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🌐🌱Just out: our factsheet "Key features of sustainable North-South funding instruments - towards an equitable landscape for global research partnerships", by CDE researchers and @kfpe.scnat.ch published by @scnat.ch 👇 @unibern.bsky.social

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🎉Happy to present our new report on quality of global #research #partnerships - with recommendations for funding institutions. Thanks to @kfpe.scnat.ch and our esteemed partners in Kenya, Laos, Ethiopia, Myanmar for their so valuable contributions 🙏👇

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⚠️New Name: «Swiss Alliance for Global Research Partnerships»⚠️ In June 2025, we will change the name of the KFPE to «Swiss Alliance for Global Research Partnerships». Learn more about the reasons for revising our name at the Annual Conference on 20 June. kfpe.scnat.ch/en/about_kfpe

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Recommendations how research funding can contribute to high quality and transformative global research and how funding instruments contribute to co-created research, targeted capacity development and reduced institutional disparities. 👉 kfpe.scnat.ch/en/key_activ... @cdeunibe.bsky.social @scnat.ch

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Research projects are better if they build on high quality research partnerships. Our latest report provides recommendations for funding institutions how to evaluate the quality of global research partnerships and what to evaluate. 👉 kfpe.scnat.ch/en/key_activ... @cdeunibe.bsky.social @scnat.ch

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The MGG Academy is a training and dialogue format for highly qualified early- to mid-career professionals from global powers and the European Union (EU). mgg.network/page/mgg-aca... @cdeunibe.bsky.social @swisstph.ch @wyssacademy.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social @scnat.ch @snsf-ch.bsky.social

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"These experiences influenced my subsequent thinking about development in relation to the importance of bottom-up approaches, stakeholder engagement, self-reliance, and mutual learning almost as a form of learning by doing" www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2146

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The authors of a Comment article in Nature Human Behaviour propose six actionable steps of allyship that researchers, faculty members and educators can engage in to foster a diverse, equitable and inclusive academia. #Academicsky 🧪

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Breaking language barriers: ‘Not being fluent in English is often viewed as being an inferior scientist’ Biologist Tatsuya Amano works to make science a fairer place for non-fluent speakers. @cdeunibe.bsky.social @scnat.ch @swisstph.ch @dinapomeranz.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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The Centre's one-year Postgraduate Diploma Programme helps students from disadvantaged countries gain the knowledge and study skills they need to pursue PhD degrees anywhere in the world. @scnat.ch www.ictp.it/news/2024/12...

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Explore financial tools shaping the SDGs & gain insights ahead of the 4th UN Finance for Development Conference! Join our summer school "Finance 4 Development" 23-27 June 2025 at @UAntwerpen.bsky.social 👉 www.uantwerpen.be/en/summer-wi... #SustainableFinance #SDGs #SummerSchool #Antwerp

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Seed Grant for New #African Principal Investigators. With the support of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), UNESCO-TWAS launched a new programme to strengthen the capacity of African countries lagging in science and technology. twas.org/opportunity/...

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Call for projects: Movetia - Int. cooperation: Swiss and foreign educational institutions work together on a current topic and jointly develop new educational concepts, programmes or tools.... @cdeunibe.bsky.social @swisstph.ch @swisspeace.bsky.social @scnat-ch.bsky.social movetia.ch/en/funding-o...

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Epidemiologist Placide Mbala, who led research into the #Mpox outbreak that has killed hundreds of people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is one of the remarkable individuals chosen for this year’s Nature’s 10. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Join us in the discussion on how to revise the @kfpe.bsky.social Guide for Transboundary Research Partnerships. - What makes your research collaborations successful? - Which challenges did you face? 👉 share your experiences and ideas on our interactive survey: kfpe.scnat.ch/en/about_kfp...

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Science diplomacy combines diplomacy and science to tackle global challenges 👉 A policy brief by the @kfpe.bsky.social and @swisstph.bsky.social shows the benfits of this interplay between science and diplomacy and how it can be further strengthened. kfpe.scnat.ch/en/key_activ...

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Will a growth in postdoctoral positions across #Africa cause bottlenecks, replicating the career-progression challenges faced by scientists elsewhere? by Linda Nordling in Nature. www.nature.com/articles/d41... @cdeunibe.bsky.social @snsf-ch.bsky.social @dinapomeranz.bsky.social

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Academia is still failing #Black #women. Nicola Rollock outlines concrete actions that individual academics and institutions can take to demonstrate solidarity with Black women. @cdeunibe.bsky.social @swisstph.bsky.social @snsf-ch.bsky.social @juliegwen.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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In late 2023, WHO officially added #noma to the list of neglected tropical diseases. The @swisstph.bsky.social and the University of Basel both played a key role in this. That decision could open new doors for funding research programs to understand the disease better. www.unibas.ch/en/News-Even...

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New publication 🎉 🌱 in English, French, and German: “Trade Relations that Contribute to the Sustainable Development of the Agriculture and Food Sector: a Concrete Legal Proposal” by CDE researchers Elisabeth Bürgi Bonanomi and Judith Schäli (editors) et al. in Dike Verlag AG: tinyurl.com/yckwm3xp

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1/ Just out: “Coffee and the agrarian questions in Laos and Rwanda: Taking a bottom-up perspective” by Patrick Illien. The study provides a systematic analysis of contemporary agrarian change in Laos and Rwanda. The article highlights rural labor markets in the coffee heartlands of both countries 🧵

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A look back at our symposium on improving #AccessToMedicines earlier this month It was a great pleasure to host so many distinguished experts – we look forward to continuing the discussion and fostering collaboration to improve health worldwide.

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How to ensure #Vaccine #equity now? A collective of 290 scientists from 36 countries come together to support the adoption of a ‘science-for-science’ approachin the treaty. www.nature.com/articles/d41... @swisstph.bsky.social @snsf-ch.bsky.social @melissafleming.bsky.social @scnat-ch.bsky.social

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Engage with us in discussions on how to strengthen sustainable, equitable partnerships in North-South collaboration. Submit your workshop idea before 8 March 2024 👉 kfpe.scnat.ch/en/annual_co... @snsf-ch.bsky.social @cdeunibe.bsky.social @swisstph.bsky.social

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Our latest newsletter is out! Learn more about new funding opportunities for global research collaborations, events, courses and publications. 👉 scnat-4.campaigns.dmanalytics1.com/usr/83bf7d4b... @snsf-ch.bsky.social @cdeunibe.bsky.social @ethzurich.bsky.social @swisstph.bsky.social

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SOR4D Programme of @snsf-ch.bsky.social and SDC has selected eight projects for funding. Congratulations to the winners! The KFPE wishes you every success and joy in realising your projects and creating long-term impact! www.snf.ch/en/wuBfxQOTy...

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A milestone in academic and scientific cooperation between Switzerland and Viet Nam: NAFOSTED and @snsf-ch.bsky.social have just opened a 2nd joint call for projects. Deadline 11.04.2024. More details here: NAFOSTED tinyurl.com/33kuvvaa SNSF tinyurl.com/3puxt2wv

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