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.

On Think Tanks in partnership with Foraus and the Think Tank Hub organised the 2019 Winterschool for Thinktankers (WISCH), an initiative aimed at inspiring the next generation of think tank leaders.

The Winterschool provided a platform for young and proactive individuals to develop their knowledge and understanding of think tanks and to prepare themselves to become future policy entrepreneurs.

CSEA research associate and OTT-TTI Fellow, Joseph Ishaku, participated in the programme which was held in Geneva, Switzerland from 27th of January – 2nd of February 2019.