WOTRO and international programmes and networks

EU-ESF initiatives

  • ERA-NET BiodivERsA
  • EuroDiversity
  • Broad Stakeholder Force (observer) at ERAfrica
  • NACCAP – focused on capacity strengthening in Africa; the programme entails the Dutch contribution to the European EDCTP-initiative.


Bilateral initiatives

  • 2ENRICH – Research programme in collaboration with the National Research Foundation of South-Africa and STW (NWO-foundation for technology) – will start in 2011
  • Netherlands – Indonesia (Ministry for Science and Technology)
    • Agriculture beyond Food (2009-2013), in collaboration with the Indonesian Ministry of Science and Technology, NWO-ALW and KNAW
    • Teluk Banten, East Kalimantan (2005-2012), in collaboration with Indonesia, NWO-ALW and KNAW
  • SANPAD – South African Netherlands Partnership in Research for Development
  • Social Science Collaboration India – the Netherlands (2010-@@), in collaboration with the Indian Council for Social Science Research and NWO-MaGW.


Other international initiatives

  • ESSENCE on health research (international network)
  • Population, Reproductive Health and Economic Development (PopDev), in collaboration with the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation from the USA, and anticipating a collaboration with two European councils and a USA organisation
  • Tanzania – Sweden – Netherlands collaboration on TASENE, a joint call with COSTECH Tanzania and SIDA Sweden