Review and appraisal of Norwegian support to the Asian Institute of Technology

Review and appraisal of Norwegian support to the Asian Institute of Technology

Published Jan 2005

Authors

P. Vedeld, S. Thatun

Publisher

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Education programmes - successes, failures and future prospects

This paper assesses two aspects of Norway's support to the Asian Institute of Technology. The first is a review of the "Human Resources Development in Asia Through Higher Education and Training Programme" AIT (2003 – 2005) and the second is an appraisal for the proposed new programme for 2006-2009.

In terms of the 2003-2005 review, the paper recommends the following:

  • improve donor harmonisation on national institution building efforts in the region
  • improve donor harmonisation on AIT institution building efforts
  • integrate more gender and social science perspectives in courses and programmes
  • improve competence and practice on interdisciplinary approaches in programmes
  • consider developing instruments to reduce brain-drain to developed countries.

In terms of the 2006-2009 appraisal, the paper offers very much the same advice as to the current programme.

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