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1 1 NORHEDNorwegian Programme for Capacity
1 NORHEDNorwegian Programme for Capacity Development in The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) is a directorate under the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)•Technical advisoryservices The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) is a directorate under the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Report to the Stortingno. 13 (2008-2009):Climate, Conflict and Capital; Norwegian developing policy in a world in change Page •Aim to increase academic capacities in developing •A long term perspective •South-(South)-Norwegian partnerships•Demand driven Evaluation ofNOMA/NUFU programs 2 NORHED ResultsFramework•The programme’s outcome is to strengthen capacity in higher education institutions in LMIC•Increased capacity is defined as: ability for institutions in the South to educate more and better qualified candidates, and to increased quality and quantity of research conducted by the countries’ own researchers.•The programme’s impact is sustainable economic, social and environmental development in low and middle income countries.Page PageNORHED: Goals and Output level•Educated Bachelor, Master or PhD candidates •Sustainable Bachelor, Master or PhD education programmes at institutions in developing countries•Institution and system strengthening•More women in higher education programmes •Research conducted by researchers in developing countries•Infrastructure components Outcomelevel•Increased capacity and competence of staff and •Strengthened education and research system

2 s•Strengthened infrastructure for higher
s•Strengthened infrastructure for higher education •Gender equality as integrated parts in higher •Enhanced methods for effective and high quality teaching and research NORHED Sub-programmes•Education and Training •Health•Natural Resources Management, Climate and Environment•Democratic and Economic governance•Humanities, Culture, Media and Communication•Capacity development in South Sudan+ Norad’sProgramme for Master Studies in Energy and Petroleum (EnPe) administered by the NTNU.Page Budgetaryframework•The overall annual budget is NOK 150 million (including •The budget frame for individual projects will be 7-18 million NOK per project for a period of up to five years. •Noradaims towards a NORHED project portfolio in the range of 40-50 projectsPage 3 NORHED CollaborativePartnerships NorwegianGovernment NorwegianInstitution(NI) SouthernInstitution(SI) SouthernInstitution(SI) NORHEDPartnershipProjectPlanandAgreementOption”Southbased” Norwegian       Government NorwegianInstitution(NI) SouthernInstitution(SI) SouthernInstitution(SI) NORHEDPartnershipProjectPlanandAgreementOption”Norwegianbased” NORHED Seed fundingPurpose: Seed fund is given as support to develop main applications for the NORHED programmeReceiving seed funding implies no guarantee for further support, nor is seed funding a prerequisite for participating in the main call. Result Seed Funding 2012:•300 Applications•97 Seed Fund Grants•20 millNOK Observationsfrom theSeed FundingCall•Variations in focus on capacity building •All projects

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should include both research and •Few applications have included NORHED cross-cutting concerns, particularly gender. •Use of master student scholarships: Student scholarships can be used for competence building for staff at HEI, and to increase access to higher education for underrepresented groups. •NORHED requires that the main partners are accredited higher education institutions. •Several applications includes a high number of partners. •NORHED invitesinstitutionalcollaborative•Institutional commitmentis requiredin theapplicationprocess•The institutionis askedto givepriorityto max15 applicationsin total, and max10 projectsper •The prioritisationcantakeplaceafterthedeadline, and be submittedto Norad before12 SteeringStructureCoreprinciples:Quality, Relevance, Legitimacy, Ownership, Effectiveness•Strategic ProgrammeAdvisoryBoard•IndependentReviewCommittees per sub-programmeper call•International representation•Compositionand mandateMore information: See page14 in theprogrammedocument GenderMainstreaming•Main priorityfor NORHED, crosscuttingissuefor thewholeprogramme•BothGenderas a dimensionin educationand researchprogrammes, and Genderequalityin student recruitment, staff recruitmentetc•Eachprojectto includeboththegenderdimensionand genderequality, targets to be set, and budgetto reflectMore information: See guidelines attachedin NORHED Main Call 2013-guidelines for application 4 •Zero tolerancefor corruptionand mismanagementof funds•Somereportedcases under NOMA/NUFU •Anyindicationof mismanagementof

4 fundsmust be reportedto Norad, system fo
fundsmust be reportedto Norad, system for thisdescribedin theprogrammedocumentand at norad.no•The contractpartner is responsiblefor handling thefunds, and for repaymentof fundsnot accountedforMore information: See page5 in NORHED Main Call 2013-guidelines pp lication Purpose: assessment of the institutional capacity of a partner in the South to carry the responsibility as the Context: Large projects, huge investments, risk factors involved, zero tolerance on corruption and mismanagement of fundsFocus on:Financial systemProject management and reporting capacityInformation and transparency •Budget templateand budgetgudelines at www.norad.no/norhed •Templateis not mandatory, butthelevelof detailsand different budgetlines shouldbe the•Dividedintofourcategories: education, ldevelopment, projectmanagement and administrative support•Presentedper partner institutioninvolved Incentives/compensationfor •Basic salaries for academic staff from Norwegian institutions for supervision and teaching activities in the partner institution.•Project management and coordination(up to three months per year per main partner More information: See NORHED Time and Budget Frames Nextsteps Deadline for submission15 March2013Review and assessment of NORHED main applications15 March-15 May 2013Announcement of results from the NORHED main applications15 May 2013-1 June2013Consultations, revisions and adjustments of NORHED main applications15 May –1 September 2013Agreements and initiation of NORHED main projects1 September 2013-onwards