Center for Rapid Evidence Synthesis - ACRES

08/05/2025

🌟 Our 28-week Evidence to Policy (E2P) Training Programme has kicked off.

This week, 16 policymakers and knowledge brokers from Kenya, Ethiopia, Malawi, and Uganda began their journey to master Evidence Informed Decision-Making – equipping them to turn research into real-world impact.

🔹 What’s happening?
• Hands-on projects in renewable energy & climate change
• Interactive webinars & expert discussions
• Collaboration between researchers & policymakers

Supported by IDRC / CRDI, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation & Robert Bosch Stiftung, this programme is shaping the future of Policymaking in Africa.

🎯 Why does this matter? Because better evidence means better policies – and better lives.

👉 Want to learn more? Check out the full story here:
https://acres.or.ug/center-for-rapid-evidence-synthesis-acres-launches-mid-level-evidence-to-policy-e2p-training-programme/

Results for Development, eBASE Africa, African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP), Ministry of Health- Uganda, ministry of health ethiopia, Peter P. Mulindwa,

The Center for Rapid Evidence Synthesis (ACRES) launched the mid-level Evidence to Policy (E2P) Training Programme with an orientation exercise on April 29–30 in Entebbe, Uganda. 

20/04/2025

Happy Easter Holiday, from us to you!

17/04/2025

🚀 Evidence at the speed of policy!

Decision-makers in Uganda, meet your evidence lifeline—ACRES’ Rapid Response Service (RRS)! 🎯

Need timely, synthesized research to inform urgent policy decisions? The RRS delivers contextualized, easy-to-use evidence—often in just 28 days—so you can act fast and confidently.

🔍 How it works:
✅ Demand-driven: You ask, we answer.
✅ Rigorous: Best available evidence, tailored for your needs.
✅ Quick turnaround: No more waiting months for research.

📢 Policymakers, researchers, and advocates: Tag someone who needs this!

👉 Learn more:

ACRES’ Rapid Response Service (RRS) is a knowledge translation service in Uganda that responds to a decision maker’s needs for evidence with synthesised timely relevant evidence, contextualised and summarised in an accessible package.

16/04/2025

Center for Rapid Evidence Synthesis (ACRES) is a knowledge brokering institution registered as an NGO based in Kampala, Uganda. ACRES builds on over 15 years experience supporting policymakers with evidence at regional, national and sub-national levels in a timely manner.

The Center builds upon initiatives launched in 2010 at Makerere University's College of Health Sciences, with the mission of enhancing policy and decision-making processes through the provision of high-quality, relevant, and timely evidence.