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The Journey and the Destination: Project and Workshop Overview

This project aims to build research capacity in development in Irish and African universities, focusing on health, education, gender, and ICT research. It includes workshops to assess research capacity, build relationships, and develop shared understandings. The project will also identify future partnerships and prioritize research themes.

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The Journey and the Destination: Project and Workshop Overview

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  1. The Journey and the Destination: Project and Workshop overview Dr Niamh Gaynor IAP Director

  2. ProjectAims - To build capacity in development research in nine partner Irish universities - To build capacity in health, education, gender and ICT research within four partner African universities - In the longer term, to develop an Irish-African network of excellence in development research

  3. Project strategy • Assessing research capacity • Building relationships • Developing shared understandings • Identifying future partnerships Assessing research capacity Institutional opportunities & constraints Thematic priorities and opportunities Developing shared understandings Building relationships Network / Platform for development research P/ship P/ship P/ship

  4. Workshop I: April ’08, DCU • Assessment of RC in African partner institutions - Professor Akilagpa Sawyerr (AAU) - Vice Chancellors • Identifying common priority themes - Phase I of Foresight • Towards common understandings - Partnership principles within the IAP

  5. What are the key opportunities and constraints to research capacity building within each partner institution? Questions arising… • What will be the priority research themes in an uncertain future?

  6. Workshop II: Nov ’08, Entebbe • Assessment of RC in all partner institutions - Interim report on opportunities and constraints to RCB • Priority research themes - Phase II Foresight (scenarios) - University visits • Towards common understandings - 4 discussion papers

  7. Questions arising… How do our chosen priorities match those identified by specialists more broadly? • What do we (an eclectic group) understand by development and research capacity building for development? • How might gender related constraints be more effectively addressed within our partner institutions?

  8. Workshop III: May ’09, Maputo • Towards common understandings: Development for poverty reduction in a globalised world • Concepts and theories • Lessons from policy and practice • Gender as a constraint to research capacity building • Priority research themes - Phase III Foresight (Ranking of priorities) - University visits

  9. Moving forward… • Linking the themes and opportunities and constraints (final report) • Addressing specific constraints to RCB (Malawi summer school – end 2009) • Forging specific research partnerships (from the outcome of Foresight and Stakeholder Consultation work) - Who? - What? (institutional research machinery) • Consolidating the research network • - Institutional framework?

  10. Workshop IV: 2010, QUB • Presentation of findings • Key opportunities and constraints to RCB in partner universities • Recommendations on how these may be addressed • How RCB may be measured • Key research themes / projects in health and education • Issues to be addressed in moving these forward • Launching the way forward - The next steps

  11. Key areas of focus in moving forward Looking outward • Visibility • Dialogue • Mainstreaming • Sustainability - University commitments - Contacts with other key agencies

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