The Second IAP Workshop - Entebbe, Uganda 10-13 November 2008
The second IAP workshop took place in Entebbe, Uganda on 10-13 November 2008. It was hosted by Makerere University, and was opened by the Vice-Chancellor of Makerere, Professor Livingston S. Luboobi, and the Irish Ambassador to Uganda, Mr Kevin Kelly.
Other speakers were the former Irish Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Dick Spring - who is chair of IAP’s International Advisory Board – and the Provost of Trinity College Dublin, Professor John Hegarty.
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Four discussion papers were presented on key IAP concepts: development research for poverty alleviation; research capacity building; partnership principles within the IAP; and the use of foresight within the IAP. IAP researchers Dr Eimear Barrett and Dr Mary Goretti Nakabugo presented the findings of the first phase of the stakeholder consultation, involving 312 senior academics in the 13 universities, and Professor Ronnie Munck and Ms Sheila Moorcroft made a presentation on the IAP’s foresight exercise. There was also a presentation on key issues in education and health research in African countries by academics from University of Dar es Salaam, University of Malawi, Makerere University and Universidade Eduardo Mondlane. Around 70 senior academics attended from the participating universities and other universities in Uganda and Kenya. |
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Presentations
The powerpoint presentations at the Entebbe workshop were as follows:
1. Work within the IAPRCB to date: Dr Niamh Gaynor, IAPRCB Project Director 20081110 IAPRCB Update - Gaynor.pps [206 KB]
2. Development research for poverty alleviation: Professor James Phelan, University College Dublin 20081110 Development Research for Poverty Alleviation - Phelan.pps [561 KB]
3. Research capacity building: Professor Saida Yahya-Othman, University of Dar es Salaam and Professor Ronaldo Munck, Dublin City University 20081110 Research Capacity Building Principles and Procedures Munck - Othman.pps [197 KB]
4. Partnership principles within the IAPRCB: Professor John Saka, Chancellor College, Malawi and Dr Niamh Gaynor, Dublin City University 20081110 Partnership Principals within IAP Gaynor - Saka.pps [1.35 MB]
5. The use of Foresight within the IAPRCB: Professor Jane Grimson, Trinity College Dublin 20081110 Foresight in IAPRCB - Grimson.pps [987 KB]
6. Presentation of findings of first phase of stakeholder consultation, Dary Mary Goretti Nakabugo, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick and Dr Eimear Barrett, Queen's University Belfast 20081110 Stakeholder Consultation - Barrett, Nakabugo.pps [1.05 MB]
7. Research in Education for Development: Dr Christopher Byalusago Mugimu, Makerere University 20081111 Research in Education, Makerere - Mugimu .pps [205 KB]
8. Research Capacity within Partners Institutions 11: Dr Paul Conway, University College Cork 20081111 Research capacity building and development, UCC - Conway.pps [285 KB]
9. Educational Research Tanzania: Professor Peter Chonjo, University of Dar es Salaam 20081111 Educational Research Tanzania - Chonjo.pps [2.31 MB]
10. Education and Health Issues in Malawi: Professor Dixie Maluwa-Banda 20081111 Education and Health in Malawi, Maluwa-Banda.pps [223 KB]
11. Health Research Prioritues in Mozambique: Professor Mamudo Ismail, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique 20081111 Health Research Mozambique - Ismail.pps [2.57 MB]
12. Educational Research for the next 10 years in Mozambique: Ms Feliciana Eduardo and Dr Francisco Januario, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique 20081111 UEM Education Research, Mozambique - Januario - Eduardo.pps [375.5 KB]
13. Research in Health Education in Uganda: Dr Charles Ibingira, Makerere University 20081111 Research in Health Development, Makerere - Ibingira.pps [356.5 KB]
See also
Workshop participants [36.5KB]
