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- Profile of AAU HIV/AIDS Programme
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- AAU/KIT
Partnership
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PROFILE
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AAU HIV/AIDS PROGRAMME
In order to help with the
response to the problem of HIV/AIDS, AAU in collaboration with its
partners has
set up at the Secretariat a programme titled “African Universities
Responding to HIV/AIDS”. The
Programme is presented below. Prof.
Justin Wane who is in charge of this programme can be contacted on: jwane@aau.org for further details. Prof. Wane was
formerly a senior lecturer in Clinical Chemistry and Immunology at
the Faculty of Medicine of the National University of Rwanda.
African
Universities Responding to HIV/AIDS
Since the 2001 Kelly
report (Challenging the Challenger) a number of institutions and their
partners
have begun to slowly respond to the threat posed by HIV/AIDS to
institutions by
putting in place institutional HIV/AIDS policies; integrating HIV/AIDS
into
curricula; developing and implementing awareness and education programs
and
establishing Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) centres.
The AAU has in
response committed to continue its efforts at expanding the ongoing
HIV/AIDS
Project in order to ensure that tertiary education institutions in
Africa
(universities and non-universities alike) can continue to contribute to
the
production of qualified, healthy and productive graduates for the world
of work
in support of the continent's development.
Specifically, the
goal of the HIV/AIDS Project is to ensure that tertiary education
institutions
in Africa keep their academic staff, students, non-teaching staff and
dependants free from HIV infection and that they provide a supportive
institutional environment for any member who may be infected or
affected by the
pandemic.
Overall Objective
To ensure that AAU
plays a lead role in mobilising the African higher education community
to
mitigate the impact of HIV/AIDS on the institutions and on all who work
and
live in them.
Development
Objectives
- Mobilise, through
advocacy, higher education institutional leaders
and managers to address the threat of HIV/AIDS within their
institutions;
- Encourage the members of
AAU and other tertiary education
institutions in Africa (including Polytechnics and Teacher Training
Colleges)
to develop HIV/AIDS institutional policies, acquire management
capacities and
mount awareness programmes as well as care and support services;
- Advocate for the
integration of HIV/AIDS in university curricula
to ensure that African universities are producing “AIDS-competent
graduates”;
- Mobilise resources in
support of the human and physical capacity
within member institutions to prevent, manage and mitigate the impact
of
HIV/AIDS; and
- Network
member
institutions to carry out research as well as document and to share
good
practices in HIV/AIDS prevention and mitigation.
Strategies
- Advocacy through AAU
structures and partners
- Funding of small-scale
pilot initiatives of member institutions
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Capacity building, skills
development
- Documentation and
information sharing
- Networking and
partnership building
- Infrastructure and
systems development Advocacy through COREVIP,
General Conference, Executive Board and funding partners.
Funding to member institutions to develop
institution-specific HIV/AIDS policies
- Support to institutions
to integrate HIV/AIDS into University
curriculum by networking and supporting 90 academics already trained in
HIV/AIDS curriculum integration to share their knowledge and skills
with other
institutions
- Monitoring institutions
where faculty are trained to integrate
HIV/AIDS into university curricula
- Sourcing and distributing
HIV/AIDS teaching and learning
resource materials for institutions
- Developing AAU HIV/AIDS
Toolkit and using it in training
Trainers
- Developing the AAU
HIV/AIDS Toolkit into an Internet-based
modular and certificated training course
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Sponsorship to
international and regional HIV/AIDS meetings and
conferences.
- Surveys, research and
small grants to students to research on
HIV/AIDS and related issues such as gender, rural productivity and
livelihoods,
orphans and vulnerable children and the role of men.
- Sharing of promising
approaches through publications,
newsletters and website postings
Expected results
- African higher education
leaders mobilised to promote a message
of awareness and the need for action against the threat of HIV/AIDS
- Essential human and
physical capacity developed to prevent,
manage and mitigate the impact of HIV/AIDS at institutional levels
- African higher education
institutions that have developed
policies and programmes and are responding to the threat of HIV/AIDS,
while
paying attention to the impact of HIV/AIDS on women in particular.
HIV/AIDS
integrated into curricula and higher education institutions graduating
“AIDS-competent students”
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A number of visible,
documented and shared good practice
- Coordinated regional
networks of institutions fighting HIV/AIDS
- Partnerships with
national and international agencies
established to mobilise resources in support of member institutions and
the AAU
Secretariat
Surveys and
Publications
The ADEA Working
Group on Higher Education (WGHE), coordinated by the Secretariat of the
AAU,
supported the AAU HIV/AIDS initiatives by commissioning a study in 2000
and
disseminating the results at the 10th AAU General Conference
held in
Nairobi in 2001. A major gap revealed by the set of nine case studies
of
HIV/AIDS and African Universities was the virtual absence, at that
time, of
institution-specific targeting and action by higher education
institutions.
