{"id":13977,"date":"2025-10-23T17:45:36","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T17:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/warima.org\/?p=13977"},"modified":"2025-10-23T17:54:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T17:54:36","slug":"africa-launches-worlds-first-good-research-management-practice-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/warima.org\/index.php\/africa-launches-worlds-first-good-research-management-practice-standard\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa Launches World\u2019s First Good Research Management Practice Standard"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"13977\" class=\"elementor elementor-13977\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c506891 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c506891\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3038690\" data-id=\"3038690\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a1e46a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a1e46a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Africa has achieved a major milestone in research governance with the launch of the world\u2019s first <\/span>Good Research Management Practice (GRMP) Standard , ARS 1024:2025<span class=\"s1\">, developed by the <\/span>Science for Africa (SFA) Foundation<span class=\"s1\"> in partnership with the <\/span>African Organisation for Standardisation (ARSO)<span class=\"s1\">.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p3\">The launch, held on <span class=\"s2\">16 October 2025<\/span>, marks a turning point for research institutions across the continent, providing a unified framework to strengthen governance, ethics, accountability, and institutional performance.<\/p><p class=\"p3\">Speaking at the event, <span class=\"s2\">Prof. Tom Kariuki<\/span>, CEO of the SFA Foundation, described the GRMP Standard as \u201ca landmark achievement that positions Africa as a leader in defining excellence in research management.\u201d <span class=\"s2\">Dr. Evelyn Gitau<\/span>, Chief Scientific Officer at SFA Foundation, added that the standard \u201creflects Africa\u2019s growing capacity to set its own benchmarks for quality and impact.\u201d<\/p><p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">Dr. Jordan Kyongo<\/span> of the UK\u2019s <span class=\"s2\">Foreign, Commonwealth &amp; Development Office (FCDO)<\/span> emphasized that the new framework builds funder confidence by ensuring stronger systems for accountability and resource management.<\/p><p class=\"p3\">The standard aligns with the <span class=\"s2\">African Union\u2019s Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy (STISA-2024)<\/span> and calls for greater investment in research infrastructure and compliance.<\/p><p class=\"p3\">As a key partner in advancing research management excellence across West Africa, <span class=\"s2\">WARIMA<\/span> commends this milestone, which reinforces Africa\u2019s leadership in setting global standards for research governance and institutional integrity.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"p3\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The GRMP Standard represents Africa\u2019s commitment to professionalism, sustainability, and self-defined excellence in science.<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa has set a new global precedent in research governance with the launch of the world\u2019s first Good Research Management Practice (GRMP) Standard, a transformative milestone that positions the continent as a leader in defining excellence for the global research enterprise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":13978,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/warima.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/warima.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/warima.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warima.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warima.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13977"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/warima.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13989,"href":"https:\/\/warima.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13977\/revisions\/13989"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warima.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/warima.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warima.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warima.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}