NILE BASIN RESEARCH PROGRAMME:SPRING 2009 WORKING GROUP ON BIODIVERSITY

11/06/2008 :: In accordance with §2.2 in the NUFU agreement, approximately NOK 22 million have been set aside to support cooperation projects over five years (2008–2012) with thematic focus on women’s rights and gender equality. Bilateral and network cooperation projects between institutions of higher education and research in Norway and the South are eligible for support within the framework of the NUFU programmeality + More

23/05/2008 :: The number of Ethiopian students who have studied in Norway over the years is very high. Although the Embassy does not have the exact numbers, the mere fact that there are at least 62 Ethiopians who have their Ph.D. from Norway in the Embassy supported program between the Mekele & Hawassa Universities in Ethiopia and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB) over the last two decades alone indicates that the number must be in the hundreds nationally (if not more). + More

28/03/2008 :: Yacob Gebretensae Tsegay at the University of Oslo has developed a self study programme for Tigrinya and Amharic-speakers to learn Norwegian under the auspices of professor Rolf Theil. The self study programme includes a range of ... + More

07/03/2008 :: The Nile Basin Research Programme invites researchers Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo to join the programme as part of a research group working within the theme of knowledge production and higher education, for a period of five months starting August 1st 2008. + More