International Development Research Centre

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International Development Research Centre

• S c i e n c e f o r h u m a n i t y

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The Institution

• A Crown corporation created by the Parliament of
  Canada in 1970
• Supports Southern researchers to enable them to
  find practical, long-term solutions to social,
  economic, and environmental problems

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IDRCs Mandate

• The IDRC Act (1970) mandates the Centre
• to initiate, encourage, support, and conduct
  research into the problems of the developing
  regions of the world and into the means for
  applying and adapting scientific, technical, and
  other knowledge to the economic and social
  advancement of those regions

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Our Mission

• Empowerment through Knowledge

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Guiding Principles

• Peoples of developing regions must be able to
  control their own knowledge-based development
• IDRC takes its lead from Southern researchers
• Development research grant-making is the core of
  our activities

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Strategic Goals 20052010

• Strengthen and help to mobilize the local
  research capacity of developing countries
• Foster and support the production, dissemination,
  and application of research results that lead to
  changed practices, technologies, and laws that
  promote sustainable and equitable development and
  poverty reduction
• Leverage additional Canadian resources for
  research for development

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Objectives

• IDRC will contribute to
• Building a favourable environment for research
  and providing opportunities for Southern
  researchers
• Supporting scientifically sound research
• Influencing practices, technologies, policies,
  and laws
• Incorporating Southern agendas into current
  international policy debates and development
  decision-making

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Some Numbers

• More than 400 staff members worldwide
• More than 900 research activities are currently
  active

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Some Numbers

• Total 2006/07 revenues CA170 million,
  of which 86 are appropriations from the
  Parliament of Canada
• 2006/07 program allocations of more than CA140
  million
• 2007/08 budgeted program allocations CA157
  million

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IDRC Offices
Ottawa
Cairo
New Delhi
Dakar
Singapore
Nairobi
Montevideo
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Governance and Accountability

• Reports to the Canadian Parliament through the
  Department of Foreign Affairs and International
  Trade Canada
• International Board of Governors
• 11 Canadians
• 10 non-Canadians, from developing or OECD
  countries

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Governance

• President Maureen ONeil
• VP Programs Branch Rohinton Medhora
• VP Resources Branch Denys Vermette

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Program Foundations

• The foundations of IDRCs programming
• Sustainable and equitable development
• Poverty reduction
• Human rights

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The Program Areas

• Environment and Natural Resource Management
• Information and Communication Technologies for
  Development
• Innovation, Policy and Science
• Social and Economic Policy

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The Program Areas

• Information and Communication Technologies for
  Development
• Program units
• Acacia Communities and the Information Society
  in Africa
• Connectivity Africa
• Connectivity and Equity in the Americas
• Institute for Connectivity in the Americas
• Pan Asia Networking
• telecentre.org

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The Program Areas

• Environment and Natural Resource Management
• Program units
• Climate Change Adaptation in Africa
• Ecosystem Approaches to Human Health
• Environmental Economics
• Rural Poverty and Environment
• Urban Poverty and Environment

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The Program Areas

• Social and Economic Policy
• Program units
• Globalization, Growth and Poverty
• Peace, Conflict and Development
• Research for Health Equity
• Global Health Research Initiative
• Governance, Equity and Health
• Research for International Tobacco Control
• Think Tank Initiative
• Womens Rights and Citizenship

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The Program Areas

• Innovation, Policy and Science
• Program units
• Innovation, Technology and Society
• IDRC Challenge Fund

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Canada in the World,The World in Canada

• IDRC supports
• training and awards programs for Canadians and
• developing-country nationals
• collaborative research between Canadian and
  Southern partners
• linkages with Canadian institutions
• small grants projects and activities undertaken
  by Canadian organizations

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Program Features

• Multidisciplinary
• Flexible
• Regional or global scope
• Emphasis on fostering research networks
• Issues-oriented
• Promotes ongoing evaluation

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Partnerships

• IDRC enters into partnerships with like-minded
  donors to
• Increase resources available to Southern
  researchers
• Ensure high-quality research for development

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IDRC will support technical and social
innovations that contribute to the betterment of
the social, economic, and environmental
conditions of the poor, oppressed, and
marginalized people in countries of the
South.IDRC Corporate Strategy 20052010

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Contact Us

• International Development Research Centre
• Mailing address
• PO Box 8500
• Ottawa, ON, Canada K1G 3H9
• Tel. [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• Email info_at_idrc.ca
• www.idrc.ca