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ACE PROPOSAL PREPARATION GUIDELINES
NUC WORKSHOP FOR NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES ON THE WORLD BANK-
SUPPORTED AFRICAN CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE PROJECT
16th JULY 2013
M. T. Usman
ACEs will be competitively selected and charged with the responsibility to promote regional specialization among participating universities in areas that address regional challenges and strengthen the capacities of these universities to deliver quality training and applied research
ACE – The Thrust
Countries participating in the first call include; Burkina Faso, Benin, Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal and Togo
Beneficiaries of demand-driven regional servicesLiberiaThe Gambia
ACE – The Competing countries
•We seek to participate in a regional competition and to emerge as ACE-hosting institutions•Key word is “competition”•Each institution therefore needs to put its best foot forward
ACE – Noteworthy points
ACE – Scoring Template
TECHNICAL EVALUATION
Potential for regional development impact 25
Potential for excellence 25
Sustainability 10
Social responsibility 5
Quality and consistency 5
TOTAL 70
ACE – Scoring Template
The qualifying universities (within their specialized topic and knowledge, and focusing on regional development challenges), will specifically: Strengthen post-graduate programs for a regional student body;Offer specialized courses for industry professionals in the region;Establish a regional faculty body, improve their faculty and attract additional top-level faculty;Provide learning resources, labs and minor rehabilitation of existing facilities;
ACE – Expectations
The qualifying universities (within their specialized topic and knowledge, and focusing on regional development challenges), will specifically: Establish linkages with companies, government agencies, and research centres for workplace learning, input into curricula, consultancies and joint research; andCollaborate with partner institutions as a means of sharing the benefits of the investments. For instance, sharing through training of faculty, sharing of curricula and sharing of learning resources.
ACE – Expectations
ACE – Indicators of success
Number of Local and International students in new PG programmes or short courses.
Percentage of females in these programmes Number of Internationally accredited programmes Number of students/faculty with at least one month
internship in Industry Quantum of externally generated revenue through the
programmes New collaborations with regional and international
institutions Number and depth of collaborations with
industry
ACE- Ts & Cs for Winning Proposals
Proposals must tie into national development priorities and to extant policies and guidelines in the sector to show how the ACE will contribute to national development.
A history of working relationship(s) with relevant MDAs in the field of interest is a strength that should be emphasised. Indications of how these will be utilised to support proposed research and training programmes would be boosters.
Proposals must tie into subregional and continental development priorities to show that they can contribute to the larger aspirations of the continent.
A tie-in into the goals of the ECOWAS strategy for Higher Education development and of the AUC as enshrined in the second decade of education for Africa, the AU-CAPST, etc.
ACE- Ts & Cs for Winning Proposals
Proposals must have linkages with industry to demonstrate relevance of training and research programmes to industrial growth and consequently, job creation and poverty alleviation
Existing linkages with relevant industry players should be emphasised. Where none exist, evidence of plans to initiate new linkages (e.g. for internships) and how they will help achieve PDOs should be stated and
supported with documentation.
ACE- Ts & Cs for Winning Proposals
Proposals must show strong existing academic collaborations and how these will be utilised to enhance quality postgraduate training and research competencies
Proposals are required to be;inter-disciplinary multi-departmentalmulti-institutionalInternationalmulti-lingual (bridge the anglophone –
francophone bridge) – the NUC isavailable to facilitate links where necessary
The bigger the resource pool, the better.
ACE- Ts & Cs for Winning Proposals
ACE- Project Contacts
Proposals must demonstrate existence of requisite learning and research resources in staffing and equipment. Emphasis on the acquisition of new heavy equipment will be a big minus
Proposals should flaunt the credentials of interdisciplinary teams of experts
Proposals should flaunt state-of-the-art equipment
Proposals should flaunt high-impact journal articles and other publications in the area.
ACE- Ts & Cs for Winning Proposals
Proposals must demonstrate institutional capability and readiness to sustain proposed training and research programmes
Include evidence of previous institutional sustenance of development-partner-supported activities
Include evidence of counterpart funding of such activities if any
Show plan/readiness to utilise existing funding opportunities to sustain project
ACE- Ts & Cs for Winning Proposals
Proposals must be socially and environmentally responsible, e.g. be gender-inclusive in the implementation of outreach activities
Include plans for social inclusiveness through; direct and indirect benefits to the poor and the disabled, (gender) affirmative action, etc
Show adherence to environmental guidelines (applicable laws & guidelines, World Bank safeguards)
ACE- Ts & Cs for Winning Proposals
Proposals must demonstrate consistency with institutional strategic plan
Show aspects of current institutional plan that the project ties into. Where a current plan is not in place, show links to old plan(s) and to institutional statutes/laws and provide evidence of ongoing activities to review the plan, if any
ACE- Ts & Cs for Winning Proposals
Proposals must demonstrate institutional leadership commitment. A statement of which should be part of the submission
A Vice Chancellor’s statement of commitment to support the proposal is a big plus. The VCs are to be interviewed as part of a verification process to ascertain this level of engagement
ACE- Ts & Cs for Winning Proposals
Competing institutions should ensure project awareness campaigns are conducted on their campuses to secure buy-in and cooperation during institutional evaluation
Members of the University community will be interviewed to gauge awareness levels. This will form part of the assessment of the level of institutional readiness
ACE- Ts & Cs for Winning Proposals
Insights from Initial Project
Design
ACE- Tips (Activities to propose)
Introduction of new or enhancement of existing curricula Postgraduate programmes Short courses
In-service Skills acquisition
Through Curricula development workshops Hosting of Professors/industry experts Development/Acquisition of content
and/or LMS Facilitation of access to partner
contents
ACE- Tips (Activities to propose)
Limited refurbishment of facilities Opportunity for demonstrating
counterpart funding capabilitiesLeverage ICT to promote extensive
collaboration while limiting travel costs Opportunity to illustrate the
complementarity of the NgREN project and institutional ICT investments
Opportunities for Staff exchange with local and international partners (institutions/industry)
ACE- Tips (Activities to propose)
Organisation of, and/or participation in, training workshops/seminars/conferences Plan to attend others’ events but
plan to host too to underscore peer acceptability
Opportunities for Staff exchange with local and international partners (institutions/industry) Plan to activate existing MoUs or
pursue new ones Propose knowledge transfer
partnerships with industry
ACE- Tips (Activities to propose)
Development of research activities as bases for; Collaboration short-term training visits or
fieldwork PG and PostDoc scholarships
Provision of Research internships industry-based internships
Publication of research findings Target top-tier journals Link to existing citations credited
to ACE Team members
ACE- Tips (Activities to propose)
Outreach activities Communication Community engagement Local and international Staff and
student recruitment drives Coordination of collaboration
between partners Emphasise use of ICT
infrastructure for easy and less costly coordination
Language services Propose complementary roles for
all partners
Merci pour votre attention
Thank you for your attention
Je vous souhaite bonne chance
I Wish you Good Luck
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