRI) <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ue0w4DcaNU0" width="320"></iframe><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">An interview with Dr. Godfred Frempong, Deputy Director of Science and Technology </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Policy Research Institute (CSIR-STEPRI) www.csir-stepri.org/index.php. Dr. Frempong </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">talks about the types of research available to policy-makers in Ghana, evidence used by </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">policy-makers in Ghana as well as challenges and opportunities to evidence-informed </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">policy-making in Ghana.<br /><br />The Science and Technology Policy Research Institute (STEPRI) was established in 1987 </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">under the (CSIR) to act as a focal point to articulate policy on national Science and </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Technology (S&T) development. It was then known as the Technology Transfer Centre (TTC) </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">and as a multidisciplinary unit, dealing with issues of technology utilization, transfer and </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">development. http://www.csir-stepri.org/index.php. This interview was filmed during the </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">VakaYiko Consortium annual meeting 2015, held in Accra, Ghana. Video and editing </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">by Joseph -- joetigo@gmail.com</span>ginkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03409743034872697453noreply@blogger.com0