Update on Mak-Sida Research Program 2015-2020 Progress

This update covers the progress of the Mak-Sida Research Program from 2015 to 2020. It includes information on the program's goals, research project teams, collaborations, and initiatives aimed at strengthening public universities for national and regional development. Key areas of focus include social science research, mathematics, ICT for development, building resilient ecosystems, innovating health systems, and improving treatment of infectious diseases in rural Uganda.

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1. Professor M. Buyinza Director, Research & Graduate Training July 27, 2015 Update of Progress on the Mak-Sida Research Program 2015-2020 Prof. Buyinza Mukadasi Director & Overall Coordinator Mak-Sweden program Annual planning meeting 24th April, 2017 Buyinza : APM 24th 2017

2. Program Title & Goal Strengthening public universities to generate knowledge and promote research uptake for national and regional development To increase capacity of public universities to generate knowledge and promote research uptake for national and regional development To strengthen partnerships and optimize synergies with Sida supported initiatives in the region Buyinza : APM 24th April 2017

3. Research Project Team Principal Investigator Swedish Collaborator Staffan H jer, Faculty of Social Sciences and School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg, (Sweden) staffan.hojer@socwork.gu.se 1 Strengthening Social Science Research for National Development Andrew Elias State , Dean, School of Social Sciences, Makerere University, deanfss@chuss.mak.ac.ugadyeeristat e@gmail.com 2 Capacity Building in Mathematics and Its Applications John Mango Magero, Department of Mathematics, CONAS, mango@cns.mak.ac.ug Bengt-Ove Turesson, E-mail:bengt-ove.turesson@liu.se Dept. of mathematics, Link ping University Dept. of Mathematics, Stockholm University Dept. of Mathematics, Uppsala University Dept. Mathematics, Royal Institute of Technology School of Educ., Culture & Comm., M lardalen Univ. 3 Building Research Capacity in Innovative Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) for Sustainable Socio-economic Growth in Uganda Engineer Bainomugisha, Computing and Information Sciences baino@cis.mak.ac.ug bainomugisha@gmail.com Michel R. V. Chaudron michel.chaudron@gu.se University of Gothenburg (GU), IT Faculty, Chalmers University of Technology, Department of Computer Science and Engineering (Sweden) Training for sustainable spatially enabled e-services delivery in Uganda Partnership for Building Resilient Ecosystems and Livelihoods to Climate Change and Disaster Gilbert Maiga, Computer Science, COCiS, gilmaiga@gmail.com Yazidhi Bamutaze Department of Geography, Geo- Informatics and Climatic Sciences yazidhibamutaze@gmail.com Ali Mansourian, Lund University Ali.Mansourian@nateko.lu.se Pilesj , Petter Director, Lund University GIS Centre Deputy Head, Dept. of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science Lund University, Sweden Petter.Pilesjo@gis.lu.se 4 5 Innovating health systems and healthcare delivery in rural Uganda: towards building critical capacity to tackle the rising Type 2 Diabetes challenge David Guwatudde School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University Email: dguwatudde@musph.ac.ug Meena Daivadanam Karolinska Institutet (KI) meena.daivadanam@ki.se 6

4. Research Project Team Principal Investigator Swedish Collaborator Towards better treatment of infectious diseases in children in rural Uganda. Better diagnostics and algorithms for increased quality of care, rational use of medicines and minimized antimicrobial resistance Celestino Obua College of Health Sciences, Makerere University; cobua@chs.mak.ac.ug Fred Wabwire-Mangen (Team Leader), School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, fwabwire@musph.ac.ug Cecilia St lsby Lundborg Email:cecilia.stalsby.lundborg@ki.se Karolinska Institutet (KI) (Sweden) 7 Quality improvement of Makerere University s population-based health and demographic surveillance site: maximizing the potential of the research platform for capacity development and generation of valid population data to inform policy formulation Information Support for Quality Higher Education and Research in Uganda Claudia Hanson Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Global Health (IHCAR), Karolinska Institute Email: claudia.hanson@ki.se 8 Dr. Hellen Byamugisha byamugisha.helen86@gmail.com hbyamugisha@mulib.mak.ac.ug George William Kiyingi East African School of Library and Information Sciences,Email: wkiyingi@cis.mak.ac.ug Ann Tobin Royal Institute Of Technology, KTH atobin@kth.se 9 Building Capacity for Knowledge and Information Production and Sharing for Socio-Economic Development in Uganda Jan Nolin Swedish School of Library and Information Science, University of Bor s, Sweden Jan.Nolin@hb.se 10 Sigrun Dahlin Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) (Sweden) Sigrun.Dahlin@slu.se Building Research and Training capacities to develop innovations in sustainable intensification of maize based cropping systems for improving productivity, food security and resilience to climate change in Uganda Innovations for accelerating reduction in maternal, newborn and child mortality in post conflict Uganda Herbert Talwana Dept. Crop Science, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences (CAES) haltalwana@caes.mak.ac.ug 11 James Tumwine Paediatrics and Child Health, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University; kabaleimc@gmail.com John Richard Otukei (Lydia Mazzi Kayondo ) jrotukei@cedat.mak.ac.ug Claudia Hanson Karolinska Institutet (KI) Claudia.Hanson@ki.se 12 Ban, Yifang Department of Urban Planning & Environment, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. yifang@kth.se Pilesj , Petter Director, Lund University GIS Centre Deputy Head, Dept. of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science Lund University, Sweden, Petter.Pilesjo@gis.lu.se Upgrading and Strengthening the University Wide GIS centre 13 Buyinza : PI Induction Training, 8th Feb 2016