In 2003, WGHE
commissioned three additional surveys to document the role and
contributions of
African Universities, polytechnics and teacher training colleges to the
fight
against HIV/AIDS. One of the surveys , which is now complete takes an
aerial
view of contributions and responses of African higher education
institutions to
the threat of HIV/AIDS and has produced a Directory of institutional
responses
and profiles which is now available at the WGHE web page of the AAU
website at www.aau.org
In December 2003, the
Africa-America Institute (AAI) commissioned an in-depth survey to
assessing the
role and contributions of African universities in the 12 Global AIDS
initiative
countries. Specifically, the survey assesses the capacity of
universities to
contribute to solutions not only through the teachers and other
professionals
they produce but also through their impact in policy and in the
communities
that they serve. Twelve African consultants from the countries listed
conducted
the survey. The Africa-America Institute, WGHE and AAU presented the
findings
of the study to the parallel session at the 11th General Conference.
HIV/AIDS Policies
The WGHE has since
2002, through competitive bidding, funded the development of eight
institutional HIV/AIDS policies. Beneficiaries of the grants are:
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Mombasa Polytechnic, Kenya
- University of Botswana,
Botswana
- Highridge Teachers
Training College, Kenya
- Nkumba University, Uganda
- The Kigali Institute of
Science and Technology (KIST) Rwanda
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La Chancellerie des
Universites du Togo,
Togo
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Ho Polytechnic, Ho, Ghana
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L'Institut Polytechnique
Rural de
Katibougou, Mali
Each institution’s
HIV/AIDS policy contains recommendations to the institution’s governing
council, board or management concerning institutional responses to the
threat
of the epidemic.
A Toolkit for Higher
Education Institutions
In 2001, WGHE
supported the AAU with a grant of $83,000 to develop an HIV/AIDS
toolkit. In
2003 it further provided $25,000 to support a training workshop for
Master
Trainers using the toolkit. WGHE in 2004 provided an additional grant
of
$45,000 to support sub-regional training activities using the toolkit.
The kit
has since been translated into French. Translation into Portuguese and
reproduction is also planned under a grant from the Swedish
International Development
Agency (SIDA).
Integrating HIV/AIDS
into University Curricula
One notable support
to the AAU HIV/AIDS Core Program between 2003 and 2005 came from the
UNDP
Regional HIV/AIDS Project on HIV and Development based in Pretoria,
South
Africa. The program supported selected African Universities in an
HIV/AIDS
curricula integration program, which aims to:
- Develop a
multi-disciplinary program that comprehensively
addresses major aspects of the HIV/AIDS pandemic
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Train a core group of
academics in a multi-disciplinary and
interdisciplinary course on HIV and development
- Create partnerships with
selected Universities who will commit
to integrating HIV and development in their curricula.
- Make available to the
institutions HIV related academic
resources including literature and field expertise
- Provide ongoing
monitoring and mentoring to trainees and
institutions that participate in the program
AAU
considers the
curriculum integration program its flagship program in HIV/AIDS as it
ensures
that African universities will graduate “AIDS-competent” students whose
behaviours do not put themselves or others at risk and who would also
influence
those they come into contact with during and after their training
whether as
parents, community leaders, in the workplace and as policy-makers.
Steering
Committee
and Monitoring Visits
To effectively
monitor the curriculum integration program, UNDP has established two
Steering
Committees to oversee the project and assigned AAU the responsibility
of
continuous advocacy; technical monitoring of progress of the
participants,
networking of the institutions, documentation of information and best
practices. Monitoring visits commenced in May 2004 and there is
sufficient
evidence that high institutional and individual commitment to the
program
trainees have made good progress in the process of integrating HIV/AIDS
into
their institutions’ teaching, learning and research.
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Small grants for
students’ research projects and teaching materials
In support of their
efforts, UNDP offered $10,000 grants to each participating institution
for
small grants for students’ research and to purchase books and teaching
materials for the institutions’ resource centres and libraries.
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Meeting
to establish a Partnership between AAU and KIT,
Amsterdam, Netherlands, 19th – 24th April 2006
On behalf of
the Secretary General of AAU, the
Head of Communication & Services at the AAU Secretariat had a
meeting with
the management and IT staff of the Royal Tropical Institute, (KIT) in
Amsterdam, Netherlands, 19th -24th April 2006.
The main
objective of the meeting was to
establish a partnership between AAU and KIT to collaborate in building
an
online resource centre at AAU secretariat. AAU has the ambition to
develop its
web-based information services and Knowledge centre for its members.
