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Celebrate the 2022 Africa Leadership Award Winners!
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We introduced to you the 2022 Africa Evidence Leadership Award (AELA) winners and runners-up in the last month. The three AELA 2022 winners have since shared inspirational blog posts, proving why they are our esteemed evidence champions!
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Our three AELA 2022 winners took to their blog posts to share reflections on their winnings, and the opportunity it provides to further support evidence-informed decision-making in Africa, together! Be inspired by our trailblazing evidence champions, read Eucharia's blog entitled, Be passionate and patient, Temitope's, Recognizing incredible teamwork in Africa blog post, and Gloria's blog entitled, Joining the EIDM movement in Africa? You're in the right place. Continue to celebrate our winners on social media by using the #AELA2022 and #AENis10 in your congratulatory tweets and LinkedIn messages.
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Latest African Evidence News
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- In a recent, The Exchange Africa article, Africa's leaders and policymakers are urged to invest in free, high-quality education, especially in science, technology, engineering and mathematics for all Africans, in order to ensure a technically capable skilled labour force moving forward. Read more..
- In a recent nature article, Akin Jimoh, chief editor of nature Africa, discusses decolonizing science in Africa, starting with South Africa and the removal of the statue of Cecil Rhodes from the University of Cape Town. Read more...
- The African Development Bank and the Global Green Growth Institute recently launched their co-authored report: The Africa Green Growth Readiness Assessment at the 15th session of the Conference of the Parties. The report shares evidence of growing political commitment to green growth in Africa. Read more...
- The White House briefing room shared a press statement from the 2nd Global COVID-19 Summit Commitments sharing information on how the African Union, amongst others, will continue to support the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to the African people, and increase vaccine manufacturing in Africa. Read more...
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- 30 May - 03 June: #gLOCAL Evaluation Week 2022, Online
- 02 June: Citizens using evidence in everyday life, Online
- 07 June: Capabilities in Academic Policy Engagement: Lessons learned from knowledge exchange events, Online
- 07 June: Transforming Evidence Network, The Pew Charitable Trusts, event series 2022 - Session 1: SYSTEMS - How can evidence intermediary bodies work in a wider system? Online
- 20 - 24 June: Sustainability Research & Innovation Congress 2022, Online and onsite in Pretoria, South Africa
- 21 June: Transforming Evidence Network, The Pew Charitable Trusts, event series 2022 - Session 2: ADVOCACY - Should intermediary organisations be involved in advocacy? Online
- 28 June: Transforming Evidence Network, The Pew Charitable Trusts, event series 2022 - Session 3: THE FUTURE - What would better look like? Online
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Be passionate and patient: AELA 2022
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The AEN blog series features one of our three AELA 2022 winners, sharing her reflections on the victory and the opportunity it provides to further support evidence-informed decision-making in Africa. Be inspired by our trailblazing evidence champions, read Eucharia Nwaichi's blog.
View all AEN blog posts online and use the Network to share your work – submit your AEN blog here and feature your work to our 3000+ members in 2022!
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International Evidence Feature
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Expanding engaged research and evidence-use around the world
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The Transforming Evidence Funders Network was established in 2020 to expand engaged research and evidence use around the world.
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Two research funders, Angela Bednarek (director of the Evidence Project at The Pew Charitable Trusts) and Vivian Tseng (senior vice president at the William T. Grant Foundation) penned an article for Issues in Science and Technology. The authors posit that scientific research can be used to shape the policy and practice of society. They are now working to build a global network of donors that share this vision. Read more...
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Latest International Evidence News
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- Masterson et al: ‘Mapping definitions of co‐production and co‐design in health and social care: A systematics coping review providing lessons for the future'
- Murphy et al: ‘An evaluation of the evidence brief for policy development process in WHO EVIPNet Europe countries'
- Musungwini et al: 'What are the most effective strategies for preventing visual impairment among older people in Africa?'
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