CIFOR's Role in Research Collaboration : Learning from Partners' Perspectives
In recent years, the notion of doing research with multiple partners has become an important concept in international development. This reflects the belief that partnerships are important for solving complex problems, reducing costs and competition...
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2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/14649585/cifors-role-research-collaboration-learning-partners-perspectives http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7222 |
| Summary: | In recent years, the notion of doing
research with multiple partners has become an important
concept in international development. This reflects the
belief that partnerships are important for solving complex
problems, reducing costs and competition for the same
resources, increasing efficiency and ownership, and ensuring
greater accountability. The Center for International
Forestry Research (CIFOR) was established in 1993 by the
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
(CGIAR) in response to global concerns about the social,
environmental and economic consequences of forest loss and
degradation. CIFOR's statutes define its mission as
'to contribute to the sustained well-being of people in
developing countries, particularly in the tropics, through
collaborative strategic and applied research and related
activities in forest systems and forestry, and by promoting
the transfer of appropriate new technologies and the
adoption of new methods o/social organizations, for national
development: CIFOR research produces the knowledge and
methods needed to improve the well-being of forest-dependent
people and to help tropical countries manage their forests
wisely for sustained benefits. This research is undertaken
in partnership. At any given time, more than 100
developing-country researchers participate in CIFOR research
projects. This publication is an initial attempt to explore
partners' experience of carrying out research in
collaboration with CIFOR. The first part of the document
introduces CIFOR's collaborative strategy and the
partnership framework used for this study. 'The second
section presents the study's objectives, approach and
findings. The third and final section analyses the results
and the implication of the study's findings for CIFOR
and its partners. |
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