DIISS-G
Project Detail
Strengthen the capacities of project partners on policy and programme evaluation for continuous policy learning to inform innovation policy and support for SME development.
- Specific CSIR Thematic area:Science and People
- Collaborating institutions/partnership: Ministry of Environment Science Technology and Innovation, National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme
- Duration:36 months
- Funding source (donor):International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada
Participating scientists (with PI)
Research Scientist
Director (CSIR-STEPRI), Chief Research Scientist
Principal Research Scientist
Research Scientist
Senior Research Scientist
Senior Research Scientist
Specific Objective
- Strengthen the capacities of project partners on policy and programme evaluation for continuous policy learning to inform innovation policy and support for SME development.
- Generate empirically-driven research that characterizes the SME ecosystem and identifies strategies to enhance SME development.
- Assess the performance and impacts of programmes implemented by the NEIP from an equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) perspective.
- Establish a network/community of practice (CoP) to promote collaboration among institutions interested in innovation policy in Ghana.
Expected Outcome
- The expected outcome of this research is an evaluation of three programmes that the NEIP is implementing to support SMEs in Ghana.
- A corollary of this evaluation is the availability of evidence showing the performance of these interventions and how the benefits of the programmes are distributed among the beneficiaries in an equity, diversity and inclusive perspective.
- In addition, an outcome of this research is to understand the SME ecosystem in Ghana and enhance the capacities of partnering organisations to be able to carry out programme/policy impact evaluations.
Major Outcomes
- Training on data management and processing for curation in repositories.
- Training on gender analyses.
- Training on innovation policy and project impact evaluation.
- Report on the SME ecosystem in Ghana.
- Paper in Press on systematic review.
Major policy action needed
Need to incorporate impact evaluation in national project implementations.
