1. The United Nations Technology Bank for the Least Developed Countries
& Digital Access to Research (DAR)
Prof Tandi Lwoga
Country Focal Point – United Republic of Tanzania
Digital Access to Research (DAR), UN Technology Bank for the Least Developed Countries
Deputy Rector – Academic, Research & Consultancy
College of Business Education (CBE)

2. Technology Bank: Definition
The Technology Bank for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
an organ of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
The Technology Bank through DAR joins the Research4Life partnership as a new type of programme, focusing on the particular needs of the LDCs.
Opening statement:
Since we began offering access to Research4Life content to eligible countries in 2002, we have always known that the more training and outreach we could offer to our potential users, the more effective our programmes would be.
With our partners – ITOCA, Librarians Without Borders, INASP, CTA, TDR, etc. – and with the help of various donors, we’ve been able to run a number of workshops every year, reaching at some point or other most of our eligible countries. And we have seen that these efforts produce good results. But we have never been able to design and run tailored, intensive training and outreach programmes on a country by country basis…..until now.
With the advent of the UN Technology Bank for LDCs and it’s DAR programme, we have finally found a partner ready to devote serious and sustained resources for a Research4Life capacity development programme.

3. Technology Bank: Objectives
To strengthen national capabilities and provide expertise to the world’s least developed countries, ensuring that they are no longer left behind in achieving internationally agreed development goals.
To promote digital access to research is its core commitment.

4. Digital Access to Research (DAR)
In order to achieve the Technology Bank goals:
The Digital Access to Research programme (DAR) is designed to work in and with specific countries to promote online access for national institutions to research and technical knowledge.
In each of the target countries, DAR will create a tailored approach to training and promotion, across the country, and across all disciplines.
Tanzania is one of the 12 countries selected for DAR’s “Year 1”.
LDCs suffer from a considerable deficit in access to published research. This contributes to their poor performance in STI. To achieve its overall objective of “strengthening national capabilities and providing expertise to the world’s least developed countries, ensuring that they are no longer left behind in achieving internationally agreed development goals”

5. DAR Action Areas
Enabling, facilitating and increasing online access to costly scientific journals, books, and databases at no direct charge.
Providing training for librarians, university teachers, graduate students, researchers, IT specialists and others.
Create tangible, measurable results quickly through intensive, country-wide campaigns in LDCs to integrate use of scientific and technical information (STP) in all relevant activities.

6. Research4Life Partnership
The Technology Bank will build on what Research4 Life (R4L) has already accomplished.
Research4Life has proven that online access to the world’s high quality published scientific and technical information (STP) is possible.
R4L will enable the Technology Bank to create strong in-country networks, and to open channels for regular feedback from the LDCs.
Local participation will enhance the ability of national institutions to train researchers and produce high quality research.

7. Expected Accomplishments
Active engagement of local champions.
Continuous Training.
Improved “user experience” of online interfaces to access scientific and technical journals.

8. List of beneficiaries (47 countries)
Afghanistan
Angola
Bangladesh
Benin
Bhutan
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gambia
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Haiti
Kiribati
Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Lesotho
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mozambique
Myanmar
Nepal
Niger
Rwanda
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Sudan
Sudan
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tuvalu
Uganda
United Republic of Tanzania
Vanuatu
Yemen
Zambia
The Technology Bank’s DAR programme is an affiliate partner of Research4Life,
DAR is our first programme which doesn’t offer new content or focus on a new subject area. DAR is focused entirely on building capacity to use our existing content, in the 47 countries designated by the UN as the LDCs.
DAR is designed to run intensive training and outreach programmes for Research4Life in all the LDCs, beginning this year with the 12 bolded countries. Each year countries will be added to the programme. And over time countries will graduate, and go on to help others through south-south monitoring.

9. Last 12 months of Research4Life (heavy usage)
And there are also three countries which demonstrate the validity of our Research4Life approach.
In these countries DAR is focused on mentoring them to be mentors for other LDCs, and DAR proceeds with our incremental programme.

