INVITATION TO FREE AND SPONSORED TRAININGS – physical and virtual/online; Sept. – Dec. 2021

 24 August 2021

Dear Partners,

INVITATION TO FREE AND SPONSORED TRAININGS – physical and virtual/online; Sept. – Dec. 2021

 

Once more, Afrihealth Optonet Association [CSOs Network] and HSP Consultants Ltd are thankful to the over 450 participants from across the universe who registered for/attended our Free training on Project Life Cycle early this month. We are encouraged by the interests generated via this intervention and thank you for your appreciations and generous comments received.

 

In response to the several requests for more capacity development interventions, we are pleased to announce that we have programmed a fresh round of free and sponsored capacity building activities for the remaining months of 2021. This is especially important for the sustainability of these services. We thank you for your understanding.

 

As presented in the table below, these trainings shall hold both virtually and physically, and have been staggered enough to fit into our ever-busy schedules. We have also provided links/URLs to the curricula of the courses, other services from our stable, to facilitate informed decisions. Please share this in your networks and among colleagues, to enable them benefit, especially the FREE training.

 

For the CERTIFICATE courses, the physical trainings hold for 22.5 hours over 5 days (Monday – Friday), while the virtual/online trainings hold for 25 hours over 10 days.

 

Register in advance for our other trainings using the zoom link below for the free course.

S/N	CERTIFICATE COURSE	ONLINE OR PHYSICAL	DATE	TIME	FEE
1.	EVALUATION CYCLE	Online/Zoom (see above)	7 Sept. 2021	2.30 – 5.00 pm WAT	FREE
2	MONITORING AND EVALUATION (M&E)	Online/Zoom	13-24 Sept. 2021	2.30 – 5.00 pm WAT daily	N99,000 or US$240
3	ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT	Physical	20-24 Sept. 2021	8.30 am – 1.00 pm WAT daily	N160,000 or US$380
4	PROJECT AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT	Online/Zoom	27 Sept – 8 Oct 2021	2.30 – 5.00 pm WAT daily	N99,000 or US$240
5	ADVOCACY, COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL MOBILIZATION (ACSM)	Physical	4-8 Oct. 2021	8.30 am – 1.00 pm WAT daily	N160,000 or US$380
6	FUNDRAISING, RESOURCES MOBILIZATION AND PROPOSAL WRITING	Online/Zoom	11-22 October 2021	2.30 – 5.00 pm WAT daily	N99,000 or US$240
7	MONITORING AND EVALUATION (M&E)	Physical	18-22 October 2021	8.30 am – 1.00 pm WAT daily	N160,000 or US$380
8	RESEARCH PROPOSALS	Online/Zoom	25 Oct. – 5 Nov. 2021	2.30 – 5.00 pm WAT daily	N99,000 or US$240
9	PROJECT AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT	Physical	1-5 Nov. 2021	8.30 am – 1.00 pm WAT daily	N160,000 or US$380
10	ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT	Online/Zoom	8 – 19 Nov. 2021	2.30 – 5.00 pm WAT daily	N99,000 or US$240
11	RESEARCH PROPOSALS	Physical	15-19 Nov.  2021	8.30 am – 1.00 pm WAT daily	N160,000 or US$380
12	ADVOCACY, COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL MOBILIZATION (ACSM)	Online/Zoom	22 Nov. – 3 Dec. 2021	2.30 – 5.00 pm WAT daily	N99,000 or US$240
13	FUNDRAISING, RESOURCES MOBILIZATION AND PROPOSAL WRITING	Physical	29 Nov. – 3 Dec. 2021	8.30 am – 1.00 pm WAT daily	N160,000 or US$380

 

Course: EVALUATION CYCLE (Free)

 

When: Sept 7, 2021; 02:30 PM West Central Africa

Venue: Zoom

Registration link: 

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwpcOCrqjkrG9aosADA6s9lvankXIqqvosO 

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

 

VENUE for all Physical training: Gracious Hotel; 29 Okemesi Crescent, off M. Buhari Way, by Old CBN, Garki, Abuja, Nigeria

Virtual trainings will hold via zoom, and links will be shared to registered participants prior to the training

 

Certificates shall be presented to participants in person at the end of each physical training.

