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INTRODUCTION
On
March 23-26, 1997, the African Capacity
Building Foundation (ACBF), in collaboration
with
the International Centre for Economic Growth
(ICEG), organized a workshop for Directors
of Policy Research and Specialized Training
Institutions (Policy Institutes) to brainstorm
on an African Research Agenda for Accelerating
Development in sub-Saharan Africa (ARAADA).
That workshop discussed major development
issues in sub-Saharan Africa, examined the
role of policy research and specialized training
institutions in the policymaking process
in Africa as well as their contributions
to the strengthening of the culture of policy
analysis and research in the public sector,
reviewed forms and elements of institutional
networking among ACBF-supported institutions
and came up with major suggestions. The recommendations
of the workshop provided some guideposts
on the role of policy research centers and
specialized training institutions in the
articulation and implementation of Africa’s
research agenda. They also laid stepping-stones
for the institutionalization of a forum that
would enable policy institute directors to
meet regularly and exchange views and share
information on development issues and the
performance of their institutes.
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| Launch of African Policy Institutes Forum, Nov.
2004 
APIF 2004: From
left to right: Ms. Isabella Matambanadzo, Country
Programme Manager, Open
Society Institute of Southern Africa (OSISA);
Dr. Soumana Sako, Executive Secretary, ACBF;
Mr. Bassary Toure, Former Executive Director,
World bank/ Minister of Economy & Finance,
Mali; Prof. Paul Collier, Director, Center
for Study of African Economies, Oxford University
A workshop to formally launch an African Policy
Institutes Forum (APIF) was held on 15-16 November
2004 in Harare, Zimbabwe by the African Capacity
Building Foundation (ACBF). The two-day workshop
effectively established APIF as a continental
knowledge network whose core mandate is to promote
knowledge generation, dissemination and sharing
among African applied policy research centers
and specialized training institutions and also
provide a platform for the review of leading
issues in development, including capacity building
with a view to strengthening the development
process on the continent.
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