{"id":64,"date":"2025-01-27T14:51:13","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T14:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/arts\/?page_id=64"},"modified":"2025-02-05T10:26:13","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T10:26:13","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/arts.unilag.edu.ng\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT US"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"64\" class=\"elementor elementor-64\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3a464e e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d3a464e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2625eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c2625eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Capacity Building and Establishment of a Community of Practice for Researchers and Policymakers for Evidence Use in Environmental Policymaking in Nigeria (alias EUEPiN) is part of larger project funded by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation under the aegis of the African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP) in collaboration with the African Academy of Sciences (AAS) entitled \u2018The initiative for Expanding Evidence Leadership in Africa\u2019 (also known as Evidence Leaders in Africa (ELA)).<\/p><h6>The ELA project seeks to expand the leadership of AAS scholars and scientists in the use of evidence in policy formulation and implementation by African governments.\u00a0<\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3049eb1 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no 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class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Championing<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fffd0f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6fffd0f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Increase the number of academic leaders championing Evidence-Informed Decision Making (EIDM) in Africa.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-952f1c2 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"952f1c2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ece9012 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ece9012\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"340a729\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>Acronym\/Alias:<\/b><\/span>\u00a0EUEPiN<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>Project Title:<\/b><\/span>\u00a0Capacity Building and Establishment of a Community of Practice for Researchers and Policymakers for Evidence Use in Environmental Policymaking in Nigeria.<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>Acronym\/Alias:<\/b><\/span>\u00a0EUEPiN<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05d92b8 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"05d92b8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29c907c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"29c907c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Project Lead\/PI:<\/span>\u00a0<\/b>Temitope Olawunmi Sogbanmu, PhD<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>Funder:<\/b><\/span>\u00a0William and Flora Hewlett Foundation under the aegis of the African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP) in collaboration with the African Academy of Sciences (AAS).<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>Project Partners:<\/b><\/span>\u00a0Lagos State Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, Federal Ministry of Environment, Lagos Office, Federal Ministry of Science and Technology<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28aface e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no 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Otitoloju, Prof. Olanike K. Adeyemo, Dr. Peter Ekweozoh<\/p><p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Project Host Institution:<\/span>\u00a0<\/b>University of Lagos<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>Project Technical Support\/Partner:<\/b><\/span>\u00a0African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP)<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-843101 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-540392 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABOUT US Capacity Building and Establishment of a Community of Practice for Researchers and Policymakers for Evidence Use in Environmental Policymaking in Nigeria (alias EUEPiN) is part of larger project funded by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation under the aegis of the African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP) in collaboration with the African Academy of Sciences (AAS) entitled \u2018The initiative for Expanding Evidence Leadership in Africa\u2019 (also known as Evidence Leaders in Africa (ELA)). The ELA project seeks to expand the leadership of AAS scholars and scientists in the use of evidence in policy formulation and implementation by African governments.\u00a0 AIM OF PROJECT Championing Increase the number of academic leaders championing Evidence-Informed Decision Making (EIDM) in Africa. Institutionalise Increase the number of government agencies in East &amp; West Africa taking specific actions to institutionalise Evidence-Informed Decision Making (EIDM). Deepening Deepen evidence and expand space for Evidence-Informed Decision Making (EIDM) learning in Africa. PROJECT TEAM Acronym\/Alias:\u00a0EUEPiN Project Title:\u00a0Capacity Building and Establishment of a Community of Practice for Researchers and Policymakers for Evidence Use in Environmental Policymaking in Nigeria. Acronym\/Alias:\u00a0EUEPiN Project Lead\/PI:\u00a0Temitope Olawunmi Sogbanmu, PhD Funder:\u00a0William and Flora Hewlett Foundation under the aegis of the African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP) in collaboration with the African Academy of Sciences (AAS). Project Partners:\u00a0Lagos State Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, Federal Ministry of Environment, Lagos Office, Federal Ministry of Science and Technology Project Advisors:\u00a0Prof Adebayo A. Otitoloju, Prof. Olanike K. Adeyemo, Dr. Peter Ekweozoh Project Host Institution:\u00a0University of Lagos Project Technical Support\/Partner:\u00a0African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP) \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-64","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arts.unilag.edu.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arts.unilag.edu.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arts.unilag.edu.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arts.unilag.edu.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arts.unilag.edu.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/arts.unilag.edu.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":765,"href":"https:\/\/arts.unilag.edu.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64\/revisions\/765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arts.unilag.edu.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}