Founded in 2002, IST-Africa focuses on strengthening ministry policy and strategy capacity as it relates to Innovation, Science and Technology, supporting a research culture in universities focused on on addressing societal challenges at national and regional level, and encouraging public and education and research sector organisations to host Innovation Spaces to support entrepreneurship (including social entrepreneurship).. IST-Africa has helped African universities secure over €200 million in research funding over the last ten years. Supported by European Commission and African Union Commission, IST-Africa is a member of UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network and recognized by ITU as a WSIS 2018 Prizes Champion.
http://www.IST-Africa.org/
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2002
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IST-Africa has proven that its activities can be replicated through organic growth since 2002 across Africa, with current participation by 18 IST-Africa Partner Countries. Open to participation by all African and all ACP (Africa Caribbean Pacific) Group Counties, while adaptation may well be required to operationalise IST-Africa Partner collaboration in other countries and other regions of the world, we have demonstrated that all participating countries benefit from their participation and the more the collaboration grows, the more impactful IST-Africa Partner Activities have proven to be.
IST-Africa is sustainable to the extent to which (a) Ministry partners in IST-Africa Partner Countries allocate the necessary personnel resources to carry out IST-Africa related activities in their own countries and to facilitate collaboration with other IST-Africa Partner Countries and (b) the IST-Africa Institute is successful in continuing to secure competitive grants and tenders which allow it to support and coordinate the IST-Africa Partnership.
The IST-Africa Institute promotes building a people-centred, inclusive and development-oriented Information Society by supporting: wider adoption of technology to address societal challenges; multi-stakeholder co-design and collaborative open innovation, to strengthen national and regional innovation ecosystems, and; capacity building across the public, private, education and research, societal and funding sectors. These objectives will build confidence and security in the adoption of ICTs, provide the necessary enabling evironment,. support cultural and linguistic diversity and access to local content, as well as providing a framework to strengthen the ethical dimensions of the Information Society by ensuring adequate consultation with all key stakeholder groups.
IST-Africa Institute (IST-Africa)
Ireland — Academia
Founded in 2002 by IIMC International Information Management Corporation Ltd (Ireland), the IST-Africa Initiative (now established as the IST-Africa Institute) is a strategic partnership with Ministries and National Councils responsible for Innovation, Science and Technology in resource constrained environments. Open to participation by all African Member States and ACP Group (Africa Caribbean Pacific) Countries, IST-Africa is supported by the European Commission (EC) and African Union Commission (AUC). Current participating Ministries and National Councils are listed at http://www.ist-africa.org/home/default.asp?page=partners
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