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Organisation for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern
Africa (OSSREA)
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| Contact: |
Executive
Secretary |
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| Address: |
P
O Box 31971, Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA |
| E-mail: |
OSSREA@telecom.net.et |
| Tel: |
00251
1 55116300251 1 553281 |
| Fax: |
00251
1 551399 |
| HTTP: |
www.ossrea.org |
| Type: |
Regional
NGO |
| Sector: |
social
science |
| Geography: |
in
eastern and southern Africa |
| Activities: |
networking,
institution-building and funding |
| Budget: |
c.
US $1.5 million from grants in 2000 - plus income from sales
and membership fees |
| Profile: |
The Organisation
for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA)
was established in 1980 and has its headquarters in Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia. Its current membership is drawn from 11 countries
in Africa. Membership is open to all institutions, within or
outside the region, engaged in the promotion of research in
the social sciences in Africa. OSSREA's objectives are: i) to
encourage and promote interest in the study of and research
in the social sciences in the region, ii) promote collaborative
research and facilities for scholarly exchange of ideas and
publications between individuals and institutions engaged in
the study of and research in social sciences, iii) promote the
training of African scholars in the study of and research in
the social sciences and encourage the establishment of institutions
dedicated to this goal, iv) work in close collaboration with
other individuals and institutions in Africa and elsewhere in
the world engaged in the study of social sciences, and v) establish
a special fund to be used for the purposes of providing such
research grants and training fellowships as are consistent with
its objectives. |
| Approach: |
The major
activities undertaken by OSSREA to date are eight discipline
workshops, each devoted to issues of teaching and research in
a particular discipline in the social sciences, several research
workshops (to provide social scientists in the region fora for
discussing various development concerns), research competitions,
workshops on research methods, and five Congresses. |
| Finance: |
OSSREA,
so far, obtains its finance from three sources: i) annual membership
fees, ii) proceeds from sales of its publications, and iii)
grants from donors: major among whom are the Ford Foundation,
SIDA, NORAD, the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
other donors. Total grants in 2000 amounted to approximately
US $1.5 million. No further financial information available
in the Annual Report 2000. |
| Notes: |
See the web site for more information. |
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| Last Updated:
13 January, 2009
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