Welcome to DPRN
DPRN has come to a closure as from 1 March 2011. This site is still being maintained to upload the latest reports. The information will remain accessible until the end of 2012. See also the process pages on Global-Connections.nl.
For the report on DPRN's closing event (with photos) click here.
For the booklet 'Learning to link & Linking to learn' click here.
For the final narrative report of Phase II (2008 - 2011) click here
DPRN
Global-Connections.nl
DPRN has a web portal (www.global-connections.nl) which provides updated information about the ongoing processes and searchable access to development expertise in the Netherlands and Belgium.
Search4Dev
Search4Dev, the online library for digital publications from Dutch development organisations has been launched on 16 December 2008. For more information click here.
DPRN Final report Phase II (2008-2011) available
The final narrative report provides an overview of the activitoes, results and outcomes of DPRN's Phase II (2008 until March 2011). It shows that the network succeeded in various ways, in stimulating cooperation and synergy between science, policy, practice and the business community. The many intersectoral coalitions that organised DPRN processes achieved a great deal by creatively managing relatively small budgets, with DPRN often acting as a catalyst for related activities organised as spin-offs from the DPRN activities.
Download the final narrative report Phase II.
External evaluation: Is there a basis for proceeding with the network's activities after 2010?
The second DPRN phase (2008-2010) is going to come to an end at the end of this year. As subsidisers, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and WOTRO Science for Global Development, have therefore decided to have the network evaluated by an external reviewer. The focus of the review by the 'Learning for Development' consultancy was on:
- Assessing the ways in which DPRN has achieved its objectives, and the relevance of these to changes in the Dutch development sector.
- Establishing what could be a useful purpose (added value) for the DPRN network in the years to come, based on its development in recent years.
The report shows that DPRN is effective, efficient and relevant, even though it is too early to draw firm conclusions about the extent to which DPRN processes have strengthened the use of research findings in day-to-day policymaking and practice.
The main recommendation of this review is to maintain a form of DPRN - preferably under WOTRO - that can serve as a low-threshold window to support individuals from the research, NGO or corporate sector who are working on development issues. This platform would have an incubator function for innovative ideas regarding how to link development research, policy and practice. Unlike previous DPRN phases, this phase would, however, not coordinate broad policy debates, but merely focus on thematic processes.
More than 1,500 publications already available via Search4Dev
Search4Dev is the online library for digital publications by Dutch organisations active in the field of development cooperation. Search4Dev has been online since the end of 2008 and currently offers access to over 1,500 publications by more than 20 organisations.
Search4Dev wants to increase the number of participating organisations and publications substantially this year. Search4Dev accepts a variety of publications, including annual reports, policy documents and reports. If you would like publications by your own organisation to be included in Search4Dev, you should contact Hetty Verhagen by e-mail via search4dev@kit.nl or by telephone via +31 (0)20 5688212.
Search4Dev is an initiative of the Development Policy Review Network (DPRN) and is facilitated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs via WOTRO Science for Development. The online library is managed by the Royal Tropical Institute [Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen] (KIT) in cooperation with the University of Amsterdam.