Projects

Trainings and Human Resources Development,Strategies and development programmes,Expertise and research work,

Consultancy to undertake a Situation Analysis in order to Assess and Formulate Support Strategies for the National Research Systems (NRS) in Southern African Development Community (SADC)

Botswana

The European Commission in Botswana

SADC Secretariat

The programme Implementation and Coordination of Research and Training in the SADC region (ICART) is a regional research and training program operating under the auspices of the SADC Secretariat, responsible for the coordination of the research and training programs. ICART’s overall objective is to contribute to regional economic growth and poverty alleviation by organizing within the SADC region innovative research and training activities to promote sustainable use of resources. The programme was designed to enable national research programmes, where they already exist (involving public sector research and training institutions, private sector research and technology generation companies, and professional organisations) to generate through empirical means innovative solutions to: - strengthen both in-country and regional cooperation in order to increase production, productivity and quality; - improve incomes of small-scale businesses and profits for processors, traders and other beneficiaries, while maintaining the limited resource base. The consultants provided the SADC Secretariat and the EC Delegation with sufficient information to help lay the foundation for preparing and launching programme activities in support of regional research and training programmes, and the later establishment of a regional business information system. They worked in close co-operation with both the SADC Secretariat and the EC Delegation.

Start date: 2007-01-01

End date: 2007-10-31