IRD in a Nutshell

IRD in SEA and in Vietnam

Objectives & approach

IRD partnership instruments in SEA

IRD in Vietnam

Research

Training

Scientific animation and networking

Jean-Pascal TorrétonIRD Representative in Vietnam & PhilippinesRegional coordinator for Asia

IRD, the French Institute of Research for Development: Overview of Research for Development in Partnership with Vietnam

May 2016

IRD in a nutshell

• French Public scientific and technological institute

Under the joint authority of:

• Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development

• Human resources

• 56 research units (most jointly with other institutions)

• More than 2,000 agents working with over 90 countries

• Our research, training and innovation activities are intended to contribute to the social, economic and cultural development of southern countries

• Multidisciplinary institute: 5 scientific departments

Internal dynamics and continents surface (DISCO)

Ecology, biodiversity and functioning of continental

ecosystems (ECOBIO)

Oceans, Climate and Resources

(OCEANS)

Health and Societies

(SAS)

Societies and Globalization

(SOC)

Mission «Transdisciplinarity »

LAOS

7 expatriates, 10 LS

VIETNAM

27 expatriates, 4 LSTHAILAND

13 expatriates, >80 LS

INDONESIA

7 expatriates, 11 LS

INDIA

12 expatriates, 4 LS

33/56 Research Units (24 on posting & 9 on short stays),

~ 60 expatriates, > 110 local staff (LS), ~ 60 PhD, ~ 19 FTE on short stays

Partnership with ~ 30 universities and 50 institutes networking - regional scale

IRD in Asia : Teams and partnership

3/13

CAMBODIA

4 expatriates, 2 LS

NEPAL

1 expatriate

Timor Leste: 1

A wide range of topics:

Climate change, oceanography, environment, biodiversity, agriculture productions, soil sciences, biotechnologyEmerging infectious diseases, immunization

policies, nutritionMedical anthropology, archeology, heritage,

public policy, poverty, migrationsInformation Science and Technology

Capacity buildingContribution to structuring research

Innovation/transferPartners (universities, institutes)

IRD Partnership Instruments

Research TrainingScientific animation

& networking

Other supports

Our objectives & approach

Transfer

Co-construction, co-funding, co-realization, co-publication and valorization with Vietnamese Partners

IRD partnership instruments

individuals teams institutionsnetworks

Coherent offer at different scales…

PhD grants

(3 years support,

sandwich)

Scientific

exchange grants

(1 year in France)

Young

International

Teams

(3 years support)

Summer schools

Workshops

Networks

International Joint

Labs: 5 in Asia

International Joint

Units: 3 in Asia

Rigorous scientific assessment Partnership

Competitive evaluation

Support individual training

Promote building of research teams, reinforce their skills and competitiveness in international environment

Favor development of the research environment and its integration in the global research world

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Research strategy in line with the 2030 Agenda for sustainable developmentOverview of IRD activities in Vietnam in the context of SDGs

Improved knowledge for renewed policies against poverty

Soils, land uses, degradation,

rehabilitation

Adaptation of rice to CC: Int. Joint Lab. RICE

Infectious diseases Prevention of micronutrient deficiencies

Particle transport and contaminants in rivers of the Mekong Delta

Soils, land uses, Degradation, Rehabilitation

Adaptation of rice to CC: Int. Joint Lab. RICE

Physical Oceanography, Remote Sensing, biogeochemical models Local and global changes due to human impacts on coastal ecosystems

Role of mangroves in carbon budgets

Physical oceanography, remote sensing,

biogeochemical models

Local & global changes due to human impacts on coastal ecosystems

Role of mangroves in carbon budgets

Role of mangroves in carbon budgets

Intellectual property, quality standards and

collective actions

Mathematics and computer modeling of complex systems. Various applications:

Soils, land uses, degradation,

rehabilitation

Some of our research projects:Ecology, biodiversity and functioning of continental ecosystems (ECOBIO)

International Joint Laboratory RICE (IRD-VAAS-USTH-UM-Cirad):Improvement of rice varieties in response to climate change and the emergence of new pathogens (Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos)

