In their own words: CSTC Trainers Discuss VakaYiko’s EIPM Course

4 November, 2016 Emily Hayter

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Ebenezer Rexford Amankwah and Anna Ofori are trainers from the Ghana Civil Service Training Centre who participated in delivering VakaYiko’s Evidence-Informed Policy Making Course. Ebenezer also acted as the coordinator between CSTC and the VakaYiko programme, working closely with GINKS. Nana Gyamfi is a Senior Accountant at CSTC and is also involved in traditional leadership as a chief of his community. He participated in the course first as a participant and has since become a trainer.

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Supporting the use of research and knowledge in policy making

21 October, 2016 Clara Richards

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Evidence for policy, General

INASP is known for strengthening the research and knowledge systems. For almost 25 years, we have been working with different part of this system so it can function as a whole: librarians, publishers, researchers, academics, IT services and their institutions in many countries. More recently, since 2009, we have been incorporating a further key component of the research and knowledge system: the policymakers and other users who need access to knowledge to make better decisions. This group is an important part of INASP's new five-year strategy, as Clara Richards explains.

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Evidence Spotlight – Development Planning in Ghana

21 October, 2016 Emily Hayter

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Evidence for policy

As part of VakaYiko’s recent event in Accra, GINKS hosted a National Stakeholder Forum on Evidence-Informed Policy Making (EIPM) in Ghana. Dr Isaac Mensa-Bonsu, the Director of Plan Coordination from Ghana’s National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) outlined four major national-level systems in Ghana that require evidence and described the role of the NDPC in each of these.

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Photo blog: VakaYiko Symposium 2016

8 October, 2016 INASP

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Evidence for policy

Approaches to Capacity Building for EIPM: VakaYiko Symposium 2016 ↗

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Lessons from the three years of the VakaYiko EIPM programme

30 September, 2016 Emily Hayter

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Evidence for policy

After three years, 11 countries, 1,164 people trained and 26 public engagement events held, the VakaYiko programme has come to an end. Emily Hayter shares some of the successes and things we have learnt.

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EIPM Readings #2: Leading change in the public sector

19 September, 2016 Clara Richards

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Evidence for policy

The private sector has an enormous amount of literature written on change management, but this paper argues that, although there are some lessons to learn from them, the public sector’s context operates under different rules, which affect deeply how things work and how change can be achieved. I couldn’t agree more.

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