The Science Policy and Planning Division
Dr Jean Marcel
Head of Division
Placed under the authority of a Head of Division, the Division of Scientific Policies and Planning is responsible for:
- The development and monitoring of the Research Master Plan;
- The development of sectoral strategies for the development of scientific and technical research;
- The development and monitoring of the national policy for the promotion of research on traditional pharmacopoeias, in liaison with the research institutes and administrations concerned;
- Conducting prospective work on developments in research and proposing new directions;
- The definition of measures conducive to the implementation of scientific policies;
- Assessing the scientific performance of research organizations;
- Coordination of research programs and projects; Planning, monitoring and control of the execution of research programs of institutes and organizations under supervision;
- Monitoring the organization of program committees of institutes and research organizations under supervision;
- The drafting of the annual report on the state of research at the national level;
- On the centralization and processing of scientific and technological statistics;
- The development of proposals relating to the creation of public research institutions;
- The study and development of accreditation projects for private, national or foreign research structures;
- The promotion and supervision of academies and learned societies Programming, carrying out and supervising studies and scientific and technical infrastructure projects, in liaison with the administrations and partners concerned;
- Periodic evaluation of the development plan of the national scientific research system;
- The promotion of employment in science and technology, in liaison with the administrations concerned;
- Monitoring the evaluation of research personnel from national research institutions, with a view to their advancement;
- Mobilization of the expertise and scientific and technical potential of Cameroonians abroad;
- From the definition of research team development strategies:
- Monitoring the management of the training needs of research personnel in public research institutions;
- The preparation, under conditions aimed at preserving the national interest, of research authorizations;
- The creation and management of databases and databases on personnel in the scientific and technological sectors.
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