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 Chancellor Forum 2007

The Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA) is a regional inter-governmental organization established in 1980 by the three East African Partner States (Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda) with the aim of facilitating contact between the universities of East Africa, providing a forum for discussion on a wide range of academic and other matters relating to higher education, and helping maintain high and comparable academic standards. The IUCEA exists to facilitate, coordinate and promote sustainable and competitive development of universities in the region by responding to the challenges facing higher education, and helping universities to contribute to meeting national and regional development needs through its various activities... read on more ...

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Call for Applications: Training and research opportunities in eastern Africa for registered masters and PhD  research  students 

Deadline: Friday May 16 2008

The project ‘Co-operative research on East African territorial integration within globalisation’ (CREATING) has received funding from the EU 7th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development under its Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities (SSH) programme of measures to support international cooperation. CREATING currently involves nine major partners in Europe and eastern Africa and aims to put in place a firm basis for future enhancement of an integrated European and eastern Africa research capacity, and to help define relevant areas for future collaborative research. French Institute for Research in Africa Royal Museum for Central Africa......more

Team Leaders Meeting 11-14 March 2008

The meeting will involve all team leaders of the existing Vicres Projects since inception. Team leaders will share there experience with multi disciplinary research and other issues affecting Lake Victoria region. The first of its kind since inception of Vicres.  more

Harmonisation Workshops 16 - 22 March 2008

This workshops will bring together researchers from the region who wish to join VICRES family. It is an opportunity given to researchers to develop proposals, meet their members, polish their proposals before submission for consideration this year. The participants will also be trained in proposal writing and leadership skills. more

Bio-Earn Receives new Regional Coordinator

BIO – EARN has received a new Project Coordinator. Dr Anne Wangai assumed office on Feb 19 2008. She joins    BIO-EARN after Prof Esther Kahangi was appointed DVC Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology. Dr Anne Wangai ......more.

 

 

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The IUCEA is partnering with seven European institutions in a collaborative project aimed at creating, developing and strengthening a social sciences and humanities research network bringing together scholars and institutions from the European research area with colleagues and partner institutions from a number of eastern African countries. Read on


The Lake Victoria Research Initiative (VicRes) is a regional research initiative that offers research grants in various disciplines related to promotion of poverty eradication and sustainable livelihood and natural resources management within the Lake Victoria Basin.Read on ...


The East African Regional Programme and Research Network for Biotechnology, Biosafety and Biotechnology Policy Development (BIO-EARN) aims at meeting the challenges of wider biotechnology, and realizing the potential of the associated techniques under local conditions in Eastern Africa. Read On ...

DAAD co-operates with the IUCEA in the allocation of funding each year to IUCEA's African Staff Exchange Programme with respect to teaching assignments, courses and seminars to which credits are allocated. Read on ..