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DAAD Information Centre Addis Ababa, Edition 02 | 2014

Upcoming Events

DAFI Workshop (pg. 2)

German Unification

Day (pg. 2)

DAAD Information

Tour (pg. 2)

Second National

Multiplication Training

(pg. 3)

Workshop on African

Phytopharmaceuticals

(pg. 3)

PAGEL Project

Awarded (pg. 3)

DAAD Information

Sessions (pg. 4)

Summer Party (pg. 4)

University of Bayreuth

Follow up Visit (pg. 5)

40th Anniversary of the

DAAD Regional Office

Nairobi (pg. 5)

Network Conference

(pg. 5)

Farewell for Prof.

Albert (pg. 5)

Imprint

Publisher

Deutscher Akademischer

Austauschdienst

P.O. Box 200404

D-53134 Bonn

Contact

Tel. : +251 (0)939 658882

E-Mail:

office@daad-ethiopia.org

Website:

www.daad-ethiopia.org

Editors

PD Dr. Gerald Heusing,

Girma Teshome, Yonas

Kebede & Rieke Jürgensen

Dear Reader,

We wish you a Happy Ethiopian New Year -

Melkam Addis Amet! May it be a good one for

all of us.

The new year finds the team of the

Information Centre slightly extended. We

warmly welcome our new colleague Ms.

Rieke Jürgensen and we look forward to work

with her. Please find her introduction in the

column to the right.

We also say hello to three new visiting

academics: Prof. Byeong Soo Lim (pg. 9),

Prof. Frank Riedel (Adama Science and

Technology University) and Dr. Magnus

Treiber (Addis Ababa University). The latter

two will most likely present themselves in the

next newsletter which is due in January 2015.

We hope you will like the information in this

issue of our newsletter. Please remember

that we are also running a website and do not

forget to visit it from time to time for latest

news.

Enjoy your reading!

Past Events

Welcome to “kulturweit”

Volunteer

My name is Rieke Jürgensen and I am joining

the team of the DAAD Information Centre in

Addis Ababa for the next five months. On

September 1, I started my work as volunteer

in the context of ‘kulturweit (engl. Bridging

Cultures) ’, a voluntary service of the German

UNESCO commission and the German

Federal Foreign Office.

I have already enjoyed the first weeks in

Addis Ababa, and I am grateful for the warm

reception by my colleagues. So I am looking

forward to an interesting time at the DAAD,

and I am positive about gaining more

experiences during my voluntary service.

To introduce myself: I hold a bachelor’s

degree of Political Science of the University of

Hamburg and I am currently taking my

master’s degree of Peace and Conflict

Studies at the Goethe University Frankfurt.

Furthermore, I have, among others, worked

for the project “Starke Schule (engl. Good

School)” of the Hertie Foundation and,

moreover, as a student assistant at the

University Hamburg. There I have supported

the cooperation between the University and

secondary schools and have mentored young

and prospective students.

My main working field at the IC Addis Ababa

will be the internet presentation of the IC.

Besides, I will advise on the scholarship

programmes and support the Information

sessions of the IC.

Please contact me under:

support@daad-ethiopia.org

Or: +251(0) 937 60 30 82

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Workshop of the Albert

Einstein German

Academic Refugee

Initiative (DAFI) in Jigjiga

This year, the annual DAFI workshop in

Ethiopia will take place on 1 November 2014

in Jigjiga. The DAAD Information Centre will

participate in the workshop organized by the

Association of Ethiopians Educated in

Germany (AEEG) and provide information on

DAAD´s scholarship programmes for

postgraduates in order to open up

perspectives for refugee students.

The German government has been

supporting young refugees with scholarships

for vocational training and university

undergraduate studies since 1992.

Meanwhile the programme is disbursing a

total amount of 3.4 million Euro p.a.

worldwide. The United Nations High

Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is

administering these funds in 39 countries

around the globe. Ethiopia is among the

major beneficiaries of the programme and

AEEG is implementing DAFI here in

cooperation with the UNHCR. The DAFI

programme in Ethiopia is carried out with a

annual budget of 192,962 USD.

