1 AIS-PPI TOOL TRAINING 13th to 16th September 2021 Emmanuel and Jackson 2 TRAINEES EXPECTATIONS • The trainees to brainstorm on their expectations on the training 3 TRAINING OBJECTIVE • The central objective of this activity is to strengthen: • the capacities of regional and national organizations in policy formulation, policy implementation, and policy advocacy as well as • resource mobilization AND • to support the implementation of policies, particularly STI policies among African countries 4 TRAINING OUTCOMES • At the end of training, the country policy teams will within a week: • finalize stock take of all their National and Regional Policies; • assess all these policies using the AIS-PPI tool; and • provide evidence for the analysis through submitting published and unpublished documents, and supporting data whenever available. 5 TRAINING OUTCOMES • Besides the policies related to cross border trade, the country teams would be notified of continuing with the other steps of the AIS-PPI implementation process: • country team assessment; • Independent review of assessment of AIS-PPI by main stakeholders; and, • stakeholder validation workshop of the PPI. 6 DISCUSSION • Engagement with the participants though Q&A session