Stakeholder | Analysis | Engagement strategy |
University Community (Students) | High impact stakeholders, key beneficiaries of the programme outputs. Benefits include increased quality training and supervision, scholarships, modernized laboratory and lab equipment and incubation centres. | Through lectures and research; Access to student exchange programmes, incubation hubs and ICT resources including e-resources for research and learning. |
University Community (Academic Staff) | High impact stakeholders expected to benefit from capacity building and key stakeholders in Programme implementation. | Development of new curricular and revision of old curricular; Access to staff exchange programme, intensive short trainings and research projects. |
University Community (Administrative Staff) | High impact stakeholders expected to provide supportive services to the Programme. | Supporting administration, M&E, financial management and procurement processes, and providing laboratory and ICT technical assistance |
Partner universities & university colleges in Flanders (Belgium) | High impact stakeholders to be involved in the implementation of Programme and day-to-day management jointly with JOOUST. | Provide linkages to expertise in different disciplines of interest, opportunities for staff and student exchange and use of specialized equipment and/or technologies.
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National Government Ministries, departments and agencies (Policy and Sustainable Development) | High impact stakeholders providing policies and legal frameworks that enable Programme implementation. | End consumers of the Programme outputs with regards to registration of patents, intellectual property rights, gender mainstreaming and undertaking evidence-based policy development and revisions |
County governments (Policy and Sustainable Development) | High impact stakeholders also providing local policies and legislations governing devolution of services that enable Programme implementation. | End consumers of the Programme outputs with regards to gender mainstreaming and undertaking evidence-based policy development and revisions. |
Local Communities | High impact stakeholders contributing to Programme implementation on a broad range of interventions while influencing decisionmaking at Programme and policy levels | Participatory processes during data collection, technology transfer and outreach activities. |
Local and Belgian Non- Governmental Organizations (NGOs) | Medium impact stakeholders who promote gender mainstreaming and development agenda within the community. | Consultative meetings for purposes of decision-making, intervention design, policy development, provision of internship opportunities for students and staff, piloting and field testing of research outputs. |
Business Community and Industry | Medium impact stakeholders and partners for experiential learning and hands-on training for students, industrial attachment and internship positions. | Mentoring innovators and entrepreneurs within the University and the community. Providing financing/capital for uptake or commercialization of new technologies. |
Farmers around the University | Medium impact stakeholders expected to directly benefit from the Programme. | Participation in field trials, piloting of technologies. Access to funding mechanisms for farmers and new markets using Programme networks. |
Other Development Partners, Donors and financiers | Medium impact stakeholders with the ability to support infrastructure development, human resource development, research resources and networking with North institutions. | Provision of financial Support, M&E and advisory services to the Programme |
Professional and Regulatory bodies | Medium impact stakeholders responsible for creating regulations that professionally license graduates and inform Programme implementation. | Accreditation of improved and revised programmes, Certification of graduates and provision of regulatory frameworks for compliance |