AAU wants
to benefit from the experiences KIT has in technical matters. KIT
agreed to
develop capacity within AAU Secretariat and its member universities to
further
develop their ICT and electronic information services.
KIT is
a non-profit research and development institution in the Netherlands
concerned
with international development co-operation and multicultural exchange.
Internationally, KIT is engaged in multidisciplinary projects. KIT
Information
and Library Services offer advice and training in information services
to
developing countries working in the field of development. It also
operates an
international academic library with all related services. It has a
collection
of 250,000 monographs, 4,500 current serials and 25,000 historical and
current
maps on various subjects. Together with partners, government and
private
sector, KIT develops methodologies in the fields of organisation and
management, culture, health and agriculture. In order to establish an
international information flow, agreements are signed with 200
organisations in
Africa, Asia and Latin America. AAU is going to become the next partner.
The first part
of the work session was to discuss the technical aspects of AAU’s
future
resource centre: the profile of AAU equipment, capacity need for the
server and
needed software. Mechanism and process for the distance collaboration
was set
up and activities and services
that should
be implemented were identified. The
strategy and process to make
information available in the AAU Knowledge centre was also developed.
During
the second part of the meeting, the Memorandum
of Understanding (MoU) for collaboration between the two organizations was
discussed and drafted.
For
further information contact:
Email: info@aau.org
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AAU PARTICIPATION IN EXTERNAL MEETINGS
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Meeting of the
Steering committee on the implementation of the
Pan african E-Network an Initiative of the India Governement and
African Union.
The Head of
Communication & Services represented AAU at the Steering Committee
Meeting
on the project to create a Pan-African e-Network at African Union (AU)
Head
office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 4th - 5th April
2006.
Among the
participants of the meeting were the AU commissioner for infrastructure
and
Energy and his staff, the delegation of the India Government and
representatives of African institutions that work in the domain of higher education or the
new technologies. AAU was asked to be part of the process as a
continental
organization mandated by its members on the issue of higher Education.
The objective of
this programme is to connect all the
53 nations of the African Union by Satellite and fiber Optic Network
that would
provide effective communication and connectivity among these Nations.
The
Network is to provide Tele-medecine, Tele education, Internet and
voice-over IP
Service and also is scalable and support e-governance, e-commerce,
containment,
ressource mapping and metereological service.
Expected outcomes
of the meeting are as follows:
first, the opening of bids for hosting the Hub earth station; secondly,
to find
the best strategy to identify countries, universities and hospitals
suceptibles
or capable of serving as regional centre or as focal point of the
project, and
finally, to set up a calendar of the future activities or project
timeline.
AAU’s role was to
participate in the subcommittee for
the opening of bids for hosting the hub earth station: 3 bids were
received
from the ministry of communication of Ghana; Sonatel of Senegal and
Mauritius
Telecom.
The sub
committee defined the evaluation criteria, which was divided into the
following
components for a total score of 100%. Technical: 55%; Legal: 20%;
Financial:
15%; Logistics: 5%; Quality of document: 5%.
On the basis of
the evaluation, the Sub committee recommended that the steering
committee
should obtain from all bidders written confirmation that the costs for
land,
security and utilities such electricity, water and telephone shall be
borne by
the host country of the Hub station;
Upon
confirmation of the above recommendation, Sonatel of Senegal was
granted the
mandate to host the Satellite communication Hub Earth Station of the
Pan
African e-Network on the reserve acceptance of the AU commission and
the Indian
government.
AAU should
coordinate the Tele-education courses selection.
On the second
point, WHO, AVU, and AAU were requested to form a subcommittee that
will
summarize the list of course and health discipline provided in order to
guide
the member state in the selection process.
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UNESCO Forum on Higher
Education, Research and Knowledge Workshop on the Comparative Analysis
of
National Research Systems, Paris, France 6th –7th April
2006
Professor
Olusola Oyewole represented the Secretary-General, Prof. Akilagpa
Sawyerr, in
the UNESCO Forum on Higher Education Research and Knowledge Workshop on
the Comparative
Analysis on National Research Systems in Paris, France.
The Workshop was tasked with the development
of a set of tools for studying research systems in various countries,
including
some developing countries.
The Objectives
of the Comparative Analysis Research Systems include:
- To study the dynamics of
research in
different countries and regions.
- To
compare differences in research capacity and output across different
regions.
- To
identify reasons for poor research
output in certain regions.
- To
situate research output from Universities, nationally and in different
regions.
- To formulate policies for
improving
research and knowledge production.
