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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
Output 1.5.2 Early-career researchers Number of early-career Count of early-career 301 360 420 480 540 600 ✓ AERC reports; ✓ Resources are available;
trained and mentored. researchers technically researchers who have ✓ Programme records; ✓ Potential beneficiaries meet
trained and mentored. participated in technical minimum qualification
research workshops ✓ Alumni list, annually. requirements to participate;
and obtained research
mentorship. ✓ Availability of skilled resource
persons;
Activity 1.5.2.1: Conduct 3 3 3 3 3 ✓ AERC reports; ✓ AERC has capacity to
technical workshops and ✓ Progress reports from accommodate the diverse
research mentorships for mentors, annually. needs of partnering
researchers. institutions.
Activity 1.5.2.2: Conduct 1 1 ✓ AERC reports;
technical workshops for ✓ Progress reports,
non-state actors. annually.
Activity 1.5.2.3: Organize 1 1 1 1 1 ✓ AERC reports.
AERC session at CSAE,
Oxford, UK.
Activity 1.5.2.4: 1 1 1 1 1 ✓ AERC reports, annually.
Organize AERC sessions
at Econometric Society
Africa Conference.
Activity 1.5.2.5: Design, Number of online Count of online technical 0 1 1 1 1 1 ✓ System reports. ✓ Resources are available;
produce, and host technical workshop workshop courses ✓ Facilitators willing to have
five online technical courses produced and produced and hosted on their content packaged into
workshop courses on hosted on e-learning e-learning platform. open online courses.
e-learning platform. platform.
Output 1.5.3 Researchers/scholars Number of researchers/ Cumulative count of 81 91 106 121 136 151 ✓ AERC reports, annually. ✓ Resources are available;
mentored under the scholars mentored under researchers/scholars ✓ Available pool of early-career
visiting scholars/research the visiting scholars/ mentored under a researchers/scholars with
mentorship and exchange research mentorship and short-term visiting requisite qualifications;
programmes. exchange programmes. scholar/research
mentorship – and ✓ Operational institutional
exchange programmes partnerships supporting
established in partnership visiting research and
with regional and global mentorship exchange
educational, research, programmes.
and multilateral
organizations.
Activity 1.5.3.1: Formalize 3 4 5 6 7 8 ✓ AERC reports annually;
MoUs with more regional ✓ Signed MOUs.
and global institutions to
increase visiting scholars/
research mentorship
programmes.

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