Goals

• Provide a forum for members and other partners
•  Promote collaboration between southern African and Nordic higher education institutions
• Address regional and global challenges of research, innovation and development
• Promote academic quality, academic freedom and joint values Adopted by the SANORD Council on 1 December 2017

Actions for Goal 1

• Provide a forum for members and other partners
• Arrange the annual SANORD conference, every two years in the south and every other year in the north.
• Responsible party: Board, SANORD Central Office (SCO), the local organizing committee (LOC).
• Initiate a process to increase the number of members from 45 to 50 in which applications from SADC-countries not yet represented in SANORD are promoted and prioritised.
  Responsible party: SCO.
• Arrange calls for proposals on SANORD Special Interest Groups for scholars at SANORD institutions within a specific thematic field of study or an administrative field of work, with the purpose to offer a platform for collaboration, meetings and arranging seminars/parallel sessions at the annual SANORD conferences.
• Responsible party: SCO and LOC.
• Invite funders and other relevant partners to the annual SANORD conference and other SANORD activities.Responsible party: SCO, LOC with the support from SANORD member institutions.
• Invite institutional leaders and staff to promote and participate in the annual SANORD conference and other SANORD activities.
• Responsible party: SANORD member institutions, SCO.

Actions for Goal 2

• Promote collaboration between southern African and Nordic higher education institutions
• Arrange calls for, and award, SANORD Theme Group planning grants with the purpose to host academic and research related workshops, conferences and discussions.
• Responsible party: SCO, Nominations Committee (NC).
• Arrange calls for, and award partial scholarship funding for master students’ visit from a southern SANORD member institution to a Nordic SANORD member institution through the Brian O’Connell scholarship programme.
• Responsible party: SCO, NC.
• Invite members to arrange workshops and abstract sessions for PhD-candidates, administrative staff, scholars and institutional leaders, at the annual conference and other activities.
• Responsible party: SCO, LOC, SANORD member institutions.
• Invite members to participate in externally funded projects.
• Responsible party: SCO, SANORD member institutions.
• Promote joint publications between north and south institutions in relation to SANORD activities.
• Responsible party: Board, SCO, SANORD member institutions.

Actions for Goal 3

• Address regional and global challenges of research, innovation and development
• Set up relevant themes and subthemes for conferences and workshops.
• Responsible party: Board, SCO, LOC, SANORD member institutions.
• Invite members to arrange SANORD events such as conferences, seminars, lectures or similar, that profiles work related to the north-south cooperation.
• Responsible party: Board, SCO, SANORD member institutions.
• Request and promote dissemination of results from SANORD activities such as theme groups and interest groups at SANORD conferences and symposia, and to external stakeholders.
• Responsible party: SCO, SANORD member institution.
• Arrange and promote a process to stimulate collaboration with governments, private sector or civil society.
• Responsible party: Board, SCO, SANORD member institutions.
• Identify and approach stakeholders that will add value to the SANORD mission.
• Responsible party: SCO, SANORD member institutions.
• Initiate a revision of the Strategy 2022 well in advance of the strategy ceasing to be valid which is at the end of year 2022.
• Responsible party: Board.

Actions for Goal 4

• Promote academic quality, academic freedom and joint values
• Invite members to arrange activities related to academic quality at the annual conference and other SANORD activities.
• Responsible party: SCO, LOC, SANORD member institutions.
• Encourage participants in the annual SANORD conference and in other funded SANORD activities to visit member institutions with the purpose to hold lectures, workshops or other activities to discuss and  strengthen academic quality.
• Responsible party: SCO, SANORD member institutions.
• Highlight the requirement of female participation in all SANORD activities such as the annual conference and funded activities.
• Responsible party: Board, SCO, LOC, NC, SANORD member institutions.
• In each call for applications for the Brian O´Connell Scholarships, ensure that at least 50% of the scholarships are awarded to female MSc-students.
• Responsible party: SCO, NC.
• Inform specifically that SANORD welcomes participation of underrepresented minority groups and people with disabilities in the annual conference and other activities.
• Responsible party: SCO, LOC, SANORD member institutions.
• Contribute to the ongoing debate, arrange specific session, and promote related academic activities on academic freedom.
• Responsible party: SCO, LOC, SANORD member institutions.

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