What is COVAX? COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access (COVAX), is a worldwide initiative co-led by GAVI (the Vaccine Alliance), the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), and the WHO alongside key delivery partner (UNICEF). Its aim is to coordinate international resources to enable low-to-middle-income countries equitable access to COVID-19 tests, therapies & vaccines. As of today July 6th, Eritrea is one of the two African countries to reject COVAX’s offer. #AllowCOVAXforEritrea is a campaign initiated by the Eritrean Research for Policy … Continue reading “Allow COVAX for Eritrea”
Eritrean Scholars and Professionals Workshop
Posted on July 3, 2021July 27, 2021Categories GENERAL, PRESS RELEASESDear Eritrean colleague, On behalf of the Eritrean Research Institute for Policy and Strategy (ERIPS), we cordially invite you to participate in the institute’s first Eritrean Scholars and Professionals Workshop that will take place on Saturday, August 14, 2021, at the Catholic University, Washington DC. This workshop will convene Eritreans and friends to discuss current challenges in Eritrea and the rapidly changing situation in the Horn of Africa with emphasis on pinpointing the course of action that can be taken … Continue reading “Eritrean Scholars and Professionals Workshop”
Analysis of Scholarism: Research and Information Centre of Eritrea (RICE) and Rejuvenating The Eritrean Scientific Research Opportunities
Posted on May 9, 2021Categories SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS (STEM)History teaches us that scholars’ have influential roles in establishing national causes and advancing innovative technologies based on societal use-inspired needs. Scholars are crucial in establishing programs or strategies that address society-based advancements of science and scientific knowledge to better society. The Bush report in 1944 “Science, The Endless Frontier” [1] mandated by the USA President Franklin D. Roosevelt could be considered one of the successful contracts between the society-needs post-second world war, the scientific community, and the government of … Continue reading “Analysis of Scholarism: Research and Information Centre of Eritrea (RICE) and Rejuvenating The Eritrean Scientific Research Opportunities”
The Healthcare and Social Service Focus group
Posted on May 9, 2021Categories HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES1. What is ERIPS, and what is Healthcare and Social services focus group? The Eritrean research institute for policy and strategy (ERIPS) is an organization formed by Eritrean professionals and intellectuals in the Diaspora with a mission to establish research-based solutions to the social, economic and political calamities in Eritrea. ERIPS has organized its members by assigning them into areas of their profession and/or fields of expertise so that they would be more productive and induce meaningful impacts in the … Continue reading “The Healthcare and Social Service Focus group”
ERIPS-Media, Advocacy, and Public Awareness Focus Group
Posted on May 4, 2021Categories MEDIA, ADVOCACY & AWARENESSThe Media, Advocacy, and Public Awareness (MMA) Focus Group is tasked with conducting research on Eritrea, analysis of research findings, and communicating to the world the real facts and figures of our research findings. Our targets are the media, public, and policy makers in the entire world. This focus group has short and long terms tasks. The short term being helping in expediting the removal of the dictatorship in Eritrean and transition to democracy. Eritrea and the perpetual plight of … Continue reading “ERIPS-Media, Advocacy, and Public Awareness Focus Group”
ERIPS: Agriculture, Natural Resources and Fisheries Focus Group
Posted on May 1, 2021Categories AGRICULTURE, NATURAL RESOURCES & FISHERIESBackground According to World Atlas, Eritrea, a country in the Horn of Africa, has fertile land for agriculture and livestock production, considerable potential of mineral deposits that are yet to be explored, wildlife of various species of fauna and flora, and a long coastline along the widest part of the Red Sea. The fishery resources in the Red Sea offers a great opportunity for fishing and tourism industries. It is also believed to have massive reserves of gas and oil … Continue reading “ERIPS: Agriculture, Natural Resources and Fisheries Focus Group”