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Council for Scientific and Industrial Research – Ghana

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The distinctive features of the 1996 Act are the emphasis accorded private sector concerns, and the introduction of market principles into the council's operations through the commercialization of research. In this connection, the council is expected to generate part of its income through the sale of its products and services, and to institute a system of contract research.

Mandate

The CSIR is mandated to perform the following functions among others:

  • To pursue the implementation of government policies on scientific research and development;
  • To advise the sector Minister on scientific and technological advances likely to be of importance to national development;
  • To encourage coordinated employment of scientific research for the management, utilization and conservation of the natural resources of Ghana in the interest of development;
  • To encourage in the national interest scientific and industrial research of importance for development of agriculture, health, medicine, environment, technology and other service sectors and to this end to encourage close linkages with the productive sectors of the economy;
  • To coordinate all aspects of scientific research in the country and to ensure that the council, the research institutes of the council and other organizations engaged in research in Ghana, coordinate and cooperate in their research efforts;
  • To exercise control over the research institutes and projects of the council and to have power after consultation with the Minister to create, reconstitute, merge or dissolve any institute, centre, unit or project of the council;
  • To review, monitor and periodically evaluate the work of the institutes administered by the council in order to ensure that research being carried out by the institute directly benefits identified sectors of the economy and is within the national priorities;
  • To institute a system of contract research to ensure that research being carried out in the council is relevant and cost-effective;
  • To encourage and promote the commercialization of research results;
  • To undertake or collaborate in the collation, publication and dissemination of the results of research and other useful technical information;
  • To organize and control services and facilities available to the council and generally to manage the properties of the council;
  • To coordinate human resource development in institutes of the council and to encourage the training of scientific personnel and research workers through the provision of grants and fellowships;
  • To cooperate and liaise with international and local bodies and organizations, in particular, the Universities and the private sector on matters of research; and
  • To perform such other functions as may be determined by the Minister.

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