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32 Farmers contributing in the data collection, El-Bab region, Syria Research collaboration Only by working together as partners can we ensure that research is relevant and put into practice. Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State for International Development, UK (2008)
Research collaboration The North-South Centre has set solid foundations for a successful implementation of its strategy, which is very explicit about the intended future research portfolio. The conceptual approach “research for development” and the overall goal “sustainable development for human well-being” outlined in the strategy have permeated the minds of our members and are reflected in all our activities. In the future, the North-South Centre will pursue four thematic areas: “Food security”, “Natural resource management”, “Urban and rural transformation”, and “Technology and infrastructure” (see p. 8). Already today, many research activities of our members feed the new portfolio. The topics of “Food security” and “Natural resource management” can build on long-standing expertise of the North-South Centre, both at the level of its individual members and at the level of programme management. The project reports of the research programme “Livestock research in support of poor people” described on the next pages highlight the interdisciplinary collaboration among ETH scientists, in particular between the groups of food and nutrition, agriculture, and environmental sciences. The fellowship programme RFPP (see p. 64) with its numerous doctoral and post-doc projects covers both “Food security” and “Natural resource management”. In the case of “Urban and rural transformation”, we see great potential in developing this thematic area together with the relevant ETH scientists who have expressed their interest in the topic. The North-South Centre can help to channel the wealth of expertise at the ETH Zurich into research partnerships with developing countries and emerging economies. In this year’s annual report, we will already shed light on activities conducted in 2009 (see p. 48). “Technology and infrastructure” will be gradually explored as another new field within the profile of the North-South Centre. The topic fits well to the comparative advantage of a technical university, and is highly relevant for development. In 2009, we started to approach new ETH departments by organising the Annual Conference together with the Energy Science Center. Furthermore, in a workshop with the Volkswagen Foundation we discussed potential research activities in engineering for development (see p. 106). Kyrgyzstan Mongolia Syria China Iran Pakistan Mexico Nepal Kuba India Bangladesh Honduras Nicaragua Mali Nigeria Thailand Vietnam Costa Rica Venezuela Burkina Faso Ethiopia Panama Côte d’Ivoire Cameroon Phillipines Somalia Sri Lanka Colombia Benin Malaysia Uganda Kenya Equador DR Congo Rwanda Seychelles Indonesia Peru Brazil Tanzania Zambia Bolivia Zimbabwe Madagascar Botswana Mozambique South Africa 33 Research collaboration Geographic distribution of research projects conducted by members of the North-South Centre
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Koh, L.P., 2009: Calling Indonesia
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