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Secretariat for Institutional Support for Socio-Economic Research
in Africa (SISERA)
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| Contact: |
Diery
Seck |
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| Address: |
BP11007,
CD Annexe, Dakar, SENEGAL |
| E-mail: |
dseck@idrc.org.sn |
| Tel: |
00221
864 0000 |
| Fax: |
00221
825 3255 |
| HTTP: |
www.idrc.ca/sisera |
| Type: |
Regional
NGO |
| Sector: |
Socio-Economic |
| Geography: |
in
sub-saharan Africa |
| Activities: |
research,
research partnerships, funding, institution-building, networking
and training |
| Budget: |
c.
US $5.9 in 2000-2001 of which c.$1.6 will be spent on grants,
training, and capacity building |
| Profile: |
The Secretariat
for Institutional Support for Socio-Economic Research in Africa
(SISERA) is a multi-donor structure created by USAID, CIDA and
IDRC in July 1997, with a mission to reinforce African centres'
capacity in research and management. Its support modalities
include core institutional grants, support to collaborative
thematic research, enhancement of managerial capacity building
and centre integration in international scientific community
through institutional links, exchange of researchers and connectivity. |
| Approach: |
SISERA's mission is pursued through concerted efforts to achieve the following
objectives which are in line with the broad objective of improving
research capacity: i) improve working conditions and incentive
systems in research centres; ii) improve managerial capacity
and governance structures; iii) facilitate networking among
research centres and research users; iv) facilitate funding
of commissioned research work; v) support training activities
for researchers through their research centres, and vi) improve
the dissemination of research results |
| Finance: |
In 2000-2001,
SISERA expects to receive a total of $5.9 million in revenue,
including $1.2 million from USAID, $457,000 from DGIS, $2.5
million from the EC, and $800,000 from IDRC. Of this, $55,000
will go directly to support managerial capacity building, $180,000
to collaborative research, $650,000 to grants (core and seed),
and $489,000 to other supports (dissemination, training, electronic
connectivity, etc). |
| Notes: |
See the web site for more information. |
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| Last Updated:
13 January, 2009
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