Brown Bag Seminars Series

As part of its knowledge generation and sharing program, the Foundation started organizing a Brown Bag Seminar Series in 2003. The Series is devoted to sharing insights, intuitions, concepts, tools, techniques, ideas, practices, new applications, skills, experiences and major research findings that could contribute knowledge in capacity building and development in Africa. Presentations at the Seminar Series are not necessarily rigorously researched papers. They are largely seminal thoughts that could form the basis of an extensive research and capacity building program by the Foundation.

The ‘Brown Bag” seminars are held at frequent intervals to promote a culture of information exchange and learning at the level of the Secretariat. The Seminars are also intended to generate knowledge as well as provide a forum for discussion of pertinent issues at national, regional and international levels that impact on Africa’s development.

Presenters at the Seminar Series are drawn from professional staff of the Foundation, members of the Foundation’s Technical Advisory Panels and Networks (TAP-NETs), prominent visitors to the Foundation, senior professional staff of ACBF partner institutions, Directors and professional staff of ACBF-supported institutions, development managers, policy practitioners, policy analysts and researchers. Presentations are expected to be succinct and should contribute to learning, knowledge and information sharing. Participants at these seminars come from partner institutions, government departments, academia, and the private sector, among others.

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