The principal
aim of the Workshop was to develop the framework and tools that some
selected
Resource Persons will employ in studying the research systems in some
earlier
selected countries.
The Workshop was
opened with an official welcome by Professor Georges Haddadm Director,
Division
of Higher Education, UNESCO and remarks by Dr. Berit Olsson, Director,
SAREC/SIDA. An introduction to the
theme: “ Comparative Analysis of National Research Systems” was
delivered by
Professor Goolam Mohamedbhai, Chair of the UNESCO Forum African
Scientific
Committee and Chair, Academic Board of the International Association of
Universities.
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Meeting with IDRC and CIDA, 27th and 28th April, 2006
On April 27
and 28, 2006, the Secretary-General of AAU, Prof. Akilagpa
Sawyerr participated in meetings in Canada to strengthen the
partnership
between AAU and Canada. The
Secretary-General met different officials from IDRC, ie, development
agency and
CIDA, which represents the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Summary of the reports of the meetings are
given below.
April 27 meeting with AUCC International
Affairs Staff
(Karen McBride, Jean-Bernard Robichaud, Margaux Béland and Pari
Johnston)
This meeting was
intended to share intelligence with AAU Secretary-General with respect
to
current directions at CIDA/IDRC and to discuss key messages going into
each of
these meetings. It was also an opportunity for AUCC staff to hear about
the
latest developments at the AAU and to brief the Secretary-General with
respect
to next steps regarding the AUCC-CIDA dialogue to “revision” our
university
partnership program and the important role we envisage for AAU in this
regard.
In terms of
the AUCC-AAU partnership going
forward, Karen and the team briefed the Secretary-General on the key
upcoming
milestones regarding our AUCC-CIDA dialogue and possible roles for AAU
in this
process. Karen noted that CIDA wants its university partnership program
to be
more strategic/programmatic, aligned with the Aid Effectiveness
principles,
grounded in Southern ownership/priorities and able to
leverage/join-up-with
efforts of other donors. She noted that
this process opens up opportunities to be supportive of AAU’s strategic
plan and
to leverage DFID/WB funding to the AAU. AUCC
will want to engage AAU and its members
at key points with respect
to the proposal we will be putting forth to CIDA to revision our
university
partnership program. It was agreed that
a useful next step would be to convene a meeting in London between
Karen, the
Secretary-General and John Rowett of ACU in the coming months to
discuss how
best to link up AUCC’s process with AAU/ACU priorities.
It was also agreed that, as part of the
February 2007 UPCD workshops being planned in Africa, it would be
useful to
include some key Canadian university presidents, and plan these
workshops in
such a way as to garner African university input into the planning for
the new
phase of our partnership program with CIDA.
AAU Secretary-General meets with Stephen
Wallace
(Vice-President, Policy Branch, CIDA)
Stephen
acknowledged that the Policy Branch is still
“doing its homework” in terms of figuring out the role of CIDA in
“knowledge
for development” and “innovation” versus the role of IDRC, for example.
He
noted CIDA invests $120 million in R&D (e.g., through CIGIAR), but
questions whether there is a well-grounded understanding of what CIDA
wants to
achieve more generally in this area.
He noted that
the Agency’s strategic focus on basic education does not apply to all
divisions. For example, Canada Corps has a focus on “governance” and
there may
be possibilities for higher education to seek support for the
governance slice
of its needs through this window. Stephen
seemed attracted by the argument that
higher education
institutions are a “space” in civil society for debate and discussion.
Stephen noted
that higher education can play a role on the issue of “quality”, e.g.,
making
the case that you can prepare all the teachers required to fuel basic
education, but without quality training, it’s not going to get you very
far.
Stephen took
note of the suggestion that CIDA start sending someone to the ADEA WGHE
meetings. Might be worth reinforcing
the value of this “listening post” with him, particularly as other
donors like
DFID get more engaged.
They promised to
try to find out more about CIDA’s funding of the Agence universitaire
de la
Francophonie’s university management training. They suspect that
Foreign
Affairs played a role in promoting this.
Stephen was
especially interested in the AAU conference on engaging the African
diaspora.
He noted that CIDA has done some thinking on this issue that might
serve as a
useful input to the conference (noted the name Amy Baker as the person
who took
the lead). He indicated that CIDA would like to participate and asked
that the
AAU Secretary General send the conference proposal to him.
Finally, I had
the sense that Stephen was open to talking further about AAU’s capacity
requirements. Even if his division
cannot fund a proposal itself, he may be a key ally in building support
within
the appropriate division (e.g., by speaking with Paul Hunt, the VP
Africa
Branch).
