Ethiopia: Ethiopian, UK Universities Launch Joint Projects in Health, Education Sectors

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The Daily Monitor (Addis Ababa)

13 July 2008
Posted to the web 14 July 2008

Binyam Tamene
Addis Ababa

In addition to the five on going partnership projects among UK and Ethiopian Universities, four faculties in Addis Ababa, Bahir Dar, and Adama Universities launch joint projects together with their UK counterparts in the health and education sectors.

UK government's department from international Development (DFID) funds the projects through Development partnership in Higher Education (DelPHE) schemes.

According to British council the Ethiopian universities will start three-year joint collaboration projects with the Leeds Metropolitan, South Hampton, and King's College in London as of September 2008.

Aiming to increase the role of theses institutions in poverty reduction and sustainable development, British Council said DelPHE supports the capacity building of higher education institutions through collaborative research, training and transfer of science and technology related knowledge and skills.

The projects also aim to enhance the skills and knowledge of the academic staff and students of Addis Ababa, Bahir Dar, and Adama Universities.

Launching the four new DelPHE projects officially on Friday, the UK ambassador to Ethiopia and permanent representative to the AU, Norman Ling said this project is a part of overall assistant UK is currently giving to Ethiopia through DFID The ambassador said UK government, through DFID and British Council, provides support to country's education at a primary and secondary level According to British Council, currently there are five on going DelPHE project which focus on health, education, science and peace and security.

"The projects have created capacity through research and training in Addis Ababa, Gondar, and Hawassa Universities through partnership with Cardiff, Brad for, Cambridge, York and Nottingham Universities in the UK," British council, UK's international organization for educational opportunities and cultural relations, said The UK Government's Department for International Development (DFID) will invest up to £3 million a year in a new Development Partnerships in Higher Education programme (DelPHE), which will run for a seven year period, from June 2006 to March 2013.

With annual level of financing from £130 million together with a 15 million worth humanitarian assistance, the ambassador said the relationship of higher institution through these projects could bolster capacities of Ethiopian higher institutions

The programme is a successor of the Higher Education links programme, which we ran for 25 years before it was replaced by DelPHE in 2006.

Since then the DelPHE, projects operating in 25 countries have brought together understanding and expertise across the world in a bid to contribute to reducing poverty, promoting science and technology and helping meet international targets fro providing basic health and education services by 2015.

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