German Unification Day

On 3 October 2014, the celebration on the

occasion of the German Unification will take

place at the German Embassy in Addis

Ababa with invited guests. German

institutions represented in Ethiopia, among

others the DAAD Information Centre, will

present their work to the German community

in Ethiopia as well as to Ethiopian partners

and friends.

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DAAD Information Tour

The DAAD Information Centre visits uni-

versities and other educational institutions

all over Ethiopia. On site, we provide first-

hand information on study and research in

Germany as well as on individual and pro-

ject funding by DAAD. These will be our

next information events:

24.09.2014 | School of Tomorrow | CMC

Campus | Conference Hall | 10:00 am

29.09.2014 | Ethio-Parents-School | Gerji

Campus | 11:00 am

Beginning of October | Addis Ababa Sci-

ence and Technology University

Beginning of October | College of Develo-

pment Studies and Ethiopian Institute of

Water Resources | Addis Ababa Universi-

ty

13.10.2014 | Jimma University

31.10.2014 | Jigjiga University

For further information please send us an

e-mail (info@daad-ethiopia.org or sup-

port@daad-ethiopia.org) or call us (0939-

658882 or 0924-849748 or 0937-603082).

Reports

Home Grown PhD

(pg. 6)

Strategy for Africa

(pg. 6)

Cooperation between

Hamburg, Debre

Markos and Bahir Dar

(pg. 7)

Dr. Fritz at Gondar

University (pg. 8)

Prof. Dr. Lim says

„Hello“ from AAiT (pg.

9)

DAAD In-Country

Scholarships (pg. 9)

Announcements

Civil Society

Leadership Awards

2015 (pg. 10)

New DAAD

Scholarship

Application Procedure

(pg. 11)

Vacant Positions

(pg. 12)

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Second National

Multiplication Training

DIES (Dialogue on Innovative Higher

Education Strategies), a joint venture

between the German Rectors´ Conference

and DAAD, has recently introduced a new

programme, the “National Multiplication

Training (NMT)”, under which DIES-Alumni

organise national training activities in higher

education management in their respective

countries.

After the first Ethiopian training at Adigrat

University in April/May 2014, the second

round of NMT is scheduled to take place from

10 to 14 October at Jimma University.

Beside the presentation of the trainee‘s

proposals, the topics to be covered are

scientific writing, project monitoring,

evaluation, implementation and management.

Trainers will be the DIES-Alumni Prof.

Abebaw Gashaw and Dr. Alem Mebrahtu as

well as Prof. Arnis Vilks.

Workshop on African

Phytopharmaceuticals in

Addis Ababa

From 6 to 7 October 2014, pharmacologists

of Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg

(MLU) and Addis Ababa University (AAU), will

hold a workshop on African Phytopharma-

ceuticals.

To strengthen North-South-South

collaboration, also scientists from Cameroon,

Sudan and Zambia will take part and present

their research.

Since 2012, DAAD financially supports the

research partnership between pharma-

cologists of MLU and AAU within its

programme “Welcome to Africa”. Funds are

made available by the German Federal

Ministry of Education.

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PAGEL Project Received

Two Awards

The project “Partnership for the Training of

Junior Doctors in Gynecology and Midwifery

in Ethiopia” of the universities of Jena and

Gondar was priced twice within the ceremo-

nial act of the 60th Anniversary of the Univer-

sity of Gondar in July.

The project received the price for the best

alumni-project and, furthermore, the Medal

of Honor in Gold for its engagement within

the university partnership and the improve-

ment of women health care. The awards

were presented by H.E. Ato Haile Mariam

Desalegn, Prime Minister of the Federal

Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.

Prime Minister Haile Mariam at the 60th An-

niversary Ceremony of Gondar University

The cooperation was founded on the initia-

tive of the Ethiopian Minister of Health and it

is sponsored by the PAGEL Programme

(Partnerships for the Health Sector in Devel-

oping Countries) since 2009. The PAGEL

Programme, implemented by the DAAD with

funds provided by the German Federal Min-

istry of Economic Cooperation and Develop-

ment, is designed to strengthen educational

and advanced training capacity and encour-

age sustainable development.

