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.
Sharing tools in planning for Sustainable Development
Program Duration: 2013-2014
Program Contacts for ATPS: Dr. Nicholas Ozor, Ag. Executive Director, ATPS.
Email: executivedirector@atpsnet.org
SDplanNet is a sustainable development planning network created to help government professionals at the national and sub-national levels share best practices and build capacity in the preparation and implementation of strategies for sustainable development and inclusive and fair green economies. The network is fully functional in Asia & Pacific, Latin America & Caribbean and Africa, and administered by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), the Africa Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS) respectively.
A major activity of this network was to organize a series of regional network in Asia, Caribbean to bring together key experts from government, regional and international organizations with mandates for sustainable development and planning to forge the way forward towards achieving transformative change through the post-2015 development agenda and sustainable development goals (SDGs).
The ATPS organized the first ever Sustainable Development Transition Forum (SDTF) which convened approximately 55 experts within governments and international and regional organizations to advance the mainstreaming of SD principles and green economy approaches into national and sub-national development planning and scaling-up implementation. The SDTF achieved the following objectives:
http://www.iisd.org/sites/default/files/publications/sdplannet_africa.pdf
http://www.iisd.org/sites/default/files/publications/sdplannet_summary.pdf