Institutional Learning and Change Initiative

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The Guidelines comprise 11 Principles for research in partnership between an industrialised country (in this case, Switzerland) and developing countries. For each, there is a description of the overall aim, practical suggestions as to how it can be achieved, and a «checklist» of questions for evaluating how far a specific proposal fulfils the aim. The overall aim represents in one sense an ideal long-term goal - the maximum possible level of partnership that the project could reach. How far the goal can be reached will depend on the situation. The practical suggestions for implementation offer possibilities for achieving the aim. Finally, the evaluation questions are intended as a working tool - a «checklist» – for both applicants and funding agencies. They will naturally need to be adjusted to the particular situation and if necessary amplified; in the present form they make no claim to completeness.