GPEKE helps improve equity in research and knowledge systems by supporting gender equity; equity in research skills development; and equity in research publishing via global platforms for researchers and journals and in-depth partnerships in Uganda, Ethiopia and Cambodia.
We are working in partnership with Uganda National Council for Science and Technology to strengthen the equity of the research and knowledge system within Uganda.
Transforming Employability for Social Change in East Africa (TESCEA) is helping young people in Tanzania and Uganda to use their skills and ideas to tackle social and economic problems.
INASP was commissioned to carry out an evaluation of the extent to which the PEBL project has increased flexibility in East African Higher Education systems to expand capacity to meet increasing graduate learning demands without eroding quality
INASP partners with national library consortia to facilitate affordable access to research. INASP negotiates with publishers to provide researchers and libraries in developing countries with the research content they need at affordable prices.
Strong and Equitable Research and Knowledge Systems in the Global South (SERKS) is working to strengthen research and knowledge systems and address the challenges of inequity within and between research and knowledge systems.
INASP worked with national library consortia and equivalent bodies to build quality training programmes to enable librarians to manage access to information and support researchers.
INASP worked with national library consortia and equivalent bodies to strengthen the organisational effectiveness of library consortia, to enable them to play stronger roles nationally, and to represent national needs in relationships with publishers and other suppliers.
From 2013-2018 the Strengthening Research and Knowledge Systems (SRKS) programme worked at the individual, institutional and national levels to strengthen research and knowledge systems.
The VakaYiko Consortium worked with partners in Ghana, Kenya, Peru and Zimbabwe to develop public engagement events - Policy Dialogues and Knowledge Cafes - in order to strengthen networks and communication channels with actors across the research-to-policy system.
A pilot project, working with National Research and Education Networks– national providers of academic and research IT services, known as NRENs - to improve campus networks and to strengthen the ability of NRENs to provide on-going support and training.
PERI worked to strengthen research and knowledge systems in developing countries with the aim of having research information inform social and economic development in the south.
The African Journals Online programme was initiated by INASP in order to raise the visibility of African journals and create a greater awareness of research carried out in Africa. Locally owned and managed since 2005, AJOL now hosts more than 500 African journals.
In order to increase access to and use of information by the public, INASP was asked to work with national and public library associations in Africa to enable the development of strategic and work plans, training and the research and publication of newsletters, reports and books.
