Cooperation opportunities and principles for funding

Adjunct Prof. Hannah AkuffoSenior Advisor for Research Cooperation

at the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida).

Strategy for research cooperation and research in development cooperation

2015 – 2021

Governs the use of funds financed under expenditure area, international Aid, under the • appropriation item Research Cooperation in the

letter of Appropriation regarding Swedish international development cooperation (Sida)

• appropriation item Development Research in letter of appropriation regarding the Swedish Science Council (Vetenskapsrådet)

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Sida's activities within the framework of the strategy are expected to contribute to:

Strengthened research of high quality and relevance for poverty reduction and sustainable development with a

primary focus on low-income countries and regions

Strategy for Sida’s support for research cooperation and research within Development Cooperation

(2015 – 2021)Focus is in the following Areas:AREA 1• Capacity building for research primarily in low income

countries and regionsAREA 2• Global, regional and national research of relevance to low

income countries and regions.AREA 3• Promotion of research that, through innovation, can

contribute to poverty reduction and sustainable development

Area 1Capacity-building for research, primarily in low-income

countries and regionsExpected results• More partner countries have capacity to independently undertake research training

and conduct high-quality research.

• More women undergo research training and conduct research.

• Strengthened conditions and capacity among national and regional research actors to participate in international research and research dialogue.

• More partner countries and regional research actors have capacity to formulate and implement national and regional research strategies.

• More partner countries and regional research actors have improved competence and strengthened infrastructure for scientific communication.

• Strengthened capacity among universities in partner countries to communicate

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Area 2Global, regional and national research of

relevance to low-income countries and regions

Expected results• More research findings of relevance to development at global

and regional research organisations and at universities in partner countries.

• Greater impact of a gender equality perspective in research.

• Findings from relevant international research have a greater impact on national and regional research.

• Findings from national and regional research have a greater impact on international research.

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Area 3The promotion of research through innovation which can

contribute to poverty reduction and sustainable development

Expected results• More interfaces, networks and partnerships established

between stakeholders from research institutions on the one side, and, business, Government and civil society on the other.

• Improved conditions for researchers to develop innovative ideas with the potential to contribute to the emergence of new products and services that contribute to poverty reduction and a sustainable society.

• Reinforcement of the role of universities and their contribution to innovation processes and systems.

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Area 4Swedish research of relevance to poverty

reduction and sustainable development in low-income countries

Expected results• Strengthened high-quality research in Sweden that is of

relevance to poverty reduction and sustainable development in low-income countries.

• Strengthened knowledge exchange and collaboration between researchers in Sweden and researchers in low-income and lower middle-income countries, with a focus on research that is of high quality and of relevance to poverty reduction and sustainable development.

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The Swedish Government considers that…

• Research-based knowledge is an important foundation for poverty reduction and promoting the conditions for equitable and sustainable development.

• Support for research cooperation and research contributes to science-based critical analysis and public debate, to national knowledge-based policy to reduce poverty in its various dimensions and to sustainable societies.

• Support for research cooperation and research, with a primary focus on low-income countries, can include a range of different thematic areas and issues that are highly relevant in order for people living in poverty to be able to improve their situation within a context of sustainable societies.

The Swedish Government considers that…

• Contributions focusing on capacity-building to undertake research training and research in low-income countries and regions is to remain the core activity of research cooperation, both through further development of existing cooperation and through opportunities to initiate new cooperation in countries and regions in which Sweden pursues strategy-based cooperation.

Swedish Bilateral Research Cooperation

Current• Bolivia• Burkina Faso• Ethiopia• Mozambique• Rwanda• Tanzania• Uganda

Possible new countries (?)• Cambodia• Kenya• Mali• Myanmar• Zambia

Recent past• Honduras• Laos• Nicaragua• Sri Lanka• Vietnam

National Research capacity

Research recognised in society•National demand for research •Culture of inquiry •Agents of Change: Using evidence to question

Research Expertise•Skills for carrying out research

- Asking nationally relevant questions- Capacity to generate own knowledge

•Capacity for analysis•Capacity for evaluation•Capacity to utilise external research/knowledge•Capacity to be part of international research community

