Key Interventions & Thematic Areas

APC bias will be social policy, – social science and humanities research. The relevance of social policy research in public policy, in the context of Covid-19 makes this a viable choice. The next three years will see APC’s work focus on the socio-economic aspects of public policy like health, education, employment, agriculture, social protection, urban housing, environment, youth, and gender, all of which have been greatly impacted by the coronavirus pandemic as well as low ranking in most government budget priorities. The relationship between these thematic areas is.

Specifying areas of interest early on allows the APC to focus on the possible quick wins given the current limited funding. The current pandemic also implies that there is need to deal with what people can easily relate with in order to get a buyin of our communities.