{"id":636,"date":"2019-02-12T10:10:03","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T10:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/policy-engagement\/?p=636"},"modified":"2019-02-12T10:10:05","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T10:10:05","slug":"evaluating-public-policies-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/policy-engagement\/evaluating-public-policies-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Evaluating public policies in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In 2014, the African Union adopted the Science, Technology\nand Innovation Strategy for Africa 2024 (STISA-2024). The first 10-year part of\nthe Union\u2019s longer-term Agenda 2063, 2019 marks the strategy\u2019s halfway point,\nand an opportune time to take stock and evaluate its performance so far.\nHowever, the STISA-2024\u2019s original timeline did not incorporate a mid-term\nevaluation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dr Chux Daniels<\/a> (SPRU) has been working with the African Observatory for Science, Technology and Innovation<\/a> (AOSTI) and other key stakeholders to develop a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) framework, which will be used to gather and analyse key data from STISA-2024\u2019s first five years of implementation. In this policy brief<\/a>, Dr Daniels outlines the strategy\u2019s priority areas and objectives, why an M&E framework is necessary, and presents key considerations and recommendations for its development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

These recommendations include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n