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Research collaboration<br />
The <strong>North</strong>-<strong>South</strong> <strong>Centre</strong> has set solid foundations for a successful implementation of<br />
its strategy, which is very explicit about the intended future research portfolio.<br />
The conceptual approach “research for development” and the overall goal “sustainable<br />
development for human well-being” outlined in the strategy have permeated the<br />
minds of our members and are reflected in all our activities.<br />
In the future, the <strong>North</strong>-<strong>South</strong> <strong>Centre</strong> will pursue four thematic<br />
areas: “Food security”, “Natural resource management”,<br />
“Urban and rural transformation”, and “Technology<br />
and infrastructure” (see p. 8). Already today, many research<br />
activities of our members feed the new portfolio.<br />
The topics of “Food security” and “Natural resource management”<br />
can build on long-standing expertise of the<br />
<strong>North</strong>-<strong>South</strong> <strong>Centre</strong>, both at the level of its individual<br />
members and at the level of programme management.<br />
The project reports of the research programme “Livestock<br />
research in support of poor people” described on the next<br />
pages highlight the interdisciplinary collaboration among<br />
<strong>ETH</strong> scientists, in particular between the groups of food<br />
and nutrition, agriculture, and environmental sciences. The<br />
fellowship programme RFPP (see p. 64) with its numerous<br />
doctoral and post-doc projects covers both “Food security”<br />
and “Natural resource management”.<br />
In the case of “Urban and rural transformation”, we see<br />
great potential in developing this thematic area together<br />
with the relevant <strong>ETH</strong> scientists who have expressed their<br />
interest in the topic. The <strong>North</strong>-<strong>South</strong> <strong>Centre</strong> can help to<br />
channel the wealth of expertise at the <strong>ETH</strong> Zurich into<br />
research partnerships with developing countries and<br />
emerging economies. In this year’s annual report, we will<br />
already shed light on activities conducted in 2009 (see p. 48).<br />
“Technology and infrastructure” will be gradually explored<br />
as another new field within the profile of the <strong>North</strong>-<strong>South</strong><br />
<strong>Centre</strong>. The topic fits well to the comparative advantage of a<br />
technical university, and is highly relevant for development.<br />
In 2009, we started to approach new <strong>ETH</strong> departments by<br />
organising the Annual Conference together with the Energy<br />
Science Center. Furthermore, in a workshop with the Volkswagen<br />
Foundation we discussed potential research activities<br />
in engineering for development (see p. 106).<br />
Kyrgyzstan<br />
Mongolia<br />
Syria<br />
China<br />
Iran Pakistan<br />
Mexico<br />
Nepal<br />
Kuba<br />
India Bangladesh<br />
Honduras Nicaragua<br />
Mali<br />
Nigeria<br />
Thailand Vietnam<br />
Costa Rica Venezuela Burkina Faso<br />
Ethiopia<br />
Panama<br />
Côte d’Ivoire Cameroon<br />
Phillipines<br />
Somalia Sri Lanka<br />
Colombia<br />
Benin<br />
Malaysia<br />
Uganda Kenya<br />
Equador<br />
DR Congo Rwanda Seychelles<br />
Indonesia<br />
Peru<br />
Brazil<br />
Tanzania<br />
Zambia<br />
Bolivia<br />
Zimbabwe<br />
Madagascar<br />
Botswana Mozambique<br />
<strong>South</strong> Africa<br />
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Research collaboration<br />
Geographic distribution of research projects<br />
conducted by members of the <strong>North</strong>-<strong>South</strong> <strong>Centre</strong>