Contributing to the improvement of the university research governance in Tunisia by promoting dialogue and scientific cooperation between the actors of the Tunisian national research system.
Context
DIRASA aims to strengthen the capacities of strategic monitoring and scientific foresight process through the improvement of the skills of university staff, by enhancing the visibility of university research and by developing interactions between research and the socio-economic environment. DIRASA highlight the new technologies in higher education that are needed for the development of the higher education sector and for its links with society through the creation of a Network at a national level where universities, research units and laboratories, research centres work together to apply the research products into the local context.
Objectives
- To improve the governance of research by strengthening the capacity of the different actors to address national research priorities.
- To improve the skills of university staff in research management and quality assurance as well as in international research cooperation.
- To promote coordination between all stakeholders involved in research management for a better valorisation of research results.
- To develop interactions between research and the socio-economic environment.
Activities
- Research, data collection and benchmarking of EU and Tunisian experiences on governance research.
- Local training workshops for administrative and academic staff.
- Thematic training on European research projects.
- Field visits and exchange of best practices in European partner universities.
- Training week to improve the visibility of Tunisian research and connection with the socio-economic world.
- Organisation of a workshop with all stakeholders from research and society for the future of Tunisian research.
Resources
- State-of-art report on Research Governance in Tunisia
- Institutional action plans of the strategic monitoring and performance units for the implementation of the university strategy on research and innovation
- Performance contract between the supervisory authority – the universities – the research structures
- Roadmap to operationalise the process of transition to EPST status (Public Establishments of a Scientific and Technological nature)
- Policy paper on the future of research in Tunisia
- Newsletter
Impact
- 153 participants to local training workshops
- 57 participants to thematic training on European research projects
- 74 participants to Training on how to improve the visibility of Tunisian research and its connection with the socio-economic world
- University staff trained during field visits in European partner universities
- Strategic intelligence and performance committees created
- Constitution of 6 national thematic research networks (Scientific Interest Groups)
- Constitution of a Tunisian network of national coordination between universities, research centres, laboratories and pilot research units
Partners
- Sfax University (Tunisia, coordinator)
- Université de Tunis (Tunisia)
- Université de Tunis El Manar (Tunisia)
- Carthage University (Tunisia)
- University of Sousse (Tunisia)
- Université de Gabes (Tunisia)
- Université de la Manouba (Tunisia)
- University of Monastir (Tunisia)
- Université Virtuelle de Tunis (Tunisia)
- University of Kairouan (Tunisia)
- Université de Gafsa (Tunisia)
- Université of Jendouba (Tunisia)
- Université Ez-Zitouna (Tunisia)
- Ministry of Higher Education And Scientific Research (Tunisia)
- Agence Nationale de la Promotion de la Recherche Scientifique (Tunisia)
- UNIMED – Unione delle Università del Mediterraneo (Italia)
- Università di Pisa (Italy)
- Università degli Studi di Pavia (Italy)
- CESIE ETS (Italy)
- Université de Rouen Normandie (France)
