Partners

Commission for Research Partnerships with Developing Countries

The Swiss Commission for Research Partnerships with Developing Countries (KFPE) promotes efficient, effective, and equitable research cooperation with developing and transition countries. By doing so, KFPE contributes to sustainable development and to solving global problems.

KFPE promotes high standards in North-South research. It does so by providing conceptual and methodological support, ensuring the availability of adequate resources, and ensuring that the research is put to use. At the core of this work is the development and promotion of ethical and methodological foundations for research partnerships with poorer countries. The 11 KFPE principles are widely recognised and applied internationally. KFPE wants to continue to stimulate reflection and debate about how research partnerships can be further improved and their effectiveness increased. This includes developing evaluation criteria and communicating results, successes, and challenges.

KFPE acts as a knowledge broker between research partners as well as between researchers and practice-oriented actors in government, administration, and business. It sensitises the research community, political decision-makers, and the public to the necessity and concerns of research in and with poorer countries as a contribution to solving global problems.

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