Research Capacity Strengthening in Africa
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Research capacity strengthening in Africa Trends, gaps and opportunities A scoping study commissioned by DFID on behalf of IFORD December 2007 Nicola Jones, Mark Bailey and Minna Lyytikäinen 1 * Disclaimer: Theviews presented in this paper arethoseof theauthors anddonot necessarily represent the views of DFID or IFORD Overseas Development Institute 111Westminster BridgeRoad LondonSE17JD UK Tel: +44(0)207922 0300Fax: +44(0)207922 0399 www.odi.org.uk 1 Additional research assistance was provided by Hayley Baker, and valuable comments and guidance were received from John Young. 2 Contents List of acronyms ........................................................................................................................... 4 Executive summary ...................................................................................................................... 7 1. Introduction and study objectives ........................................................................................... 9 2. Donor approaches to research capacity building................................................................. 12 2.1 Overview ............................................................................................................. 12 2.2 Funding ............................................................................................................... 12 2.3 Geographical coverage ....................................................................................... 13 2.4 Typology of capacity strengthening approaches.................................................. 13 2.5 Approaches disaggregated by donors ................................................................. 14 3. Evidence of effectiveness? .................................................................................................... 18 3.1 Evaluation evidence ............................................................................................ 18 3.2 Key informant interviews ..................................................................................... 19 4. Conclusions and recommendations for DFID ....................................................................... 23 4.1 Harmonisation ..................................................................................................... 23 4.2 Partnerships ........................................................................................................ 24 4.3 Modes of support ................................................................................................. 24 4.4 Monitoring and evaluation ................................................................................... 24 4.5 Thematic/disciplinary focus.................................................................................. 25 Bibliography ................................................................................................................................ 26 Appendix 1: Bilateral donor funding of research capacity strengthening support ................ 29 Appendix 2: Donor support to research capacity strengthening in Africa ............................. 35 Appendix 3: Intermediaries – organisations and networks ................................................... 165 Appendix 4: Geographical spread of research capacity strengthening support in Africa .. 172 Appendix 5: Evaluations .......................................................................................................... 182 Appendix 6: Annotated bibliography ....................................................................................... 188 Appendix 7: Key informant interviews .................................................................................... 212 3 List of acronyms AAU Associationof AfricanUniversities ACE Arts andCultural EducationProgramme (Norad) AERC AfricanEconomic ResearchConsortium AfDB AfricanDevelopment Bank AfDBI AfricanDevelopment Bank Institute ACBF AfricanCapacity Building Foundation AERC AfricanEconomic ResearchConsortium AGRA Alliancefor a GreenRevolutioninAfrica AICAD AfricanInstitute for Capacity Development ASARECA Associationfor StrengtheningAgricultural ResearchinEastern and Central Africa AVU AfricanVirtual University AU AfricanUnion AusAID AustralianAgency for International Development BMZ GermanFederal Ministry for Economic CooperationandDevelopment CGIAR ConsultativeGroup onInternational Agricultural Research CHET Centrefor Higher EducationTransformation(SouthAfrica) CIAT International Centrefor Tropical Agriculture CIDA CanadianInternational Development Agency CIFOR Center for International Forestry Research CIRAD Agricultural ResearchCentre for International Development (France) CODESRIA Council for Development of Social