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4 A participatory trial planning meeting with farmers, Awae, Cameroon Research is not the opposite of action – it is the opposite of ignorance. Andrew Barnett, The Policy Practice Ltd. (2009) Profile
Moving in a dynamic environment Beyond the ongoing research collaboration and capacity development programmes, the main activity of the North-South Centre in 2009 was the development of our strategy. Throughout the year, we maintained high internal and external visibility by organising events, being present in fora, and communicating via our established tools. A new and promising experience for us is negotiating with non-traditional funding agencies. One of the encouraging developments in 2009 was the steadily growing number and disciplinary breadth in membership. At the end of the year, we had more than 100 members from 10 out of 16 departments, including some 50 active and retired professors. This is equivalent to approximately 10% of all ETH professors. Thus, the North-South Centre is well represented among the ETH faculty. The research and teaching commitment of our members is the bulk of activities of the North-South Centre. While this chapter focuses on the strategic and management perspectives of our programme, these activities are portrayed in the respective chapters of this report. Smooth governance and management The governance structures proved fully functional. When the President of the North-South Centre was on a sabbatical abroad, the two vice-presidents continued to lead the Centre Barbara Becker, Managing Director of the North-South Centre smoothly. The Steering Committee met three times, thereof once specifically to approve the new strategy. The General Assembly took place in conjunction with the Annual Conference in September. It elected Stefanie Engel (D-UWIS) as new vice-president to replace Renate Schubert (D-GESS) who continues to serve on the Steering Committee. The management team remained constant until December 2009 when Emma Lindberg joined to support us for the three-day conference “Tropentag”, which will be organised at the ETH Zurich in 2010. When Isabelle Gómez announced that she would start her new career in the diplomatic service of Switzerland, Emma Lindberg accepted to take over her portfolio from March 2010. In July, the management office moved to new premises in Hochstrasse 60a, higher up on the “Zürichberg”. One advantage of the new location is the immediate vicinity to NADEL. Another advantage is the quiet environment and the building informally called “North- South studio”, which further supports our good teamwork. New strategy In 2008, it became apparent that the business plan of 2006 needed to be complemented with a mid- to long-term strategy. Consequently, the Steering Committee started a strategy process by appointing a strategy taskforce. The process was supported by Jürg Krummenacher (BHP – Brugger und Partner Ltd.) as external consultant and involved the members, the management team and external stakeholders. This process occupied us throughout the entire year, until the resulting strategy was approved in November 2009. The strategy positions us much more clearly than before in the ETH-internal environment and among our Swiss peers. In addition, our four new research areas “Food security”, “Natural resource management”, “Urban and rural transformation”, and “Technology and infrastructure” cover a broad range of disciplinary strengths, cutting across the majority of ETH departments. The strategy is presented in more detail in a separate chapter (see p. 8). 5 Profile A word from the Managing Director
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Koh, L.P., 2009: Calling Indonesia
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