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6THE IRD AROUND THE WORLD

7EDITORIAL

8KEY FIGURES FOR 2013IRD IN A NUTSHELL

9HIGHLIGHTS OF 2013

10AT THE MID-POINT OF THE CONTRACT OF OBJECTIVES

11A PROVEN QUALITY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT POLICY

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ECUADOR

MARTINIQUE

FRENCH GUIANA

MEXICO

PERU

BOLIVIA

SOUTH AFRICA

BENIN

SENEGALMALI

BRAZIL

CAMEROON

NIGER

EGYPT

TUNISIA

FRANCE1,347 STAFF MEMBERS

MOROCCO

KENYA

LAOS

INDONESIA

NEW CALEDONIA

THAILAND

VIETNAM

MADAGASCAR

BURKINAFASO

CHILE

Argentina

GabonUganda

Ethiopia

Lebanon

Nepal

Cambodia

East Timor

Vanuatu

India

Seychelles

Comoro Islands

Ivory Coast

Guinea

HaitiGuadeloupe

United States

REUNION

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FRENCH POLYNESIA

EXPATRIATE, SECONDED, LOCAL STAFFStaff at 31/12/12Source Personnel Department

• IRD centre or offi ce

• Other form of presence

• Centre in overseas territories

1-9 staff

members

10-18 staff

members

20-28 staff

members

31-50 staff

members

1-9 staff

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10-18 staff

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91-130staff

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EDITORIAL / 2013 IRD

EDITORIALhe national Higher Education and Research (ESR) scene has been dramatically transformed in recent years. The law on the freedom and responsibilities of universities and, since 2013, the law on ESR, regulate these changes. At the same time,

companies’ expectations regarding research have continued to rise, even in Southern countries and tropical French overseas departments and territories. Now, more than ever, the knowledge society, in its training, research and innovation dimensions, is being drawn into the heart of national and international debate on economic and social development.

A major participant in French scientifi c diplomacy, the IRD uses scientifi c excellence to support the Southern countries through their development challenges. Therefore, research on climate change, resource management, biodiversity, natural hazards, health and specifi cally infectious diseases, societal changes, inequalities and even migrations, have had concrete consequences in terms of their impacts on public policies in the South. Furthermore, bibliometric analyses show a quantitative and qualitative rise in the number of IRD’s publications and their the rate of co-publications with a Southern partner has reached 42%.

The number of results achieved by the Institute as part of the Future Investments programme also attest to the quality of the teams and their successful integration into the national and regional dynamics. The IRD is in fact a partner of 15 Labex, 4 Equipex, a University Hospital Institute and a Carnot Institute, and participates in 4 Idex. Moreover, the Thematic Promotion Consortium “Southern Promotion”, provided with 9 million Euros, has begun its activity and will contribute to the emergence of a technology market in the South.

The IRD is building its identity through its partnerships with Southern countries. Indeed, 42.5% of the Institute’s 2,354 personnel partnerships work outside metropolitan France. The positive

evaluation of the international mixed units and laboratories shows the importance of these formative and unifying mechanisms in the fi eld of international research.

The research management, coordination, promotion and dissemination activities carried out by the Institute also illustrate its commitment to the Southern countries.

Midway into its 2011-2015 contract of objectives, the IRD is therefore strengthening its partnership and ethical practices and reinforcing its primary mission: to place science at the heart of objectives the development of Southern communities.

2014 opens up new prospects for the IRD, in particular with the amendment to its statutory decree and the removal of the AIRD whose operational missions will remain the IRD’s responsibility. A renewed management team will, moreover, be responsible for drafting and implementing a new strategic plan and performance contract.

Talks will continue on the International Cooperation Development Centre with the aim of encouraging the pooling of resources and better visibility of international cooperation within the Aix-Marseille Provence metropolitan territory.

2014 will also be a rich year for science with the launch of the second wave of the Future Investments, the entry into force of the new EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, Horizon 2020, and the preparation of major events such as the world climate conferences which will be held in Peru in 2014 (COP 20) and France in 2015 (COP 21). This year will also mark the start of a debate on the Post-2015 agenda for the Millennium Development Goals. The IRD will meet these major challenges fully, providing its expertise and experience of its partnership with the Southern scientifi c communities.