The German side is presented by he section

for gynecology and obstetrics of the

Eichsfeld Clinic, the academic teaching hos-

pital of the University of Jena. On the Ethio-

pian side, first, the University of Jimma was

involved, in 2011, the University of Gondar

became partner of Jena. Every year Ethiopi-

an medical assistants visit the

Individual

Scholarships

The DAAD offers a variety of

postgraduate scholarships for

Ethiopians. Click on the links

below to learn more about the

respective programme.

Scholarships for African

Regional Networks and

Centres

Postdoctoral Fellowships in

Germany for DAAD Alumni (In

-Country / In-Region)

Postdoctoral Fellowships at

DAAD Supported Centres of

Excellence

Fellowships for Staff

Exchange in Sub-Saharan

Africa

Research Grants for Doctoral

Candidates and Young

Academics and Scientists

Scholarships for Development

-related Postgraduate

Courses

Master´s Scholarships for

Public Policy and Good

Governance

Scholarships for Centres of

Excellence for Promoting

Future Leaders in Africa

DLR - DAAD Research

Fellowships

In-Country-Scholarships

You can also search our

database in order to find the

right scholarship programme

from DAAD or other German

funding organisations. Just

follow this link.

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Eichsfeld Clinic to receive advanced training

from their German colleagues regarding

working techniques and processes. Specialist

doctors from Eichsfeld travel to the Ethiopian

universities two to three times a year to

provide junior doctors, nursing staff and

midwives with advanced clinical and

theoretical training.

Since 2013 the follow-up project has been

taking place with sponsoring by PAGEL. To

reach the urgently required enhancement of

the number of qualified gynecologists and to

improve the sustainability of the project, the

colleges of Mekelle and Bahir Dar have

become partners, as well. The current

sponsorship is running until the end of 2016.

DAAD Information

Sessions in Addis Ababa

Individual scholarships and funding of

institutional cooperations were the themes of

an information session held at the Goethe-

Institute Addis Ababa on 11 June 2014.

Students of various universities, staff and

administrators both from public and private

Ethiopian higher education institutions were in

attendance at the information event

conducted by the DAAD Information Centre.

In a similar move, the Information Centre

organized a seminar on the topic “Research

Grants for Doctoral Candidates” on 1 August

2014. The seminar was held at DAAD

Information Centre in the International

Leadership Institute.

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Focus on Africa at DAAD

Summer Party in Berlin

Talkshow participants in discussion: DAAD

Deputy Secretary General Ulrich Grothus

(2nd from left) © DAAD / Zeitz

The focus of this year’s summer party was on

the region Sub-Sahara Africa. Ulrich Grothus,

DAAD Deputy Secretary General, Christoph

Hansert, former Director of the Regional

Office in Nairobi, Philina Wittke, Head of the

Information Centre in Johannesburg, and

Hanifa Massawe, scholarship holder from

Tanzania at the TU Chemnitz, were

discussing challenges, opportunities and

current developments of higher education on

the continent.

Above all, they addressed the need for

qualification and advanced education to solve

the shortage of university instructors. In many

African countries the number of students is

leaping, whereas the number of university

instructors is only increasing slowly.

Mr. Hansert pointed out that education and

training of young university instructors - in

Germany and at high-performance African

universities - through scholarships is a pivotal

aspect of the new DAAD strategy for Sub-

Sahara Africa.

Here, co-financed scholarship programmes

based on agreements with African

governments play an important role. Such

agreements already exist for example in

Ethiopia and Kenya.

Funding for Institu-

tional Co-operations

Do you know the following

programmes? If not, follow the

links for more details.

