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Evidence-based policy: myth or reality?

Dylan WinderCentral Research Department

DFID


DFID Overview

3 White Papers since 1997 Development Act Budget Increase to reach 0.7% GNI by 2013 Current Budget £4.5bn this year, £5.6 bn next More than 40 Country Offices International/Multilateral Policy Staffing Aid Effectiveness Communication


The DFID “policy” Environment

Whitehall: science in Government DFID: our processes

DFID PRD DFID Country Offices Reforming the international system

Networks, relationships, opportunity, politics and power


A Case Study: DFID Science and Research.

Pre-History

Surr Report – outcomes not sectors Inherited old research (£75 million

committed to 2005) CRT formed April 2003 as part of PD –

think tank versus public good Needed decisions from SoS by

Christmas


Primeval Soup or big ideas?

Web consultation – 600 +submissions (95% uk academics)

Technical meetings: Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene; DSA; TAA

6 Background Papers Donor consultation (IDRC,

Rockefeller) HoPs and advisory groups OSI


Divine intervention?

Sir David King UK lobby groups Lack of evaluation of previous

programmes Publication of RFF Science Select Committee Implementation: models, Cap

building, Comms, M&E


Room for improvement

Principles were right Developing country

consultation Mapping against existing

strategy (international, regional and national)

DFID-wide ownership and consultation – delivering WP and S&I strategy

Evaluation of past/current? Positive feedback/ownership

from UK Big ideas Donor co-ordination Sir Gordon


How we do it in CRD (is our evidence used?)

Modalities Commission bilateral research (Research Programme Consortia, etc.) Contribute to Multilaterals (core and extra budgetary) Product Development Partnerships (PPPs) Regional Programmes Collaborative programmes managed by partners (UK Research

Councils) Joint-donor and multi-donor (IDRC, PERI, etc.)

Process Communication of research International Influencing/co-ordination (including cross-Whitehall) Capacity building of Southern research institutes, researchers, and

communication environment Monitoring, evaluation and learning


Partnerships and Influencing

Providing leadership and credibility through quality and volume with effective, efficient and impacting programmes

Leveraging and influencing Multilaterals Whitehall Research Councils UK Private sector FoundationsEmpowering Developing country research institutions


Suatainable Agriculture

4 key components Funding through multilateral routes

(CGIAR, IARCs, Challenge Programmes etc)

Regional research programmes Facility to take forward RNRRS

achievements Responsive programme with UK-

based Research Councils – linked to more applied research in Southern-based institutions

Mile a minute


Getting research used (as evidence)

communication strategies in research programmes

minimum 10% budget for communication

Guidance Notes and Advisory support

Research4Development

Communications projects

collaboration with international organisations

advocacy with other international/regional research organisations

Learning

Capacity development

Make research

relevant & accessible

Strengthen the context to use research


Future

Responding to the White Paper 3 priorities

Science and Innovation Strategy Building a revised funding

framework that doubles CRD spend

Getting a 20 year vision Working in a more joined up way Building capacity Better use of research in policy

decisions: The reality…..

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