 

Certificates shall be presented to participants via emails after each online/virtual training.

 

Click on the link below for the course module/curriculum (or copy and paste in your browser): 

<http://hspcempowerments.blogspot.com.ng/2015/08/modules-of-certificate-courses-dates.html>

 

Products and services from HSPC:

<http://hspcempowerments.blogspot.com.ng/2015/09/hspcs-services-and-products-for.html>

 

DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION/PAYMENTS: 4 days before the commencement of each course. Refund is possible in full if training is cancelled.

 

Payment of Registration fees for sponsored courses is be Bank transfer in Naira or US Dollars to the following accounts only:

 

Payments/transfers in Naira should be made into:

Zenith Bank (Nigeria)

Account Name: Health Systems & Project Consultants Ltd

A/C NO: 1013070541

 

Payments/transfers in US Dollars should be made into:

Beneficiary bank’s Name ---Access Bank PLC (Nigeria)

Beneficiary bank’s Swift code: ABNGNGLA

Beneficiary bank’s Account number –36145842

Intermediary bank’s Name: Citibank New York, New York, N.Y 100043

Intermediary bank’s Swift code: CITIUS33

Routing number---021000089

For further credit to:

beneficiary’s account number 0693158350 

(customer’s number with Access Bank) and

beneficiary’s account name Afrihealth Optonet Association 

 

We request registered participants for the sponsored courses kindly email their evidence of payment of appropriate sponsorship fee for their course of interest, to afrepton@gmail.com 

 

Dr. Uzodinma Adirieje, CMC, CMTF, FAHOA, FNAE, FASI, FIMC, FIMS, MNIM
Faculty Lead/Facilitator

1 Taiwo Close, MCC Rd, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria
Twitter: @uaadirieje; https://twitter.com/uaadirieje
Email: afrepton@gmail.com
Instalgram: @druzoadirieje; https://www.instagram.com/druzoadirieje/
Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/uzoadirieje;
Skype: druzoadirieje, druzoadirieje2015@gmail.com;
Zoom: druzoadirieje2015@gmail.com
Blog: http://druzodinmadirieje.blogspot.com.ng/  
LinkedIn: https://ng.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Dr.+Uzodinma/Adirieje
Phone, Telegram & WhatsApp: +234 803 472 5905
Telegram (HEFOSS link): https://t.me/joinchat/HQnG4hL5xbTZaMHgCdhIBA

 

 

 

 

ABOUT US:

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Afrihealth Optonet Association is a community-focused civil society organization [CSOs] network/think-tank of about 1000 CSOs with interests in the promotion of Health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and achievement/realization of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially in the global South. AFRIHEALTH Network and its members are involved in Health [Universal Health Coverage, HIV/AIDS, TB, FP/RH and Malaria - prevention, treatment, impact mitigation, care and support]; Vaccinations/Immunizations; Preventing/Controlling poverty-related Diseases; Nutrition and Food Security; Energy and Environment; and Empowerment, Gender/women empowerment, Good Governance and Human Rights. Incorporated in Nigeria as a not-for-profit, non-religious and non-partisan registered trustees in 2003, AFRIHEALTH uses Partnerships/Collaborations (PPP); Advocacy and Mobilisations; Research/Evidence-Generation (reviews, assessment, oversight, conferences, symposiums, seminars); Capacity Development/Training and Organizational Strengthening; Outreaches/Community Interventions; and Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) - called PARCOM Strategy to achieve its objectives; while focusing on rural and poor urban communities, marginalized, vulnerable and disadvantaged populations especially women, children, adolescents and elderly; and exploring the nexus/interlinkages between Health, Energy and Environment – including renewable energy, energy efficiency, energy conservation, climate change, biodiversity and ecosystems; Nutrition and Food Security, and Gender, Good Governance/Democracy and Human Rights. Its target beneficiaries include the poorest of the poor, children/infants and orphans, women, youth/adolescents, vulnerable population/groups and the elderly in rural and urban/suburban communities. Afri-health Optonet Association has a Consultative Status at the United Nations ECOSOC. 

