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African Strategy for �Fundamental and Applied Physics

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Pan-African, gender balanced and inclusive

Mandating Body : African Physical Society (AfPS)

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Steering Committee: ASFAP-SteeringCommittee@cern.ch

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Web : https://africanphysicsstrategy.org/,

Wiki : https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/AfricanStrategy

Twitter: https://twitter.com/StrategyAsfap

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Outline

  • Motivation
  • Structural Organization
  • Timeline
  • Endorsement and Support
  • How can you get involved?

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The African Strategy

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  1. Objectives
    1. Develop a Strategy to increase African education and research capabilities, improve collaborations, and inform international partners, sponsors, policymakers on the strategic directions likely to impact African development
    2. Engage African scientists and the international community in the Strategy development
    3. The process was launched in November 2020; gained traction in July 2021 during the Community Town Hall
      1. Second year of active engagement to explain the purpose a strategy and motivate community involvement
    4. This inaugural African Strategy to set the foundation and framework to draw the participation of African physicists —with inputs from the international communities—in defining education and physics priorities most impactful for Africa
  2. Structure
    • Broad footprint by discipline and fields
    • Steering Committee, Advisory Committee, Group Conveners, Sub-group Conveners
    • Solicitation of inputs from the community in the form of Letters of Interest (LOI), Surveys, Panel Discussion, Workshops, Conferences, regular meetings, and white paper Study Groups
      • Progress discussed in the relevant groups
      • Subgroup and group final reports (at the subgroup and convener levels); Strategy report at the Steering Committee level
      • Feedback and advice from the IAC

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Structure and Organization

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    • Overall coordination
    • Final report
    • Wide solicitation of community inputs
    • Preparation of Group reports

Physics Education, Knowledge Transfer, Entrepreneurship, Communication and outreach, Stakeholders and Funding and Govt agencies, Policy Makers, related affairs.

    • WG has 3-4 Convenors
    • WG defines Sub WGs
    • Review of progress
    • Advice on scope
    • Engage of stakeholders
    • Review and endorsement Report
    • Intra-comms
    • Review LOIs and WPs
    • Help WGs in editing
    • ASFAP CoC
    • Ombudspersons

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https://africanphysicsstrategy.org/

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https://africanphysicsstrategy.org/

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ASFAP Twiki ….. structure, activity

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ASFAP Timeline

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ASFAP Town Hall

ASFAP Community Planning Meeting, March 7-11, 2022

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How can you get involved

  1. Provide contributions to community inputs collections
    1. LOI, Survey, Workshop, Panel Discussions, Conferences, talks
  2. Submit LOIs until February, 2022

https://indico.cern.ch/event/1061921/

  • Participate in (sub)group meetings
    • Register to mailing lists of working groups of interest
    • Offer your constructive opinions and expertise
  • Encourage your research groups to get involved
  • Participate in White Paper study groups
  • Encourage institutional credits for those working on this Strategy
    • For people in leadership roles as (sub)conveners and liaisons
    • White papers aim to be published
    • White paper finding reviewed and referenced in the Strategy report
  • Register and attend the 2nd African Conference on Fundamental and Applied Physics (ACP2021), March 7-11, 2022. Hybrid event in Marrakesh, Morocco

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