The main objective of the IS Academy is to strengthen the quality of policies in the area of development cooperation through the interaction between policy makers and academia. The programme aims at stimulating new approaches to development cooperation using the available knowledge on sustainable development and poverty reduction and creating new evidence on effective policies. Making use of the different expertise of academics and professionals enriches the insights on both sides. Evidence-informed policies are inspired by academic research, and vice-versa, the knowledge of professionals provides an important input for academic research, strengthening thereby its relevance. Within the field of Migration and Development (M&D), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs outlined a number of objectives to be achieved with the activities in the context of the IS Academy: - To strengthen the scientific foundation for M&D policy making; - To strengthen the policy relevance of research in the area of M&D; - To continue and strengthen the leadership role of the Netherlands in the area of M&D; - To increase the knowledge about M&D among the Dutch society and policy makers in other sectors in order to mainstream migration issues; - To raise interest among young researchers for M&D research; and - To broaden the perspective of civil servants and stimulate an outward looking orientation. - To raise the involvement of developing countries in the design of M&D policies. The research projects are undertaken in the context of a cooperation between the consortium partners and the Department Movement of Persons, Migration and Alien Affairs, Division Asylum and Migration Affairs of the of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. Besides their genuine scientific relevance, all the projects also clearly link up with the policy agenda of development cooperation in general and with policy development in the area of migration.
Over the course of the IS-Academy the following publications can be expected: - 5 PhD dissertations - A series of articles published in scientific journals - 8-10 Migration Policy Briefs on selected issues for a broader audience (non-specialists) - 3-5 Policy papers on specific policy questions related to the research programme. |
