{"id":6704,"date":"2010-07-23T02:13:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-23T00:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.world-citizenship.org\/?p=6704"},"modified":"2025-02-26T12:58:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T11:58:11","slug":"pakistan-research-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ngo.heidi-barathieu-brun.ch\/?p=6704","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan Research Group"},"content":{"rendered":"

Linked with its Partner, the NCCR N-S<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The NCCR Pakistan Research Group is a partner of the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research North-South (NCCR N-S), financially supported by Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC), and Swiss universities … (Homepage 1\/2<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Capacity Building<\/a>; Research<\/a>; Policy Dialogue<\/a>; News<\/a>; Publications<\/a>; Links<\/a>;
\nAddresses: – Dr. Abid Suleri, Sustainable Development Policy Institute SDPI, Diplomatic Enclave, UN Boulevard, P.O. Box 2342, Islamabad, Pakistan;
\n– Dr. Urs Geiser, Development Study Group, Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstr. 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland;
\nContact<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Homepage 2\/2<\/a>: … NCCR North-South has three main objectives:\u00a0 <\/p>\n

1) Capacity-building:<\/p>\n

To strengthen development-oriented research capacities in the South and the North. In Pakistan, focus is on establishing research partnerships between SDPI<\/a> and universities for Master and PhD students.<\/p>\n

2) Research:<\/p>\n

To undertake theory-led, empirical research on issues relevant to development. In Pakistan, research concentrates on the North-West Frontier Province<\/a> (NWFP) and focuses on four themes:<\/p>\n