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Info session South Initiatives and Congoprojects (TEAM and SI) Introduction Brussels, 25 June 2014
Info session South Initiatives and Congoprojects (TEAM and SI)
Introduction
Brussels, 25 June 2014
Country strategies and the role of TEAM and South Initiatives
projects
We support partnerships between universities and university colleges in Flanders and the South looking for innovative responses to global and local challenges
Country Strategy Approach• Paris and Accra Declaration • Political Agreement VLIR-UOS and ARES-
CCD (former CIUF-CUD) with Belgian government of 22 April 2010
Geographical concentration ~ 20 countries Country strategies
20 partner countries
Country strategy• Clear framework – country strategy paper as
context• Increase of societal impact through coherence
with development priorities• High level policy dialogue with the country
concerned• Donor coordination• Link with regional initiatives/ spin-offs
• 2012: DR Congo, Cuba, Ecuador, Uganda, Tanzania and Vietnam
• 2013: Ethiopia, South Africa
• 2014: Suriname, Burundi, Kenya, Peru
• 2015-2016: India, Indonesia, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Morocco, Mozambique
Strategy identifications
From strategy to country programme
VLIR-UOS or policy initiated
Strategy Selection Programme
Competitive calls
INTERVENTION TYPE LEVEL
NATIONAL
(NETWORK, PLATFORM and
other national-level projects)
COUNTRY
IUC
INSTITUTION
TEAM & SOUTH INITIATIVES
DEPARTMENT/ FACULTY
SCHOLARS INDIVIDUAL
Mix of interventions
10
2014 Projects
Duration BudgetTEAM DRC Max. 4 years Max. 250.000 EURSouth Initiative (Cuba, DRC, Ecuador, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam, South Africa and Ethiopia)
Max. 2 years Max. 75.000 EUR
TEAM and South Initiatives: general characteristics
• ‘TEAM to TEAM’ cooperation• Integrated academic cooperation (research,
education and extension)• Based on a specific development problem• Focused on local capacity building at sub-
institutional level • Aligned on the institutional priorities• Responding to a question from the South• Fit within the country strategy
Difference between South Initiatives and TEAM
• South Initiative (SI): focuses more on exploration, pilot initiatives, starting academic cooperation
• TEAM: deepening of the ‘TEAM to TEAM’ cooperation and possible widening of the addressed issues
• Often a TEAM project builds on a former South Initiative, or a SI deals with the extension of results of former TEAM projects
• SI can be more ‘trials’ as compared to a TEAM• SI is mx. 2 years whereas a TEAM max. 5 years
Flemish promoter
Flemish university Local promoter Partner
institution Project Title DurationA. Langer KU Leuven P. Kadundu UCB Éducation et Consolidation de la Paix en
RD Congo: Le rôle de l'éducation et son impact sur la construction d'une paix durable dans l'Est du Congo
2014-2018
J.P. Van Geertruyden
UAntwerp P. Lultumba UNIKIN Appui scientifique pour la réalisation du projet interdisciplinaire/interuniversitaire en santé maternelle à Unikin et à Unilu
2014 - 2018
B. De Fraine KU Leuven G. Mokonzi UNIKIS Contribution à l’amélioration de l’efficacité des écoles primaires et secondaires de la Province Orientale en République Démocratique du Congo
2014 - 2018
TEAM in DR Congo
South Initiatives in Africa (1)
Flemish promoter
Flemish university
Local promoter
Partner institution Project Title Duration
W. Mullens UHasselt D. Ngoy Nkulu UNILUEtude épidémiologique de l’insuffisance cardiaque à Lubumbashi : facteurs de risque, prise en charge, pronostic
2014 - 2016
J. SnoecksKU Leuven A. Chocha
Manda UNILURenforcement des capacités locales pour une meilleure évaluation biologique des impacts miniers au Katanga (RD Congo) sur les poissons et leurs milieux aquatiques
2014-2016
G. Baert
UGent R. Koy Kasongo UNIKIN
Evaluation du potentiel agro-fertilisant des ressources locales naturelles (agro-minéraux) pour augmenter la productivité et la production agricole en RD Congo (région du Bas Congo - Kinshasa)
2014-2016
R. Blust UA A. Musibono UNIKIN
La pollution par des métaux et des polluants organiques persistants au Pool Malebo, Kinshasa, RD Congo: Etude de base et évaluation des risques pour l’environnement et la santé publique résultant d’une exposition aux polluants par la consommation de poissons contaminés.