Michel Laurent Chairman

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KEY FIGURES FOR 2013

2,354including 845 researchers,980 engineers and technicians and 529 local staff

STAFF MEMBERS

42.5%OF STAFF MEMBERS OUTSIDE MAINLAND FRANCE

THE IRD STAFF

42%with Southern partners

CO-AUTHORED

1,998SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

56consortiums and 7 observatories

RESEARCH

RESEARCH

110PATENTS HELD

INNOVATION

182allocated to scientists, including 152 for theses

BURSARIES

42NEW TEAMS SUPPORTED IN THE SOUTH

CAPACITY BUILDING

€34.4Mfrom conventions and approved products

REVENUE

€239MA BUDGET OF

FINANCIAL RESOURCES

IRD IN A NUTSHELL

RD is a research organisation unlike any other in the field of European research for development. It is a French public scientific

and technological institution operating under the joint authority of the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. IRD endeavours to meet major development challenges by undertaking research, training, and innovation activities in the South, for the South, and with the South, with an ongoing focus on sharing knowledge and pooling resources and skills.

From its headquarters in Marseille and its two centres in metropolitan France (Bondy and Montpellier), it operates in nearly 90 countries in Africa, the Mediterranean, Latin America, Asia and France’s tropical overseas territories. Based on an interdisciplinary approach, the projects carried out with its partners address issues of crucial importance for the countries of the South: tropical diseases and diseases of civilisation, food security, climate change, water resources, biodiversity, the development of societies, social inequality and vulnerability, migration, etc.

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The Atlas de la Nouvelle-Calédonie (Atlas of New Caledonia), a reference book published by the Congress of New Caledonia and IRD, is presented to the National Assembly.

Signature of a partnership agreement for open archives and the HAL shared platform by IRD and 25 other organisations.

MAY - JUNE

Inauguration of a new building devoted to the Géoazur Geosciences Research Laboratory on the CNRS campus at Valbonne Sophia Antipolis.

IRD and Polynesian authorities celebrate 50 years of research partnerships.

IRD hosts the international INCONTACT-One World conference on international cooperation on research and innovation (experiences in Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Mediterranean).

The “Valorisation Sud” (CVT - theme-based technology transfer consortium) starts operation.

JULY - AUGUST

IRD and the University of Toulouse sign a partnership agreement for the establishment of joint offi ces within the Institute’s delegations, in particular in Indonesia.

The development committee for the Cité de la coopération internationale et du développement (International Cooperation Development Centre) project, sponsored by IRD, meets for the fi rst time in Marseille.

Cirad, IRD, and Inra join the Global Alliance for the promotion of the potential of roots, tubers, and bananas.

SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER

IRD and the Prefecture of the PACA region sign a charter for professional equality between women and men.

IRD, Campus France, and the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientifi c Research of Cote d’Ivoire sign a partnership agreement.

NOVEMBER - DECEMBER

Launch of the Institut montpelliérain de l’eau et de l’environnement (IM2E - Montpellier Institute for Water and the Environment).

The Bond’Innov incubator hosts the Conference on innovative North-South entrepreneurship, with the attendance of Pascal Canfi n, Minister for Development, and Claude Bartolone, President of the National Assembly.

IRD and ANRS inaugurate the extension of the HIV and infectious disease research laboratory in Montpellier.

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HIGHLIGHTS OF 2013 / 2013 IRD

HIGHLIGHTS OF 2013

IRD celebrates the International Year of Quinoa at the 50th Agriculture Trade Show.

First report from the Papua-New Guinea expedition co-organised by the MNH, Pro-Natura International and IRD.

Inspection of IRD and AIRD. IRD adopts a “Social Responsibility” policy and commits

to sustainable development.

Presentation of the New Caledonia Atlas at the National Assembly

HIV research laboratory in Montpellier

Sale of bananas in Bolivia

Madang Mission

MARCH - APRIL

JANUARY - FEBRUARY

In June 2013, at the mid-point of the contract of agreed objectives signed with the French government in 2011, IRD provided a summary of preliminary results. Several themes stand out.

