DA PROJECTS UNDER IMPLEMENTATION IN 2017 Projects under implementation (i) Capacity-Building in the Use of Appropriate Technology Technical and Scientific Information as a Solution for Identified Development Challenges Phase II – DA_19_30_31_03 Recommendations 19, 30, 31 – BRIEF DESCRIPTION STATUS OF PROJECT OBJECTIVES MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS OUTPUTS IMPLEMENTATION The project addresses Under (i) To facilitate greater use of Three project countries, namely National Expert the development implementation since appropriate technical and scientific Ethiopia, Rwanda and Tanzania were (NEG) problems of LDCs on July 2014. information in addressing selected through the use of the basis of identified nationally identified needs for the comprehensive selection criteria and Three (3) NEGs need areas in To be completed in achievement of the development guidelines to ensure the demand were establish, accordance to the July 2017. goals; driven and sustainable nature of the one in each national development project. country: Ethiopia, plans. The project (ii) To build national institutional Rwanda, aims to contribute to capacity in the use of technical Memoranda of Understanding were Tanzania. the national capacity of and scientific information for signed between WIPO and the three LDCs to improve the identified needs; and participating countries to ensure Identification and management, successful execution and better Recruitment of a administration and (iii) To coordinate the retrieval of coordination of the project. National Expert utilization of technical appropriate technical and scientific and scientific information and provide The identification and recruitment of a Three (3) National information with a view appropriate know-how in those national expert and international Experts (one for to building their technical areas to implement this expert for each of the participating each country), appropriate technology technology in a practical and countries was completed. were recruited: base and meeting effective manner. Ethiopia, Rwanda. national growth and A National Expert Group (NEG) was Tanzania. development goals institutionalized to spearhead the through knowledge implementation of the project at the Identification and transfer and capacity national level in each of the Recruitment of an building, taking into participating countries composed of International account social, cultural experts from the different national Expert
DA PROJECTS UNDER IMPLEMENTATION IN 2017 Projects under implementation (i) Capacity-Building in the Use of Appropriate Technology Technical and Scientific Information as a Solution for Identified Development Challenges – Phase II DA_19_30_31_03 – Recommendations 19, 30, 31 BRIEF DESCRIPTION STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT OBJECTIVES MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS OUTPUTS The project addresses the development problems of LDCs on the basis of identified need areas in accordance to the national development plans. The project aims to contribute to the national capacity of LDCs to improve the management, administration and utilization of technical and scientific information with a view to building their appropriate technology base and meeting national growth and development goals through knowledge transfer and capacity building, taking into account social, cultural Under implementation since July 2014. To be completed in July 2017. (i) To facilitate greater use of appropriate technical and scientific information in addressing nationally identified needs for the achievement of the development goals; (ii) To build national institutional capacity in the use of technical and scientific information for identified needs; and (iii) To coordinate the retrieval of appropriate technical and scientific information and provide appropriate know-how in those technical areas to implement this technology in a practical and effective manner. Three project countries, namely Ethiopia, Rwanda and Tanzania were selected through the use of comprehensive selection criteria and guidelines to ensure the demand driven and sustainable nature of the project. Memoranda of Understanding were signed between WIPO and the three participating countries to ensure successful execution and better coordination of the project. The identification and recruitment of a national expert and international expert for each of the participating countries was completed. A National Expert Group (NEG) was institutionalized to spearhead the implementation of the project at the national level in each of the participating countries composed of experts from the different national National Expert (NEG) Three (3) NEGs were establish, one in each country: Ethiopia, Rwanda, Tanzania. Identification and Recruitment of a National Expert Three (3) National Experts (one for each country), were recruited: Ethiopia, Rwanda. Tanzania. Identification and Recruitment of an International Expert
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