Webinar: Five Keys to Improving Research Costing and Pricing in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
The West African Research and Innovation Management Association (WARIMA) and ESSENCE on Health
Research in collaboration with the Southern African Research and Innovation Management Association
(SARIMA) invites you to a webinar.
Five keys to improving research costing and pricing in
low- and middle-income countries
ESSENCE on Health Research is an initiative that allows donors/funders to identify synergies, establish
coherence and increase the value of resources for research, especially in low- and middle-income countries
(LMICs). ESSENCE has led several innovative approaches to achieve harmonization and optimization of
research funding, including the development of a good practice document series covering a wide range of topics.
One such output is the Five Keys to improving research costing and pricing in low-and middle-income countries
‘Five Keys’.
The achievement of accurate costing that enables sustainable research institutions and programs is a challenge
for many LMIC’s, especially the recovery of indirect costs. In addition, fast-changing, technologically driven and
competitive local and global environments for research, research funding, and research management
necessitate ongoing reflection and learning. The development of this good practice document provided an
opportunity for funders and research institutions to share their challenges and good practices related to research
costing and pricing.
Date: 25 March 2021
Time: 12h00-13h30 GMT
Please register by Wednesday, 23 March at 16:00
Cost: Free
The joining instructions to the webinar will be sent a day before the event.
Programme:
Word of welcome:
Prof Labode Popoola, Vice Chancellor, Osun State University, Nigeria & President of WARIMA
Introduction to ESSENCE on Health Research and the Five Keys document
Dr Garry Aslanyan, Manager of Partnerships and Governance, Special Program for Research and
Training in Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization and ESSENCE Secretariat
The Five Keys – Overview and key findings
Dr Karin Dyason, Project Manager, SARIMA
Panel:
Institutional support as an enabler of accurate research costing
Elizabeth Batchilly, Head of Governance and Research Support Services, Medical Research
Council Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, The Gambia
Optimising the recovery of indirect costs and the distribution of recovered indirect costs through
institutional policy
Director: Research Contracts, Division for Research Development, Stellenbosch University, South
Africa
A funders perspective on research costing and pricing
Dr Allen Mukhwana, Research Systems Manager, African Academy of Sciences, Kenya
Discussion
Facilitated by Prof Labode Popoola, Vice Chancellor, Osun State University, Nigeria & President of
WARIMA