 

The Health Systems and Projects Consultants (HSPC) Limited is a Nigerian management-holding consultancy firm established to provide and promote systems management, capacity building/training and evidence-generation/research and outreach services for the Health (including PHC, HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria), Nutrition and Food Security, Energy and Environment, and Good Governance and Human Rights. Incorporated in December 2011, HSPC Ltd strives to be a key private-sector player in providing technical services, leadership and support in conferences/workshops/seminars, evaluation, reviews, assessments and oversights, monitoring and evaluations (M&E), environmental impact assessments and performance audits. It provides and promotes organisational and individual capacity building/development and wellbeing through health tourism, trainings, mentoring, technical assistance, capacity-building tours and curricular development. HSPC also develops strategic projects and programs management approaches including strategic plans, operational/work plans, M&E plans, activity plans, business plans, and project planning and programs management. HSPC is a major commercial partner of Afrihealth in the areas of Capacity Development and Evidence-generation. In 2011-2012, Afrihealth and HSPC undertook a research on civil society capacity needs assessment, during which civil society organisations (CSOs) in Nigeria's 6 geopolitical zones expressed their areas of capacity needs. In 2012-13, it was the consultancy firm involved in organizing the 2^nd High Level Meeting (HLM) of the GlobalPOWER Women Network Africa (GPWNA) and 1^st Biomedical HIV Prevention Forum conference (2013)

 

 

Faculty Lead/Facilitator: Dr. Uzodinma ADIRIEJE

Dr. Uzodinma Adirieje is a certified Trainer, Facilitator, Trainers’ trainer and independent consultant. He is a Health and Development Systems Strengthening and Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Specialist, Writer/Columnist, Health Economist, Health & Environment/Energy/Climate/Biodiversity Advocate, Fed. Govt Accredited Trainer/Facilitator, Evaluator, Certified Management Consultant and Certified Management Specialist. He is CEO/Global Coordinator & UN/ECOSOC Representative of Afrihealth Optonet Association - a 24-years old civil society network/coalition of about 600 member-organizations in Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, Haiti, Malawi and Uganda with focus on Health, Energy/Environment, Nutrition/Food Security, and Gender/Good Governance/Human Rights using Partnerships, Advocacy, Research, Capacity Development, Outreaches, Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E). Among other professional services, he’s also the Chairman, Civil Society Organizations Strategy Group on Sustainable Development Goals (CSOSG-SDGs) in Nigeria; Country Group Lead, Civil Society Consultations on 2020 Voluntary National Review (VNR) of the SDGs, Nigeria; Executive Secretary, Nigeria Universal Health Coverage Actions Network (NUHCAN); National President, Nigerian Association of Evaluators (NAE); Member, National Core Working Group on 2020 Voluntary National Review (CWG-VNR), Nigeria; President, Society for Conservation and Sustainability of Energy and Environment in Nigeria (SOCSEEN); and Chairman, Nigerian Science-Policy Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (NiPBES). He was Project Director of the UNDEF-funded Project which promoted the SDGs in 81 Niger Delta communities (2017-2018). Dr. Adirieje was also the National Team Supervisor and Data Collection Team Leader of the Global Fund/NMEP/ISA’s Malaria Matchbox Nigeria Project 2020 – for the ‘Roll-out of the Malaria Matchbox Equity Assessment among Internally Displaced Persons/Women and Refugees in Adamawa, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe states. Chairman, national World Malaria Day Committee 2019 in Nigeria; appointed by the Federal Government of Nigeria as the Ag. Team Leader - Implementation, for Nigeria’s Medium-Term Plan (2021-2025) and Nigeria’s Agenda 2050; and Member, Presidential National Steering Committee and Technical Working Group (TWG) of the Federal Government of Nigeria’s Alternate School Programme (ASP) in 2021.

INVITATION TO (FREE) TRAINING ON 'PROJECT LIFE CYCLE'

 27 July 2021

Dear Members/Partners,

INVITATION TO (FREE) TRAINING ON 'PROJECT LIFE CYCLE'

Afrihealth Optonet Association is a community-focused CSOs network/think-tank of about 1000 organizations in the global South for the promotion of Health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being; and the SDGs, using partnerships, advocacy, research/evidence-generation, capacity development, outreaches, and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) as strategies; while focusing on rural and poor urban communities, marginalized, vulnerable and disadvantaged populations especially women, children, adolescents and elderly; and exploring the nexus/interlinkages between Health, Energy and Environment – including climate change, biodiversity and ecosystems, Nutrition and Food Security, and Gender, Good Governance and Human Rights. AFRIHEALTH has a Consultative Status at the United Nations ECOSOC.