3 IRD scientists on posting from 3 teams (DIADE, IPME, LSTM)

Funding: IRD, Montpellier University, USTH, MARD, Agropolis Foundation, Cariplo Foundation, French MOFAID, MOST …

Located in Agricultural Genetics Institute (Hanoi)

Some of our research projects:Oceans, Climate and Resources (OCEANS)

Coastal oceanography: from hydro-sedimentary processes to regional variability (LEGOS)Physical oceanography – coupled biogeochemical modeling – remote sensing – water color

Funding: Vietnam Ministry Science & Technology, VAST, PNTS, CNES, French ANR, USTH , French MOFAIDPartners: IMER, IO, STI, USTH, WRU…

3 IRD scientists on posting in Vietnamese Institutes.

Biogeochemistry of coastal watersMarine carbon cycle and its temporal variations using satellite observations Developing 3-D modeling approaches to coastal circulation. Applications to coastal erosion.

Some of our research projects:Oceans, Climate and Resources (OCEANS)

Effects of local and global changes related to human impacts on marine ecosystems (MARBEC Team)

Partners: IMER, IBT, IEBR, IO, NIHE, HCMUS, Nong Lam Univ., Can Tho Univ. …

3 IRD researchers hosted in Vietnamese Institutes.

Mangrove communities and anthropisation (Young International Team) Supply, support and control services from delta coastal waters and their sustainability

(International Joint Lab) Role of coral holobiont in coral bleaching

Funding: IRD, EC2CO, Total foundation, NAFOSTED, French MOFAID, MOST…

Particle transport and contaminants in rivers of the Mekong DeltaLTHE Team (CNRS, IRD, Grenoble Alpes University)

2 IRD & 1 volunteer in HCMC University of Technology (CARE lab.)

Partners: CARE, HCMUT, VNU HCMC

Funding: Grenoble Alpes University, RESCIF network, HCMUT, French ANR, Rhône-Alpes region

Some of our research projects:Internal dynamics and continents surface (DISCO)

Some of our research projects:Societies and Globalization (SOC)

Modelisation and simulation of complex systems (International Joint Unit UMMISCO)

2 IRD staffs, 5 Vietnamese scientists in HanoiUSTH - Hanoi University of Science and Technology

Many other Vietnamese partners (IOIT-VAST, IGP-VAST, Can Tho Univ, Da Nang Univ, …)

Various transversal applications in environment, health, and social sciences….

Funding: French ANR, EDF, EU, USTH, Sorbonne University…

Regular summer schools on modeling in SEA

Economic transition, analysis of the determinants of poverty and inequality

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Adaptation of public policies to reduce poverty and inequality

European Project NOPOOR: Vietnam, India & 15 other countries (DIAL Team)

Some of our research projects: Societies and Globalization (SOC)

2 IRD scientists & 1 volunteer at the Center of Analysis and Forecasting (VASS )

Funding: EU-FP7

Spatial dynamics of dengue

Epidemiological simulation platform at spatial scale

Epidemiology of tuberculosis

Optimization of vaccination policies

Containing emergence of resistance

Epidemiology, vectors (MIVEGEC Team) Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia

Some of our research projects:Health and Societies (SAS)

2 IRD scientists & 1 volunteer at NIHE

2 Young international teams: tuberculosis, modelisation in epidemiology

New Int. Joint Lab on antimicrobial resistances

Summer school computational biology (sept. 2016)

Funding: French ANR, CNRS, Gates Found., Wellcome Trust, USTH, French MOFAID, MoST…

Training

Academic

Numerous lectures in Universities in Vietnam (> 600h: USTH, CTU, VNU) Various block teachings in epidemiology, economy, demography, modeling…

Through research

Numerous Master trainings

~ 36 ongoing PhD in Vietnam, including 12 granted or co-granted by IRD

3 in service training grants (BEST grants)

Scientific animation and networking

Congresses, schools and scientific workshops in Vietnam• 8-10 events/year : >400 scientists/year from allover SEA

Thank you!

More at http://en.vietnam.ird.fr/