ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on how the relationship between research and policy development is portrayed between 2009 and 2020. It highlight changes in how the task is defined, how the organizational context evolved and discusses the development of modes of support. The main empirical materials used are policy and methods documents, evaluations and annual reports. Additional empirical materials are interviews with three former directors of the research unit at Sida as well as two representatives from the MFA and the Ministry for Higher Education and Research. Sida published guidelines for support to national research systems in 2018 outlining the principles and application processes of bilateral research collaboration. Training of individual researchers, research supervisors and research coordinators remains central and differs depending on context. In terms of support to international research organizations, Sida decided to concentrate their funding to fewer programs and work towards enabling the participation of researchers from the South in these programs, projects and management.