Health Systems and Projects Consultants Ltd (HSP Consultants) is a consultancy firm providing technical services/facilitation in project/programme management, conferences/workshops/seminars, capacity building/training, monitoring and evaluation (M&E), reviews, research, assessments and oversight, advocacy, partnerships, environmental impact assessments and performance audits.
 
Afrihealth Optonet Association [CSOs Network] and HSP Consultants hereby invite all interested organizations/institutions and persons to a FREE training on ‘Project Life Cycle’ scheduled as indicated here. The training shall cover Needs Assessment, Problems Selection, SMART Objectives, Activities Development, Budgeting, Implementation, Documentation, and Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E).

When: Aug 5, 2021 02:30 PM West Central Africa

Venue: Zoom

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUtdeqprj4oG9UtE6vKV6YccdIrT3tcaZCW  

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Trainer/Facilitator: Dr. Uzodinma ADIRIEJE

Dr. Uzodinma Adirieje is a certified Trainer, Facilitator, Trainers’ trainer and independent consultant. He is a Health and Development Systems Strengthening and Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Specialist, Writer/Columnist, Health Economist, Health & Environment/Energy/Climate/Biodiversity Advocate, Fed. Govt Accredited Trainer/Facilitator, Evaluator, Certified Management Consultant and Certified Management Specialist. He is CEO/Global Coordinator & UN/ECOSOC Representative of Afrihealth Optonet Association - a 22-years old civil society network/coalition of about 600 member-organizations in Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, Haiti, Malawi and Uganda with focus on Health, Energy/Environment, Nutrition/Food Security, and Gender/Good Governance/Human Rights using Partnerships, Advocacy, Research, Capacity Dev't, Outreaches, Monitoing & Evaluation (M&E). Among other professional services, he’s also the Chairman, Civil Society Organizations Strategy Group on Sustainable Dev’t Goals (CSOSG-SDGs) in Nigeria; Country Group Lead, Civil Society Consultations on 2020 Voluntary National Review (VNR) of the SDGs, Nigeria; Executive Secretary, Nigeria Universal Health Coverage Actions Network (NUHCAN); National President, Nigerian Association of Evaluators (NAE); Member, National Core Working Group on 2020 Voluntary National Review (CWG-VNR), Nigeria; President, Society for Conservation and Sustainability of Energy and Environment in Nigeria (SOCSEEN); and Chairman, Nigerian Science-Policy Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (NiPBES). He was Project Director of the UNDEF-funded Project which promoted the SDGs in 81 Niger Delta communities (2017-2018). Dr. Adirieje was also the National Team Supervisor and Data Collection Team Leader of the Global Fund/NMEP/ISA’s Malaria Matchbox Nigeria Project 2020 – for the ‘Roll-out of the Malaria Matchbox Equity Assessment among Internally Displaced Persons/Women and Refugees in Adamawa, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe states. Chairman, national World Malaria Day Committee 2019 in Nigeria; appointed by the Federal Government of Nigeria as the Ag. Team Leader - Implementation, for Nigeria’s Medium-Term Plan (2021-2025) and Nigeria’s Agenda 2050; and Member, Presidential National Steering Committee and Technical Working Group (TWG) of the Federal Government of Nigeria’s Alternate School Programme (ASP) in 2021.


Dr. Uzodinma Adirieje, CMC, CMTF, FAA, FNAE, FASI, FIMC, FIMS, MNIM
Country Director & Lead Consultant/Facilitator
Health Systems and Projects Consultants Ltd
1 Taiwo Close, Toronto Junction; MCC Rd, Uratta, P.O. Box 1484, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria
Twitter: @uaadirieje; https://twitter.com/uaadirieje
Email: afrepton@gmail.com
Instalgram: @druzoadirieje; https://www.instagram.com/druzoadirieje/
Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/uzoadirieje;
Skype: druzoadirieje, druzoadirieje2015@gmail.com;
Zoom: druzoadirieje2015@gmail.com
Blog: http://druzodinmadirieje.blogspot.com.ng/  
LinkedIn: https://ng.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Dr.+Uzodinma/Adirieje
Phone, Telegram & WhatsApp: +234 803 472 5905
Telegram (HEFOSS link): https://t.me/joinchat/HQnG4hL5xbTZaMHgCdhIBA

