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If you would like to attend the workshop, book overnight accommodation or receive further information please contact Marlene Gordon at:

Development Policy and Practice

Technology Faculty

The Open University

Walton Hall

Milton Keynes MK7 6AA

United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0)1908 654782

Fax: +44 (0)1908 654825

Email: m.gordon@open.ac.uk

North-South Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) operating in developing countries are considered as mechanisms for technology transfer and development, national capacity building, and market access. Presentations at this workshop draw on recent research about the role of PPPs in the African agricultural biotechnology innovation systems. The workshop is particularly relevant to policy makers and development practitioners. We have invited a dynamic group of academics and participants from government and non-government agencies involved in funding agricultural research and in developing related policy.

The workshop is organised by the Development Policy and Practice (DPP) department of the Open University. DPP is the main centre in the Open University for teaching and research in International Development (see http://dpp.open.ac.uk/about.htm).

The workshop is funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Science in Society Programme.

Provisional Programme

09:30–10:00

Registration

10:00–10:10

Welcome

Steve Rayner - Science in Society Programme, ESRC

10:10–12:30

Session I: Experiences and Impacts of Public-Private Partnerships in African Agriculture

Chair: Joyce Tait - ESRC INNOGEN Research Centre, University of Edinburgh

10:10–10:50

Seife Ayele - Science in Society Project, The Open University

Capacity Building and Public-Private Partnerships in African Crop Biotechnology: Comparative perspectives on Mali, Kenya and Egypt

10:50–11:30

Joanna Chataway - Science in Society Project and ESRC INNOGEN Research Centre, The Open University

International Partnerships and Local Contexts

11:30–12:10

Franklin Nsubuga-Muyonjo - Ugandan National Council for Science and Technology

North-South Partnerships in Agricultural Biotechnology in Uganda – Achievements, Challenges and Policy Issues

12:10–12:30

Discussion

12:30–13:30

Lunch

13:30–16:30

Session II: Partnerships, Networks, Governance and Strategy

Chair: Hazel Johnson- Development Policy and Practice, The Open University

13:30–14:10

James Smith - ESRC INNOGEN Research Centre, University of Edinburgh

Partnerships, Networks and Governance in an African Centre of Excellence

14:10–14:50

Margaret Karembu - ISAAA AfriCenter, Nairobi, Kenya

Biotechnology Transfer Strategies: Some Lessons for Policy in Taking Products to Farmers in East Africa

14:50–15:05

Tea Break

15:05–15:45

Matthew Harsh - University of Edinburgh

Topic to be confirmed

15:45–16:15

Discussion

16:15–16:30

Summary of the day’s proceedings

David Wield - Science in Society Project and ESRC INNOGEN Research Centre, The Open University