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THE AERC 2020–2025 STRATEGIC PLAN

Data Collection
Level Expected Results Indicators Indicator Definition Baseline Target Values Final Instrument and Risks/Assumptions
Target Frequency

2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25
Activity 1.5.3.2: Award 10 15 15 15 15 ✓ AERC reports;
visiting scholars/research ✓ Mentorship progress
mentorship programme reports, annually.
fellowships/institutional
attachments.

Intermediate Improved quality and Number of CMAP, CMAAE, Count of universities 27 29 32 35 35 35 ✓ AERC reports; ✓ Resources are available;
Outcome 1.6 delivery of university and CPP universities whose capacity has ✓ Programme records, ✓ Sound governance of
graduate level economics with capacity to offer been built over time to annually. universities;
curriculum. graduate level teaching offer the collaborative
in Economics and master’s/PhD programme ✓ Availability of competing
Agricultural Economics. as accredited/degree opportunities for faculty staff;
awarding universities. ✓ Available international
external examiners.
External examiners’ Anticipated to have a Developed >3 (60%) >3 (60%) >3 (60%) >3 (60%) ✓ External examiners
quality evaluation index. 11 matrix to evaluate quality quality reports;
improvement on the evaluation ✓ Programme reports,
scale of one to five or index for annually.
in percentage with high use by
scores representing high external
quality. examiners.
Number of registered Count of students 80 80 80 200 250 250 ✓ BLMS metric reports, ✓ Requisite technological
users of blended-learning accessing the Blended- annually. infrastructure in place in
materials. Learning Management participating universities;
System (BLMS) courses. ✓ Available team of experts to
Percentage unit Proportion of unit costs 0 0 0 0 30% 30% ✓ Audited reports, develop e-learning modules;
cost savings in the saved in JFE/SFSE annually. ✓ Teaching faculty adequately
implementation of JFE/ following implementation equipped to implement
SFSE. of blended learning. blended learning;
✓ Full implementation of
blended learning.
Output 1.6.1 Universities upgraded Number of universities Annual count of 0 4 4 4 4 4 ✓ AERC reports; ✓ Resources are available;
teaching infrastructure awarded institutional universities awarded ✓ Grants award letters, ✓ Financial administration of
(ICT equipment, grants and upgraded institutional grants annually. beneficiary universities is
books, and learning teaching infrastructure. and upgraded teaching accountable and transparent.
materials) from awarded infrastructure (ICT
institutional grants. equipment, books and
other learning materials).
Activity 1.6.1.1: Award 8 4 4 4 4 ✓ Programme records,
four institutional grants annually.
annually to CMAP, CMAAE,
and CPP universities
to upgrade teaching
infrastructure.

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