5. Research Project Team Principal Investigator Swedish Collaborator Consolata Kabonesa Lead Researcher School of Women and Gender Studies Makerere University Email:ckabonesa@chuss.mak.ac.ug consolata.kabonesa@gmail.com Enhancement of Gender Focused Research Capacity Building of Women in Leadership and Gender Mainstreaming in Higher Education in Uganda, Nr. 2391-Uganda Margareta Espling Coordinator, Northern Unit of Human Geography Department of Economy and Society University of Gothenburg Email: margareta.espling@geography.gu.se saKettis University of Uppsala, Sweden asa.kettis@uadm.uu.se 14 Strengthening Quality Assurance initiatives for relevance and optimal productivity at Makerere University and partnering public universities Ssembatya Vincent, Director, Quality Assurance Directorate Email:vas@qad.mak.ac.ug 15 Enhancement of Research Environment, Coordination, Leadership and Management for sustainability at Makerere University Buyinza Mukadasi, Director, Directorate of Research and Graduate Training Email:buyinza@caes.mak.ac.ug Buyinza@rgt.mak.ac.ug Kitumba Frank Directorate of Information Communication Technology Services (DICTS),Makerere University Email: fkitumba@dicts.mak.ac.ug N/A 16 ICT based support to Research Eng. Nils Jensen, Project Coordinator for this project Advisor at The Swedish Program for ICT in Developing Regions (Spider) Department of Computer and System Sciences (DSV), Stockholm University, Sweden Email:-nils@dsv.su.se Tel:-+46 706989222 17 Buyinza : APM 24th April 2017

6. Deliverables 147 master degree students complete their studies by 2020 125 PhD students complete their studies by 2020 65 postdoc researchers complete their research and reports submitted by 2020 Five college libraries automated Quality assurance mechanisms in the public university system developed All Curricula and research engendered PhD programs reviewed and harmonized (6 programs) New PhD curricula developed 500 PhD Students and staff trained in scholarly writing; and supervision. Buyinza : APM 24th April 2017

7. 7 What has been achieved?

8. Paradigm shift Shift of emphasis from mainly Split/Sandwich mode staff PhD training to support for local/Single institution research training This is in line with: Swedish strategy for Research Development 2010-2014 Increase in critical mass of PhD graduates at Makerere Increased capacity for research training with N-S and S-S partners Buyinza : APM 24th April 2017

9. Forms/Format Local PhD Programs Strengthening existing or development of new Must show evidence of critical mass of PhD graduates to implement program Curriculum development Lab equipment Skills enhancement courses Supervision Research Management Buyinza : APM 24th April 2017

10. Format/Form Multidisciplinary Teams Thematic area/Team approach Multi-disciplinary within, across colleges, universities, research institutes Mix of senior researchers, postdocs, PhD/Masters students Team leader to provide academic oversight and coordination Some Colleges can have several teams (CAES, COCIS, CHS) Sandwich PhD training Only in priority areas of need identified by the university where there are capacity gaps (Math project) Buyinza : APM 24th April 2017

11. Other support at the center Support coordinated by the center Competitive Postdoc Research Recent PhD graduates Competitive PhD training (PPUs) Competitive MA/MSc training (PPUs) Competitive Research funds Buyinza : APM 24th April 2017

12. Special Attention! Research in Social Sciences and Humanities Technology, Innovation and Business incubation Quality assurance in Development of Research, Teaching & Supervision Cooperation with and capacity strengthening of Ugandan Regional Public Universities Synergy and coordination between bilateral and regional research cooperation programs Buyinza : APM 24th April 2017

