ACE Impact Project Steering Committee Meeting Update
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1st & 2nd ACE Impact Project Update DR. SYLVIA MKANDAWIRE, PROGRAM MANAGER, ACE IMPACT ASSOCIATION OF AFRICAN UNIVERSITIES (AAU) REGIONAL FACILITATING UNIT, 4thProject Steering Committee Meeting 19THOCTOBER 2020 1
Presentation Outline 1. First and Second ACE Project Update 2. Status Update on RSIF Component 3. Implementation support to the centers 4. Covid-19 crisis: Challenges and Actions initiated to address them 5. Development Impact highlights by the Centers 6. Partnerships 7. Challenges and Lessons Learnt 8. Next Steps 9. Highlights on Sexual Harassment Policy
1st & 2nd ACE Impact : Country Effectiveness Status Benin 26 June 2020 Cote D Ivoire- 10 Mar 2020 - The Gambia 5 May 2020 Burkina Faso 27 Sept 2019 Djibouti 10 Jan 2020 Ghana 4 Feb 2020 Togo 7 May 2020 Guinea - 11 Nov 2019 Senegal 24 Jan 2020 Niger -20 Aug 2020 Nigeria signed Financing Agreement on Oct 16; signing of PFA and legal opinions underway 1st ACE Impact Countries 2nd ACE Impact Countries
Highlights of 1st ACE Impact : Institutional readiness Sexual Harassment Policy Procurement Manual Financial Manual Team Project Mgt. Certificate Student Handbook Scholarship Policy Phase Country Implementation Plan Website SAB Designation 1 BURKINA FASO 2iE 1 BURKINA FASO CoE_2iE 1 BURKINA FASO CFOREM 1 BURKINA FASO CEA-ITECH_MTV 1 BURKINA FASO CEFORGRIS 1 DJIBOUTI CEALT 1 DJIBOUTI CoE_Djibouti 1 GHANA CoE_KNUST (KEEP) 1 GHANA RWESCK 1 GHANA TReCK 1 GHANA WACCI 1 GHANA WACCBIP_NCDS 1 GHANA WAGMC 1 GHANA RCEES 1 GHANA WACWISA 1 GHANA ACECoR 1 GUINEA CEA-PCMT 1 GUINEA CEMS 1 SENEGAL CEA-MITIC 1 SENEGAL CEA-SAMEF 1 SENEGAL CEA-AGRISAN 1 SENEGAL CEA-AGIR
Highlights of 2nd ACE Impact : Institutional readiness Sexual Harassment Policy Procurement Manual Financial Manual Team Project Mgt. Certificate Student Handbook Scholarship Policy Country Implementation Plan Website SAB Designation BENIN CEA-SMIA BENIN C2EA BENIN CoE_EIE COTE D'IVOIRE CCBAD COTE D'IVOIRE CEA-MEM COTE D'IVOIRE ENSEA COTE D'IVOIRE VALOPRO GAMBIA STEE NIGER CERPP NIGER EMIG NIGER CEA-IEA/MS4SSA NIGERIA ACEGID NIGERIA ACENTDFB NIGERIA ACENPEE NIGERIA CERHI NIGERIA DRYLAND AGRIC NIGERIA ACEPHAP NIGERIA CEFTER NIGERIA OAU-OAK NIGERIA CEFOR NIGERIA PUTOR NIGERIA ACETEL NIGERIA CApIC NIGERIA ACEMFS NIGERIA ACEITSE NIGERIA ACE_SPED NIGERIA ACE-FUELS NIGERIA ACEDHARS TOGO CERSA TOGO CERME TOGO DOUNEDON
Highlights on Sexual Harassment Policy Key findings Most had a clear and concise policy statement except few 1. 2. Few policies aligned to national laws; none mentioned regional and international conventions 3. Focused on response; very few had prevention (e.g. education, awareness creation; defense martial arts, etc.) and none had anything on mitigation Response directed to perpetrator; very little for the victim/survivor: e.g. investigation of the allegation, disciplinary actions if proven true. 4. 5. Few were not as comprehensive and lacked direction in terms of the response procedure 6. No policy mentioned emergency response procedure, e.g. what to do where there is need for collection of forensic evidence for survivors of rape 7. No policy indicated linkage with other government services (law enforcement, health services, etc) or relevant non-governmental agencies
