ACE Impact Project 5 th ACE Impact Virtual

ACE Impact Project 5 th ACE Impact Virtual Regional Workshop ACE Impact Project - advancing the quality, quantity and access of postgraduate education in Africa

ACE Impact Project About Digital System Digitization begun in 2018 continuing the system from the ACE 1 project Needs analysis done in an iterative fashion to get user requirements. Key Stakeholders: AAU, Centres, WB, Technopolis Working with a consultant, Bewsys Ever growing system to accommodate growing needs of the project

Achievements and Stakeholder Meetings ACE Impact Project October 21, 2020 January 18, 2021 March 3, 2021 User Requirement meeting with Technopolis Group on verification of DLRs 3. 1, 3. 2 & 3. 3 (New Student), 4. 2 (Research publication) and 5. 2 (Outreach / Internships) Working Session with Centres after First Round of Verification User Requirement meeting with the WB Demo of Verification features with Technopolis Group January 15, 2021 February 17, 2021

ACE Impact Project Notable achievements • Successful reporting by centres for 3 reporting periods • Jan 2019 – Nov 2019 • Dec 2019 – Nov 2020 • Dec 2020 – April 2021 • Submission of 2021 Workplans • Verification process for DLR 3. 1, 3. 2&3. 4 (new students), 4. 2 (publications) and 5. 2(outreach) completed

What we are working on Result Framework Report Generation Student Enrolment report Accreditation report Outreach (Internship) report External Revenue report Research Publication report World Bank User Access access to centres’ details Access to reports submitted by centres Verification of DLI 6 Access to verification reports submitted by verification agencies. Generate all reports in Report Generation Payment processes and generation of verification letters Payment Processes Eligible Expenditure Program (EEP) submission Generation of Verification letters Cumulative Payment Records ACE Impact Project

ACE Impact Project Key Lessons Learnt • • • Continual review of the User Interface Understanding our limitations: We cannot do everything. Increase centre engagement on the system Data validation Capacity building for the centres to facilitate easy data submission.

Future Milestones ACE Impact Project June 4, 2021 July 19 – 20, 2021 Testing of Report Generation by all key stakeholders Training session for centres on report generations Testing of WB Access Payment Processes and generation of verification letters June 4, 2021 July 30, 2021

ACE Impact Project END OF PRESENTATION ACE Impact Project - advancing the quality, quantity and access of postgraduate education in Africa