Partnership Actions for Mitigating Syndromes (PAMS): Experience with a transdisciplinary tool in the NCCR North-South programme

摘要: Partnership Actions for Mitigating Syndromes (PAMS) are small transdisciplinary projects which bring scientific research insights from the NCCR North-South into policy and practice. They implemented by researchers different disciplines in collaboration with non-scientific actors. PAMS aim to implement test approaches, methods tools developed research, order identify promising strategies potentials sustainable development. In this sense, they solution-oriented. This paper will provide our experience PAMS, a special focus on implementation of transdisciplinarity its outcomes. From 2001 2010, 77 were Africa, Asia Latin America. An internal evaluation first 55 was conducted 2006. Results led refinement improvement tool. A second is currently underway North-South. This an overview 22 new PAMS. We look at partners involved, project beneficiaries, activities implemented, outcomes achieved, lessons learnt. In evaluation, considered as “a form within fields … continuous dialogue between society” (Messerli et al., 2007). The report concluded that understanding not satisfactorily applied projects. Only about half addressed mutual exchange society. Some involved only one specific field clearly lacked interdisciplinary co-operation, most often knowledge transferred mainly unilaterally community society, without society having any effect science. It therefore recommended address more carefully Phase 2 PAMS. The under way, analysing whether how recommendation has been met, based criteria defined North-South’s Outcome Monitoring Strategy. analysis focusing whom interact investigating practices have changed both also exploring role Preliminary results show can assume roles, direct implementation, mediation, promotion social learning actors, giving advice neutral outsiders.