KFPE annual conference 2008
From Research to Development - Mutual Learning for Change
The Annual Conference of the KFPE in collaboration with NewMinE of the University of Lugano
23 October 2009, at the University of Lugano
Research partnerships with developing and transition countries strive to contribute to sustainable development and to improve the living conditions of the populations in these countries. Implementation of new knowledge and research results into practice or policy or up-scaling of successful research projects therefore lies at the core of such projects and remains a major challenge.
The Annual Conference of the KFPE presented case studies from research partnership projects that generated new knowledge and that also demonstrate how results were implemented and applied. Implementation of research results and exchange with various stakeholders was the main focus of the conference. The case studies presented at the conference included direct video connections to partners in developing and transition countries to give them a chance to present their experience and to talk about factors that enable or enhance implementation, or about factors that hinder the application of research results.
Abstracts of presentations and reader of posters:
One Health – Integrated human and animal health approaches
Mahamat Béchir, Swiss Tropical Institute with Bassirou Bonfoh in Côte d’Ivoire, Director of the Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques and Regional Coordinator of the NCCR North-South in West Africa
Water users associations as triggers for knowledge-based basin management in Kenya
Urs Wiesmann, Director CDE and NCCR North-South, University of Berne with Boniface Kiteme in Kenya, Regional Coordinator of the NCCR North-South in East Africa
Biosolar-Detox: Disinfection and elimination of pollutants with solar light
Cesar Pulgarin, EPF Lausanne with Fiderman Machuca and José Colina, Universidad del Valle (Univalle), Cali Colombia
Broadcast of all presentations: http://www.kfpe.ch/broadcast/
Reader of posters (ZIP-Format)
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La ricerca scientifica per un mondo migliore
