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Ministry of Innovation and Technology (Ethiopia)

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Ministry of Science and Technology is an agency of the Government of Ethiopia. It was established in December 1975 by directive No.62/1975 as a commission.

History

Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) is a governmental institution that established for the first time in December 1975 by proclamation No.62/1975 as a commission. Following the change in government in 1991 and with the issuance of the new economic policy, the Commission was re-established in March 1994 by Proclamation No.91/94. The commission went into its 3rd phase of re-institution on the 24th of August 1995 by Proclamation No.7/1995, following the establishment of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia as an Agency.[1]

Vision

To see Ethiopia entrench the capacities which enable rapid learning, adaptation and utilization of effective foreign technologies by the year 2022/23.

Mission

Coordinating, encouraging and supporting science and technology activities that realize the country’s social and economic developments

Affiliate Organizations

Science and Technology Information Center (Ethiopia)
Ethiopian Intellectual Property Office
Ethiopian Conformity Assessment Enterprise
Ethiopian National Accreditation Office
Ethiopian Radiation Protection Authority
Ethiopian Standards Agency[2]
National Metrology Institute of Ethiopia[3]

References

  1. ^ "Ministry of Science and Technology". MOST.
  2. ^ "Ethiopian Standards Agency". Ethiopian Standards Agency.
  3. ^ "Ministry of Science and Technology". http://www.most.gov.et/index.php/ministry/accountable-institutions. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)