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Following the outcome of the results of the regional consultations on the health-related SDGs by the West African Health Organisation (WAHO), in June 2017, the West African Ministers of Health, recommended that WAHO support the construction of a regional coalition responsible for monitoring the implementation of the SDGs and regularly reporting on progress. In this perspective, WAHO has joined the Senegalese Agricultural and Rural Foresight Initiative (IPAR) to explore ways to contribute to monitoring progress in implementing health-related SDGs at national and regional levels. With support from IDRC, IPAR would conduct three case studies in Burkina Faso, Ghana and Senegal with the aim of: (i) Identifying indicators common to these countries to initiate a more harmonized monitoring approach in the West African region; (ii) Examining the availability of data for the relevant indicators; (iii) Working with key civil society organizations (CSOs) to analyze their involvement in monitoring health-related SDGs ; and (iv) Proposing approaches to improve the national and regional monitoring of identified indicators. IPAR convened participants under the leadership of WAHO at a regional workshop in Dakar on April 15-16, 2019. Participants include representatives of the Ministries of Health of 15 West African countries, think tank and university researchers, representatives of civil society as well as other technical and financial partners. The workshop provided a platform to share the results of the regional synthesis, discuss proposed indicators, analyze in depth the availability of data for the selected indicators, specify the nature of the data and establish the baseline. CSEA’s Research Director on health Dr. Chinny Ogunro contributed to In-depth discussions on the results of the case studies.

CSEA Executive Director, Dr. Chukwuka Onyekwena participated at a regional capacity building training organized by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in collaboration with the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA).

CSEA participated at the side-event hosted by the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC) on Advancing Frontier Research on South South and Triangular Cooperation. The event was held along the side-lines of the Second High-level United Nations Conference on South-South Cooperation (BAPA+40).

The objective of the side-event was to share evidence-based research on South-South and triangular cooperation that has been commissioned by the South-South Global Thinkers initiatives.

CSEA, represented by Dr. Adedeji Adeniran, launched its research paper titled “South-South Ideas: South-South Cooperation Coherence in a Complex Assistance Framework for Development – The Case of Nigeria (2019)” at the event.

Bascially, the meeting was organised to contribute to the growing body of evidence and knowledge on issues pertinent to South-South cooperation to better inform global policy dialogues and agenda setting on SSC.

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CSEA senior research fellow, Dr. Grace Onubedo and Research fellow, Precious Akanonu, participated in the Economics of Tobacco Control learning workshop organized by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in partnership with the Cancer Research United Kingdom (CRUK). The workshop was aimed at supporting collaborative research learning and practice in the economics of tobacco control for the prevention of tobacco-induced non-communicable diseases. It provided a platform for seven research teams from across the world to discuss strategies in an effort to tackle the global tobacco epidemic. Specifically, it provided an opportunity for peer learning and community building across project teams and also strengthen project approaches for successful research communication and policy engagement. It also aimed to improve understanding of how gender analysis can be integrated into the economics of tobacco control research. The workshop was held from 19-21 February 2019, at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, London.

On Think Tanks (OTT) in collaboration with foraus and the Think Tank Hub convened thinktankers, think tank scholars, policy entrepreneurs and think tanks funders from around the world at the 2019 On Think Tanks Conference in Geneva Switzerland, to share experiences, present their research, and establish new or strengthen old partnerships. The conference also provided a platform for participants to present new research, evidence informed policy and seek feedback from fellow participants. It also provided an opportunity for participants to explore new collaboration and launch new partnerships. Dr. Chukwuka Onyekwena participated in a parallel session on “Unrestricted core funding is over: how to move on?” The discussion focused on how think tanks can reform their organizational structure to adapt to new funding systems as unrestricted core funding becomes a thing of the past. The event was held from February 4-7, 2019.