CoCooN Conflict and Cooperation over Natural Resources in Developing Countries

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CoCooN - Conflict and Cooperation over Natural
Resources in Developing Countries
WOTRO Science for Global Development

• A Knowledge,
• Research and
• Innovation programme
• Ton Dietz 8 June 2009

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BACKGROUND OF THE PROGRAMME
WOTRO Science for Global Development

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs DGIS-DMW
• KOS
• Thematic programme, C S
• Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research
  

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DGIS - NWO

• Combining
• Innovation in policy and practice with High
  quality research
• Relevance with Scientific excellence
• Priority themes DGIS with Latest trends in
  conflict research

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AIM OBJECTIVES
Aim to contribute to sustainable development,
poverty reduction and the realisation of the
MDGsObjective to provide contributions to
evidence-based policy development, interventions
and practices and to adequately manage, resolve
and learn from conflicts and cooperation over
natural resources
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THREE PERSPECTIVES

• Development Providing society with tools and
  perspectives for evidence-based policy
  development and practice in developing countries
• Knowledge, research and innovation Generating
  knowledge, high quality research and innovation
• Capacity development Capacity building of
  organisations, groups and individuals, including
  researchers, policy makers and other stakeholders
  at different levels

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CoCooN STRUCTURE

• Calls for proposals Competition advice-decision
  making peer review and reply procedure
• Steering Committee 5 members, representing
  funding agencies
• International Programme Advisory Committee
• 7 members, international academia, other
  researchers, experts policy and practice

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INTEGRATED PROJECTS
WOTRO Science for Global Development

• Starting from geographically delineated conflict
  area
• Related to one or more of the three themes
• a. Conflicts, land rights and land-use change
• b. Water resources, conflict and cooperation
• c. Resource exploitation, global trade and
  conflict

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INTEGRATED PROJECTS
WOTRO Science for Global Development

• Initiated and steered by consortia
• Composed by key stakeholders
• Collaborators from research and non-research
  institutes
• From worldwide both North and South
• At least one key stakeholder from a DGIS partner
  country

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INTEGRATED PROJECTS
WOTRO Science for Global Development

• Three service facilities
• knowledge sharing
• research both fast track and fundamental
• learning, training and capacity development
• Clear objectives targets
• Process approach
• demand articulation
• stakeholder involvement
• feed-back and take-up of new knowledge and
  insights

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WOTRO Science for Global Development

Knowledge, research and innovation

• INTEGRATED PROJECTS
• Key stakeholders
• Objective(s)
• target(s)
• Thematic focus
• Geographical focus
• Consortium members
• Effective procedures

Initial set activities yr 0-2
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IPs in practice
WOTRO Science for Global Development

• Initial set of activities (max 600 k)
• Detailed for the first two years (max 400 k)
• Prospective for 2-5 years
• Formulating new activities /specifying initial
• activities (max 1000 k)
• M E / Go - No Go

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as a PROGRAMME
WOTRO Science for Global Development

• Matchmaking meetings September 2009
• Addis Ababa
• Bogota
• Hanoi
• Knowledge sharing
• Regional workshops
• Linking up with other initiatives
• Conflict meeting June 2012
• Support facilities, e.g. e-learning, d-bases,
  publications, website

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next steps
WOTRO Science for Global Development

• Conflict?
• or
• Cooperation?