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• Since the projects were defined by pre-identified priority knowledge gaps for countries and subregions, the projects are demand driven from the outset and the outputs are specific to the targeted knowledge users;

• The graduate students bring a multidisciplinary skill set and willingness to learn and apply their skills, often using innovative approaches to address the knowledge gaps;

• Although technical backstopping and engagement with regional champions requires secretariat’s resources, the university partnerships have been helpful in mobilizing graduate students’ relevant skills in the context of LAKI, and have proven to be an innovative modality for closing knowledge gaps;

• As the NWP provides a unique interface for interaction between experts, scientific communities and policymakers, the students have opportunities to share their findings and results in relevant forums and meetings to disseminate the outputs more widely.

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Each project involved partnership with local universities, national government (ministries), regional centres, networks and global institutions. These allow the following opportunities:

• Refining the priority knowledge gap to make it more context-specific;

• Providing technical guidance in designing and executing the project;

• Providing necessary technical backstopping for the field work;

• Providing relevant information and data as well as helping establish connection with the relevant partners, institutions, local/regional universities;

• Collaborating in finalizing outputs and dissemination through social media platforms and events;