 

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Afrihealth Optonet Association is a community-focused civil society organization [CSOs] network/think-tank of about 1000 CSOs with interests in the promotion of Health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and achievement/realization of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially in the global South. AFRIHEALTH Network and its members are involved in Health [Universal Health Coverage, HIV/AIDS, TB, FP/RH and Malaria - prevention, treatment, impact mitigation, care and support]; Vaccinations/Immunizations; Preventing/Controlling poverty-related Diseases; Nutrition and Food Security; Energy and Environment; and Empowerment, Gender/women empowerment, Good Governance and Human Rights. Incorporated in Nigeria as a not-for-profit, non-religious and non-partisan registered trustees in 2003, AFRIHEALTH uses Partnerships/Collaborations (PPP); Advocacy and Mobilisations; Research/Evidence-Generation (reviews, assessment, oversight, conferences, symposiums, seminars); Capacity Development/Training and Organizational Strengthening; Outreaches/Community Interventions; and Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) - called PARCOM Strategy to achieve its objectives; while focusing on rural and poor urban communities, marginalized, vulnerable and disadvantaged populations especially women, children, adolescents and elderly; and exploring the nexus/interlinkages between Health, Energy and Environment – including renewable energy, energy efficiency, energy conservation, climate change, biodiversity and ecosystems; Nutrition and Food Security, and Gender, Good Governance/Democracy and Human Rights. Its target beneficiaries include the poorest of the poor, children/infants and orphans, women, youth/adolescents, vulnerable population/groups and the elderly in rural and urban/suburban communities. Afri-health Optonet Association has a Consultative Status at the United Nations ECOSOC. 

 

Invitation to Dialogue on the Conservation of Biodiversity: we are part of the solution

Invitation to Dialogue on the Conservation of Biodiversity: we are part of the solution

Dear Biodiversity Stakeholder,

In commemoration of the 2021 International Day of Biodiversity, the Civil Society Actions on Climate, Energy and Biodiversity (CiSACEB) project/Afrihealth Optonet Association (an NGO Network with consultative status at the United Nations ECOSOC) and Society for Conservation & Sustainability of Energy & Environment in Nigeria (SOCSEEN) are organizing a 'Civil Society Dialogue on the Conservation of Biodiversity: we are part of the solution'. The event shall review and discuss the place and roles of the civil society in Biodiversity management, and as informed by the COVID-19 pandemic realities.

When: Today, May 24, 2021 03:00 PM West Central Africa

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0rd-mqqD8iGdDM9bb9G7NecA96uY_bOMeI

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. 

Dr. Uzodinma ADIRIEJE

Project Director/CEO; Civil Society Actions on Climate, Energy and Biodiversity (CiSACEB) project/Afrihealth Optonet Association (an NGO Network with consultative status at the United Nations ECOSOC)

Twitter: @uaadirieje; https://twitter.com/uaadirieje

Email: afrepton@gmail.com

Instalgram: @druzoadirieje; https://www.instagram.com/druzoadirieje/

Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/uzoadirieje;

Skype: druzoadirieje, druzoadirieje2015@gmail.com;

Zoom: druzoadirieje2015@gmail.com     

LinkedIn: https://ng.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Dr.+Uzodinma/Adirieje

Phone, Telegram & WhatsApp: +234 803 472 5905

Website: http://www.afrihealthcsos.org

Blog: http://druzodinmadirieje.blogspot.com  

 

The Place of the Civil Society in using Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) to achieve sustainable and resilient COVID-19 recovery, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): imperative of paradigm shifts to leave no one behind; 03 May 2021 - AFRIHEALTH

 

AFRIHEALTH OPTONET ASSOCIATION Civil Society Organizations [CSOs] network and think-tank on Health, Community and Dev’t Systems Strengthening

Email: afrihealthoptonet2@gmail.com Phone: +2348034725905 Website: http://www.afrihealthcsos.org

National Hq: Plot 520, FHA Estate, Lugbe, Airport Road; P.O. Box 8880, Wuse; Abuja, Nigeria