10. DAR programme in Tanzania
Conducted six workshops in collaboration
NIMR, Dar es salaam
SUZA, Zanzibar
UDOM, Dodoma
COSTECH, Dar es salaam
COTUL, Dodoma
NMAIST, Arusha

11. DAR programme in Tanzania
205 participants have been trained(researchers. Librarians, ICT experts)
Outreach programme to 331 students and 63 staff at MUHAS, Dar es salaam
Conducted these workshops in collaboration with

12. This is the screen capture of the Research4life website that contains a detailed overview of the four programs – scope, eligibility, etc.
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13. Goals of Research4Life Programmes (R4L)
To connect developing world researchers with the international scientific community
To reduce the ‘publishing gap’ and improve the quality of locally produced articles and journals
To ‘ensure public access to information and protect fundamental freedoms, in accordance with national legislation and international agreements’ (UN Sustainable Development Goal #16)
These goals facilitate two way communication between researchers/publishers in the developed and developing world.
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14. Primary Target Audiences
Eligible categories of institutions are:
national universities
professional schools (medicine, nursing, pharmacy, public health, dentistry)
research institutes
teaching hospitals
government: ministries and agencies
national medical libraries
locally based non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
All permanent and visiting faculty, staff members and students are entitled to access and can obtain the institutional User Name and Password.
Recently, eligibility for not-for-profit agencies has been broadened. Those primarily funded by or affiliated with international agencies or non-governmental organizations are not eligible.

15. Who is eligible for R4L Programmes
Note the blue for Group A and Orange for Group B.
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16. Partners http://extranet.who.int/hinari/en/partners.php Key Publishers
Elsevier
Springer
Wiley
Sage
Taylor & Francis
Lippincott/Williams & Wilkins
BioOne
Oxford University Press
Nature Publishing
Other science/technical/ medical publishers
Programme Partners
World Health Organization
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
United Nations Environment Programme
World Intellectual Property Organization
International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers
Yale University Library
Cornell University Mann Library
National Library of Medicine
Information Training and Outreach Centre for Africa
Librarians Without Borders®/MLA
HINARI is a public-private partnership sponsored by the World Health Organization. Each partner contributes to a different aspect of HINARI. The complete list can be reviewed at The partners meet at regular intervals to determine how the programmes work and develop.
Feedback from the participating institutions contributes significantly to the development of the programme:
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17. (Access to Research for Health Programme)
Hinari
(Access to Research for Health Programme)
Online portal to access information on health and related social sciences
Coordinated by WHO and Yale University
Currently, more than 6400 registered institutions
Offering up to 14,000 journals / 60,000 books / 120 other information resources / 170 publishers' content included [January 2018]

18. This is the HINARI Website
This is the HINARI Website. We have also Spanish, French, Russian and Arabic translations.
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19. AGORA (Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture)
Online portal to access information on agriculture and related sciences
Coordinated by FAO/Cornell University, USA
More than 3400 registered institutions
Up to 6,000 journals / 22,000 books / 55 other information resources / 75 publishers' content included [January 2018]

20. 30 publishers:
Note that the initial pages of each programme are similar. This also is true for the Contents pages once you have used the unique User Name and Password for your institution. Remember that each programme that your institution registers for has a unique User Name and password. These User Names and Passwords can be distributed to all staff and/or students at the institution.
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21. OARE (Online Access to Research in the Environment)
Online portal to access environmental information
Coordinated by UNEP/Yale University
More than 3200 registered institutions
Over 11,000 journals / 22,000 books / 55 other information resources / 75 publishers' content included [January 2018]

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23. ARDI (Access to Research for Development and Innovation )
Online portal to access development and innovation research; ARDI was launched by the World Intellectual Property Organization in 2009 and joined R4L in 2011
Supports researchers in developing countries in creating and developing new solutions to technical challenges faced on a local and global level
More than 1000 registered institutions. Up to 7,500 journals; 22,000 books; 25 other resources; 40 publishers’ content [January 2018]

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25. GOALI (Global Online Access to Legal Information)
Launched 06 March 2018, GOALI is a programme to provide free or low cost online access and training to law and law-related content to R4L eligible institutions
The programme initially has access to over 10,000 legal titles from 60 publishers.
Partners include the International Labour Organization (ILO), Brill Nihoff (founding publisher and initiator of the programme), Lilian Goldman Law Library at Yale University and Cornell Law School Library.

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27. Thank You Prof Tandi Lwoga
Country Focal Point – United Republic of Tanzania
Digital Access to Research (DAR)
UN Technology Bank for the Least Developed Countries
Deputy Rector – Academic, Research & Consultancy
College of Business Education (CBE)