April 28 meeting with Maureen O’Neil
(President of
IDRC) and IDRC colleagues (Brett Herbert Copley, Steve Song, Stephane
Roberge,
Richard Isnor and Tim Dottridge)
This was an excellent meeting which was launched
by
an engaged dialogue on a range of issues, including the evolving views
of key
bilateral and multilateral donors on the importance of investments in
higher
education and research. Maureen was very interested in
AAU Secretary-General’s views on shifts in
support of HE and research (and AAU) by other donors and noted that,
under
Robert Greenhill, there is a changing dynamic within CIDA with respect
to
support for such initiatives and that CIDA’s tendency is to move in
“lockstep”
with other DAC donors, especially DFID.
She noted that IDRC is currently participating
in a
meeting in Mozambique of “research donors” and questioned how donors
can
divorce research/innovations from the very institutions (e.g.
universities)
that conduct such research. She also
mentioned that IDRC will be meeting with DFID’s research division
(under Paul
Spray) in early May and will reference the interest by DFID’s Kerry
Trifgairn
in supporting AAU. Finally, Richard noted that NEPAD has proposed a
Cross-Africa Research Fund in its consolidated S&T plan.
In reference to AAU’s WB grant, it was noted
that
the WB is holding a major S&T conference in Washington this fall
(under
Alan Watkins) which AAU’s Secretary-General may want to attend.
Following a
related discussion about promoting quality HE institutions in Africa
and
reversing brain drain, the Secretary-General referenced AAU’s upcoming
conference
on engaging the African diaspora and finding practical mechanisms to
promote
connectivity with these networks abroad.
April 28 meeting with Diane Vincent
(Executive
Vice-President, CIDA)
This meeting was
mainly an opportunity to brief
Diane on the leading role of AAU in the emerging policy dialogue with
the
African Union, country leaders and key multi- and bilateral donors such
as
DFID, World Bank, etc. And these
stakeholders’ evolving views about the importance of Africa’s higher
education
and research capacity. The idea here is to raise her comfort level that
investments in this area (and in AAU’s capacity to bring the higher
education
community into the dialogue) are increasingly viewed as strategic.
Themes that seemed to resonate with Diane were,
for example, the role of higher education in strengthening continent’s
governance capacity, policy leadership and “knowledge infrastructure”
which
underpins sustainable development.
Diane herself also raised the issue of what
role(s) higher education institutions in Africa could play in
strengthening
“basic education systems”, e.g., more effective education
administration
policies, etc. Further, in the same
spirit of finding ways to deliver education more effectively, she
seemed
intrigued by the AAU’s efforts to develop regional/continental networks
for
graduate training, as well as by the importance of strengthening the
governance
and leadership of higher education institutions and systems.
Finally, it was opportunity to serve notice
with Diane that AAU will be a critical ally for AUCC in the year ahead
as it
works with CIDA, the Canadian university community and key Southern
partners to
develop the “next generation” of the CIDA-university partnership
program.
April 28 meeting with Louise
Clément (Director-General,
Pan-Africa Program, CIDA and Diana Chaplin (Senior Policy Analyst,
Africa
Branch)
Louise Clément provided an overview of
the
“framework of engagement” for the PAP which focuses currently, in terms
of
education support, on the key priority of achieving the basic education
goals
of the MDGs and on supporting key partner institutions which have a
strong
continental mandate (Africa Capacity Development Foundation, AVU etc). She noted that her group funds and sits on
the ADEA Working Group on Education Funding.
AAU Secretary-General briefed her on the
strategic
role of the African Association of Universities in the emerging policy
dialogue
with bilateral donors about the importance of investments in Africa’s
higher
education capacity as part of a holistic approach to strengthening the
whole
education sector and the call for African leaders in HE investments.
Mme.
Clément acknowledged that there is currently a debate on where
to focus
bilateral donor education support and that CIDA’s thinking could evolve.
She was particularly interested in AAU’s role in
hosting the ADEA Working Group on Higher Education and picked up on the
Secretary-General’s point that this forum could be useful for CIDA (as
it has
proven to be for DFID) in terms of monitoring issues on the ground and
playing
a more active role in the emerging policy dialogue on HE and
development in
Africa. She seemed inclined to follow-up on this, and we signalled that
this
might be something for her to discuss with the CIDA’s UCP team as well. She also expressed interest in visiting the
AAU office in Accra during her next visit to Ghana.
April
28 meeting with Paul Dufour (International Advisor, National Science’s
Advisor’s Office) and members of the interdepartmental taskforce on
“S&T
Challenges for Development” (Betsy McGregor, Policy Branch, CIDA and
David
O’Brian, Manager, IDRC’s Challenge Fund).
