阐明加强研究能力计划的最终目标:为什么这很重要以及我们如何才能实现它。

Justin Pulford, M. N. Mutua, Imelda Bates, N. Tagoe
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加强研究能力"(RCS)是一个总括术语,可以用来描述为支持不同目标而开展的各 种活动,这些目标的前提是不同的、可能是对立的观点。尽管如此,RCS 活动的最终目标却很少被明确提出,这在目标可能多种多样的情况下可能会产生问题。我们所说的 "最终 "目标,是指一项区域研究计划所要实现的总体目标(通常是长期目标)(如改善人口健康状况),而不是任何此类活动更直接的 "近期 "目标(通常是短期目标)(如提高开展传染病研究的能力)。我们认为,那些资助、设计和实施区域研究计划的人有必要明确说明他们预计各自的计划将有助于实现的最终目标,以及建议的途径和作为其方法基础的相关假设。本报告举例说明了区域监控服务计划的不同最终目标,并从资助者和实施者的角度,虚构了如何透明地报告这些最终目标。这种透明度应当在为地区监控活动(即使这些活动只是呼吁的一个次要组成部分)筹集资金的范围内、随后对这些呼吁的申请以及对所应用的地区监控活动和/或其相关成果的任何描述中成为例行公事。确定最终目标的过程将进一步促使资助者和行动者更全面地考虑各自的行动,做出 明智的选择,设计出更好的地区监控项目。这样做可以减少与使用 "加强研究能力 "一词有关的任何含糊不清之处,并为强有力 的计划评估奠定更坚实的基础。
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Articulating the ultimate objectives of research capacity strengthening programmes: Why this is important and how we might achieve it.
‘Research capacity strengthening’ (RCS) is an umbrella term that can be used to describe a wide variety of activities conducted in support of diverse objectives premised upon distinct, potentially opposing, views. Despite this, the ultimate objective of RCS activities is rarely made explicit which can be problematic when diverse objectives are possible. By ‘ultimate’ objective we are referring to the overarching (often long-term) goal an RCS initiative is intended to contribute towards (e.g. better population health) as opposed to the more immediate ‘proximate’ (often short-term) objectives of any such activity (e.g. improved capacity to undertake infectious disease research). We argue a need for those funding, designing and implementing RCS initiatives to make clear statements as to the ultimate objective that they foresee their respective initiative contributing towards as well as the proposed pathway and associated assumptions that underlie their approach. Examples of distinct ultimate objectives for RCS initiatives are presented alongside fictitious examples of how they may be transparently reported from both a funder and implementor perspective. Such transparency should be routine within the scope of funding calls for RCS activities (even when such activities are only a minor component of the call), subsequent applications to those calls and any description of an applied RCS activity/ies and/or the associated outcomes thereof. The process of determining one’s ultimate objective will further cause funders and actors to think through their respective initiatives more thoroughly and make informed choices and better designed RCS projects. Doing so would reduce any ambiguity associated with the use of the term ‘research capacity strengthening’ and would provide a stronger foundation for robust programme evaluation.
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