Sexual Harassment Policy Recommendations Commitment from institutional leadership is key Awareness campaigns about sexual harassment should be regular Need to creating linkages of these polices with national and international policies Need to promote cross sharing and exchanges between ACEs Need for clear reporting mechanisms and key contact personnel Capacity building webinar organized for 30th Nov 2020
1st ACE Impact USD Earnings per DLR per country DLRs DLR 1.1 (Basic Readiness) DLR 1.2 (Total Readiness) DLR 3.1 (PhD Students) DLR 3.2 (MSc Students) DLR 3.3 (Short Course Students) DLR 3.4 (Bachelor Students) DLR 4.2 (Publications) DLR 5.1 (Revenue) DLR 5.2 (Internships) DLR 7.3 (Institutional Accreditation) Total Amount Earned (USD) Total Grant Amount % of Total Grant Earned Burkina Faso 1,407,042 1,407,042 118,219, 1,356,621 80,321 Djibouti 900,000 900,000 - - - Ghana 2,555,000 2,555,000 1,977,920 643,258 90,811 Guinea 600,000 600,000 Senegal 680,000 680,000 731,640 269,224 39,618 68,033 5,950 29,670 - n/a 18,158 - 799,487 1,091,785 42,386 - - - - 1,263,283 7,129,465 91,728 - 352,310 - 6,048 - 451,908 - 58,811 - 75,495 6,315,690 1,875,495 16,423,152 1,650,499 2,911,202 33,000,000 19% 15,000,000 12.5% 60,000,000 27% 10,000,000 16.5% 15,000,000 19%
2nd ACE Impact USD Earnings per DLR per country DLRs Benin C te d'Ivoire Gambia Niger Nigeria Togo DLR 1.1 (Basic Readiness) 600,000 385,058 675,000 900,000 3,000,000 600,000 DLR 1.2 (Total Readiness) 600,000 385,058 675,000 900,000 3,000,000 600,000 DLR 3.1 (PhD Students) 313,711 169,724 - - 801,691 - DLR 3.2 (MSc Students) 272,333 460,753 - 34,093 423,288 - DLR 3.3 (Short Course Students) 118,322 49,310 - 20,880 253,302 - DLR 3.4 (Bachelor Students) DLR 4.2 (Publications) - - - 33,397 - - 340,123 137,891 - - 1,090,369 - DLR 5.1 (Revenue) - 470,306 - - 3,265,468 - DLR 5.2 (Internships) 2,391 75,655 - 25,972 90,150 594,055 Total Amount Earned (USD) Total Grant Amount 2,246,880 2,133,754 1,350,000 1,914,342 11,924,268 1,794,055 14,000,000 18,000,000 9,000,000 14,000,000 95,000,000 16,000,000 % of Total Grant Earned 16% 12% 15% 14% 13% 11%
Update on RSIF ACE Impact Sub- Component 2.2 First ACE Impact Countries Country Subsidiary Agreement Govt Authorised Signatories Workplan Submission Funding 1. Burkina Faso Processed 2. Ghana Processed 3. Senegal Processed 2nd ACE Impact Countries 4. Benin Signing any time from now Draft Prepared & Discussed with icipe for contributions 5. Nigeria PhD Student Recruitment : Two cohorts of PhD students recruited under RSIF Screening is ongoing for enrolment of the third cohort of students.