Subject-related Partnerships

with Institutions of Higher

Education

DIES University Partnerships

DAAD Programme PAGEL

University-Business-

Partnerships

DAAD Short- and Long-term

lectureships (only in German)

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Follow up Visit of the

University of Bayreuth

The University of Bayreuth is a hub of

international and interdisciplinary research.

African studies have been a priority at the

University of Bayreuth since its establishment

in 1975. Within the framework of the current

partnership between Addis Ababa University

and University of Bayreuth, a follow up visit

was conducted by a delegation from the

Bayreuth International Graduate School of

African Studies (BIGSAS) from the 16 to 19

July 2014. The professors and associated

senior fellows work in 21 academic

disciplines, among others Anthropology,

Geography, History, Law, Linguistics,

Literature, Media Studies, Religious Studies,

Sociology and Political Science. Currently

over 100 fellows from more than 28 countries

are researching at BIGSAS. The German

Research Foundation is funding BIGSAS. For

detailed information, please visit the following

website: www.bigsas.uni-bayreuth.de/en

40th Anniversary of DAAD

Regional Office in Nairobi

The Regional Office for Africa celebrated its

40th anniversary colorfully from 28 to 30 May.

More than 200 guests from ten countries

including Prof. Margaret Wintermantel (DAAD

President), executives of the Inter-University

Council for East Africa (IUCEA), and twelve

participants from Ethiopia attended the event.

The three day conference on the occasion of

the celebrations focused on the topic “How to

equip a leader”. Following presentations on

success stories and lessons learned by the

prominent speakers, participants deliberated

on the role of education and practical

experience in shaping successful

transformational leaders. Key notes included

the initiative of the World Bank to promote

centers of excellence in higher education in

Africa; importance of higher education

innovation for development; and the

importance of higher education in German

development cooperation.

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7th DAAD Network

Conference in Bonn

© DAAD / Heupel

From 3 to 4 July 2014, the 7th DAAD Network

Conference took place in Bonn. About 180

representatives and internationalization

experts of numerous German higher

education institutions took the opportunity to

network with DAAD experts from the DAAD

head office and from DAAD offices in 55

countries worldwide. Among others, there

were chances for “speed networking”,

presentations about specific countries and

regions, as well as face-to-face appointments.

The Information Centre Addis Ababa was

represented by Dr. Heusing, who also

participated in the prefatory panel discussion

entitled “Africa: Fair Opportunities in

Education and Science”.

Farewell for Prof. Gerhard

Albert

On 8 June 2014, the DAAD Information

Centre conducted a farewell for Prof. Gerhard

Albert, who served in Ethiopia since 2007,

first as Country Representative of the DAAD

(2007-11), later as Director of the newly

founded Information Centre (2011-13). The

DAAD is very grateful for the excellent job he

has done for the DAAD, for its cooperation

with the Ethiopian Ministry of Education and

the Ethiopian higher education sector in

general.

German Academic

Exchange Service

Accra

Addis Ababa

Bonn

Johannesburg

Nairobi

Yaoundé

Country Information Ethiopia

(in German only)

German Research Directory

PhD Germany

Welcome to Africa (only in

German)

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Besides his duties regarding the DAAD, Prof.

Albert was all the time also working as a

DAAD visiting professor at the Ethiopian

Institute for Architecture, Building

Construction and City Development (EiABC).

After his retirement as Director of the

Information Centre, he focused his activities

solely on teaching and research at the EiABC

(May 2013 until June 2014), supported by the

Herder-Programme for retired professors.

Prof. Albert established the Competence

Centre of Environmental Planning and

Design at the EiABC, the Co-Chair Holder of

which he still is. Recently, he initiated a

collaboration with Leibniz University

Hannover, Namibian University of Science

and Technology and Kwame Nkrumah

University of Science & Technology Kumasi.

The collaboration is financially supported by

DAAD from January 2014 up to December

2017 with around 220,000 Euro. External

partners are ArchiAfrika and the Pan African

University. The collaboration is focused on

the development of a textbook about urban

biodiversity for the higher education of

architects, landscape architects, civil

engineers, urban and environmental planner

in Africa.

