policymakers’ reflections: major challenges and future goals jesper w. simonsen, executive...
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Policymakers’ Reflections:Major Challenges and Future Goals
Jesper W. Simonsen, Executive directorNFU Conference 2014 – Tromsø 1.-2.10.2014
Presenting the NORGLOBAL II
Programme
On Whose Terms?
Outline
The Role of The Research Council of Norway
Development Research in Norway
The NorGlobal II Programme
On Whose Terms?
An interesting illustration
The Roles of The Research Council of Norway
www.forskningsradet.no/lysaker
• Adviser• to government, institutions etc.• research policy, themes, structure
• Financing for added value• programmes, projects, centres, scholarships,
infrastructure• basic research, thematic programmes, support
private RTD
• Meeting places
• Internationalization
The Council distributes about 30 % of public expenditures on R&D in Norway
Publicfunding
of R&D inNorway
50%
Industry
Institutes
OtherMinistries
Highereducation
sector
Ministry of Educationand Research
The ResearchCouncil
269
1830
1312
1908
779
478
371329
362
Funding from all the ministries (2014)
Trade, industry and fisheries
Petroleum and energy
Agriculture
Environment Education and research
Administration
Health
Totalt 8048 mill. kr. (inkl. adm)
Foreign affairs
Education and research
Cross-sectoral
Why development research?
Knowledge, competence and capacity in Norway to design the Norwegian development assistance to get
maximum positive impact (and to avoid damages)
to design the global initiatives and foreign policy to get maximum positive impact (and to avoid damages)
to design other policies optimally taking the principle of coherence into account.
In other words: To use the tax-payers money efficiently
(Drawing on the best knowledge production globally)
Capacity building in the South as a part of the development cooperation.
A knowledgeable Norwegian population.
Development research in Norway
Historically not poorly funded
a small share to long term competence building
a small share allocated through national competitions
HE-institutions committed
Ministry of research committed
Research Council funding increasing
periods of consolidation and of fragmentation
2014: Globvac + NorGlobal + country spec. + open arenas
NORGLOBAL 2009-2014
Poverty and Peace (PovPeace)
CGIAR-fellowship
Women and gender in development
Globalisation of the environmental- energy and climate research (Globmek)
Research on Economic Growth, Poverty Reduction, Reproductive Health and Population Dynamics (Econpop)
Western Balkan Countries development research
Tax havens, capital flows and development (TaxCapDev)
Humanitarian policy (HUMPOL)
Effect of aid
Democracy and Governance in Malawi
(NORGLOBAL/INDNOR)
NORGLOBAL-2 time line
Winter 2013/14 Summarizing experiences
Dialogue (research community)
Program development group
Summer 2014 Consultation MFA/NORAD (strategy processes)
Sept. 2014 The CEEN Report
October 2014 Divisional board: Programme committee – Program plan basis
Winter 2014/15 First call (hopefully)
April 2015 Program plan
Sept. 2015 First projects running
NORGLOBAL-2 recommendations (1)
Programme combining long perspectives and topical priorities
Long perspectives on building strong research groups/sector on prioritized long term thematic areas within the field through a variety of instruments: Traditional projects, scholarships,
mobility grants, centres, infrastructure, international co-financing, incentives for international funding
based on a concrete analysis of the needs in the specific area.
Flexibility for profiling more topical priorities without jeopardizing the long term building of solid foundation for research of high quality.
NORGLOBAL-2 recommendations (2)
One consolidated programme with solid funding for 8-10 years
Knowledge and competence to understand and meet the global development challenges, focussing on reduction of extreme poverty
Broad thematic areas – researcher initiated projects (+ innovation projects?)
Support research in cooperation with countries in the South and the best research groups in the North.
Meeting place for researchers, policy makers and other users
On Whose Terms?
Who should make the priorities?
Whose perspectives are most useful to formulate and analyse the problem?
Useful for whom?
Who should be involved to make the studies successful – given their objectives?
In terms of knowledge
In terms of change
What rights have people to be involved when they are studied?
What are the roles of the policymakers, of the academic institutions and of the scientist?
What kind of research?
Highquality
Lowquality
Low relevance High relevance
ValuableInteresting
Waste Damaging