U N I V E R S I T E T E T I B E R G E N UiB Global Utdanningssamarbeid for bærekraftig vannforvaltning Tore Sætersdal UiB Global Verdens vanndag 2015 uib.no UiB Global Challenge: Packed universities – who have time to do research? What about research based education? uib.no Water and Society (WaSo) NORHED funding Project partners: ·In Asia: o University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka o University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka o Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology o Institute of Technology of Cambodia · In Africa o Makerere University, Uganda o University of Nairobi, Kenya o University of Juba, South Sudan o Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia In Norway o Telemark University College o Norwegian University of Life Sciences o University of Bergen Project period: 2014-2018 (5 years) Project budget: 36 million NOK (approx. 6 million USD), 100% grant from Norway uib.no WaSo concept Cross-disciplinary approach to Institutional capacity building • WaSo Asia – Africa collaborating with Local organizations on water and River and Lake basin management uib.no WaSo project meeting Dhaka 2014 – dialogue with external partners uib.no The project is designed along three important axis of capacity strengthening in universities: uib.no • Ambitions of the project • Build institutional capacity to supervise, teach and do research at all partner institutions by improving the relevant post graduate programmes • Research through Masters/PhD research: improvement of supervision quality and access to modern supervision techniques enabling stronger internationalisation uib.no UiB Global Potential for conflict resolution? • The role of the university? • Researchers as Part of the negotiation team Dialogue through Cross-disciplinary and multi-national research programmes uib.no Avdeling / enhet Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam uib.no Tusen takk! UiB Global
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