TRREE-for Africa: expansion, quality control and "SOP drafting" (Phase 2)
| Responsable du projet | Dominique Sprumont |
| Résumé |
TRREE-for Africa (Training and Resources in Research Ethics
Evaluation-for Africa ) is a consortium of partners brought
together in 2006 from African (Cameroon, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal,
South Africa and Tanzania) and developed countries (Canada,
Germany, Switzerland) working together for the protection of
research and clinical trial participants in Africa while promoting
high quality research and the protection of research participants
in Africa. TRREE-for Africa provides those who ensure research
stakeholders particularly in the context of international
collaborative research, with a: o a trilingual (currently English,
French and German, Spanish and Portuguese in project) distance
learning program (web-based e-learning and CD-Rom) in research
ethics evaluation, including international, European and national
regulations and, o a bilingual (English - French) participatory
web-site of resources through which it is possible to make research
ethics and regulatory resources available (e-resources). TRREE
pursues the dual objectives of addressing the specific training
needs of the members of Research Ethics Committees (RECs), and of
integrating each partner of the TRREE team in every step of the
development of the training program. One of TRREE's major
characteristics is to be completely bilingual (French and English)
and also partially trilingual (e-learning in German as well), thus
responding to the specific and relatively under-funded needs of the
French speaking Sub-Saharan region. Another key characteristic is
the emphasis on bi-directional learning (north-south, south-north).
The requested funding will enable to assure the sustainability of
the TRREE project and thereby serve as a major contribution of the
SNF in developing its South - North dimension. The first
deliverable will be a renewed and adapted legal and organizational
structure that will facilitate the inclusion of new partners from
the North (especially Europe) and the South (especially from
Africa). This should help diversify TRREE sources of funding and
support while reinforcing its independence and capacity to provide
much needed high quality on-line training programmes on research
ethics and regulation in an international environment. The second
deliverable will be a set of standard operating procedures for
developing such on-line training programmes. This will capitalize
on the newly acquired experiences and share these with others
involved in the field. One of the main outcomes of the requested
funding will therefore be to offer the necessary tools to move on
to this next step in which Switzerland could play a major role. |
| Mots-clés |
research ethics, research regulation, elearning, research partnership, North - South collaboration |
| Type de projet | Recherche fondamentale |
| Domaine de recherche | La santé publique et son infrastructure. Régime sanitaire |
| Source de financement | FNS - Encouragement de projets (spécial) |
| Etat | Terminé |
| Début de projet | 1-9-2009 |
| Fin du projet | 31-7-2011 |
| Budget alloué | 80'000.00 |
| Contact | Dominique Sprumont |