12.04.2018 NORHED Norwegian Programme for Capacity Development in Higher Education and Research for Development Edle Hamre/Jorun Nossum Addis Ababa, 13 March 2014

The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) is a directorate under the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Technical advisory services Administration of grants Quality assurance, results monitoring and control Communication Evaluation

Workshop Addis Ababa Clause in the Agreement: Revise and complete the results framework for the Project with clearly identified indicators and targets at all levels within 31 March 2014 Purpose: Towards complete results framework at project level Towards standard indicators at programme level

Evaluation of NOMA/NUFU programs (2010) The NOMA and NUFU programmes have contributed to strengthened capacity A need for a more holistic approach to capacity building Questions of sustainability Relevance at country level Asymmetry between North and South Women and gender equality Synergy effects between the programmes, between education/research Page

NORHED in brief Aim to increase academic capacities in developing countries Academic partnerships Demand driven, with institutional commitment and involvement Thematic and geographic focus Master programmes, PhD studies and Post-doc fellowships Joint research projects Small-scale infrastructure and system strengthening Hawassa University. Etiopia

NORHED Results Framework Outcome: strengthen capacity for higher education and research in higher education institutions in LMIC Increased capacity is defined as: ability for institutions in the South to educate more and better qualified candidates, and to increased quality and quantity of research conducted by the countries’ own researchers. Long term impact: sustainable economic, social and environmental development in low and middle income countries. University of Gadjah Mada, Indonesia

Budgetary framework The overall annual budget for NORHED is NOK 150 million (27 mill USD) (including EnPe) The budget frame for individual projects is 7-18 million NOK (1-4 mill USD) per project for a period of up to five years (2013-2018). Norad has a NORHED project portfolio of 46 projects Page

NORHED Sub-programmes Education and Training Health Natural Resources Management, Climate and Environment Democratic and Economic governance Humanities, Culture, Media and Communication Capacity development in South Sudan Norad’s Programme for Master Studies in Energy and Petroleum (EnPe) Kathmandu University Hospital, Nepal

NORHED’s geographic priorities Countries registered on OECD DAC list of ODA recipients are eligible for NORHED funding Regional priorities per sub-programme per call. Countries of priority (for 2013 call) : Burundi, Ethiopia, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia; Afghanistan, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Timor-Leste ; and Palestine

Partnerships All projects have to have a Norwegian partner Regional collaboration is encouraged Partnerships based on equality, and project ownership at the LMIC institutions. South Partner is the preferred Agreement Partner Degrees to be given from LMIC institutions when possible University of Juba, South Sudan

Steering Structure Independent Review Committees (IRC)s per sub-programme per call Strategic Programme Advisory Panel: Review progress and results; Advise on strategic and operational issues; Exchange information and discuss policy issues in higher education and research; Advise on additional areas of work and/or relevant networks or partners Decisions remains with Norad/MFA

Gender Mainstreaming Main priority for NORHED, crosscutting issue for the whole programme, to be reflected in all projects and at programme level Both Gender as a dimension in education and research programmes, and Gender equality in student recruitment, staff recruitment etc Each project to include both the gender dimension and gender equality, targets to be set, and budget to reflect this. University of Gadjah Mada, Indonesia

NORHED Main Call 2013 Open call on all sub-programmes 173 applications Evaluated by six Independent Review Committees Resulted in 46 projects recommended for funding Agreements entered with 36 projects

Result 1st Call Land/ Del-program 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 Ethiopia 2 4 8 Kenya Malawi 3 5 Myanmar Nicaragua Nepal Palestine Sri Lanka Sudan Sør-Sudan Tanzania Uganda 12 Vietnam Zambia Zimbabwe 11 13 6 46 Result 1st Call

Sub-programme No of applications   No of approved projects Education 31 8 Health 37 11 Natural Resource Management, Climate Change and Environment 59 13 Democratic and Economic Governance 17 5 Humanities, Culture, Media and Communication 19 6 Capacity Development in South Sudan 10 3 Total 173 46

HEI in countries with more than one NORHED project: I tillegg har følgende institusjoner NORHED-prosjekter: State university of Zanzibar, Jimma University, University of Public Health (Myanmar), MUHAS, Uni of Kinshasa, Uni of KwaZulu Natal, Nha Trang University, Copperbelt University, UDSM, Uni of Peradeniya, Sokoine, Kathmandu, MUBS, Uni of Zimbabwe, Birzeit University, Uni of Khartoum, Addis Ababa University, Uganda Christian University LMIC institution Number of projects Makerere University 7 University of Malawi 4 Kyambogo University 2 Hawassa University Tribhuvan University 3 University of Juba Mekelle University

Evaluation The NORHED programme will be subject to a real-time evaluation commissioned by the Evaluation Department in Norad. The University of Southern California’s Development Portfolio Management Group (DPMG) will conduct the evaluation. The projects themselves are responsible to initiate reviews and evaluations at project level. Page

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