 

The Place of the Civil Society in using Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) to achieve sustainable and resilient COVID-19 recovery, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): imperative of paradigm shifts to leave no one behind; 03 May 2021

- a summary of the symposium workshop side event organized at 6th United Nations multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) for Sustainable Development Goals; by:

1.      Afrihealth Optonet Association [CSOs Network]

2.      Society for Conservation and Sustainability of Energy and Environment in Nigeria (SOCSEEN)

3.      Dr Uzo Adirieje Foundation (DUZAFOUND) 

 

I. Introduction

The Civil Society is in a crucial position in using Science, Technology and Innovation to achieve sustainable and resilient COVID-19 recovery and the SDGs and in achieving the global/UN commitment to leave no one behind. Afrihealth Optonet Association, Society for Conservation and Sustainability of Energy and Environment in Nigeria and Dr Uzo Adirieje Foundation; and with approval from the UN STI Forum secretariat, organized a symposium workshop side event. The symposium workshop aimed to recognize and engage the civil society organizations [CSOs] and communities as critical partners in creating demand and accountability for STI research and knowledge generation, depository, dissemination and monitoring and evaluation (M&E); at all levels of society and governance in order to 'build back better' and achieve the Agenda 2030 SDGs during and beyond COVID-19, towards achieving Agenda 2063.

 

II. Objectives of the workshop

The symposium workshop side event, held on 3 May 2021 with the following objectives:

1.      Promote the inclusion of the Civil Society in the conceptualization, planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and reporting of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) to achieve sustainable and resilient COVID-19 recovery, and the Sustainable Development Goals and Agenda 2063;

2.      Sensitize the global civil society and communities at all levels to use community-focused activities to mobilize the critical support the governments and stakeholders need in using Science, Technology and Innovation to achieve sustainable and resilient COVID-19 recovery and the SDGs;

3.      Emphasize the monitoring and demand-creation roles of the civil society in using Science, Technology and Innovation to achieve sustainable and resilient COVID-19 recovery and the SDGs;

4.      Advocate and emphasize the integration of the civil society as a key player in promoting and achieving knowledge-based economies/societies through STI especially in Africa and global South countries in a seamless manner to avoid unnecessary duplications; and

5.      Promote effective partnership between the Civil Society and other sectors (government, businesses/private for-profit sector, media, etc.) in order to achieve knowledge-based economies/societies anchored on STI at all levels and in all countries/communities.

 

III. Registrations and Attendance

Two Hundred and Thirty-nine (239) civil society organizations and STI stakeholders from all over the world registered for the event. Participants included persons from Nigeria, Jamaica, Cambodia, Austria, Ghana, Ireland, Cameroun, South Africa, Morrocco, Switzerland, Uganda, United States, Egypt and Democratic Republic of the Congo. These included women, children and young people; indigenous peoples; non-governmental organizations; local authorities; workers and trade unions; business and industry; the scientific and technological community; farmers; local communities, volunteer groups and foundations, migrants and their families, older persons, persons with disabilities, and various professional.

 

IV. Speakers and Presentations

Dr. Uzodinma Adirieje, CEO of Afrihealth Optonet Association, who is also the National Chairman, Civil Society Organizations Strategy Group on SDGs in Nigeria, facilitated the side event/symposium. He provided the context in which the side event was holding and recalled the crucial roles being played by the civil society in ensuring the achievement sustainable and resilient COVID-19 recovery, and the Sustainable Development Goals; as well as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the civil society sector. Presentations were made by the key speakers and dispassionately discussed by the participants. The key speakers were:

Mag. Klaus Höckner (France); Ambassador of the ZeroProject; Member of the IAAP Global Leadership Council; and W3C Advisory Committee Representative; who spoke on the subtopic: Zero Project - share your ideas, product and service - we do not have to reinvent the wheel’.

Dr. Ann Marcus-Quinn (Ireland); Course Director for the MA in Technical Communication and E-Learning, University of Limerick, Ireland; who spoke on the subtopic: Supporting Open Education Practices in a Post Covid World’.

Dr. Tríona Hourigan (Ireland); Post-primary teacher at Laurel Hill Secondary School FCJ, Limerick, Ireland; who spoke on the subtopic: ‘Teaching through a Pandemic - Lessons Learned’.

