Research4DevelopmentManaging and Sharing DFID’s Research Evidence

April 27th 2009IAALD 2010, Montpellier

Martin Parr (CIMRC & CABI)

DFID spent£86 million on Research in

2005, spent upwards of£136 million in 2007, and £220

million by 2010

How is DFID’s Research funding spent?

● In what sectors?

● In what countries?

● How is research programme contributing to the

reduction of poverty, the uptake of new technology

and the achievement of the Millennium

Development Goals?

● How should research funding be directed in future?

www.research4development.info

‘a service, not a site’

Opening Access to Research

● Feeds and email alerts available for 30 key subject areas and all countries

where DFID has major operations

● Open Access collections

From bbc.co.uk website, 23 April 2010

http://www.practicalparticipation.co.uk/tools/aiddata/tags/tagline/demo.php

Communicating research stories

● Add News and Blog content to put the research evidence into context and

encourage feedback. Use Video to stimulate debate

http://cabiblog.typepad.com/ http://www.twitter.com/cabi_news

www.Research4development.info

soon to be:

www.dfid.gov.uk/R4D

Martin Parr (m.parr@cabi.org)