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Evaluation of Research Systems

Evaluation of Research Systems. Rigas Arvanitis Roland Waast ESTIME Coordinating team. The best promotion of research relies on enhancing quality. Morocco has multiplied its scientific production by four in 10 years….

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Evaluation of Research Systems

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  1. Evaluation of Research Systems Rigas ArvanitisRoland Waast ESTIME Coordinating team IRD/Savoirs et Développement

  2. The best promotion of research relies on enhancing quality • Morocco has multiplied its scientific production by four in 10 years…. • Many South American countries have improved the efficiency of their research…. • In all cases, research has been evaluated at the national level and quality has been enhanced. IRD/Savoirs et Développement

  3. Example: Morocco IRD/Savoirs et Développement

  4. Tools for the evaluation • Bibliometrics : general and detailed • Surveys by questionnaires • Field work • Evaluation by foreign experts IRD/Savoirs et Développement

  5. Evaluation is a process... • Phase 1 :Preparation : bibliometrics / Information gathering / budgets, personnel, higher education • Phase 2: Preliminary analysis : specific topics/fieldwork/questionnaires • Phase 3: Expert selection • Phase 4: Expert evaluation • Phase 5: Restitution at local and national level IRD/Savoirs et Développement

  6. ...that needs independent and professional advice • The team needs to be independent from political interference and coordinated with national and local authorities • The process needs to be transparent • Results need to be fully discussed • Undesirable results need also to be discussed IRD/Savoirs et Développement

  7. Evaluation needs some basic conditions to be fulfilled • Political willingness • Openness to foreign eyes • A clearly defined budget • A small operational team • Coordination, not imposition IRD/Savoirs et Développement

  8. Expected outputs –1 • A quasi exhaustive review of the research system at the national and regional level • By disciplines • By institutions/at the level of departments and laboratories • By geographical location IRD/Savoirs et Développement

  9. Expected outputs –2 • A description of institutional capabilities • Infrastructures • Budgets and funding • Size and organization • International collaborations • Capabilities to produce and circulate knowledge • Capabilities for use of research IRD/Savoirs et Développement

  10. Expected outputs –3 • A quality assessment by scientific experts • Internationally recognized experts • National experts as associates • Experts with a view on uses of research • With no previous linkages with the national teams • Accepted by University authorities and research heads • Assessment made by on site visits to labs IRD/Savoirs et Développement

  11. Expected outputs –4 • A wide discussion of the quality assessment by scientific experts and other results • As open as possible • Including as many experts as possible • With no previous linkages with the national teams • Assessment made by on site visits to labs and meetings IRD/Savoirs et Développement

  12. Benefits for research • The quality of the evaluation will reveal strong points and shortcomings • The implication of all parts of the research system will permit to reveal ways to enhance research • The large discussions will validate results and suggest actions IRD/Savoirs et Développement

  13. Benefits for further action • The policy process will benefit from first class information, socially accepted • Accepted national programmes • A certification process for high achieving labs and teams • An accepted identification of priority actions IRD/Savoirs et Développement

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