New Ethio-German Home

Grown PhD Scholarship

Programme

In June 2014, the Ethiopian Ministry of

Education and the DAAD signed a

cooperation agreement on a joint PhD

scholarship programme. The agreement will

be valid for a period of 5 years and a

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maximum of 40 PhD candidates will be

awarded a scholarship per annual intake.

Since the programme aims at staff capacity

development in the areas of engineering and

technology, beneficiaries will be staff of the

two Science and Technology Universities and

ten Institutes of Technology. The scholarships

will enable them to do research in Germany

for a period of 6 months per year. For further

information please contact Ato Zewdu Kassa

(abry.zewdu@gmail.com, 091-311-7893) or

Ato Biruk Amha (Birukamha@gmail.com, 091

-192-9866) of the Ministry of Education

(Engineering Education Capacity Building

Programme).

The new programme succeeds the Sandwich

PhD Scholarship Programme for 38 Ethiopian

engineering graduates at German universities

which DAAD administered on behalf of the

Ministry of Education from 2009 to 2014.

New DAAD Strategy for

Sub-Sahara Africa

Sub-Sahara Africa is in a critical phase.

Positive economic data indicate that an

upswing is underway, yet it is threatened by a

dire need for education. Schools and

universities are unable to meet the demands

of a growing population. There is significant

danger that economic and political

opportunities will go unused.

In its new strategy for Africa, the DAAD

regards top-performing universities as

essential for a functioning educational system

and sustainable development.

“Without excellent universities, sustainable

economic and social development is not

possible, and that especially applies to Sub-

Sahara Africa. Consequently, conditions have

to be created so that countries in this region

can train qualified professionals – in

particular, teachers, which are urgently

needed in their schools,” says DAAD

President Prof. Margret Wintermantel.

German Higher Educati-

on

German Research Foundati-

on

Humboldt Foundation

Leibniz Association

Volkswagen Foundation

German Rector´s Conference

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The DAAD strategy to initiate academic

cooperation with the countries of Sub-

Saharan Africa is the result of intensive

dialogue, in which German and African

universities, DAAD alumni, higher education

associations and international political

organisations in Africa were involved. The

DAAD education campaign for the region was

conceived as a partnership-based

programme from the very start.

The DAAD shall concentrate on the following

five strategic fields of activity in Sub-Saharan

Africa until 2020:

Train students to become university

lecturers in Africa with scholarships to

German institutions of higher education

and top-performing universities in

neighbouring African countries.

Support African universities in

expanding their graduate training and

research capacities.

Strengthen universities in the region as

effective drivers of social development

– e.g. funding applied research and

degree programmes which are relevant

to the labour market, knowledge

transfer in the economic sector and

graduate entrepreneurial commitment.

Enable German universities to gain

easier access to the African continent

and present information about

Germany in Africa.

Strengthen synergistic and

collaborative projects, creating a close

alliance between German and African

partners, especially with regional

university organisations in Africa.

In order to achieve these goals, the DAAD will

make use of established programmes and

develop new models. German, African and

international funding organisations will

provide the necessary financing for

implementing the strategy.

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Cooperation between the

Universities of Hamburg,

Bahir Dar and Debre

Makros

In November 2013, the University of Hamburg

(Department for African and Ethiopian

Studies – which is part of the Asia-Africa-

Institute – and Hiob Ludolf Center for

Ethiopian Studies) and the Universities of

Debre Markos (Departments of History and

Cultural Management, Amharic, Folklore,

Literature and Linguistics) and Bahir Dar

(Departments of History, Anthropology,

Amharic, Folklore, Literature and Linguistics)

signed a Memorandum of Understanding

(MoU).

The objective of the MoU is to create and

strengthen cooperative relations between the

three universities, especially to develop the

academic and cultural interchange between

the institutions through mutual assistance in

the areas of education, research and others.

Two activities have been undertaken since

the signing of the MoU.

