Doing research and supporting evidence-based education to foster youth employability and entrepreneurship
Objectives
Main Objectives :
To transform East Africa's education system by promoting and supporting research, integrating market-driven, evidence-based teaching practices and research-driven innovations, and empowering youth with the skills to thrive in a rapidly changing world.
Specific Objectives :

Supporting evidence-based education and curricula reviews to improve youth employability and entrepreneurship. This helps to keep pace with the evolving industry and improve graduate competences by addressing the misalignement between the programs offered with the market/community needs. This is done through research-driven education, interdisciplinary research and continuous curriculum reviews.

Capacity building and institutional strengthening to promote quality educators, evidence-based teaching practices, evidence-based policies, and institutional collaboration to improve quality of education by sharing resources. RECADEC promotes collaboration between education institutions and policymakers to foster harmonization of programs and policies. This is achieved through seminars, conferences, workshops, training programs as well as engagement with African diaspora and peer-to-peer meetings involving various universities and professional backgrounds.

Supporting collaborative research with public and private (NGOs, Business, Associations, etc.) sector to ensure lasting and sustainable development. This is done by bringing together diverse expertise and perspectives to address multifaceted and complex issues. This approach helps to propose actionable, realistic and applicable recommendations.

Internships and volunteer programs for graduates. We provide them with hands- on experience in real-world setting. By immersing themselves in industry, this experience shapes their career choices and entrepreneurship ventures.

Advocacy for research-based policymaking. We use data to promote evidence-based policymaking and stakeholder engagement to ensure effective and impactful policies.