EL ESTÁNDAR DE LAS FRANJAS HORARIAS

This paragraph presents the NFP programme data over the period 2003-2010. The paragraph describes the development of NFP grants (1) per modality, (2) by gender, (3) per type of institute, (4) per country and (5) by discipline.

NFP grants per modality

In the period 2003-2010 approximately 12,750 fellows participated in one of the NFP modalities. This is exclusive of the number of participants in the Refresher Courses, of which 233 were granted, and which have a maximum of 20 participants per course.

The main focus of the NFP has been on Short Courses (58% of the NFP fellows) and Master Courses (38% of the NFP fellows) (see Figure 2.2). Note that the figure for Refresher Courses represents the number of trainings and not the number of participants. The number of NFP fellows that was granted a PhD fellowship between 2003 and 2010 is 299.

Over time, the number of participants in short courses as well as the number of participants in Master courses increased, also reflecting the start-up phase of the NFP in 2003. In the first year of the NFP (2003) only 271 short courses were granted by the programme, in 2010 this number had grown to 1,329. The number of Master Courses showed an increase from 526 grants in 2003 to 853 in 2010. The number of awarded PhD grants and Refresher courses were quite stable over time.

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Figure 2.2 NFP grants per modality 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 MA SC PhD RC*

*The figure for refresher courses represents the number of trainings and not the number of participants. Refresher Courses can have a maximum of 20 participants per grant.

Source: NFP Kern gegevens 2003-2010.

NFP grants by gender

Figure 2.3 presents the division of NFP courses divided by gender during the period 2003 to 2010. Over the period 2003-2010 in total 47% of the grants (for Short Courses, Master Courses and PhD studies) was awarded to women, which means that the target of 50% women was almost met. While in the early years of the NFP women were underrepresented, in 2010 the majority (52%) of the NFP grants was awarded to women. This pattern is more or less equal for all NFP modalities (see Figures A2.3, A2.4 and A2.6 in the annex).

Figure 2.3 Participation in NFP courses (Short Courses, Master Courses and PhD grants) by gender

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Women Men Source: NFP Kerngegevens 2003-2010.

Although the target of female participants is achieved both at programme level and at the level of modalities, there are large differences in the share of female fellows per country (see Figure A2.7in the annex). Whereas, for instance, in Rwanda and Pakistan only about one third of NFP

participants is female, women are well over represented in countries like Peru (60%), Surinam (67%) and Thailand (82%).

40 Evaluation of the Netherlands Fellowship Programme (NFP) 2002 - 2010 NFP grants per type of institute

In the new policy framework for the NFP that was accepted in 2001 it was decided that besides the international education institutes, also other Dutch higher education institutes (academic

universities and universities, universities for applied sciences and commercial education providers) were admitted to provide education and training under the NFP. The impact of this policy shift is clear from Table 2.1 presenting the division of NFP grants per type of education provider. For a general overview and indication of the trends the situation in 2003 and 2010 is shown.

Between 2003 and 2010 the percentage of courses provided by universities, universities of applied sciences and other institutes increased, whereas the share of the international education institutes decreased. The international education institutes kept a strong position on the market for short courses and refresher courses, whereas they clearly lost the lead in PhD courses. According to Nuffic the change towards universities is a real change, not being caused by mergers between international education institutes ad universities.20 Commercial education institute have a modest position, especially providing short courses and refresher courses.

Table 2.1 Division of grants per type of education provider in the Netherlands

MA SC PhD RC 2003 2010 2003 2010 2003 2010 2003 2010 International Education institutes 75% 48% 100% 88% 100% 20% 100% 75% Universities 25% 32% 0% 5% 0% 80% 0% 18% Universities of applied sciences 0% 19% 0% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% Other institutes 0% 1% 0% 7% 0% 0% 0% 7% Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

NFP grants per country

Although about 60 countries are eligible for the NFP programme, the participation in the NFP shows a clear focus on a limited number of low income countries, with almost 50% of the grants being awarded to participants from eight countries, with Ethiopia (1147) and Tanzania (1020) being the largest beneficiary countries (see

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Figure A2.7 in the annex). According to the management of Nuffic this skewed distribution of NFP

fellowships over the countries can largely be explained by historical patterns that have grown in the demand for NFP fellowships, and also by the policies of the Dutch education institutes.

NFP grants by discipline

NFP courses are provided in many different disciplines. Figure 2.6 shows the main disciplines per modality. Irrespective of the course modality agricultural sciences, business administration and social sciences are the most popular disciplines in the NFP. In particular agricultural courses are strongly represented among the Short Courses, the other NFP modalities showing a more equal distribution over the various disciplines.

Figure 2.4 NFP grants by discipline (2003-2010)