IDEP Abdul-Raheem Tajudeen Fellowships
Publish date: 06/09/2011
Organization: IDEP
Author: Institut Africain de Développement ECONOMIQUE ET DE PLANIFICATION DES NATIONS UNIES
Sector: Education
Pan-African fellowships programme for visiting policy researchers
The United Nations African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP) is pleased to announce the appointment of the first set of fellows under its pan-African fellowships programme for visiting policy researchers. This programme’s fellows will be formally known as ‘IDEP Abdul- Raheem Tajudeen Fellows’. The first two appointed fellows will be arriving in Dakar from mid-September 2011. Launched in February 2011, this fellowships programme is primarily intended for researchers from African universities, specialized research institutes, think tanks and civil society organizations with a strong background in action-research, and working on economic management and development in Africa.
The fellowships initiative aims, among other things, to improve the contribution of research to the process of policy formulation and decision making in Africa, and to build a stronger interface between research and development policy on the continent. The fellowships are awarded by IDEP in memory of Dr Abdul-Raheem Tajudeen (1961-2009) as a tribute to his life and work, and the example in leadership which he represented for many Africans – and non-Africans - across the world.
The first two fellows who have been selected based on a rigorous process of evaluation are:
• Dr. Abebe Mugeleta Wolde, a specialist in Public Administration and Development Management at the IRLDS (Institute of Regional and Local Development Studies) and an assistant professor at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. During his three-month visit, his research will focus on the following theme: "Public Sector Reform in Africa: Promise and Performance".
• Dr. Olusegun Gbadebo Odularu, an Agricultural Economist and a researcher at FARA (Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa). During his one-month visit, his research will focus on "The Role of Standards in influencing Africa’s Access to Global Market for Cocoa."
The research to be undertaken by the two fellows will feed into on-going policy processes in African public sector governance and agricultural reform at the regional, sub-regional and national levels.
For more information on IDEP Abdul-Raheem Tajudeen Fellowships programme, please visit IDEP website at: www.unidep.org
About Dr Abdul-Raheem Tajudeen
Dr Abdul-Raheem Tajudeen was, in his lifetime, a foremost pan-African development scholar and activist. He was born in Funtua, Nigeria, in 1961 and died in a tragic car accident on the road to the airport in Nairobi, Kenya, on 25 May, 2009, African liberation commemoration day. He was recognized for his outspokenness and strong leadership role in campaigning for global justice, democratic governance, public accountability, human rights, regional integration and African Unity. He was a prolific columnist and political analyst on contemporary Africa who regularly spoke on radio and wrote in newspapers, magazines and journals. He was the founding coordinator of the London-based Africa Research and Information Bureau and also an editor of its journal, Africa World Review. He was best known for his role as Secretary General of the 7th Pan-African Congress in 1992 in Kampala, Uganda. He subsequently served as Director of Justice Africa (a London-based human rights and peace organization). He was, at the time of his death, the Deputy Director for Africa of United Nations Millennium Campaign. Abdul-Raheem Tajudeen received his undergraduate education in Political Science at the Bayero University (Kano, Nigeria), and a DPhil in Politics from Oxford University (Oxford, UK) where he was a Rhodes Scholar.
The fellowships initiative aims, among other things, to improve the contribution of research to the process of policy formulation and decision making in Africa, and to build a stronger interface between research and development policy on the continent. The fellowships are awarded by IDEP in memory of Dr Abdul-Raheem Tajudeen (1961-2009) as a tribute to his life and work, and the example in leadership which he represented for many Africans – and non-Africans - across the world.
The first two fellows who have been selected based on a rigorous process of evaluation are:
• Dr. Abebe Mugeleta Wolde, a specialist in Public Administration and Development Management at the IRLDS (Institute of Regional and Local Development Studies) and an assistant professor at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. During his three-month visit, his research will focus on the following theme: "Public Sector Reform in Africa: Promise and Performance".
• Dr. Olusegun Gbadebo Odularu, an Agricultural Economist and a researcher at FARA (Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa). During his one-month visit, his research will focus on "The Role of Standards in influencing Africa’s Access to Global Market for Cocoa."
The research to be undertaken by the two fellows will feed into on-going policy processes in African public sector governance and agricultural reform at the regional, sub-regional and national levels.
For more information on IDEP Abdul-Raheem Tajudeen Fellowships programme, please visit IDEP website at: www.unidep.org
About Dr Abdul-Raheem Tajudeen
Dr Abdul-Raheem Tajudeen was, in his lifetime, a foremost pan-African development scholar and activist. He was born in Funtua, Nigeria, in 1961 and died in a tragic car accident on the road to the airport in Nairobi, Kenya, on 25 May, 2009, African liberation commemoration day. He was recognized for his outspokenness and strong leadership role in campaigning for global justice, democratic governance, public accountability, human rights, regional integration and African Unity. He was a prolific columnist and political analyst on contemporary Africa who regularly spoke on radio and wrote in newspapers, magazines and journals. He was the founding coordinator of the London-based Africa Research and Information Bureau and also an editor of its journal, Africa World Review. He was best known for his role as Secretary General of the 7th Pan-African Congress in 1992 in Kampala, Uganda. He subsequently served as Director of Justice Africa (a London-based human rights and peace organization). He was, at the time of his death, the Deputy Director for Africa of United Nations Millennium Campaign. Abdul-Raheem Tajudeen received his undergraduate education in Political Science at the Bayero University (Kano, Nigeria), and a DPhil in Politics from Oxford University (Oxford, UK) where he was a Rhodes Scholar.
Press contact:
Aïssatou Tounkara
Assistante principale - Communication/Senior Communications Assistant
IDEP Nations Unies, BP 3186 CP 18524
Dakar, Sénégal
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Email: a.tounkara@unidep.org
