Community and Public Engagement for Enhanced Impact:
Abraham Mamela conducting a CPE Training at Makerere University
The Research Enrichment grant for community and public engagement builds on the work currently being implemented under the Training Health Researchers into Vocational Excellence in East Africa (THRiVE) project, a 5-year collaborative research capacity building project
The enrichment grant is built on a concept is the iterative two-way process involving interaction, sharing and listening, between researchers and the non-academic public with the goal of achieving mutual benefit from research and science
The approaches to public engagement largely include collaborative approaches (e.g. involving members of the public affected, as active research collaborators, on the issue being studied), consultative approaches (e.g. seeking public views on research findings); and informative approaches (e.g. reaching new public audiences through various forms of media or events).
The “public” may include individuals, groups, young people and their families who do not currently have a formal relationship with researchers through teaching, research or knowledge transfer, but who may have an interest in activities of research or upon whom the research or its application could impact.