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Overview

Established in 2015
Inaugurated in 2016
Fostering the goals of the IAU Strategic Plan in the region
Regional management, coordination and evaluation of IAU capacity building programs
Liaison with the global OAD, other ROADs (especially those in Africa), and the sector task forces
Provision of administrative support for regional IAU programs in development, education, and outreach.

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Overview

Coordination of contacts between the IAU and national authorities in the region
Maintenance of a regional IAU website and appropriate forums for development and education.
Provision of advice, guidance and information for astronomers in all countries in the region about IAU programs.
Proactive initiation and coordination of fundraising activities for regional development activities.
Reporting regularly to the OAD, and IAU Executive Committee where required, on activities of the regional node

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WAROAD

Strategic Goals

Objectives/Indicators

Activities

Risk Analysis

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Strategic Goals

Research collaboration
Instrumentation development
Capacity building
Education and Outreach
Introduction of Astronomy in school curriculum across the region
Fundraising
Networking and communication
Involve stakeholders

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Objectives and Indicators

Research collaboration	Producing Joint papers
Instrumentation development	Collaborations/Workshops
Capacity Building	Facilitate low cost instrumentation development
Education and outreach	Biannual summer school and outreach tools
Fundraising	Travelling lecturers/sabbaticals
Networking and communication	Approaches to ECOWAS, industry Regular communication through Social media.

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Instrumentation Development

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Capacity Building

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Capacity Building

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Capacity Building

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Astronomy Education/Outreach

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Astronomy Education/Outreach activities

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Astronomy Education/Outreach activities

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KPIs and Measures for 2021-2027

Year 0: April 2021 to March 2022

Conduct pilot activities in Nigeria on Cultural Astronomy mapping
Meet with ECOWAS commission
SEA Surveys
VASCO Citizen Science
Erasmus Mundus⁺Mobility Program

Level of compliance = 60% performance

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KPIs and Measures for 2021-2027

Year 2: April 2022 to March 2023

Conduct Astronomy summer school
Create Partnership among member countries
More country participation
Astro-Archaeological mapping
WAROAD steering committee
SEA Surveys
VASCO Citizen Science

Level of compliance = 71.4%

Year 3: April 2023 to March 2024

Participate in the IAU GA 2024
Conduct astronomy survey
Establish West African Astronomy Society
PASEA Summer School

Level of compliance = 75%

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Risk Analysis

Risk	Consequence	Likelihood	Mitigation
Insufficient funding	Inability to achieve stated objectives	High	Intensifying fund drive
Inactivity of country nodes	Would undermine regional activity	Medium	Engage CC through Social media
Challenges in project implementation	Proposers are diverse and may have different ideas of implementation	Low	Monitor Project Implementation
Lack of commitment to evaluation	Emphasis is always on service delivery	Low	Daily

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OAD Funded Projects

Nigeria 16

Burkina Faso 2

Ghana 5

Senegal 3

Sierra Leone 2

Cape Verde 1

Liberia 1

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COLLABORATIONS

OAD ROADs

EC FUNDED PROGRAMMES

NoRCEL

INSTITUTIONS

VASCO

UNAWE

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Collaborations

NA-ROAD Training on Data Reduction: Using STONE EDGE Observatory telescope for online observations by Researchers and students SA-ROAD, EA-ROAD, BIUST and other Institutions in Africa EC funded Staff/Students research programmes: PAPSSN, FAST4Future VASCO Citizen Science Project:	E-ROAD Erasmus+ Staff mobility grant UNAWE: partnership with Prof. George Miley to host a universe awareness (UNAWE) project in honor of the late Prof. Carolina Govender: The C-Link Project for primary schools NoRCEL partnership with Prof. Sohan Jheeta to establish Astroscience in Universities across Africa

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Communications: we are on Social Media

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/Nasrda-AstroWorld-104166925655767/

Tweeter:

https://twitter.com/cbss_explore?s=11&t=sFBkiVVTXLG4aNW5-6cBjA

LinkedIn:NASRDAAstroWorld

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6943196247369351168?utm_source=linkedin_share&utm_medium=ios_app

WhatsApp: https://chat.whatsapp.com/KOWiH9iGGmqIh10havuzzU

https://www.africanastronomicalsociety.org/amateur-astronomy-associations-in-africa/

https://www.tiktok.com/@cbss_explore?_t=8jR6H9y8kqM&_r=1

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^{Thank you}

^Ndewo

^Ngiyabonga

^Dankie

^{International Astronomical Union General Assembly}