ScienceResearchinAfrica CORAF/WECARD West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development CRCBD CollaborativeResearch andCapacity Buildingfor Development (USAID) CRD Central ResearchDepartment (DFID) CReST Centrefor Researchon Science andTechnology CRSP CollaborativeResearch Support Programmes DAAD GermanAcademic ExchangeService Danida DanishInternational Development Agency DCO-OC DGIS Research and CommunicationDepartment DDRN DanishDevelopment ResearchNetwork DFG GermanResearch Foundation DFID Department for International Development (UK) DGIS DutchMinistry of Foreign Affairs EC EuropeanCommission ENCAP Environmental Assessment and Management Capacity BuildingProgram (USAID) ENRECA Enhancement of ResearchCapacity (Danida) EPFL Swiss Federal Instituteof Technology ERNWACA Educational Research Network for West andCentral Africa EU EuropeanUnion FARA Forum for Agricultural Researchin Africa GDN Global Development Network GFAR Global Forum on Agricultural Research G-RAP GhanaResearchandAdvocacy Programme GTZ GermanAgency for Technical Cooperation HED Higher Education for Development Program (USAID) HINARI HealthInterNetwork Access to ResearchInitiative(WHO) HIV/AIDS Human (Acquired) Immunodeficiency Virus/Syndrome HRCS HealthResearch Capacity Strengtheninginitiative(WellcomeTrust) HRP UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development andResearch TraininginHuman Reproduction ICT InformationCommunications Technology 4 ICSU International Council for Science ICT4D Information Communications Technology for Development IDRC International Development ResearchCentre (Canada) IEHA Initiative toEnd Hunger inAfrica (USAID) IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development IFORD International Forum of ResearchDonors for Development IFP International FellowshipProgramme (FordFoundation) IFPRI International Food Policy Research Institute IFS International Foundationfor Science IITA International Institutefor Tropical Agriculture ILRI International Livestock ResearchInstitute INASP International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications IRD ResearchInstitute for Development (France) IRRI International RiceResearchInstitute ISP International ScienceProgramme JICA JapanInternational CooperationAgency K4DP Knowledgefor Development Programme (WBI) KFPE Commissionfor ResearchPartnerships withDevelopingCountries (Switzerland) M&E MonitoringandEvaluation MDG Millennium Development Goal NARS National Agricultural ResearchSystems NCCR N-S National Centres of CompetenceinResearch North-South (Switzerland) NEPAD New Partnershipfor Africa’s Development NGO Nongovernmental Organisation NOMA Norad’s Programme for Master Studies Norad Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation NPT Netherlands Programme for the Institutional Strengthening of Post-secondary Educationand Trainingcapacity (NUFFIC) NUFFIC Netherlands Organisationfor International CooperationinHigher Education NUFU Norwegian Council for Higher Education's Program for Development Researchand Education ODA Official Development Assistance ODI Overseas Development Institute (UK) OIRAD Officeof International Research, Education, and Development (VirginiaTech, USA) OSSREA Organisationfor Social ScienceResearch inEasternand SouthernAfrica PHEA Partnershipfor Higher EducationinAfrica PRSP Poverty ReductionStrategy Paper RCS ResearchCapacity Strengthening RIU Researchinto UseProgramme (DFID) RUF DanishCouncil for Development Research RUFORUM Regional Universities Forum for Capacity BuildinginAgriculture SADC SouthernAfrican Development Community SAREC Department for ResearchCooperation (Sida) SARPN SouthernAfrican Regional Poverty Network SCARDA Strengthening Capacity for Agricultural ResearchinAfrica(DFID) SDC Swiss Agency for Development andCooperation Sida SwedishInternational Development Cooperation Agency SISERA Support for Economic Researchin Africa SIU Norwegian Centrefor International CooperationinHigher Education SNSF Swiss National ScienceFoundation TDR UNICEF/UNDP/WorldBank/WHO Special Programmefor ResearchandTrainingin Tropical Diseases UNDP UnitedNations Development Program UNESCO UnitedNations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNFPA UnitedNations PopulationFund 5 UNICEF UnitedNations Children’s Fund UNRISD UnitedNations Research Institute for Social Development USAID UnitedStates Agency for International Development USHEPiA University Science, Humanities andEngineeringPartnerships inAfrica WB WorldBank WBI WorldBank Institute WHO WorldHealth Organization ZIL Swiss Centre for International Agriculture 6 Executive summary This report aims toprovidean overview of donor support for researchcapacity buildinginAfricaso as toinform theInternational Forum of ResearchDonors for Development (IFORD) andespecially the Department for International Development