The ATPS is a trans-disciplinary network of researchers, policymakers, private sector actors and the civil society that promote the generation, dissemination, use and mastery of STI for African development, environmental sustainability and global inclusion.
The ATPS Phase VIII Strategic Plan for 2017-2022 has identified four strategic priority areas of focus during the period. These are: agriculture, food and nutrition; energy; climate change and environment; and health.
The ATPS network functions through National Chapters in 30 countries (27 African and 3 Diaspora chapters). The National Chapters operate under National Coordinators who provide intellectual and administrative leadership at country level.
Program Duration: 2009 to date
Program Director: Dr. Nicholas Ozor, Executive Director, ATPS
Program Coordinator: Dr. Nicholas Ozor, Executive Director, ATPS
Program Assistant: Mr. Ernest Acheampong, Research Officer, ATPS
Email Contact: executivedirector@atpsnet.org
The Climate Sense Program (CSP) has recently been designed for purposes of creating a common platform for Africa to be able to translate complex climate change issues in ways that promote dialogue at all levels of African society and globally. This program is also geared towards providing coordinated evidence based advocacy strategy for climate proofing development policies in African countries, and improving Africa’s participation and negotiation skills at global conventions such as the CoP 15 and beyond.
ATPS seek to promote CSP through targeted partnerships within the quadruple helix (Researchers, Private Sector Actors, Policy Makers and Civil Society) across the African countries and internationally. This will be focused on four integrated goals:
ATPS will launch its Climate Sense programme at a training workshop that will be held on 21 – 23 October 2009 in Nairobi, Kenya.
The Training Workshop will bring together about 120 key Africa stakeholders from the Quadruple Helix (Policymakers, Science Experts, Private Sector Actors, and the Civil Society) in Africa and in the Diaspora, plus selected international experts and Resources Persons. It intends to translate complex climate change issues, in ways that promote dialogue at all levels of African society. It will provide a coordinated, evidence-based advocacy strategy for African communities at the Climate Change negotiations in Copenhagen in December 2009, and beyond.
The key objective of this training workshop to “Make Sense of Climate Change” for the “Quadruple Helix: Policy Makers, Civil Society Actors, Science Experts and Private Sector Actors. The ATPS believes that only through equal partnerships and cooperation amongst the key actors in the Quadruple Helix, can sustainable development be achieved.