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NEXT MEETING DATE AND VENUE
NEXT MEETING
The first VCs’ CARTA meeting was held in 2012 and it took five years for the VCs’ to have this second
meeting in 2017. It was agreed that the next meeting should be held before the major CARTA
meeting perhaps in the next two years.
It was proposed that H.E. Thabo Mbeki, the former South African President, H.E Olesegun Obasanjo,
former Nigerian President and H.E Ameenah Gurib, President of Mauritius be invited to the meeting
in Rwanda to discuss strategies Governments can use to support funding for research. In the Rwanda
meeting, the Presidents of private sector partners such as AFDB and World Bank to be invited too.
This is in a bid to host an all-inclusive meeting with key players that can help revolutionize the state of
PhD training in Africa.
VENUE
Two proposals of venues for the next meeting were floated, Rwanda and Nigeria. The secretariat was
tasked to consult with all members to agree on the venue for the next meeting. All VCs were
requested to bring along their senior management members to the next meeting to take notes and
drive the CARTA activities forward. This could be the coordinators at the respective member
universities.
CONCLUSION AND VOTE OF THANKS
Prof. Sharon Fonn, Co-Director, CARTA
To conclude CARTA’s 2 nd Vice Chancellors meeting, Prof. Fonn acknowledged and expressed
gratitude to all members for their contribution during this two-day meeting. She thanked UoN for
accepting to host the meeting and called on levels of enthusiasm to help drive the CARTA activities
for the betterment of all member institutions. Prof. Fonn appreciated all research centres supporting
CARTA research fellows. Finally, Prof. Fonn thanked all the VCs in advance for their effort and
commitment to finalise the publication on ‘ Research funding landscape and doctoral training in
Africa ’. She further applauded the role the secretariat drawn from both CARTA and UoN played to
make the meeting a success. Prof. Fonn concluded by indicating that she was looking forward to
working with all VCs in the future.
Prof. Alex Ezeh, Co-Director, CARTA
In his vote of thanks, Prof. Ezeh appreciated the Chair for the CARTA 2 nd VCs’ meeting Prof. Peter
Mbithi, VC, UoN for his tremendous support and leadership to make the meeting a success. He
further thanked the UoN secretariat for accepting to support the meeting. Prof. Ezeh showed
appreciation to all countries that had offered to host the 3 rd VCs’ meeting and officially closed the
meeting.
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CARTA’s 2 nd Vice Chancellor’s Meeting –Report of meeting proceedings – July 10-11, 2017