Review of the RITC Pilot Mentorship Programme for Tobacco Control Researchers

Date

2008

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RITC, IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA

Abstract

For a funder like Research for International Tobacco Control (RITC), attempting to generate research and leadership capacity through a mentorship modality is a relatively risky strategy, especially at a geographical and institutional distance. Much more than other “contracted” arrangements, establishing and growing any one mentorship - and certainly a set of them - in the direction intended by a project, must ultimately be tentative, and dependent on the unique characters and joint motivation of the people involved. The evaluation suggests ways to strengthen the programme and manage some risks.

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PROGRAMME EVALUATION, CAPACITY BUILDING, RESEARCH WORKERS, TOBACCO CONTROL, LATIN AMERICA, CARIBBEAN

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