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Summary Report: An Africa-Canada-United Kingdom Exploration 2005-03-25

The workshop that took place at Canada House, London, from 31 January to 1 February 2005 brought together a wide cross-section of participants to seek ways to better understand how to strengthen capacity building for science and technology in Africa. From the beginning, the meeting was conceived as a learning exercise designed to provoke policy action. From this point of view, SciDev.Net posted some of the results, interviews, and presentations to engage a wider audience that could not be accommodated at the meeting venue.

Announcement: RoKS 2003-2004 Awardees: “Understanding the Social and Public Policy Dimensions of Transformative Technologies in the South” 2004-09-22
It is with great pleasure that the RoKS team along with the Rockefeller Foundation proudly presents the nine teams awarded a RoKS grant in 2003-2004. 

Canada Partners with NEPAD Countries to Reinforce S&T; Programs and Skills 2003-11-04

Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) announced today that it will contribute CAD 745, 000 to foster science and technology development in Africa. The announcement was made during the African Ministerial Conference on Science and Technology for Development held this week in Johannesburg.

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