The ASTII project was introduced in the country in September 2007. Consequently, data collection surveys were held and both R&D and Innovation survey core indicators-data featured in the 1st African Innovation Outlook (AIO-2010) as well as in the second report (AIO-2014).

Tanzania had an in-country training workshop in 2015, and as well participated in ASTII regional workshops jointly coordinated by NEPAD, the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, the South Africa’s Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators (CeSTII), and the Research Policy Institute of the University of Lund, held between 2008 and 2012 on international survey methodologies (OECD).

An investment of about USD175,000 was made for surveys carried out in 2014 and 2015. Furthermore, the country received almost USD50,000 during the 1st phase of ASTII (2007-2010) from SIDA as a seed grant.
 
Contact:  Dr Mafunda (dmafunda@costech.or.tz), Dr Festo Mario (fmaro@costech.or.tz; marofesto@gmail.com) and Mrs. Blandina Mkayula (bmkayula@gmail.com; bmkayula@msthe.go.tz). 

Website: http://www.costech.or.tz