Surv. Dr. Emmanuel Kwamina Bamfo–Agyei (Ghana); MGhIS, Senior Lecturer, Head of Department & Vice Dean, Dept of Building Technology, School of Engineering, Cape Coast Technical University, Ghana; who spoke on the subtopic: ‘Relevance of 4IR in Science, Technology and Innovation’.

 

V. Recommendations from the side event

1. There is an urgent need to promote and support inclusive development through the capacitation and integration of knowledge-based economies among the civil society and communities into the political space to ensure that political entities and intending office holders key into the Initiative as a matter of utmost priority and in a seamless manner to avoid unnecessary duplications;

2. The United Nations/STI Forum is requested to develop and implement a Global Strategy to Mobilize Resources for Civil Society Knowledge Capacity and Institutional Development in post COVID-19 world especially in the global south/developing countries;

3. The African Union and G77 countries are requested to urgently adapt policies and procedures to key into the rapid changes of the fourth industrial revolution (4IR), develop physical and digital infrastructure and leverage it to accelerate participation of the civil society and rural, poor and suburban communities in global value chains and efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond;

4. In line with current dispositions, governments are requested to provide and support Open Education for understanding and harnessing the impact of technology in education on student progression and learning outcomes, and invest in education and reskilling programs for the civil society and workers, to ensure that technology supplements, instead of replaces, labour;

5. Since innovation is at the heart of the 4IR and knowledge-based economies, efforts must continue towards reinforcing state and institutional capacity and commitments to drive and support innovation and create the enabling business environments essential for success using School Digital Culture, Use of Television, School Communities, regular Stakeholder Consultation, and reducing inequality in terms of access to technology and devices; and

6. Continuously identify and promote Innovative Practices and Innovative Policies covering in the areas of accessibility, education, employment, independent living and political participation.

 

Participants expressed gratitude to the UN STI Forum and Afrihealth Optonet Association for organizing the symposium workshop side event.

 

Signed:

Dr. Uzodinma Adirieje, CMC, CMTF, FNAE, FASI, FIMC, FIMS, MNIM

Side Event Facilitator

 

Speakers named for the Civil Society symposium side event at the United Nations Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Forum, 3 May 2021; organized by Afrihealth Optonet Association and partners

Speakers named for the Civil Society symposium side event at the United Nations Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Forum, 3 May 2021; organized by Afrihealth Optonet Association and partners

Background and Introduction:

The Civil Society is in a crucial position in using Science, Technology and Innovation to achieve sustainable and resilient COVID-19 recovery and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and in achieving the global/UN commitment to leave no one behind. Contemporary and future global economies and development systems need to be knowledge-driven and anchored around Science, Technology and Innovation including intellectual properties, ICT (information and communications technology), health/COVID-19, and energy/climate, among others. These can never be achieved if civil society continues to be largely left out of the efforts to achieve knowledge-based and STI-driven economies especially in Africa and developing countries (low income and middle income). The world needs to deliberately harness the abundant (potential) STI competencies and development resources within the civil society and our communities. It's important to recognize and engage the civil society organizations [CSOs] and communities as critical partners in creating demand and accountability for STI research and knowledge generation, depository, dissemination and monitoring and evaluation (M&E). These capacity and engagement are needed at all levels of society and governance in order to 'build back better' and achieve the Agenda 2030 SDGs during and beyond COVID-19, towards achieving Agenda 2063.

To this end, Afrihealth Optonet Association [CSOs Network] invites Civil Society actors and STI stakeholders to the Symposium Workshop on ‘The Place of the Civil Society in using Science, Technology and Innovation to achieve sustainable and resilient COVID-19 recovery and the Sustainable Development Goals: the imperative of paradigm shifts to leave no one behind. This event shall be held on the sideline of the sixth annual (2021) United Nations multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the SDGs (STI Forum).