First, the University of Debre Markos

organized an international conference on the

preservation and documentation of Ethiopia’s

literacy, cultural and historical heritage (1 to 2

March 2014). We reported about the

conference in our last newsletter.

Second, Dr. Getie Gelaye (who had taught

Folklore Courses at Bahir Dar University in

the framework of a DAAD-Short-term

Lecturership in 2010, and is otherwise

teaching at Hamburg University), is currently

at Bahir Dar University to carry out field

research on the life and works of Emmahoy

Amete Maryam, a distinguished female Qene-

Master at the Monastery of St.George in

Bahir Dar. Qene is a genre of Amharic poetry.

The research project is approved and partially

funded by the Gender-Equality Office of the

Asia-Africa-Institute of the University of

Hamburg.

Learn German

DAAD Summer Schools

Goethe-Institute Addis Ababa

Information about Studying in

German

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DAAD Short-term

Lectureship in Gondar

By Dr. Fleur Fritz

In February/March 2014 I stayed four weeks

at the University of Gondar, Department of

Health, sponsored through DAAD. I was

teaching a course on project management in

health information systems for 2nd

year

Bachelor students. Furthermore I conducted

research and curriculum workshops together

with the department and was able to consult

current and future research projects.

Taking the occasion of the visiting guest

lecturer on March 3 and 4, 2014, the

Department of Health Informatics celebrated

its 10th year anniversary as part of the

University of Gondar 60 year Diamond

Jubilee celebration. The anniversary program

was attended by officials from the University

and the Ministry of Health. Presentations

about the department and its work as well as

the implications of the national E-health

strategy were given. After a coffee ceremony

and an anniversary cake a workshop on

research was conducted. All students and

staff members were invited to have a

celebration dinner at a new hotel in Gondar.

The second day was dedicated to the

evaluation of the bachelor and master

program curricula. As a comparison the

experiences of health informatics curricula in

Germany and the recommendations of the

International Medical Informatics Association

were discussed.

My stay was perfectly organized by the head

of the department and various staff members

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of the department and faculty of medicine.

Besides the work I was able to visit many of

the rich cultural heritages of Gondar, for

example the Fasilides castle and bath, Debre

Berhan Selassie Church and Mentewabs

castle. Moreover we took the occasion of the

anniversary celebrations to go for a weekend

trip into the magnificent and absolutely

stunning Simien mountains national park

which is only a 2-hours drive away from

Gondar.

I am always amazed by the great hospitality

and warmth of the Ethiopian people and I

travelled back with my bags full of rich

experiences, many ideas for future

collaborative research projects and

encounters not only with colleagues but many

friends. I will pursue to follow up on this short

stay and would like to establish long-lasting

relationships.

The University of Gondar established an

independent health informatics department in

2014, which is the first of its kind in east

Africa. Since 2007 there exists a master

program for health informatics within public

health, and in 2012, the first Health

Informatics bachelor students in Ethiopia

were enrolled. With the 17 academic staff

members the department currently serves

around 60 students. In addition to that,

undergraduate and postgraduate courses to

medical and health students are offered. The

graduates of this department are working in

the Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health,

regional health offices, NGOs, universities,

hospitals and clinics.

Higher Education in Ethi-

opia

Ministry of Education

(in Amharic and English)

Engineering Education Capa-

city Building Program (ECBP)

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Greetings to the DAAD

Newsletter Readers from a

Newcomer from Korea

By Prof. Dr. Byeong Soo Lim

My name is Byeong Soo Lim, a visiting

professor supported by the Ethiopian Ministry

of Education (MoE) and DAAD, working at the

School of Multidisciplinary Engineering at the

Addis Ababa Institute of Technology (AAiT),

Ethiopia, from August, 2014. I am very happy

to have this opportunity to introduce myself

and my mission at the AAiT, as Head of

Center for Materials Engineering (CME).

I am a believer in education, a firm believer in

the efficacy of the fruitful results of the

excellent engineering education in building up

a high-tech industrialized country, as can be

seen in Korea, which achieved remarkable

economical growth out of nothing but ashes

after Korean war.