Implementation Support to ACEs A total of twenty-four (24) virtual meetings engaging centers and experts to accelerate approval of Implementation plans Thirteen (13) Implementation Plans cleared and approved over the period A total of fifty-two (52) IPs cleared and approved except for Cervida (Togo) with conditional approval
COVID-19 CRISIS: CHALLENGES AND ACTIONS INITIATED TO ADDRESS THEM KEY ISSUES AND CHALLENGES AND CHALLENGES ACTION INITIATED Infrastructure (Internet Connectivity, etc.) Skills Challenges E-Platform Challenges Limited Time to Plan & Implement Alternative Solutions Limited Commitment of Staff & Students to Online Learning Funding Challenges and Infection Risks Connecti vity Communi cation . Capacity Building ACE Center Funding options Content/ Platforms PROGRESS TO DATE Covid 19 Support plan in place 6 webinars completed on skills, E-platforms, Learning Management Systems & Use of e- resources Covid 19 Comms strategy developed
CENTERS COVID-19 RESPONSE Scientific Contributions (Health) ACEGID (Nigeria), WACCBIP (Ghana) and ACENTDFB (Nigeria) have contributed through successful sequencing genomes of the COVID-19 virus, mass testing and screening. ACEGID selected as one of the three WHO centers in SSA ACEGID developed a candidate vaccine & completed clinical trials now on human trial stage Technological Innovations Centres including CEA-MS4SSA (Niger), OAU- ICT Driven Knowledge Park (Nigeria), STEE (Gambia), CEALT (Djibouti) and KEEP (Ghana) have produced protection equipment such as hand washing equipment, face shields, ventilators, among others. Transformative Research Projects Centres faculty have collaborated with scholars from renowned universities in undertaking research relevant to global development. CEA-PCMT Centre leader, Prof. Alexandre D lamou (Guinea), ACEITSE Centre Leader, Prof. Peter Okebukola (Nigeria), WACWISA team member Dr. Courage Kosi Setsoafia Saba (Ghana), Regional Centre for Transport and Education Centre (TRECK), Centre of Excellence in Coastal Resilience, Ghana
AWARDS AND HONOURS AWARDS AND HONOURS Centre for Water, Irrigation and Sustainable Agriculture (WACWISA) students win 2020 Plant Nutrition Scholar Award Centre for Reproductive Health (CERHI) receives the Seeding Labs 2020 Instrumental Access Award CEA/ ITECH-MTV, Professor Diabate Abdoulaye receives Newcomb Cleveland Prize for his outstanding research on fighting malaria in Africa. Centre of Excellence for Population Health and Policy (ACEPHAP) wins E-MOTIVE Research Grant
Project Communication NO.1. 2 versions of a 5-Minute Video showcasing the ACEs various COVID related innovations and research NO.2. Six Issues of ACE Impact Newsletters NO.3 3 articles with University World News, NO. 4: Concise messages and updates disseminated through AAU, ACE Impact, and World Bank social media platforms, No. 5 COVID Resource page on the ACE Website 15 Center Profiles with highlights of their contributions towards management of COVID-
Partnerships PARTNER AFD IRD Digital skills gap assessment (collaboration with JobKred and VerifyEd) and opportunity to partner with Germany s Development Agency (GIZ) to link students to job opportunities IBM ACE Impact Digital Skills training & Internship IBM s digital skills training for ACE Impact faculty members and internship opportunities at IBM s research laboratories in Kenya and South Africa Fun Moocs/ Coursera Asian Development Bank Global High-Tech Knowledge Intensive Agricultural University Network to link this network to the ACE Impact Agriculture Network EPFL cole polytechnique f d rale de Lausanne (EPFL) initiative to build capacity in digital education (both technology and pedagogy levels)
Challenges & Lessons learnt Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the operations of the ACE host- institutions e.g student recruitment low, internship placements and staff mobility. Effective patterns of interactions among the ACE stakeholders creates strong linkages and quality information flow hence good project implementation Special skills e.g. online teaching are critical. There is need for deliberate regular efforts to support ACEs to retool faculty staff in deficient areas. This would strategically build robust resilience in the event of similar disruptive future pandemics. The project realized the importance of up to date technology to facilitate business transactions in Higher Education. It is important to regularly review and update technology at HEIs as this would reduce disruptions.
Nextsteps and Priority Actions Deadline/Timeline No Actions Responsible Ongoing disbursement for First and Second ACE Impact countries November March 2021 AAU/WB/Centres 1. Timely Planning and Organizing of expert Site Visits and virtual support to the Centres Capacity Building Activities for Centre e.g. Webinars Graduate Tracer study November March 2021 AAU/WB 2. June 2021 AAU/WB/Centres 3. November June 2021 AAU/WB/Centres 4. Student Innovation Competitions Feb - March 2021 AAU/WB/Centres 5 Support ACE Impact thematic networks and Partnerships March 2021 AAU/Centres 6 Next Regional Workshop TBC AAU/WB 7
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