Title: CoCooN - Conflict and Cooperation over Natural Resources in Developing Countries
1CoCooN - Conflict and Cooperation over Natural
Resources in Developing Countries
WOTRO Science for Global Development
- A Knowledge,
- Research and
- Innovation programme
- September, 2009
2BACKGROUND OF THE PROGRAMME
WOTRO Science for Global Development
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs DGIS-DMW
- KOS
- Thematic programme, C S
- Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research
3DGIS - NWO
- Combining
- Innovation in policy and practice with High
quality research - Relevance with Scientific excellence
- Priority themes DGIS with Latest trends in
conflict research
4AIM OBJECTIVES
Aim to contribute to sustainable development,
poverty reduction and the realisation of the
MDGsObjective to provide contributions to
evidence-based policy development, interventions
and practices and to adequately manage, resolve
and learn from conflicts and cooperation over
natural resources
5THREE PERSPECTIVES
- Development Providing society with tools and
perspectives for evidence-based policy
development and practice in developing countries - Knowledge, research and innovation Generating
knowledge, high quality research and innovation - Capacity development Capacity building of
organisations, groups and individuals, including
researchers, policy makers and other stakeholders
at different levels
6CoCooN STRUCTURE
- Calls for proposals Competition advice-decision
making peer review and reply procedure - Steering Committee 5 members, representing
funding agencies - International Programme Advisory Committee
- 7 members, international academia, other
researchers, experts policy and practice
7INTEGRATED PROJECTS
WOTRO Science for Global Development
- Starting from geographically delineated conflict
area - Related to one or more of the three themes
- a. Conflicts, land rights and land-use change
- b. Water resources, conflict and cooperation
- c. Resource exploitation, global trade and
conflict
8INTEGRATED PROJECTS
WOTRO Science for Global Development
- Initiated and steered by consortia
- Composed by representatives of four partners
- Collaborators from research and non-research
institutes - From worldwide both North and South
- At least one partner from a DGIS country
9INTEGRATED PROJECTS
WOTRO Science for Global Development
- Three facilities
- knowledge sharing
- research both fast track and fundamental
- learning, training and capacity development
- Clear objectives targets
- Process approach
- demand articulation
- stakeholder involvement
- feed-back and take-up of new knowledge and
insights
10WOTRO Science for Global Development
Knowledge, research and innovation
- INTEGRATED PROJECTS
- Key stakeholders
- Objective(s)
- target(s)
- Thematic focus
- Geographical focus
- Consortium members
- Effective procedures
Initial set activities yr 0-2
11IPs in practice
WOTRO Science for Global Development
- Initial set of activities (max 600 k)
- Detailed for the first two years (max 400 k)
- Prospective for 2-5 years
- Formulating new activities /specifying initial
- activities (max 1000 k)
- M E / Go - No Go
12 as a PROGRAMME
WOTRO Science for Global Development
- Matchmaking meetings September 2009
- Addis Ababa 15-16 September
- Cali 22-23 September
- Hanoi 29-30 September
- Knowledge sharing
- Regional workshops
- Linking up with other initiatives
- Conflict meeting June 2012
- Support facilities, e.g. e-learning, d-bases,
publications, website
Results on web/ Discussion forum
13 next steps
WOTRO Science for Global Development
- Conflict?
- or
- Cooperation?