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OSSREA conducted a four days  interactive refresher course for staff of the Research Wing of the Uganda Parliament. The training was organized to update and expose 10 members of the staff of the Parliament on the process of social science research, especially on quantitative and qualitative data collection, analysis and report writing. Participants were also exposed to the concepts of public policy making, steps in public policy making, and monitoring and evaluation of public policy. The training was held from June 3rd  to 7th , 2013 at OSSREA Headquarters, located at St. George Street, Sidist Kilo Campus, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
 

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