Nationalresearch capacity

Research focusedUniversity as a hub

National commitment to research•National system for research •National Budget line for research •National research policy & strategy•Innovation systems•Information Communication Technology infrastructure

University Research capacity

UniversityWith

ResearchFocus

An EnablingEnvironment for research

Continuously improving learning -Teaching less didactic- Culture of inquiry

University’s commitment to research•University research policies & strategies•Dedicated university Budget line for research •Mechanisms to encourage & reward research

• Research Career paths•University mechanisms for innovation & entrepreneurship •Sustainable ICT infrastructure

Research Expertise•Critical mass with skills for carrying out research•Capacity for PhD supervision•Capacity for local PhD examination•Capacity to utilise external research/knowledge•Capacity to be part of the international research community

Research Management Expertise•Skills for research management•Mechanisms for research communication• Management of access to scientific literature

SIDA’S SMÖRGÅSBORD for UNIVERSITY and NATIONAL RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT

NATIONAL Research Support

RESEARCH Management Support

RESEARCH Supporting Elements

PROJECT Support

REFORMS

Library

Faculty Funds

University

Funds

Local PhD

training

Stipends

Regiona Research

collaboratn.

ICT

Lab.

Equipment

Project 1 Including PhD training

Project 2 Including PhD training

Project 3 Including PhD training

Project 4 Including PhD training

COMMUNICATION

Project Y in cooperation with other Institutions

Project X in cooperation with other Institutions

CO-ORDINATION/ GRANTS OFFICES

UNIV.RES POLICIES & STRATEGY

MIN. SCI. TECH

STRATEGY

NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL

Cooperation opportunities and principles for funding research capacity strengthening in low income countries

and regions

Bilateral Research Cooperation• The ownership by the partner county institution is critical• If desired by the partner country institution, cooperation with

Swedish institutions within all areas that promote good quality research may be funded by Sida

• Open calls for joint proposals by the partner institutions and Swedish Universities is announced

Regional Research Cooperation• Cooperation within a target region or South-South (Africa, Asia, Latin

America) is the main focus• If desired and motivated by the target organisation, there may be

opportunities and funding for cooperation with Swedish Institutions

Research Training Programmes - stimulating partnerships

• The research cooperation stimulates long term based cooperation and partnerships between universities at different levels

• researchers– Stimulating close partnerships between supervisors in partner

Institutions and Swedish Universities• Students

– Some PhD students engage in “Twinning” programmes where the subject area for two or more students is close and the two support each other

• administrative staff , librarians, ICT staff, grants office staff etc. – may work in partnership

Cooperation opportunities and principles for funding research capacity strengthening

Global Research Cooperation• Sida funds a number global research organisations and

partnership programmes where participation of Swedish researchers and institutions is advocated e.g.– International Science Programme (ISP)

• Capacity strengthening in basic sciences mainly in low income countries

– European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) www.edctp.org which focuses on cooperation between Europe and Africa

• An integral part of the programme is devoted to capacity building in Africa in areas within the scope to EDCTP2

• Health scientists and social scientist or other relevant experts can participate

Cooperation opportunities and principles for funding Global, regional and national research of relevance to low

income countries and regions

• Sida supports a number of regional and global research organisations as well as some national research councils to produce research of relevance for low income countries and regions

• The organisation is responsible for calls for proposals and defining the partners they engage with

• Sida may provide – core support to allow the organisation to implement its strategic plan– Programme support for a specific part of the organisations strategic

plan

Type of organisations support channelled through

International/Inter-governmental organisations– Multinational and National– UN Agencies/programmes– EU programmes– Etc.