This meeting was an opportunity to get an
overview
from Paul Dufour of developments with respect to Canada’s “S&T for
development challenge” and the key upcoming milestones that will
continue to
drive this agenda, both internationally, in Canada and in Africa
(especially
the July G-8 meetings which the African Union President will attend and
NEPAD’s
November 2005 Plan of Action for S&T). In the Canadian context, the
interdepartmental working group has been engaging in a range of
activities
since former PM Martin’s challenge: mapping what Canada currently
spends
federally on R&D for development and developing options for
political
consideration of models that work in Canada (e.g. Canada Research
Chairs) that
could be applied in a Southern context. He noted that the group is
currently
awaiting any signals in the new government’s budget on leveraging
Canadian
knowledge assets for development.
Paul also shared information about some of key
upcoming meetings (especially the G-8 Science Ministers’ meeting with
African
Science Ministers proposed for December 2006 into which Paul suggested
that AAU
should make links) as well as background on Italy, Germany and Japan’s
efforts
to increasingly invest in research in Africa, the proposed new science
advisor/”science imperative” for USAID, and finally, the new UK report
on
infectious diseases capacity from the OSI at
www.dti.gov.uk (with
a whole chapter on
Africa). He also noted a new report
from Calestous Juma for NEPAD’s S&T plan on biotechnology.
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AAU Publication
Higher Education
Innovations in Sub-Saharan Africa (With specific
reference to universities): Association
for the Development of Education in Africa; Working Group on Higher
Education.
Other Publications
Teachers
and Educational Quality: Monitoring
Global Needs for 2015
Albert Motivans, Thomas Smith and Michael Bruneforth
UNESCO Reference Works series
Book, 216 pages, 48 figures, 9 tables, 21 boxes
Format: 28 × 21,5 cm
2006, 92-9-189033-2
UNESCO-UIS
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Sub-Regional
Methodological Workshops for Social Research in Africa
2006 Session for North Africa
Theme:
Fields and Theories of Qualitative Research
Date: 09
- 13 October, 2006
Venue:
Cairo, Egypt.
Call
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3rd International
Barcelona Conference on Higher Education Accreditation for Quality
Assurance:
What is at Stake? Barcelona, Spain 27-29 November, 2006
The
Conference is organized by GUNI <http://www.guni-rmies.net/>
, and hosted by
the UPC <http://www.upc.edu/> with the aim to create an international
forum of higher education. As in the last edition, GUNI will take the
opportunity of such important gathering to present the publication
Higher
Education in the World 2007 this year focused on accreditation and
quality
assurance.
The
preliminary programme, confirmed speakers and the registration form,
can be
found at the official Conference’s web page:
http://www.guniconference.com <http://www.guniconference.com/>
Call For Papers For
The AERN On-Line Journal
THE AFRICAN
SYMPOSIUM, the on-line journal of the African Education Research
Network,
invites submission of papers which report on the study of a wide range
of
African educational development issues.
This refereed
Journal in its sixth year of quarterly publication. The Journal is now
indexed
by PAIS, a respected international indexing and abstract service.
Vice
Chancellors, Deans, Directors Of Research Centers And Other Academic
Officers
Are Invited To Distribute The Call To Professors And Research
Specialists.
Papers may be
sent to Dr. David Adewuyi, Chief Editor of the Journal, at his e-mail
address
at: Albany State University in Albany, Georgia david.adewuyi@asurams.edu
Dr.
Adewuyi may be contacted for information as to form and style and
desired
length of papers. Because the Journal
is committed to a timely review and publication of
qualified papers to benefit a global community
of scholars, the
lapsed time between submission and publication is greatly reduced.
In situations
where a published journal article must be read by promotion and tenure
committees, permission is granted to the authors to have a journal
number
reproduced in hard copy for the specific purpose.
Access the Journal at: www.africanresearch.org
http://www.africanresearch.org/
or www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/aern/symposium_main.htm
The Rhodes
University Prestigious Scholarships for Research in
the
PhD Programme On Citizenship, Nation And Identity
Applications are invited from
suitably
qualified students to study full-time at Rhodes University in 2007.
Two awards are
offered subject to the following
criteria:
DOCTORAL (R60 000)
Eligibility
- The overriding criterion
for the award of the Scholarship is academic merit (70%), although
other
factors such as service to the community, intra- or extra-murally,
could be
taken into account.
- Applicants
must pursue the PhD Programme on Citizenship, Nation and Identity.
- Since these are
Scholarships, financial need is not a criterion for
these awards.
- Applicants must be younger
than 36 years of age at the time of applying.
- Open to all citizens.
Period
Initially for one year but
renewable
depending on satisfactory progress for a further two years upon re-application each year.
