AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENT POLICY

Capacity building:in order to magnify the impact of its work and create a culture of evidence-informed decision making in public policy formation in africa, afidep carries out activities to strengthen local capacity in evidence translation and uptake. Afidep conducts training activities and other capacity building activities to help policymakers, civil society organizations and other end-users of evidence to understand the value of research evidence, and how to access, evaluate, interpret, communicate, and use it effectively. The institute also strengthens the capacity and skills of researchers and knowledge intermediaries in translating and communicating research evidence in decision-making.

Advocacy:afidep proactively promotes application of research evidence in decision-making processes at sub-national, national, and regional levels in africa. At the national level, we work with various partners to disseminate our research findings through one-on-one meetings with high-level policy makers and the media, and through various seminars and conferences. Our evidence informed advocacy extends to the regional level through our involvement in, and partnership with, key regional networks and organizations including the african union commission (auc), and regional economic blocks for eastern, southern, and central africa. We strengthen the african voice in global development discourse by drawing on the analyses and experiences working with decision-makers in africa to inform the international development community's investment policies in africa. Afidep's experts participate in international conferences, high-level development panels, and one-on-one meetings with key development partners to ensure that their priorities for the continent take account of the perspectives of african professionals.during the current year, all advocacy efforts were in support of general evidence-based policies, and did not constitute lobbying.advocacy constitutes approximately 10% of afidep's time and effort.