AT THE MID-POINT OF THE CONTRACT OF OBJECTIVES

Soil analysis in India

New partnership dynamics

Over the past two and a half years, the Institute has substan-tially developed its partnership with the countries of the South. A co-construction dynamic has been established through several multi-year programs co-fi nanced by the countries of the South: The Science and Technology Development Fund in Egypt, the Guyamazon programme in Brazil, and even the tripartite Africa - Brazil - France invitation to tender on the Great Green Wall in Africa.

The dissemination of scientifi c information and the reporting of research results from research communities to civil society have continued to improve. The volume of co-publications with partners in the South has increased well beyond expectations. A partnership charter on research for development, translating the action principles supported by IRD and shared with its partners, has been written and approved. To date, nearly 50 partners have already signed it.

The scientifi c and geographic structural mechanisms for research in the South have signifi cantly expanded, in particular with 25 LMI (laboratoires mixtes internationaux - Joint International Laboratories) active as of the end of 2013. They have helped build a remarkable unifi cation, both geographically in terms of issues. Moreover, during the period under consideration and despite a sometimes diffi cult working context, 40% of the researchers, engineers, and technicians assigned to the South have worked in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Mediterranean and 54% of missions were carried out in these two priority areas.

The co-construction of programmes with countries of the South

While the number of programmes fi nanced or managed by the agency remained stable over the period, their confi guration has changed with the development of “consortium” programmes involving several has partners from the South and North.

Nine calls for joint projects were launched, primarily for mul-ti-year, interdisciplinary programmes co-fi nanced by governments in the South as part of a regional approach. In 2013, IRD took part in

46 projects fi nanced as part of the FP7, including 6 in which it was coordinator. The JEAI (Jeunes équipes associées à l’IRD - Young teams associated with IRD) programme, considered to be one of the headline capacity building programmes, helped support 42 young teams. The promotion of research results in the political sphere and socio-eco-nomic sector generated annual revenue of approximately €4 M. The number of licensing contracts currently in force increased very slightly each year, while the royalties generated have increased signifi cantly over 5 years.

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Great Green Wall project: collective gardens

the energy issue has been incorporated into the multi-year real estate strategy scheme (SPSI), which has led to conducting energy audits at fi ve sites: Montpellier, Bondy, Nouméa, Papeete, and Cayenne. Through quantitative recommendations for the medium- to long-term, these au-dits are decision-assistance tools for improving the energy performance of buildings upon their renovation and maintenance.

A fi rst analysis of greenhouse gas emissions regulatory require-ments of the Grenelle II law. Conducted for the reference year of 2012, it covers all IRD sites within France. In accordance with regulations, this report only considers direct emissions from buildings and vehicles managed by IRD, and indirect emissions related to electricity consump-tion. For 2012, greenhouse gas emissions were 4,027 t CO2eq.

Based on this fi rst analysis and together with the energy audits, IRD has already initiated a series of actions to reduce the emissions of its buildings and vehicles: renovation/insulation of walls, replacement of its automobile fl eet with less polluting vehicles, etc.

The Institute has chosen to gradually exceed its regulatory obli-gations and to reduce its carbon footprint to cover emissions for all its activities and sites, in France and abroad.

A quality based approach to research

Support departments, which were previously certifi ed individually according to ISO 9001 standards, have adopted a common quality approach with the goal of having a single certifi cation by 2014 as part of the multi-year strategy for optimising support functions and management processes, approved by the board of directors in June 2013. This organisational plan will help establish more effective cross-departmental management processes. The quality management system will have activity monitoring indicators for the previously certifi ed departments. The quality approach will also focus on improving existing activities. Therefore, an assessment of the organisation and management of agreements within the institution has led to proposals for improvement and restructuring for greater effi ciency.

Societal responsibility as an institutional commitment

On 29 March 2013, the IRD board of directors adopted the institu-tion’s societal responsibility policy. This policy is focused on seven subject areas identifi ed as major societal challenges: governance, res-ponsible research, capacity building for the countries of the South, internal social responsibility, responsible purchasing, management of energy consumption, and responsible waste management.

A 2013-2016 action plan has been developed for the latter four subject areas and is in the process of being deployed. In particular,

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A PROVEN QUALITY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT POLICY / 2013 IRD

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A PROVEN QUALITY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT POLICY

Contact: quali2d@ird.fr

The focuses of the IRD’s Social Responsibility initiative