DECISION ON REPORT OF THE EXTRA ORDINARY SESSION OF THE AFRICAN
MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
EX.CL/839(XXV)
The Executive Council,
1. TAKES NOTE of the Report of the Extraordinary Session of the African Ministerial Conference on Science and Technology (AMCOST V) held from the 16 to 18 April 2014 in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo;
2. RECOMMENDS for adoption by the Assembly of the Heads of State and Government the Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy for Africa - 2024 (STISA-2024);
3. COMMENDS the efforts of the High Level Panel and the Working Group that reviewed the Africa’s Science and Technology Consolidated Plan of Action (CPA) and developed the draft STISA-2024 as the first of the ten-year STI strategies within the broader AU Agenda 2063;
4. RECOGNIZES the role of space science and technology in Africa's development and REQUESTS the Commission to submit to it the draft policy and strategy during its next meeting;
5. WELCOMES the proposal of H.E. President Denis Sassou N’Guesso of the Republic of Congo to establish and launch a biennial “International Salon on Invention and Innovation”;
6. REQUESTS the Commission to work with the Republic of Congo to prepare the Terms of Reference including the financial implication for the vision of the International Salon on Invention and Innovation and submit them for consideration by the Executive Council in January 2015;
7. FURTHER WELCOMES the offer by the Republic of Sudan to host the Bureau meeting of the AMCOST, to prepare the transition to the implementation of the Specialized Technical Committee on Education Science and Technology.