East Africa sets up science council
Jan 27, 2003
DAR ES SALAAM – Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda have set up a joint Science and Technology Council for East Africa (EA) in an attempt to boost science and technology in the region.
DAR ES SALAAM – Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda have set up a joint Science and Technology Council for East Africa (EA) in an attempt to boost science and technology in the region.
The council is intended to allow the three countries to share and exchange their skills in science and technology. It will also seek funding from foreign donors, and co-ordinate science and technology training in the region to ensure that new developments are distributed evenly between the three countries.
“We hope the newly established Science and Technology Council will speed up science development in the region,†says Ali Mchumo, deputy secretary general (finance and administration), for the EAC.
Mchumo points out that the current policy of the three countries is that, where possible, international negotiations should be carried out on behalf of all three of them. “So it should be for science development,†he says.
The EA secretariat has already started to build links between universities in the three countries in an attempt to standardise the quality of education offered in the region.
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The council is intended to allow the three countries to share and exchange their skills in science and technology. It will also seek funding from foreign donors, and co-ordinate science and technology training in the region to ensure that new developments are distributed evenly between the three countries.
“We hope the newly established Science and Technology Council will speed up science development in the region,†says Ali Mchumo, deputy secretary general (finance and administration), for the EAC.
Mchumo points out that the current policy of the three countries is that, where possible, international negotiations should be carried out on behalf of all three of them. “So it should be for science development,†he says.
The EA secretariat has already started to build links between universities in the three countries in an attempt to standardise the quality of education offered in the region.
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