Department of Research & Program

Research is not the end in looking into a particular issue but the beginning by involving stakeholders and decision makers to commit appropriate actions to yield a positive impact on society. We at IRESCO conduct research, specifically socio-behavioural research and develop, organise and control programmes/projects. This is what IRESCO does; we look into a problem and work how to deal with it.

This department focuses predominately on four fields including:

Education
Environment
Health
Social Welfare

The department promotes effective research that is based on prioritising development initiatives. This allows the department to generate and support the emergence of complementary research that is derived from initial studies. The main activities carried out by the department include:

Development and submission of research and intervention programme/project proposals
Scientific Review of Projects
Perform qualitative and quantitative studies
Implementation of intervention programmes/ projects
Data management and analysis
Writing of Research Reports
Writing of intervention programme/ project reports
Organise and control appropriate internal and external human resources
Liaise with donors and stakeholders
Circulation of reports via Sponsors, appropriate Ministries, IRESCO library and website
Publications via writing of abstracts, articles, booklets and other documents
Distribution of publications via national and international conferences, libraries, journals, workshops and discussion groups

There are also specific activities undertaken in the field of Research and the field of Program Management. These are:

Research	Program Management
Training of students and researchers	Follow-up and evaluation of projects
	Support other NGO’s in developing and conducting intervention programmes/ projects

The department also acts as the organisation’s focal point for Family Health International, the Ministry of Public Health and various Institutes of Research.

To find out more about the department’s activities, please visit our Publications page.