The maiden
edition of The Policy Forum programme held on Monday, the 28th of
October, 2019; by 12 noon prompt at Four Points by Sheraton, Oniru
Chieftaincy Estate, Victoria Island, Lagos.
Of all the 5 growth drivers – strong institutions, human capital, entrepreneurship, culture, and public policy, public policy provides the framework for the development of all four, if driven by a leadership culture that prioritizes societal needs over pecuniary self-interests. Therefore, The Policy Forum shall attempt to position public policy making in its rightful pride of place as an integral part of Nigeria’s development trajectory by providing a space for policymakers to dialogue and exchange views with policy practitioners, diplomats, non-state actors, and other stakeholders on ‘a wide range of policy-centric topics.
Are you eager to undertake research in Africa and to collaborate with EPFL?
The Junior Faculty Development program of the Excellence in Africa initiative, jointly launched by Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) in Morocco and EPFL, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne in Switzerland have launched the Excellence in Africa initiative with the aim of supporting the training of promising early-stage researchers in Africa and thus of enabling them to have a significant economic and societal impact.
Call for the Junior Faculty Development Program Now Open:
A program based on the creation of scientific tandems, each comprising an early-stage professor in Africa and an EPFL professor Funding available for jointly-designed research projects Research project to be implemented at African higher education institutions.
Eligibility Requirements:
To be employed or due to be hired as a professor by an African higher education institution,
To have earned a Ph.D. degree between January 1, 2011 and March 31, 2020,
To have an outstanding research and publication track record.
Submissions:
Deadline for submissions: March 31, 2020. For more information, please visit the website
Following the successful organization of the first IPPA Summer school on public policy in the African continent (Yaounde 2019), IPPA is pleased to introduce the second edition, this time in Nairobi, Kenya.
The International Summer School on Public Policy – Nairobi Edition 2020 will be organized in partnership with the University of Nairobi and the Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR), and with the financial support of the African Training and Research Centre in Administration for Development (CAFRAD),
and The French Institute for Research in Africa (IFRA). The school will be held from 20 – 24 April 2020with a roundtable and first-day lecture at the University of Nairobi main campus. All other sessions of the school will be located at the Corat Africa hotel.
The Summer School aims at providing advice and knowledge on Public Policy theories, concepts, and methodologies to analyze public policy to Ph.D. students and early career researchers.
The first round of Call for Applications will be open from 4 – 28 February 2020. The result of the applications will be communicated on 2nd March 2020. The second round of Call for Applications will be open from 2 until 16 March 2020 on a rolling admission basis, and depending on availability.
The registration for the accepted applicants will be open from 2 – 16 March 2020.
The school will bring three acclaimed scholars of the field of public policy namely, Prof.Grace Skogstad (University of Toronto), Prof. Guy Peters (University of Pittsburg), and Prof. Philippe Zittoun (University of Lyon). It will offer each participant the opportunity to follow:
A Roundtable and lecture
A joint lecture of 1 hour every morning proposed by different international scholars addressed to all the participants
A course of 2 hoursevery morning proposed by different international scholars addressed to a small group of participants of 10 to 15 participants
Workshop groups in the afternoon to discuss the research project of each participant addressed to small groups of 10 to 15 participants
