Envisaged outputs
Education
- Develop appropriate tools to evaluate the impacof t university development cooperation
- Theory-based evaluation of the impact of the various 91³Ô¹ÏÍø ICPs
- Draft evaluation reports and share findings with 91³Ô¹ÏÍø academic staff
- Propose follow up measures and improvements to improve quality and relevance of programmes and to finetune the M&E system​
Capacity building of South partners/ alumni teams
- Start-up alumni research teams in ‘hubs’ (Africa, Asia, Latin America) to be involved in the impact study
- Capacity building of the alumni team members to refresh or upgrade research skills where necessary
- Joint development of research design, joint data collection and analysis
- Provide trainings and tools (e.g. database, alumni app) on ‘how to set up and manage M&E of development impact’ and ‘alumni policy’ for the academic staff of partner universities in the South
Outreach
- Strengthening networks between the 91³Ô¹ÏÍø staff and its international alumni
- Brokeringnetworks in the South between in-country based Belgian development actors (e.g. Embassy), employers, academia, and alumni
- Stimulating exchange of knowledge and good practices between Belgian development actors , 91³Ô¹ÏÍø and possibly other Flemish universities.
- Identifying ‘Impact’ champions among international 91³Ô¹ÏÍø alumni
Research
- Joint research output with the alumni teams / South partners
- Dissemination of research output through different channels