Following my belief, I spent more than 30

years in engineering education at

Sungkyunkwan University in Korea after

receiving Ph.D. degree from the University of

Texas at Austin in 1982. I came to AAiT, again

following my belief, to produce high quality

engineers and technology professionals who

will build the high-tech industrialized future

Ethiopia. To be more specific, my mission at

AAiT is to build CME for effective research

and education at a high level of technology.

My vision for CME is to carry out the following

two functions: 1. The completion of the

university education by providing technology

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based research projects both to the teaching

staffs and students to realize how the class

room taught theories are applied in real

industry. 2. Providing a space and facility

where creative ideas and unprecedented

trials are tested and evaluated which will

provide benefits to the next generation as a

long-term goal. Closing this introduction of my

mission at AAiT, I would like to express my

sincere gratitude for the generous support of

MoE and DAAD.

22 New DAAD In-Country

Scholarship Holders

Since 51 years, hundreds of Ethiopian

postgraduate students have been benefiting

from DAAD’s In-Country Scholarship

Programme. For the academic year

2014/2015, twenty-two Ethiopian

postgraduate students from all subject areas

with strong relevance to national development

(including the applied social sciences,

environmental and other special areas of law)

have succeeded to receive DAAD funding

under this programme. 31 percent of the new

scholarship holders are female postgraduate

university students.

The DAAD In-Country Scholarship

Programme targets at university staff

development and fulfilling the public sector’s

demand of academically trained personnel.

The programme is funded by the German

Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation

and Development (BMZ). Scholarships are

granted to Master as well as Ph.D. students

for their studies at Ethiopian universities.

German Embassy Addis

Ababa

Online Apppointment for

Scholarship Counselling

Online Appointment for Visa

Application

Visa Information

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Civil Society Leadership

Awards 2015

The Civil Society Leadership Awards (CSLA)

provide fully funded Master’s level

scholarships at a network of universities in

Germany. The programme is co-funded by

the DAAD. These awards support one to two

year graduate programmes in Social

Sciences at chosen universities. The fields of

study supported under the programme are

Economics, Global Political Economy,

International and European Law (with a track

in Human Rights Law), International

Relations, Environmental Governance,

Political Science: Democratic Governance

and Civil Society. Please check specific

programmes available at the universities

before you apply for the programme. The list

of available courses can be found at the end

of this announcement.

The programme aims to support individuals

who demonstrate both academic and

professional excellence and seek to become

civil society leaders in their home

communities.

CSLA is a fully funded scholarship for

Master’s level study. Successful applicants

will receive the following support:

Tuition and mandatory university fees

Monthly stipend for room, board and

other living expenses

Programme-related travel

Accident and sickness insurance

during the programme

Funds for educational materials and

professional development

All costs associated with an annual

student conference

Possible internship support

Pre-university academic writing

programme in July or August that

prepares finalist for the rigors of

graduate level academic study

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The scholarship does NOT provide funding

for dependent family members.

Application process

1) Applicants from eligible countries

(Azerbaijan, Belarus, Ethiopia, Sudan,

Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) should

submit an application to the local

DAAD office.

2) Applicants are welcome to apply to

more than one, but no more than three,

university programmes listed below,

and need to indicate their priority

choice.

3) After submitting an application to

DAAD, applicants should register with

CSLA directly at https://

www.surveymonkey.com/s/Z5ZXJB9.

4) Applications will be reviewed by the

DAAD and representatives of CSLA.

5) Applicants will be notified of their

application status by the DAAD.

Selection process

Criteria for selection include academic merit

and potential for contributing to the

development of civil society in the countries

listed. After the initial review, short-listed

semi-finalists will be invited for an interview

with a professorial selection committee and

DAAD and CSLA representatives, either

online or in person, and may be asked to

provide additional essays regarding their

career goals. Successful finalists will be

offered placements at German universities

with full funding. DAAD will make every effort

to seek placement at the university of the

candidate’s first choice, but there is no

guarantee that the first choice placement will

be secured.

