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DEVELOPING SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY POLICY OF THE
REPUBLIC OF DJIBOUTI
CODIST 1, ECA Addis Ababa, 27 April 1st May
2009 JALLUDIN Mohamed General Director of
CERD CENTRE D'ETUDE ET DE RECHERCHE DE DJIBOUTI
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DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES
DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES

• Poverty
• Arid to semi-arid climate
• Droughts
• Floods
• Desertification
• Water scarcity
• Food insecurity
• Energy shortage and cost
• Cultural and social features
• Threatened environment
• Climate change impacts
• etc.

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RISE OF A STRONG POLICY FOR SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY

• Commitment at the highest level
• Understanding and identifying the needs
• Realistic objectives
• Reform and restructure
• Developing exchanges
• Make available the means

"sciences provide the necessare information to
improve the formulation and selection of
development policies in order to make decisions"
(Action 21)
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IMPLEMENTATION
REFORM/RESTRUCTURE Review institutionnal
structure New Institutes New statutes for
researchers
OBJECTIVES/PRIORITIES Triennial scientific
research programme
FINANCIAL MEANS Budget increase Scientific
research fund International/bilateral funds
CAPACITY BUILDING Recrutement Scientific
equipment Laboratories Infrastructures extension
EXCHANGES Local/regional/ International
partnership Diversify
INFORMATION/COMMUNICATION Intranet/Internet/Web
site Database/GIS Review publication Symposium,
workshops,etc.
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TRIENNIAL SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH PROGRAMME

• Global objectives
• Alleviate poverty
• Economical and social development

• Conformity with national sectoral plans
• Palm tree
• Water resources
• Geothermal energy
• Renewable energies, solar, wind
• Soils
• Languages
• Cultural and anthropological heritage
• Agriculture, irrigation
• Mines
• Mapping
• etc.

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INDICATORS OF THE DEVELOPING POLICY
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INDICATORS OF THE DEVELOPING POLICY

• Projects from governmental investments
• Date palm vitroplant lab creation
• Geochemical lab upgrading
• Wind potential measurement network
• National mapping lab creation
• Local languages dictionary

• Research Fund
• Triennial Research Fund 2.8 millions US

• Infrastructures
• Project of a new building

Domestic expenditures on RD 0.7 of GDP 0.4
of GDP for national funds
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SCIENTIFIC PARTNERSHIPS

• Local
• Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Sea and
  Water Resources
• Ministry of Energy and Mines
• University of Djibouti
• Ministry of Health
• Ministry of Youngsters, Sports and Culture
• Private sector
• etc.

• Regional
• University of Addis Ababa
• Ethiopian Geological Survey
• University of Nairobi
• University of Kenyata
• Regional Center, Kenya

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SCIENTIFIC PARTNERSHIPS

• International
• University of Poitiers, France
• University of Bretagne Occidental, France
• University of Avignon, France
• ISOR, Iceland
• Reykjavic Energy Invest, Iceland
• Hydrocarbon Resource Development, India
• IFREMER, France
• IPGP, France
• CTBTO, Austria
• IRD, France
• Moroco
• Saudi Arabia
• Oman
• Sénégal
• LLACAN CNRS
• etc.