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Wednesday March 10, 2010
African Indigenous Knowledge Systems - Protecting, preserving & managing African Indigenous Knowledge - Gaborone Sun Hotel
Start: 00:00
Start: 10 Mar 2010 - 12:00am
End: 11 Mar 2010 - 5:00pm

African Indigenous Knowledge System - Protecting, preserving & managing African Indigenous Knowledge
10- 11 March 2010
Gaborone Sun Hotel, Gaborone,Botswana

  • The role of regional bodies (SADC, NEPAD, AFRICAN RENAISSANCE INSTITUTE) in promoting IK and its innovative models.

  • Challenges of integrating IK with other knowledge systems.
  • Is the SADC region ready for National IK Systems given the current political, social and economic situation?
  • Promoting and protecting African minority languages in Southern Africa.
  • How far will the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) protect the use and abuse , access and regulation of IK regionally?
  • School Curriculum challenges in the SADC: How far are we and what has been achieved so far?
  • Women, IKS and the Millenium Development Goals.
  • Intellectual property protection for IKS in the SADC.
Thursday March 11, 2010
African Indigenous Knowledge Systems - Protecting, preserving & managing African Indigenous Knowledge - Gaborone Sun Hotel
End: 17:00
Start: 10 Mar 2010 - 12:00am
End: 11 Mar 2010 - 5:00pm

African Indigenous Knowledge System - Protecting, preserving & managing African Indigenous Knowledge
10- 11 March 2010
Gaborone Sun Hotel, Gaborone,Botswana

  • The role of regional bodies (SADC, NEPAD, AFRICAN RENAISSANCE INSTITUTE) in promoting IK and its innovative models.

  • Challenges of integrating IK with other knowledge systems.
  • Is the SADC region ready for National IK Systems given the current political, social and economic situation?
  • Promoting and protecting African minority languages in Southern Africa.
  • How far will the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) protect the use and abuse , access and regulation of IK regionally?
  • School Curriculum challenges in the SADC: How far are we and what has been achieved so far?
  • Women, IKS and the Millenium Development Goals.
  • Intellectual property protection for IKS in the SADC.
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