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| NADEL – Global Cooperation and Sustainable Development |
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| NADEL Newsletter March 2024 |
Dear friends and alumni of NADEL
What is the role of researchers in low-income countries in the production of knowledge for a greener and fairer world? The short answer is that they already play a central role in their countries, but they should play a much more explicit role in global knowledge production and in generating evidence to inform international policy. To make this happen, we need to rethink research and education funding, the science-policy interface, publication processes, and partnerships between universities around the world. The Commission for Global Research Partnerships (KFPE) of the Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT) is dedicated to promoting global research partnerships, and Isabel Günther has been elected as its new president as of January 2024. Get in touch with Isabel to share ideas on how to further the momentum for effective and equitable research collaboration to address global challenges together.
For the NADEL team,
Fritz Brugger and Isabel Günther |
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| Event: Switzerland and Bangladesh – perspectives on a complex relationship |
Join us on 7 March, 2024, at ETH NADEL for a special film screening of "Designed in Bangladesh. Made in Switzerland" by Luc Bitterli. The film explores the connections between Switzerland and Bangladesh. The event, running from 17:30 to 19:30 CET, includes a panel discussion with filmmaker Luc Bitterli, former Ambassador of Switzerland to Bangladesh René Holenstein, and NADEL MAS students who are from Bangladesh, or have recently returned from Junior Professional assignments in Bangladesh Abu Jafar Saleh, Adam Fehr, and Mirjam Grünholz. The event will be moderated by Isabel Günther. It's a unique opportunity to delve into the political, economic, and environmental ties between these nations. The event will be followed by a light apéro.
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| Advanced course on natural resource governance and energy transition |
| Applications for the advanced international course “Natural Resource Governance and Energy Transition: Policies and Practice” are open until 17 March! Do you want to contribute to better governance and oversight of natural resources? The course aims to equip practitioners and policy makers with knowledge and hands-on tools to navigate the energy transition and improve extractive industry governance and oversight for a better and more just future. This advanced course is delivered through a unique collaboration between NADEL and the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NGRI). |
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| Course registration open for Spring and Autumn Semester 2024 |
Registration is open for NADEL courses during the Spring and Autumn Semester 2024. Participants can choose from 16 different courses on sustainable development and project management.
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Finance for the 2030 Goals, 03/06–05/06/2024
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| Our world is facing an unprecedented cascade of crises that threaten hard-won development gains. This course explores how the development finance landscape has been evolving in response to this new reality, what more needs to be done, and what this means for development practitioners. |
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Foundations of Leading Change, 23/05–24/05/2024
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| This course introduces new perspectives and tools for leading change. It incorporates established models and frameworks to build a human-centric understanding of how change happens, and equips participants with concrete tools to start engaging others in change processes. |
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Design Thinking for Sustainable Development, 13/05–15/05/2024
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| Participants will gain an introduction to the design thinking process, methods, tools, and mindsets, and will experience and reflect on them through application to real sustainable development challenges. Participants will also learn from case studies. |
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| Special Course: The Basics of Development Cooperation |
| From 6-8 June 2024, ETH NADEL is offering a new three-day course for individuals who work on small development related initiatives, or who have a strong interest in the area of international cooperation. The course covers the basics of what every development and cooperation practitioner should know, including how development cooperation has evolved over the years, what lessons have been learnt from the past, and what is considered best practice today. This course also covers practical aspects, including the essentials of project cycle management and donor reporting. The course is not part of the CAS Global Cooperation and Sustainable Development and not aimed at experienced international cooperation professionals. There are no ECTS points associated with this course but participants will receive a certificate of completion. Please forward to people or initiatives who might be interested in this special course. |
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| ETH Medal and new postdoctoral fellowship for Kathrin Durizzo |
| Kathrin Durizzo completed her PhD at the ETH Development Economics Group (DEC) in 2023 on the topic of "Universal Health Coverage in sub-Saharan Africa: The need for inclusive, sustainable, and resilient health systems". Kathrin's dissertation was awarded an ETH Silver Medal in January, 2024. The award honours outstanding doctoral theses. Kathrin will soon start a new position as a postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. In her new position, Kathrin will investigate how to overcome barriers to achieve Universal Health Coverage, aiming for more equitable and accessible healthcare for all. We wish Kathrin all the best and look forward to when our paths next cross! |
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| Study: The state and the legalisation of illicit financial flows |
| Most research on illicit financial flows has focused on illicit outflows from low-income countries and the role of non-state actors in generating IFFs. Less attention has been paid to processes through which IFFs enter formal value chains – effectively becoming legalised before leaving the country – or the crucial role of state institutions as gatekeepers. Using the case of Bolivia, NADEL/DEC’s Fritz Brugger, Joschka J. Proksik and Felicitas Fischer examined how the legalisation of IFFs works in practice. The study highlights how Bolivia's gold, often informally produced or smuggled, legally enters global markets. State institutions regulate IFFs to maneuver existing centers of political power, benefitting mainly influential cooperatives and their vast electoral constituencies. Legalising IFFs maintains the political status quo but hampers domestic revenue collection. The study highlights the need to examine the role of not only state institutions, but also international regulation to curb IFFs. |
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