Table 1.
Assessment framework of interview questions
| Assessment framework | Assessment questions |
|---|---|
| Topic 1:Capacity building | 1. How many times have the RNAS+ training courses been held in China? |
| 2. Have you ever attended the short-term training organized by China (except for the RNAS+ annual meeting/training)? | |
| 3. Which skills did you learn from China (by workshops and trainings)? | |
| Topic2: Funding | 4. How many times have you received China’s grant to attend RNAS+ annual meeting/training? |
| 5. How many RNAS+ annual meetings / trainings were mainly sponsored by China but not held in China: | |
| Topic 3: Coordination | 6. Currently, there are already five committee chairmen of RNAS+. Do you know how many of them are Chinese? |
| 7. Have you ever been invited by China to be the instructor of RNAS+ training / the speaker of the annual meeting? | |
| 8. Do you know the address of the RNAS+ website? | |
| Topic 4: Cooperation program | 9. Did you participate in the IDRC project? |
| 10. Are you willing to apply the new “Belt & Road Initiative” related program with Chinese experts? | |
| Scoring sheet | Please indicate a score of 0 to 10 for China’s contributions / roles in RNAS+ (Description:"0”is no contribution, “10” is 100% contribution): |
| 11. China’s contributions / roles in improving capacity building of RNAS+? | |
| 12. China’s funding contributions / roles to RNAS+? | |
| 13. China’s contributions / roles in the coordination of RNAS+? | |
| 14. China’s contributions / roles in applying for cooperation program / project jointly with RNAS+ member institutions? | |
| 15. The overall assessment of China’s contribution / role in RNAS+? |
RNAS+, Regional Network for Asian Schistosomiasis and Other Helminth Zoonoses; IDRC, International Development Research Centre