Background

Science and Technology Ministry (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.

Later on, in 2008 the government upgraded the Agency as one of the Cabinet ministries accountable to the prime minister and the council of ministers by the proclimation No. 604/2008 and restablished recently too in October 2010.

  • Vision
    To see Ethiopia entrench the capacities which enable rapid learning, adaptation and utilization of effective foreign technologies by the year 2022/23.
  • Mission
  • To create a technology trasfer framework that enables the building of national capacities in technological learning, adaptation and untilization through searching, selecting and importing effective foreign technologies in manufacturing and service providing enterprises.
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Powers and Duties of the Ministry

The Ministry of Science and Technology shall have the powers and duties to:

  • Prepare national science and technology research and development programs based  on the country’s development priorities, and upon approval by the government provide necessary support for their implementation, follow up and evaluate same:
  • In cooperation with the concerned bodies, establish a system for technology need assessment, identification, acquisition, packaging utilization and disposal, and follow up the implementation of same;
  • Register technology transfers made in every sector, coordinate codification and technology capability accumulation efforts, and ensure successive use of same;
  • Coordinate science and technology development activities and national research programs, ensure that research activities are conducted in line with the country’s development needs;
  • Organize science, technology and innovation database, compile information, set national standards for information management, prepare and ensure the application of science and technology innovation indicators;
  • Facilitate interaction and collaboration among government and private higher education and research institutions and industries with a view to enhance research and technological development;
  • Prepare and follow up the implementation of the country’s long-term human resource development plans in the field of science, technology and innovation; cooperate with the concerned organs to ensure that the counties educational curricula focus on the development of science and technology;
  • Facilitate capacity building of public and private sector institutions and professionals involved in science and technological activities;
  • Establish and implement a system for granting prizes and incentives to individuals and institutions who have contributed to the advancement of science, technology and innovations;
  • Establish, coordination and support councils that facilitate the coordination of research activities;
    Encourage and support professional associations and academies that may contribute to the development of science and technology.

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News

NOTICE FOR OUR CUSTOMERS AND STAKEHOLDERS!!!

We inform our customer/stakeholders that the science and technology ministry head office is currently moved from piassa around 'atekeilt tera' to 'Bekelo bet' next to Tebeja yaze ethiopian commerical bank brach on the Road to Saris.

 

Science and Technology ministry announced to award Researchers for their oustanding achievements in applied research

for the application form

INDIVIDUAL INNOVATORS AND INNOVATIVE INSTITUTIONS AWARD GUIDELINE final

RESEARCHERS AWARD GUIDELINE final

Award for teachers and students guideline final

Guideline for TVET final

 

The Public relation and comunication service of the ministry give press release for local Journalists

press release given for Walta and Fana...

on womens' day march 08

on the role of media on STI

on two days STI orentation for parilament memebers

on ethio-china agreement

On health ethics conference

 

cience and Technology Ministry awarded fund for 15 researchers with best project proposals in techenology research.

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Award by H.E prime minister meles Zenawi for Mathematics, Science and TVET outstanding students and teachers...

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Southern Ethiopia Tsetse fly Project made a two day internetional meeting in sheraton Addis Hotel.

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