13. Funds Swedish government appropriated 275m SEK (Nov 2015-June 2020) Disbursements every six months according to agreed budgets (Dec 2015 tranche &July 2016 Tranche = 46,941,283 SEK: USD 5,481,031) Disbursement depends on consumption of 70% overall Buyinza : APM 24th April 2017

14. Gender disaggregated statistics of training scholarships Level Male Female Total PhD 74 (63%) 44 (37%) 118 Master 60 (71%) 25 (29%) 85 Post-doctoral 31 (69%) Overall 14 (31%) 83 (33%) 45 248 165 (67%) Out of the 248 scholarships awarded, 33% are female Buyinza : PI Induction Training, 8th Feb 2016

15. Information Communication Technology Optical fibre network extended to cover main campus, CHS, MUARIK, MUBS Over 90% of the university units have web presence compared to 5% in 2000 More than 30,000 e-mail users registered on the local mail system compared to 50 in 2000 Internet connectivity is well maintained to ensure ever increasing demand. This provides a very rich global research and learning resource Buyinza : APM 24th April 2017

16. Library 417 computers and 208 data points installed at main library and 28 points at Albert Cook Library (CHS) Online Public Access Catalogue now functional 20,000 Full text journal titles on line giving countrywide access to the most recent literature 43 databases (22 paid by Sida) Library staff and EASLIS are training University of Juba staff and supporting library automation (spin off) Library now has capacity to support large volume of research including other universities in the region (PPU) Buyinza : APM 24th April 2017

17. Gender Increased visibility, acceptability and upward movement of women into leadership positions Commitment to gender equity by the university e.g increased representation on univ. committees Prioritisation of Gender in the new strategic plan (2008-2018) Policy and regulation on sexual harassment Makerere University now recognised as a pace-setter in gender mainstreaming in Universities in sub Saharan Africa Buyinza : APM 24th April 2017

18. Improved Research environment Modern equipment (GIS lab, Biomedical Lab, Technology, Agriculture, Medicine) More opportunities for researchers to attend international and local meetings to present their findings (Medicine, Technology dissemination conferences) Demographic surveillance site operational and attractive to many studies e.g clinical trails for Malaria, TB and saving new born lives DSS is NOW Centre for Health Research (company of Makerere university) Makerere ranked second in research publications after UCT Buyinza : APM 24th April 2017

19. Program Administration Effective Coordination from both sides (5 Uga & 11 Swed institutions & Embassy in Kampala) Coordination teams at Makerere trained in research administration and RBM Senior research Advisor stationed at Embassy in KampalaAnnual Audits by auditors accredited by the Auditor general of Uganda: Very clean reports Funds released on time after submission of audit reports with management responses and action plans Buyinza : APM 24th April 2017

20. Enhanced Research culture Benchmarking best practices from the collaboration with Swedish institutions Ph.D by public defence Dual degrees where required Joint supervision of Ph.D candidates Thesis can be submitted in form of published papers Mandatory cross cutting courses Buyinza : APM 24th April 2017

21. Challenges 21 2 Months University Closure (Oct Dec 2016) Bank Accounts frozen (Sept October 2016) Procurement process delays Failure of researchers to appreciate the law (sometimes stubbornness) Limited appreciation by PPDA and contracts committee that researchers needs are unique Audit delays by Auditor General Low Consumption of funds by some research teams Delayed submission of Annual Activity plans, Budgets & Reports Non adherence to instructions during budgeting Human resource and infrastructure constraints i.e limited bandwidth Limited research funds to generate innovations and policies for poverty alleviation Limited budget for the critical Cross cutting courses

22. Progress so far External Audit Report for 2015/2016 Unqualified opinion by AoG External Audit for FY 2016/2017 has commenced Disbursement of funds received Operationalized the MOUs and Guidelines governing Mak and PPU Awarded Research fellowships and Scholarships (PhD & Master; postdoc) Annual Activity plans, procurement plans and project budgets submitted Research projects have commenced Timely meetings of Sc, PIC, CMC held APM and ARM 2016 convened Transferred tuition payments to PPUs Sandwich students travelled to Sweden (First Cohort) PIs/Researchers participated in Regional conference and research meeting Cross-curricula approved by senate, Council and NCHE Students and researchers orientation and trained in RBM Buyinza: APM 25th April, 2016

23. Impact 23 Strengthened the position of Mak as a leading provider of higher education and research (Change agent for all institutions of higher learning in the region) Enabled the development of centres of excellence in health, agriculture, technology and social sciences and influenced Gov t policies (malaria, energy, waste, land).

24. Impact >> Contributed to the modernisation of Mak through ICT and library facilities hence transparency in governance and efficiency in university operations (national benefit) Improved the quality of academic staff and graduates through support for PhD training, enhanced capacity to supervise, to conduct research and to publish (national benefit)

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