Appear funds well-designed collaborative and innovative projects that respond to identified needs and demands in the partner countries and institutions. The participatory approach of the programme means that project proposals are expected to be planned and worked out jointly. At least two institutions – one from the country addressed and one from Austria – must be involved in the partnership. The project coordinating institution is responsible for reporting and accounting. If the proposed scientific/educational/institutional activities need more than two partners involved to be implemented and realized successfully, a partnership network can also be established. If the establishment of regional networks for capacity development is justified, academic institutions that are not located in an eligible country can be involved as well.

Please find detailed information on academic partnerships in the appear guidelines.

Appear is not interested in one-sided ›knowledge transfer‹, and strictly follows a demand-driven approach, through which needs are defined by the partners in the South. Respect of different methodological and empirical approaches, of different epistemological and cultural systems, of different modes of interaction and interpretation of results can be seen as preconditions for partnerships to be realized on an equal basis. In order to realize the overall objective, appear follows five basic principles:

• Participatory approach

• A concept of culturally open-minded knowledge

• Practically- and empirically-oriented approach

• Gender sensitivity

• 'Bottom-up' and demand-driven approach

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Commissioned by the Austrian Development Agency (ADA), the operational unit of the Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC)