Building Capacity for Evidence-Informed Decision Making: An Example from South Africa
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| Title: | Building Capacity for Evidence-Informed Decision Making: An Example from South Africa |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Stewart, Ruth, Langer, Laurenz, Wildeman, Russell, Erasmus, Yvonne, Maluwa, Louis Gerald, Jordaan, Sunet, Lötter, Desyreé, Mitchell, Janine, Motha, Precious |
| Source: | Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice. May 2018 14(2):241-258. |
| Availability: | Policy Press. University of Bristol, 1-9 Old Park Hill, Bristol BS2 8BB, UK. Tel: +44-117-954-5940; e-mail: pp-info@policypress.co.uk; Web site: https://policypress.co.uk/journals/evidence-and-policy |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 18 |
| Publication Date: | 2018 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Descriptive |
| Descriptors: | Foreign Countries, Capacity Building, Decision Making, Evidence, Policy, Research Utilization |
| Geographic Terms: | South Africa |
| DOI: | 10.1332/174426417X14890741484716 |
| ISSN: | 1744-2648 |
| Abstract: | To maximise the potential impact and acceptability of EIDM capacity building, there is a need for programmes to coordinate their remits within existing systems, playing both 'insider' and 'outsider' roles. Through a review of the South African evidence-policy landscape and analysis of a stakeholder event that brought together EIDM role players, this paper illustrates how one capacity-building programme navigated its position within the national evidence-policy interface. It identifies strategies for improving the acceptability and potential effectiveness of donor-funded EIDM capacity-building activities: understanding the evidence-policy interface, incorporating programmes into the decision-making infrastructure (being an 'insider'), whilst retaining an element of neutrality (being an 'outsider'). |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2018 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1182715 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | To maximise the potential impact and acceptability of EIDM capacity building, there is a need for programmes to coordinate their remits within existing systems, playing both 'insider' and 'outsider' roles. Through a review of the South African evidence-policy landscape and analysis of a stakeholder event that brought together EIDM role players, this paper illustrates how one capacity-building programme navigated its position within the national evidence-policy interface. It identifies strategies for improving the acceptability and potential effectiveness of donor-funded EIDM capacity-building activities: understanding the evidence-policy interface, incorporating programmes into the decision-making infrastructure (being an 'insider'), whilst retaining an element of neutrality (being an 'outsider'). |
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| ISSN: | 1744-2648 |
| DOI: | 10.1332/174426417X14890741484716 |
