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EVI-POL: ABOUT

STRENGTHENING STI POLICY AND MEASUREMENT CAPABILITIES IN AFRICA

The Evi-Pol project was initiated by the Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators (CeSTII), at the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC).

In many African countries, governments are using science, technology and innovation to boost socio-economic development. An important factor in the effective management of scientific advancements is the successful allocation of research, development and innovation funds. To this end, the HSRC has developed toolkits to guide African science granting councils in the effective management and use of data to inform their funding policy.

Science granting councils play a central role, and balance multiple mandates to set national research agendas, manage funds for research and innovation activities, gather evidence on STI and advise on STI policy. They typically do so with limited funding, human resources, and organisational capacity.

South Africa’s National Research Foundation, in collaboration with Canada’s International Development and Research Centre, founded the Science Granting Councils Initiative (SGCI) to serve as a guide for several sub-Saharan science granting councils to manage their funding and strengthen their policies. Based on the reputation of their science, technology and innovation indicators research, the SGCI encouraged the HSRC to collaborate with them on the design and the creation of the Evidence in Policy (Evi-Pol) project.

The Evi-Pol project contributes to the SGCI by strengthening the strategic use, management and digitalisation of data. The project has formulated and published four toolkits (downloadable below) to aid science granting organisations in utilising data to its fullest potential. The toolkits cover four areas of data management: the preservation and use of data (data curation); data governance; the management of data and digitalisation; and data-informed decision and policy-making, providing step-by-step guidance and practical, editable templates.

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TOOLKITS: SCIENCE | TECHNOLOGY | INNOVATION | POLICY

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A Toolkit for the Systemic Review of STI Policy

The STI Policy Review toolkit offers a set of practices that African science granting councils and policymakers can use to support and direct their reviews of STI systems and improve STI policy effectiveness.

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Data Governance Toolkit

This toolkit is designed to guide SGC data managers through the process of implementing a data governance system. Step by step, it covers the key aspects of the data governance framework, including establishing a data governance structure, developing policies and procedures, implementing data quality controls, managing data security and privacy, and ensuring compliance with relevant regulations.

Download the toolkit.

Digital Transformation Roadmap

Science granting councils have different capabilities and are at different stages in the development of digital data management systems. This guide aims to help science granting councils to map out their own paths that takes into account their specific mandates.

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