An kaddamar da ofishin yanki na kimiyya a Afirka

PRETORIA, Afirka ta Kudu- "Manufar ICSU - ƙarfafa kimiyyar kasa da kasa don amfanin al'umma - za a cim ma ta hanyar shigar da masana kimiyya a duk faɗin duniya," in ji Farfesa Thomas Rosswall, Babban Darakta na ICSU, da ke birnin Paris. "Gane mahimmanci da bambancin buƙatun gina iya aiki a duniya, ICSU tana kafa ofisoshin Yanki huɗu." Ofishin Yankin Afirka shine na farko; Za a kafa ofisoshin makamancin haka guda uku a yankin Larabawa, Asiya da Pacific, da Latin Amurka da Caribbean.

"Ilimin kimiyya na gida yana wadatar kimiyyar kasa da kasa kuma yana da mahimmanci don yanke shawara mai hikima a kowane ma'auni," in ji Farfesa Jane Lubchenco, Shugabar ICSU kuma masanin kimiyyar muhalli a Jami'ar Jihar Oregon, Amurka. "Bukatun Afirka suna da girma, kuma mun yi imanin cewa ƙarfafa kimiyya a Afirka zai sami fa'ida mai yawa ga jama'arta. Muna da kyakkyawan fata ga muhimmiyar rawar da wannan ofishin zai taka wajen baiwa masana kimiyyar Afirka damar yi wa al'umma hidima a gida da waje."

"Lokaci yana da kyau," in ji Farfesa Rosswall, "tun lokacin da aka kafa NEPAD, burin ci gaban karni da kuma G8 mai da hankali kan Afirka sun sake sabunta sha'awar gina karfin kimiyyar Afirka ta hanyar tallafawa daidaikun mutane da cibiyoyi. Ofishin Yanki na ICSU na iya taka muhimmiyar rawa a wannan tsari."

Farfesa Sospeter Muhongo, wani mashahurin masanin ilimin kasa daga Tanzaniya kuma sabon daraktan da aka nada ya ce "Ofishin yankin zai sauƙaƙe motsin masana kimiyya na Afirka a cikin nahiyar, gami da ƙirƙirar shirye-shiryen kimiyya na yanki da na ƙasa da ƙasa, tarurruka da musayar ra'ayi a duk faɗin nahiyar." Ofishin Yanki na Afirka. Ofishin Yanki ya tsara manufar ninka yawan ƙasashen Afirka da ke bin ICSU a cikin shekara ta farko (daga 16 zuwa 32) a matsayin abin hawa na farko don tarawa da ƙarfafa masana kimiyya a cikin yankin.

Kwamitin da ya kunshi mambobin kungiyar ICSU ta Afirka ta zabi Afirka ta Kudu don karbar bakuncin Ofishin Yanki. Sharuɗɗan zaɓin sun haɗa da mai masaukin baki kasancewarsa a wata cibiyar kimiyya da ke da kyakkyawar alaƙa da cibiyoyi iri ɗaya a yankin, tallafin kuɗi na dogon lokaci daga cibiyar mai masaukin baki da gwamnatinta ta ƙasa da sauƙin samun dama daga dukkan sassan yankin kudu da hamadar Sahara. "Muna matukar farin ciki da irin gagarumin goyon bayan da dukkan membobin kungiyar ICSU ta kasa a yankin da kuma kungiyar ICSU ta kasa da kasa suka nuna," in ji Babban Daraktan Rosswall. "Wannan goyon baya mai ɗorewa yana ba da kyakkyawan sakamako ga nasarar aikin."

"ICSU ta nuna godiya ga goyon baya mai karimci ga Ofishin Yanki wanda Gwamnatin Afirka ta Kudu ke bayarwa ta hanyar Cibiyar Bincike ta Kasa (NRF)," in ji Shugaba Lubchenco. "Haɗin waɗannan albarkatu da kuma kyakkyawan suna na kasa da kasa na NRF da Shugabanta da Shugaba, Dokta Khotso Mokhele, ya kawo sahihanci nan take ga wannan ofishin da kuma muhimmin aikin sa."

An gudanar da bukukuwan kaddamarwar ne a filin taro na NRF da ke Pretoria. "ICSU tana da gata kuma tana da matukar girma don samun Ministan Kimiyya da Fasaha na Afirka ta Kudu, Honourable Mosibudi Mangena, ya jagoranci kaddamar da ofishin yankin," in ji Farfesa Muhongo. Kafin kaddamar da wani alluna da ke nuna alamar kaddamar da ofishin shiyya, Minista Mangena ya bayyana cewa, "gwamnatin Afirka ta Kudu tana matukar mutunta kasancewa cikin wannan gagarumin biki" kuma ta hanyar daukar nauyin ofishin a nan, ya yi aiki "don sake tabbatarwa (Afirka ta Kudu) ) sadaukar da kai ga ƙoƙarin gama-gari da na duniya don kusantar da hanyoyin kimiyya kusa da jama'ar Afirka." Fiye da baki 200 daga sassan duniya, da suka hada da ministoci daga kasashen Afirka da dama, da wakilan jami’an diflomasiyya, shugabannin kungiyoyin shiyya-shiyya da ‘yan kasuwa, da manyan malamai da suka halarci bukukuwan, sun ji Ministan ya bayyana kalubalen da ke gabansa: goyan bayanta ga Majalisar Kimiyya ta Duniya, Ofishin Yanki (na Afirka) da ayyukanta a nahiyar - kuma yana jefar da 'yan uwa 'yan uwa a cikin kyakkyawar manufa tamu." Ƙungiyar ICSU ta duniya ta haɗa da wakilai daga Ƙungiyoyin Kimiyya na ICSU da yawa da Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyi, da kuma Babban Darakta, Rosswall da Shugaba, Lubchenco.

Ofisoshin Yanki wani sashe ne na ICSU da ke kunno kai Tsare Tsare-tsare na 2006-2011, wanda a cikinsa yana da alaƙa da ingantaccen ilimin kimiyya da aiwatar da manufofi da ci gaban zamantakewa da tattalin arziki. "Muna sa ran cewa wannan ofishin yanki na farko zai kafa ma'auni ga sauran ofisoshin yanki," in ji Farfesa Rosswall.

ICSU tana da dogon al'adar yin aiki kafada da kafada da UNESCO da TWAS (The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World), biyu manyan 'yan'uwa kungiyoyin kasa da kasa. "Muna fatan yin hadin gwiwa da UNESCO da TWAS don karfafa kimiyya a ciki da kuma Afirka," in ji Farfesa Muhongo. "Bugu da ƙari, hanyoyin siyasa, irin su NEPAD, suna ba da damar haɗin gwiwa." Minista Mangena ya sake nanata wannan ra'ayin yana mai cewa, “...Ina fatan kuma ina fatan za a yi kokarin hadin gwiwa da hadin gwiwa wajen cimmawa da cimma nasara, alal misali, muradun ci gaban karni kamar yadda iyalan kasashen Majalisar Dinkin Duniya suka sake jaddadawa, da kuma maido da su. Babban taron G8, Hukumar Burtaniya mai kula da Afirka, ta AU, NEPAD da kwanan baya, a taron shugabannin kungiyar SADC.”