Accra, Oct. 23, GNA - Ms. Sherry Ayittey, Minister of Environment, Science and Technology on Friday urged the governing board of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to evolve strategies to generate more funds towards research activities.
"We are all aware that resource allocation for research work is limited and should be increased. I challenge you to evolve strategies to increase funding for research activities by the subsidiary councils and institutes," she said.
Ms Ayittey was inaugurating a 15-member governing board for CSIR in Accra.
She urged the board to come out with strategies for capacity building in science and technology, promotion of commercialisation of research findings and create an avenue where researchers could meet to share ideas.
Professor Eugene Amonoo-Neizer, Chairman of the board thanked the government for the confidence reposed in the members and pledged to work to improve activities of the CSIR.
He urged the members to come out with innovative ideas that could be implemented to help build the technological capacity of the CSIR and institutes under it.
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