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Research unit
SDC
Project number
ExSt.2024.1606
Project title
Final Evaluation of the r4d Programme

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Key words
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Research for development, sustainable development, 2030 Agenda, Capacity Building, north-south research partnership, transformative research
Short description
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The r4d programme: The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) co-financed the r4d programme with approximately CHF 100 million between 2012 and 2023.and 2023. The programme has supported 57 solution-oriented research projects. Each project has brought together researchers from the Global South and Switzerland. The programme's main objective was "to contribute to solving urgent global problems and securing global public goods in Africa, Asia and in Africa, Asia and South America within the normative and conceptual framework of global sustainable development". The R4D programme aims to 1) generate evidence and solutions for development problems, 2) make solutions available to stakeholders, and 3) build scientific capacity in the Global South and in Switzerland for transformative research. Scope, objectives and methods of the evaluation: The first objective of the evaluation is to assess the extent to which the r4d programme has been able to achieve its objectives. The second objective is to identify lessons learned that can be used for other research programmes, such as r4d's successor, SOR4D. The evaluation is based on the OECD/DAC Principles for Evaluation of Development Assistance and focuses on relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability. The evaluation has developed a broad evidence base - based on 25 in-depth case studies of funded projects (44% of the total), interviews with 18 stakeholders involved in the design and management of the programme, and interviews with 10 informants from the wider research community. A quantitative survey of funded researchers was also carried out, with 113 respondents.
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Contractor
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BSS Volkswirtschaftliche Beratung
Charged budget
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DEZA / DDC / SDC / DSC / COSUDE
Legal basis
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Art. 57 Abs. 1 RVOG | Art. 57 al. 1 LOGA. | Art. 57 cpv. 1 LOGA
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Copyright, Bundesbehörden der Schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft | Droits d'auteur: autorités de la Confédération suisse | Diritti d'autore: autorità della Confederazione Svizzera | Dretgs d'autur: autoritads da la Confederaziun svizra | Copyright, Swiss federal authorities
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