CSLA will only consider funding for students

who apply for full-time study.

For further information on the

Scholarship Announcements,

please contact the DAAD

Information Center Addis

Ababa.

Send us an E-Mail in-

fo@daad-ethiopia.org or

support@daad-ethiopia.org

Or call us:

0939-658882 or

0924-849748 or

0937-603082

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Eligible courses are

Konstanz University: Economics

http://www.wiwi.uni-konstanz.de/en/

studies/msc-economics/

University of Trier: Economics

http://www.uni-trier.de/index.php?

id=37215&L=2

University of Kassel: Global Political

Economy

http://www.uni-kassel.de/fb05/

fachgruppen/politikwissenschaft/

globalisierung-und-politik/ma-global-

political-economy.html

University of Saarland: European and

International Law

http://www.uni-saarland.de/en/master/

study-programmes/conversion/

european-international-law/

description.html

Catholic University of Eichstätt-

Ingolstadt: International Relations

http://www.ku.de/studiengaenge/ma-

intbez/

University of Freiburg: Environmental

Governance

http://www.meg-uni-freiburg.de/

University of Osnabrück: Democratic

Governance and Civil Society

http://www.politik.uni-osnabrueck.de/

Teaching/MA_DRZG.htm

Deadline for applications: 30 November 2014

Applicants should visit the following website

for application forms and further information:

https://www.daad.de/deutschland/stipendium/

datenbank/en/civilsocietyleadershipaward.

Please check as well the Tips for the

Production of a Motivation Writing.

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Amendment of DAAD

Scholarship Application

Procedure

With effect of 2 July 2014, the DAAD has

introduced an online application procedure

through the DAAD portal for the following

scholarship programmes:

Study Scholarships for Foreign

Graduates of all Disciplines

Study Scholarships for Foreign

Graduates in the Fields of Fine Art,

Film, Design/Visual Communication

and Film

Study Scholarships for Foreign

Graduates in the Field of the

Performing Arts

Study Scholarships for Foreign

Graduates in the Field of Music

Study Scholarships for Foreign

Graduates in the Field of Architecture

Research Stays for University

Academics and Scientists

Re-invitation Programme for Former

Scholarship Holders

Research Stays for Artists

Bilateral Exchange of Academics

Applicants are required to apply via the

scholarship database of DAAD

(www.funding-guide.de).

In addition, they must provide a hard copy of

the "Application summary" (PDF file) - which

is generated in the DAAD portal after the

online application procedure has been

completed - to the DAAD Information Centre

or the German Embassy in Addis Ababa.

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For further information on the

Scholarship Announcements,

please contact the DAAD

Information Center Addis

Ababa.

Send us an E-Mail in-

fo@daad-ethiopia.org or

support@daad-ethiopia.org

Or call us:

0939-658882 or

0924-849748 or

0937-603082

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Vacant Positions

The DAAD is a close partner of the Ethiopian

Ministry of Education with regard to the

Engineering Education Capacity Building

Programme (EECBP), which is managed and

funded by the Ministry. Within this framework,

the DAAD recruits international long-term

experts for the EECBP. Currently, the

following 6 positions are vacant (please visit

www.daad.de/ecbp to access the complete

announcements):

2 Deans at the Dire Dawa Institute of

Technology

1 University Transformation Managing

Director at Mekelle University

1 Managing Director for

Internationalisation at the Ethiopian

Institute of Technology (Mekelle

University)

1 Hospital Manager at the Ayder

Referral Hospital (Mekelle University)

1 University-Industry Linkage Advisor

at Mekelle University

Furthermore, through one of its regular

programmes, the DAAD is looking for a

“Fachlektor/Long-term Visiting

Lecturer” at the Addis Ababa Institute

of Technology (School of Mechanical

and Industrial Engineering).

Please note that only EU citizens can be

considered and very good command of the

German language is required. Deadline for

applications: 17 October 2014. Please find

more information here:

https://www.daad.de/ausland/lektoren

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Contact us

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