Conditions
Full-time attendance and
registration at
Rhodes University. Tutoring Assistance of not more than 6 hours a week,
without
remuneration, will be required.
Application
Procedure
FIRST TIME APPLICANTS
There is no application form until
the
short-listing stage.
Please submit the following
documents:
- A covering letter indicating
intended degree and subject
- Detailed ACADEMIC Curriculum
Vitae
- Contact details of three
academic referees (including email addresses)
- Certified full academic
transcript
- Certified copy of your ID.
Send
applications for SCHOLARSHIPS
by 3 July 2006 to: The Dean of
Research (Js Office,
Rhodes University, Box 94, Grahamstown, 6140 Tel (046) 603 8055 (J
Email:
pgfinaid-admin@ru.ac.za
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International Association for
Political Science Students (IAPSS) Conference, Abuja, Nigeria, 12th
– 19th November, 2006
This is to give some information about the
International Association for Political Science Students (IAPSS) and
the
International Conference taking place in Abuja, Nigeria on 12.-19
November
2006.
IAPSS
was established in 1998 to connect political science students and
graduates
worldwide. It offers a platform for exchange of ideas and for getting
help on
research and studies. Furthermore, it is a network providing
information on
relevant political science issues and recent developments in the field.
Moreover,
IAPSS encourages its members to actively participate in and organize
debates,
round tables, discussions and lectures and stimulates students to
keenly
observe community from more critical and elaborative point of view.
IAPSS is currently expanding its activities in
Africa. Several regional centers are planned to be built in Africa in
order to
enable African students to actively participate in the construction of
sustainable/peaceful Africa. The goal
of the regional centers is to contribute to the empowerment of the
African
student community (future leaders, decision makers, and experts)
through
promoting values such as democracy, rule of law, peace, cooperation,
and
professionalism. The first such a
center is planned to be built in Nigeria in Enugu State University of
Science
and Technology. IAPSS has also appointed an IAPSS officer for Africa;
Mr.
Augustine Nwaka from Enugu, Nigeria to expand the IAPSS African
Development
Plan in Africa. If you wish to contact him, you can e-mail him at
augustine.nwaka@iapss.org
The
African students’ network in IAPSS is being developed to provide a
challenging
contribution by African students in Africa and abroad on African
development
towards a peaceful and a Black Central Africa on the ideals of
Pan-Africanism.
In addition to it, an IAPSS International Conference, short-tagged IC
Africa
2006 on the theme Peace, Democracy, Tolerance, Education and Justice in
Africa:
Challenges for Political Change, will provide an opportunity of
empowering
African students on global issues in Africa, and to be part themselves
of
evolving a peaceful and a sustainable African development with regards
to the
UN’s Millennium Development Goals and AU’s New Partnership for African
Development, NEPAD. We
encourage your students to start registering for the IAPSS biggest
international conference, which will take place at the ECOWAS
Secretariat,
in Abuja/Nigeria from 12.-19. November 2006.
We hope to expand our
membership to your University. IAPSS membership is open to political
science
student associations based on university or department level that are
official
and representative of their institutions, national political science
student
associations and all political science students, who do not yet belong
to an
IAPSS Association Member.
In case your
University has such a student association, we would kindly ask you to
inform
the board of the association of our existence. In any case we would
kindly ask
you to inform your students about IAPSS as we believe that IAPSS could
be of
crucial value for African students in their academic development and in
their
incorporation to multicultural world.
We appeal to your
University Authority to please shift academic activities such as
examinations
in November 2006 to enable student participants from your esteemed
University
attend the IAPSS biggest conference in Africa, to take part alongside
their
African counterparts in evolving a peaceful and sustainable Africa,
which is
holding for the first time in Africa.
For any additional
information on our Association and the details of the IC Africa 2006,
please go
to http://www.iapss.org/conference/ic_africa/index.html
or contact Augustine
Nwaka.
For further
information please contact the following:
Giulia
Giuliani
Augustine Nwaka
IAPSS
Vice
Chairperson
IAPSS
Officer for Africa
giulia.giuliani@iapss.org
Enugu, Nigeria
Tel:+386 12 443
730
augustine.nwaka@iapss.org
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Vacancies Announcement: African
Virtual University
Based in Nairobi, Kenya, the African Virtual
University (AVU) is an inter-governmental organization whose mission is
to be a
leading continental educational network of higher education
institutions
engaged in enhancing capacity to utilize Open Distance and E-Learning
(ODeL)
systems and methodologies.
We are seeking to fill the following positions
with
qualified candidates.
Senior Education Specialist
(Anglophone and Lusophone
Consortium Programs)
Purpose of the job: Responsible for planning,
implementing and coordinating AVU academic programs within the AVU
network in
Anglophone and Lusophone Africa.
