1 BACKGROUND TO THIS OVERVIEW
2 INFORMATION GATHERING
3 AFRICA: THE UNIVERSITY ENVIRONMENT
3.1. Revitalization of African Universities
3.2. Africa Education: Rising Enrollment and
Stagnating Budgets
3.3. Research in African Universities
3.4. Official Development Assistance in Africa:
The Position of Chemistry
3.5. Donor Agencies and the African Research
Effort
3.6. Information Technology and Libraries
3.7. Networking
3.8. Salaries and Subvention
4 FOSTERING SCIENCE (INCLUDING CHEMISTRY) : DONOR
ACTIVITY IN AFRICA
4.1. General
4.2. Examples of Donor Involvement in Chemistry
4.2.1 International Programme in the Chemical
Sciences (IPICS)
4.2.2 International Organization for Chemical
Sciences in Development (IOCD)
4.2.3 Newcomer: Chemical Weapons Convention
(CWC)
4.3. Donors: Extent of Financial Support
4.4. Detail to be Requested: Application for
a Grant
5 IUPAC (ICSU) ACTIVITIES IN AFRICA
5.1. The Foundation for Research Development,
Pretoria, South Africa
5.2. IUPAC-CTC/UNESCO/RADMASTE/CIFFERSE
5.3. IUPAC - Macromolecular Division/UNESCO
6 THE AFRICAN VIRTUAL UNIVERSITY PILOT PHASE
7 CONCLUDING REMARKS
8 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
TABLE 1 Africa: Enrolled Students; Graduates
in Natural Science and Research Output in Chemistry
TABLE 2 Africa: Public Expenditure on
Education and Index Numbers for Enrolment by Level of Education
TABLE 3 Collaboration of African Countries
with Other Countries in the World: Joint Articles in Chemistry - 1995
REFERENCES
ADDENDUM A: UNESCO/IUPAC INITIATIVE
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