NORHED
Norwegian 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
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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
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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
Main
call EduHealth
Result
1st
Call
2013:
cation
Country/
SubProgramm
e
DR Congo
Ethiopia
1
Kenya
Malawi
1
Myanmar
Nicaragua
Nepal
Palestine
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Sør-Sudan
Tanzania
Uganda
Vietnam
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Total
1
2
1
3
1
Natural
Resource
Management
, Climate
Change and
Environment
Democratic
and
Economic
Governance
4
Humanities,
South
Culture, Media Sudan
and
Communication
1
8
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5
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1
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1
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2
1
1
1
3
1
4
8
1
2
11
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3
1
1
13
1
2
1
5
6
Total
3
1
4
1
1
1
3
4
12
1
1
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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
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Number of new/revised Bachelor/Master/PhD programmes/modules
Number of programmes/modules supported with gender perspectives included
Capacity to enroll and graduate students
Relevance of educational programmes and new graduates to local, national and
regional needs and labor markets
Number of academic staff with strengthened qualifications (Master/PhD)
Ratio of qualified academic staff (Master/PhD) to students
Retention rates of qualified academic staff
Number of scientific publications (peer reviewed and others)
Number and type of other dissemination activities
Uptake/influence of NORHED-supported research in public policies
Uptake/influence of NORHED-supported research findings by local
communities/civil society/private sector
Knowledge transfers within South-South and South-North networks and
partnerships
Changes in the broader institutional environment which strengthened the capacity
for education and research
Access to libraries, laboratories and ICT for staff and students
Points for discussion
1. Institutional constraints outside donor
influence
1. National needs vs. donor agenda
2. Labour market-led vs. blue-sky research
3. Use of research and role of donors