NORHEDNorwegian Programme for Capacity Development in

Higher Education and Research for Development

TTI learning event: Think tank and University relationships

Nairobi, 22 May 2014

Supporting Higher Education Institutions in LMICs: Norad’s experiences to date

Results: • Increase: graduates & publications

Challenges:• Institutional sustainability• Holistic approach • Thematic relevance • Norwegian partner role• Gender equality• Synergies: Thematic areas &

education/research

Source: COWI AS

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NORHED in brief

• Objective: Develop academic capacities in LMICs• Academic collaborative partnerships• Demand driven • Thematic and geographic focus• Master & PhD programmes; scholarships ; Post-doc

fellowships• Joint research • Small-scale infrastructure & administrative systems

Hawassa University, Ethiopia

NORHED Sub-programmes

• Education and Training • Health• Natural Resources/Climate• Democratic and Economic

governance• Humanities, Culture, Media • Capacity development in

South Sudan• Norad’s Programme for

Master Studies in Energy and Petroleum (EnPe)

Kathmandu University Hospital, Nepal

Gender Mainstreaming

Main priority for NORHED, crosscutting issue for the whole programme

Both gender as a dimension in education and research programmes, and gender equality in student recruitment, staff recruitment etc.

University of Gadjah Mada, Indonesia

Result 1st CallMain call 2013: Country/ Sub-Programme

Edu-cation

Health Natural Resource Management, Climate Change and Environment

Democratic and Economic Governance

Humanities, Culture, Media and Communication

South Sudan

Total

DR Congo

  1         1

Ethiopia 1 2 4   1   8Kenya   1         1Malawi 1 3   1     5Myanmar

  1         1

Nicaragua

        1   1

Nepal 1   1 2     4Palestine         1   1Sri Lanka

    1       1

Sudan         1   1Sør-Sudan

          3 3

Tanzania 1 1 2       4Uganda 4 2 3 1 2   12Vietnam     1       1Zambia     1       1Zimbabwe

      1     1

Total 8 11 13 5 6 3 46

The NORHED results

framework

NORHED theory of change for producing 1. More and better candidates 2. More and better research

Source: DPMG/USC 2014

NORHED standard indicators

1. Number of new/revised Bachelor/Master/PhD programmes/modules 2. Number of programmes/modules supported with gender perspectives

included3. Capacity to enroll and graduate students 4. Relevance of educational programmes and new graduates to local,

national and regional needs and labor markets5. Number of academic staff with strengthened qualifications

(Master/PhD)6. Ratio of qualified academic staff (Master/PhD) to students 7. Retention rates of qualified academic staff 8. Number of scientific publications (peer reviewed and others)9. Number and type of other dissemination activities 10. Uptake/influence of NORHED-supported research in public policies11. Uptake/influence of NORHED-supported research findings by local

communities/civil society/private sector12. Knowledge transfers within South-South and South-North networks

and partnerships13. Changes in the broader institutional environment which strengthened

the capacity for education and research14. Access to libraries, laboratories and ICT for staff and students

Points for discussion

1. Institutional constraints outside donor influence

2. National needs vs. donor agenda

2. Labour market-led vs. blue-sky research

3. Use of research and role of donors