Interdisciplinary Policy Forums
The forums will:
- Build consensus and excitement among stakeholders on the value proposition of the EAI;
- Introduce and demonstrate the potential and promise of the EAI in the regional policy arena;
- Formulate and build consensus on priority policy issues in the programme areas proposed by EAI;
- Reframe the explanatory paradigms and mental models for policy formulation from reductionist to complexity and systems thinking approaches;
- Identify gaps in human capacity in policy research and analysis and introduce the methods and programmes proposed by the EAI;
- Identify and build strategic relationships with key individuals and institutions that are critical for the EAI’s human, intellectual and financial resource mobilization strategy; and
- Common or shared understanding of the issues and approaches to plausible solutions.
The forums will result in publications, research concepts/proposals and creation of an interdisciplinary policy issue network or working groups.
EAST AFRICA DIALOGUE SERIES
The East Africa Institute, with generous
support from IDRC (International Development Research Centre), Aga Khan
Foundation Canada and Ford Foundation, has established the East Africa
Dialogue Series. Establishing a Dialogue Series at this point in East
Africa’s history is timely, reinforcing the ideals of public engagement
and participation in grappling with sustainable futures.
Read more about this exciting initiative.
