By Moses Okorie
The National Center for Technology Management, NACETEM, will next week Friday, November 1, host a one-day sensitization workshop aimed at providing an advocacy platform for stakeholders regarding the Science, Technology and Innovation, STI, Indicator Dashboard Version 1.0, which it developed for Nigeria. NACETEM is an agency under the Federal Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology.
In a statement issued in Abuja on Friday by the Director-General of NACETEM, Dr. Olushola Odusanya, participants will learn how to effectively use the dashboard and its relevance to comprehensive monitoring of the STI ecosystem, while providing valuable feedback on potential areas for improvement in attaining predictive analytics.
He said the event is scheduled for November 1, 2024, at the Cyprian Ekwensi Center for Arts and Culture Complex in Area 10, Garki, Abuja, and will have in attendance stakeholders from both the public and private sectors.
The release reads: “The workshop aims to provide an advocacy platform for stakeholders regarding the Science, Technology and Innovation Indicator Dashboard Version 1.0, developed by NACETEM for Nigeria.
“The Version 1.0 is an advanced dashboard compared with the 2023 version and it can be assessed at https://stinigeria.com/sti-indicator.
“Participants will learn how to effectively use the dashboard and its relevance to comprehensive monitoring of the STI ecosystem, while providing valuable feedback on potential areas for improvement in attaining Predictive Analytics”.
He revealed that invitations have been extended to the Federal Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology, Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria, Abuja Investment Company Limited, Corporate Affairs Commission, Federal Character Commission, Nigeria Customs Service, and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, and a host of others.
According him the Director-General, this event is a fallout of a recent NACETEM’s one-day training workshop on “Enhancing IT-Organizational Excellence: Talent Management and Capability Development,” held on October 14, 2024.