INFORMATION MEETING FOR APPLICANTS CALL FOR APPLICATIONS 2016 - DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH NEPAL The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark hereby invites potential applicants for development research grants to an information meeting in Kathmandu concerning the Call 2016. Representatives and researchers from universities and other research institutions in the private and public sectors throughout Nepal are invited. The research grants are provided within the following two themes: Theme 1: Economic Development and Poverty Reduction/Green Growth Theme 2: Fragility, Stability and Rights Date: 25 March 2015, 10.00-12.00 AM Venue: University Grants Commission Nepal (UGC), Sano Thimi, Bhaktapur Registration: Sally Bergh Palmvig <[email protected]> The Call is available at Danida Fellowship Centre’s website, link http://dfcentre.com/research/callsfor-applications/. Programme for the information meeting:      Welcome and presentation of the Call and the Themes by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark. What constitutes a good application? Strategic aspects and criteria for selection. By the Consultative Research Committee for Development Research (FFU). Formal requirements and the application process by Danida Fellowship Centre. General cooperation between research institutions and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark. Questions/discussion. PowerPoint presentations from the information meeting will be available at the above mentioned website after the meetings. Background Information Since 2008 Denmark has, in addition to supporting North-driven development research projects, supported South-driven development research projects on a pilot basis. The South-driven approach has since 2014 been institutionalised in three of the of the Danida priority countries; Ghana, Tanzania, and Nepal. In the South-driven approach the institutions in the South take the lead in defining the projects, selecting Danish research partners, and managing the research projects.