Afrihealth Optonet Association is a community-focused civil society organization [CSOs] network/think-tank of about 1000 CSOs with interests in the promotion of Health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and achievement/realization of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially in the global South. AFRIHEALTH Network and its members are involved in Health; Nutrition and Food Security; Energy and Environment; and Empowerment, Gender/women empowerment, Good Governance, and Human Rights. Incorporated in Nigeria as a not-for-profit, non-religious and non-partisan registered trustees in 2003, AFRIHEALTH uses Partnerships/Collaborations (PPP); Advocacy and Mobilisations; Research/Evidence-Generation; Capacity Development/Training and Organizational Strengthening; Outreaches/Community Interventions; and Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) - called PARCOM Strategy to achieve its objectives; while focusing on rural and poor urban communities, marginalized, vulnerable and disadvantaged populations especially women, children, adolescents and the elderly. Its target beneficiaries include the poorest of the poor, children/infants and orphans, women, youth/adolescents, vulnerable population/groups and the elderly in rural and urban/suburban communities. Afri-health Optonet Association has a Consultative Status at the United Nations ECOSOC. 

Topic:

The Place of the Civil Society in using Science, Technology and Innovation to achieve sustainable and resilient COVID-19 recovery, and the Sustainable Development Goals: imperative of paradigm shifts to leave no one behind

Objectives of the Civil Society side event include to:

1.      Promote the inclusion of the Civil Society in the conceptualization, planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and reporting of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) to achieve sustainable and resilient COVID-19 recovery, and the Sustainable Development Goals and Agenda 2063

2.      Sensitize the global civil society and communities at all levels to use community-focused activities to mobilize the critical support the governments and stakeholders need in using Science, Technology and Innovation to achieve sustainable and resilient COVID-19 recovery and the SDGs;

3.      Emphasize the monitoring and demand-creation roles of the civil society in using Science, Technology and Innovation to achieve sustainable and resilient COVID-19 recovery and the SDGs;

4.      Advocate and emphasize the integration of the civil society as a key player in promoting and achieving knowledge-based economies/societies through STI especially in Africa and global South countries in a seamless manner to avoid unnecessary duplications; and

5.      Promote effective partnership between the Civil Society and other sectors (government, businesses/private for-profit sector, media, etc.) in order to achieve knowledge-based economies/societies anchored on STI at all levels and in all countries/communities.

SPEAKERS:

1.      Surv. Dr. Emmanuel Kwamina Bamfo–Agyei, MGhIS, PhD Eng. Mgt, MSc. Const. Mgt., BSc. (Hons) Building. Tech., HND Building Tech.

Senior Lecturer, Head of Department & Vice Dean, Department of Building Technology, School of Engineering, Cape Coast Technical University, Ghana.

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2.      Dr. Tríona Hourigan, PhD in ICT in Education; Post-primary teacher at Laurel Hill Secondary School FCJ, Limerick, Ireland.

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3.      Dr. Ann Marcus-Quinn. Course Director for the MA in Technical Communication and E-Learning, University of Limerick, Ireland.

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4.      Mag. Klaus Höckner. Ambassador of the ZeroProject

Member of the IAAP Global Leadership Council

W3C Advisory Committee Representative

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MODERATOR:
Dr. Uzodinma Adirieje.
CEO and United Nations Permanent Representative, Afrihealth Optonet Association [CSOs Network].
National Chairman, Civil Society Organizations Strategy Group for Sustainable Development Goals in Nigeria (CSOSG-SDGs Nigeria).

National President, Nigerian Association of Evaluators (NAE).

Executive Secretary, Nigeria Universal Health Coverage Actions Network (NUHCAN).

President, Society for Conservation and Sustainability of Energy and Environment in Nigeria (SOCSEEN)

WHEN: May 3, 2021 04:00 PM West Central Africa                 

VENUE: Virtual via Zoom 

Event Link:

The event link is available through registration. Register in advance for this meeting via (clicking on) this link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMvduGtqT8pHdad_t0je_rw6HSaCLbIMPGt  

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing the personalized event link for joining the side event.

The symposium workshop shall also receive interventions from notable panelists across the world, activists, participants and stakeholders in vaccine and immunization, in a global audience.

Contact:

Afrihealth Optonet Association [CSOs Network] – with consultative status at UN ECOSOC

Website: http://www.afrihealthcsos.org    

Weblog: http://druzodinmadirieje.blogspot.com/   

Email: afrihealthoptonet2@gmail.com

Phone/WhatsApp/telegram: +2348034725905