International/Regional Non Governmental Organisations

Programmes– Including those based in Sweden

Universities and National Research Councils in low and middle income countries

Health Research

INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS World Health Organization (WHO) [Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical

Diseases, TDR; Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction,

HRP; Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, AHPSR]

European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP)

International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B)

International Vaccine Institute (IVI)

NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS (NGOs)

International Network for the Demographic Evaluation of Populations and Their Health in Developing Countries (INDEPTH Network)

The Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA)

BILATERAL COOPERATION

Bolivia: Uni. Mayor de San Andres (UMSA); Uni. Mayor de San Simon (UMSS)

Ethiopia: Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI); Addis Ababa Univ (AAU)

Mozambique: Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (UEM)

Rwanda: National University Rwanda (NUR)

Tanzania: Univ.of Dar es Salaam (UDSM); Muhimbili University for Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS); Ardhi University

Uganda: College of Health Sciences, Makerere University (MU)

Natural Science, Environment & Engineering INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) International Centre of Insect Physiology & Ecology (ICIPE) - African Insect Science for Food &

Health Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD),

The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS) International Geoscience Programme (IGCP), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural

Organization (UNESCO) International Council for Science (ICSU)

International Foundation for Science (IFS)

PROGRAMMES

International Science Programme (ISP) Forskningsrådet för miljö, areella näringar och samhällsbyggande (FORMAS)

Sekretariatet för miljö- och resursfrågor (SSEESS), Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien (KVA) REGIONAL

BIO-INNOVATE Bio-Resources innovations network for Eastern African development Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA )

African Network Agriculture (ANAFE)

BILATERAL COOPERATION Bolivia: VMCyT (Vice Ministry of Science and Technology), Uni. Mayor de San Andres (UMSA);

Uni. Mayor de San Simon (UMSS) Mocambique: Ministry of science and technology (MCT); Rwanda: University of Rwanda

Tanzania: Tanzanian Council for Science and Technology (COSTECH); University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM); Ardhi University (ARU); Muhimbili University; Uganda: Makerere University (MU)

Social Science Research INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

International Social Science Council (ISSC)

International Association of Universities (IAU)

United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

United Nations University - World Institute of Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)

NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS (NGOs)

Arab Council for the Social Science (ACSS)

Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLASCO)

PROGRAMMES Environmental Economics Unit (EEU), Göteborgs Universitet; The Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics,

Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien (KVA); Global Network for the Economics of Learning, Innovation, and Competence Building Systems (GLOBELICS), Aalborg University

REGIONAL

South Asian Network for development and environmental economics (SANDEE) Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA)

NEPAD - African Science and Technology Innovation Initiative (NEPAD-ASTII)

The African Economic Research Consortium (AERC)

BILATERAL COOPERATION

Bolivia: VMCyT (Vice Ministry of Science and Technology), Uni. Mayor de San Andres (UMSA); Uni. Mayor de San Simon (UMSS); Etiopien: Addis Ababa University (AAU); Mozambique: Eduardo Mondale University

(UEM); Rwanda: University of Rwanda; Tanzania: University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM); Uganda: Makerere University

YEAR Disbursed funding designated as research

1998 225 556 6941999 270 642 5512000 335 010 6842001 442 330 8362002 573 863 1632003 585 233 5572004 773 014 6462005 862 016 8342006 948 305 9662007 1 014 225 1852008 998 542 4562009 1 074 533 2662010 974 080 1292011 1 107 505 8182012 1 137 436 5102013 1 048 867 3872014 903 577 792

Financing of Area 3: The promotion of research through innovation which can contribute to

poverty reduction and sustainable development

• Budget for research cooperation• Loans and guarantees to the private sector• Collaboration/calls with other financiers

– e.g.• Swedish Research Council• FORMAS• USAID• Others

Sida supports a number of innovation initiatives using loans, guarantees e.g.

• Powering Agriculture https://poweringag.org is funded by Sweden, USA, Germany and African Development Bank with a total of 32,5 million USD. Out of this sum Sweden contributes with 10 million USD.

• Global Health Fund (GHIF) http://www.ghif.com/, is a new $108 million USD social impact investment fund designed to provide financing to advance the development of drugs, vaccines, diagnostics and other interventions against diseases that disproportionately burden low- income countries.

• Global Innovation Fund (GIF) http://www.globalinnovation.fund/ invests in social innovations that aim to improve the lives and opportunities of millions of people in the developing world, through providing grants and risk capital, to support breakthrough solutions to global development challenges from social enterprises, for-profit firms, non-profit organisations, researchers, and government agencies.

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