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Programme

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09.30 Arrival, poster presentation, coffee
 

Inauguration Ceremony

 
10.00 Welcome address Felix Escher, Outgoing ZIL president
10.10
Inauguration of the new North-South Centre
Farewell ceremony to former ZIL and NIDECO presidents and governing bodies

Dimos Poulikakos, ETH Zurich Vice-President Research
10.20

Mission and set-up of the North-South Centre - pdf, 22kb
Wolfgang Kinzelbach, President of the North-South Centre
 

Keynote addresses, Chair: Barbara Becker

 
10.30

Impact of policy research in Latin America: The case of the Washington Consensus - pdf, 288kb
Rolf Kappel, ETH Zurich
11.10

Impact of agricultural research to reduce hunger and poverty - pdf, 511kb
Ruth Meinzen-Dick, International Food Policy Research Institute
11.50

Impact of water resource management research in South Africa - pdf, 431kb
Eiman Karar, The Water Research Commission of South Africa
12.30
Lunch  
 

Poster exhibition

 
13.30
Four Topics with parallel group presentations:
  • Stakeholder participation in joint research projects
  • Local knowledge systems in research
  • Impact of research partnerships
  • Impact of capacity development
 
 

Experiences from the ETH Zurich and the Swiss research community, Chair: Roland Schertenleib

 
14.10

Improving impacts of research partnerships - pdf, 4'466kb
Jon-Andri Lys, KFPE and Smita Premchander, SAMPARK
14.30

ZIL impact study on livestock systems research - pdf, 1'904kb
Sabine Hahn-Fornet, ZIL Consultant
14.50

SDC/EPFL external evaluation with special focus on impact and good practices of research funding - pdf, 942kb
Jacqueline Schmid, SDC
15.10

The added value of targeted research in achieving impact: The case of the NCCR North-South - pdf, 2'546kb
Bernhard Wehrli, Member of the National Research Council (SNSF), Division II and member of the Review panel of the NCCR North-South
15.30
Coffee Break  
 

Swiss policies to support research for development, Chair: Bernard Lehmann

 
16.00
The perspective of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) - pdf, 21kb
Beate Wilhelm, Assistant Director-General of SDC and head of the SDC Department of Thematic and Technical Resources
16.10

The perspective of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) - pdf, 178kb
René Schwarzenbach, Vice-President of Division IV (Targeted Research) of SNSF
 16.20
The perspective of the State Secretariat for Education and Research (SER) - pdf, 199kb
Claudio Fischer, Head Bilateral Research Cooperation of SER
 16.30
Final discussion  
 17.00  Wrap-up and closing remarks
President of the North-South Centre
 
 17.15
Apéro  
 

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