Development agencies are in a period of major refocusing. On the one hand, the information and communications technology revolution, globalisation and the rise of knowledge economies lead them to develop new knowledge management systems. On the other, commitments to partnership, greater inter-agency coordination and the emphasis on sectoral and cross-sectoral planning fundamentally reorient the...

The Bamako Call for Action on Research for Health stresses the importance of inter-disciplinary, inter-ministerial and inter-sectoral working. This challenges much of our current research and postgraduate research training in health, which mostly seeks to produce narrowly focused content specialists. We now need to compliment this type of research and research training, by offering alternative ...

The promotion of new and competitive industries through cross-sectoral inter-organizational collaborations are tackled in many regions globally. This study explores the management facilitating collaboration with consideration planned approach to change based on theory. “initial conditions,” “field,” “emerging interaction toward collaborations” clarified as key elements for intervention. It is c...

Given the multi-sectoral nature of nutrition, there are a range of policies on food, agriculture, trade, prices and incomes, health, and food safety that have an impact on nutrition. Greater progress can be expected if food safety and nutrition objectives, concerns and considerations are explicitly integrated into national policies on agriculture and food systems. The Second International Confe...