VLIR-UOS University Cooperation for Development Let’s « share minds and change lives » Kampala, 31 October 2011

1.VLIR-UOS – Who are we?

university cooperation for development sharing minds, changing lives What’s in a name: VLIR-UOS Flemish Interuniversity Council (VLIR) – University Cooperation for Development (UOS) Foundation created in 1998 under the umbrella of the Flemish Interuniversity Council (network of Flemish universities) Funded by the Belgian minister for Development Cooperation Annual budget of € 33 million Who are we?

university cooperation for development sharing minds, changing lives 5 universities 22 university colleges Flanders in Belgium Catholic University of Leuven (K.U.Leuven) University of Antwerp (UA) Free University of Brussels (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) Ghent University (UGent) Hasselt University (UHasselt)

university cooperation for development sharing minds, changing lives Knowledge as catalyst for development Universities as development players The social responsibility of universities Cooperation as lever for quality of research and higher education What are we doing it for? Sharing minds, changing lives

2. VLIR-UOS in UGANDA

KAMPALA UGANDA PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES 3 GULU KAMPALA MBARARA FLEMISH UNIVERSITY COOPERATION GULU REGIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MAKERERE UNIVERSITY KAWANDA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INST.

3. Changing paradigms and policy landscape

university cooperation for development sharing minds, changing lives Introduction: new policy landscape oParis and Accra Declaration oPolitical Agreement VLIR-UOS and CUD with Belgian government of 22 April 2010 Geographical concentration (20 countries) and strategy for each Funding based on 3 year action plans ( )

university cooperation for development sharing minds, changing lives 10 Geographical concentration – 20 countries Africa (10)South- & Central- America (6) Asia (4) BurundiBoliviaIndia Congo DRCubaIndonesia EthiopiaEcuadorSri Lanka GhanaNicaraguaVietnam KenyaPeru MoroccoSuriname Mozambique Uganda Tanzania South-Africa

university cooperation for development sharing minds, changing lives Opportunities and expectations from country programmes 11 Clear framework – country strategy as context: increased societal impact through coherence with development priorities and poverty reduction strategies Donor coordination, synergies, harmonisation and alignment Long term commitments Higher visibility of actions and results

4. Country Strategy for Uganda

university cooperation for development sharing minds, changing lives 13 STRATEGY: an informed policy choice and framework for programming oVLIR-UOS policy document oFramework that captures niche where ‘matching’ of Flemish ‘supply’ (expertise and human resources) and Southern demand (needs, priorities) is realistic DEMAND STRATEGIC NICHE FOR PROGRAMMING SUPPLY

university cooperation for development sharing minds, changing lives 14 A STRATEGY: CHARACTERISTICS oBased on theme and/or geographic location oMultidisciplinary and sufficiently broad to ensure a sufficient number of quality partnerships oDevelopmental relevance and sustainable capacity building oLong-term timeframe: 12 years – with possibility of strategic revision every 6 years

university cooperation for development sharing minds, changing lives 15 From Country strategy to Country programme

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