Marta Tufet - London International Development Centre

African Institutions Initiative:
Learning and Evaluation
Marta Tufet
International Activities Adviser
m.tufet@wellcome.ac.uk
Measuring Impact of Higher Education for Development Conference
London, 19 March 2012

Strengthening the
research base in
Africa
Overview:
• 7 consortia
• 70 institutions (51 African)
• 24 countries (18 African)
• £27.8 m
• 5 yrs (10 yrs)
Key Aims:
• Strengthen institutions
• Training of individuals
• Equitable networks
www.wellcome.ac.uk/aii

Funding
Lead Institutions:
1. Makerere University,
Uganda
2. College of Medicine,
University of Malawi
3. Centre Suisse de
Recherche Scientifique
en Cote d’Ivoire
4. Sokoine University,
Tanzania
5. Kwame Nkrumah
University of Science
and Technology,
Ghana
6. Dodowa Health
Service Research
Institute, Ghana
7. African Population and
Health Research
Centre, Kenya

Three levels of learning and evaluation
Assess for
sustainability
(5 yr renewal)
Inter-consortia
networks and
learning
Dissemination of
findings – develop
‘best practice’
for funders and
grantees

Oversight and management
Independent Initiative
Advisory Committee
Wellcome Trust
Learning and
Evaluation Team led
by RAND Europe
7 Consortia, each with its own Advisory Committee