Responsibilities:
- Establishing
and maintaining functional consortium of Partner Institutions in
Anglophone and
Lusophone Africa;
- Planning,
implementing and coordinating contextualization of the existing
programs and
managing the design, development and production of new
consortium programs;
- Developing
and implementing appropriate Quality Assurance framework and reporting
mechanisms
for these programs;
- Ensuring
effective program delivery, monitoring and reporting
- Planning,
fund raising and budgeting for all programs and related activities of
the
Anglophone and Lusophone Unit within the Academic Program Development
and
Management Department;
- Initiating,
coordinating and/or managing research on the activities/processes of
the
consortium programs
Qualifications and
Experience;
A PhD or a Masters degree in Education
(Economics of Education, Educational Management, Curriculum and
Instructional
Design and Development, Comparative Education, Distance Education, or
Teacher
Education). At least 5 years experience in teaching and/or managing
academic
programs in a university or related environment. Knowledge
of and/or experience in Anglophone and Lusophone higher
education systems; curriculum design, development and implementation;
project
management and fund raising; and online,
distance and e-learning methodologies.
Language: English (proficiency in
French or Portuguese
is an added advantage)
Computer Skills: Microsoft Word,
Power Point, Excel, MS Project, Internet Skills.
Position: Education Specialist (Anglophone Consortium
Programs)
Purpose of the job:
Responsible for coordinating and monitoring
the implementation and delivery of academic programs within the AVU
network in
Anglophone Africa
Responsibilities:
- Monitor
& facilitate effective implementation of quality assurance
framework/procedures of the academic programs among the participating
institutions;
- Participate
in the contextualization of the existing programs and the design,
development
and production of new consortium
programs;
- Maintain
and regularly update a list of contact details of PIs’ academic
coordinators
and facilitators;
- Manage and monitor the usage of the
WebCT learning platform;
- Coordinate
and monitor the implementation of
semester schedules for the academic programs;
- Coordinate
and monitor the delivery of course and
exam materials to Partner Institutions (PIs);
- Coordinate the submission progress
reports from the PIs’ academic
coordinators;
- Authenticate project milestones
accomplished in the programs
delivery;
- Analyze and compile progress
reports with clear follow-up actions
for all parties;
- Prepare and submit Activity
Monitoring
reports to the donor;
Qualifications:
A Bachelors Degree in education with over
five years experience or Masters Degree in Education with at least
three years
of experience in a university or related environment, teaching and/or
managing
academic programs; Knowledge of and experience in project management,
and; in
Open, Distance and e-Learning an added advantage.
Language: English (proficiency in
French or Portuguese
is an added advantage)
Computer Skills: Microsoft Office,
Power Point, Excel, MS Project, Internet Skills,
Proficiency in Learning Management Systems.
For further details on the responsibilities
and requirements of each of the positions, please visit our website www.avu.org/jobs.
The
successful candidate will be appointed on a two year renewable contract
period
and offered an attractive remuneration package. The African Virtual
University
is an equal opportunity employer. Please address your application to:
The Senior Human Resources Specialist, The
African Virtual University, 71 Maalim Juma Road, P.O. Box 25405 –
006003,
Nairobi, Kenya,
And send it together with your detailed
curriculum vitae, including your day
time telephone number, email and residential address,
names and contact addresses of three
professional references to
this email address; hr@avu.org. No hard
copies of applications will be accepted.
<>The closing date
for receiving the applications is 7th
July 2006.
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CALENDAR
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AAU Higher
Education Events
- Revitalising
Higher Education in Africa:
Developing the AU Framework of Action for the Second Decade of
Education in
Africa, 5th to 8th June, 2006, Johannesburg,
South Africa
- NREN Regional
Workshop West Africa, 12th
– 14th September, 2006, Accra, Ghana
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Vision of AAU
The Vision of the Association of African Universities (AAU) is to
maintain the AAU as the representative voice of the African higher
education community both within and outside Africa.
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Mission of AAU
The Mission of the Association of African Universities (AAU) is to
raise the quality of higher education in Africa and strengthen its
contribution to African development by fostering collaboration among
its member institutions.
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AAU
e-Courier
AAU e-courier is a monthly information bulletin that is distributed
electronically to AAU members, partners and the African High Education
Community in order to keep them inform of the association's activities.
This Online monthly news is produced by the AAU Communication and
Services Department. For more information about the bulletin or to send
in your comments, please contact the editor, Dr Pascal Hoba:
Direct line: + 233- 21 761609; E-mail: phoba@aau.org
Web site: www.aau.org
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