2014 - 2016
DR Congo
South Initiatives in Africa (2)
Flemish promoter
Flemish university
Local promoter
Partner institution Project Title Duration
Mark BreusersKU Leuven Alemayehu
Tadesse Mekelle University Social Organization and Potential for Development of Smallholder Dairy Farming in Tigray Region, Northern Ethiopia
2014 - 2016
Ria Bruijn Thomas More Loko Abraham Mekelle University Professionalization in the Diabetes Care
Area (PDCA2)2014 - 2016
Wim DecockKU Leuven Gebreyesus
Abegaz Yimer Mekelle UniversityTaking Local Customs Seriously: The Governance of Credit and Finance in the Tigray Regional State, Ethiopia
2014 - 2016
Luc Duchateau
UGent Reta DugumaCollege of Veterinary
Medicine & Agriculture, AAU
Novel tsetse fly monitoring tools and control interventions for bovine trypanosomosis in the Ethiopian tsetse fly belt
2014 - 2016
Herwig Leirs
UAntwerpen Zewdneh Tomass Tonjo
Wolaita Sodo University (WSU)
Domestic, peridomestic and wild rodent Population Ecology, their Public Health and Pest Importance in Wolita and Dawro zones, Southern Ethiopia
2014 - 2016
Jan Nyssen
UGent Habenom Haileselasie Ambo University
Rapid land use and cover changes and the hydrogeomorphic impact in rural western Shoa (Oromya Region), as driven by the proximity of Addis Ababa city (Ethiopia)
2014 - 2016
Ethiopia
South Initiatives in Africa (3)
Flemish promoter
Flemish university
Local promoter
Partner institution Project Title Duration
Nathalie Brion Vrije Universiteit
BrusselJoel Mihale Matobola
Open University of Tanzania
Tracing the status and impacts of terrestrial contamination in the coastal environments of Tanzania
2014 - 2016
Rob CuversUHasselt Livin Henry
MOSHAArdhi University
(ARU)Co-creating strategic eco-tourism projects to promote sustainable waterfront development in dar es salaam and kigoma
2014 - 2016
Emmanuel Gerard KU Leuven Robert
MhambaIDS - University of
Dar-Es-SalaamImproving the governance of Technology transfer from south-south cooperation for private sector development in Tanzania
2014 - 2016
Nico KoedamVrije
Universiteit Brussel
Mohammed Ali Sheikh
State University of Zanzibar
INternational inTEnsive Southern training proGRAmme and network DEvelopment for marine and lacustrine scientists (InteGRADE)
2014 - 2016
Patrick Van Damme
UGent Riziki Silas Shemdoe Ardhi University
Developing Effective Strategies to Engage Private Sector and Civil Society in Reduced Emission from Forest Degradation and Deforestation interventions after Pilot Projects Phase in Tanzania
2014 - 2016
Jean-Pierre Van Geertruyden UAntwerpen Deusdedith
IshengomaNational Institute
for Medical Research (NIMR)
Joining efforts to detect and control Plasmodium falciparum Resistance in East and Central Africa
2014 - 2016
Tanzania
Flemish promoter
Flemish university Local promoter Partner institution Project Title Duration
Tom De Herdt
UAntwerpen Pamela MbabaziMbarara University of Science & Technology (MUST)
In Quest for Effective Service Delivery: Decentralization, District Balkaniza-tion and Local Governance Challenges for the Next Decade and in Uganda
2014 – 2016
Ilse DerluynUGent Jasper Ogwal
OkengLira University College – constituent college of Gulu University
The development and implementation of a Bachelor of Community Counselling and Psychotherapy
2014 – 2016
Filip ReyntjensUAntwerpen Mr. Tom Ogwang
Mbarara University of Science & Technology (MUST)
Finding Durable Solutions for Old Refugee Case-loads in Nakivale Settlement – Mbarara District, Uganda
2014 – 2016
Uganda
Flemish promoter
Flemish university
Local promoter Partner institution Project Title Duration
Geert BaertUGent Van Averbeke,
WimTshwane University of
Technology
Improving home garden soil fertility management to enhance nutritional security among rural homesteads in Vhembe (Limpopo, South Africa)
2014 – 2016
Luc PietersUAntwerpen Esameldin E
ElgorashiAgricultural Research
Council Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute
Protective effects of South African plants on mycotoxin-induced mutagenicity and toxicity
2014 – 2016
South Initiatives in Africa (4)
South Africa
Flemish promoter
Flemish university Local promoter Partner institution Project Title Duration
Peter Bossier UGent Amilcar Arenal Universidad de Camagüey
Improving sustainably shrimp larviculture in Cuba
2014 – 2016
Dirk RooseKU Leuven Rafael Trujillo-
RasúaUniversity of
Informatics SciencesHigh Performance Computing Software for Bioinformatics Applications
2014 – 2016
Roeland Samson
UAntwerpen Raúl Carlos López Sánchez Granma University
Ecophysiological characterization of Coccoloba uvifera L.: the case of a salt and drought stress tolerant plant species for sand dune reclamation in Cuba
2014 – 2016
Sabastian Verhelst UGent Ramon Piloto
RodriguezInstituto Superior
PolitécnicoEmulsified systems for biofuels. Assessment of their performance in diesel engines
2014 – 2016
Cuba
Flemish promoter
Flemish university Local promoter Partner institution Project Title Duration
Christine Van der heyden HoGent Miguel Angel
Gualoto OñateUniversidad Técnica del
Norte (UTN)Pilot study on DNA-based biomonitoring in the Amazon River basin
2014 – 2016
Lies Verdonck KHLeuven Maria Cristina Ramos Ramos
Universidad De Guayaquil ‘Healthy food, healthy life’ 2014 – 2016
South Initiatives in Latin America
Ecuador
Flemish promoter
Flemish university
Local promoter Partner institution Project Title Duration
Guido De RoeckKU Leuven Bui T. Thanh
The University of Transport and
Communications (UTC)
Structural Health Monitoring Program to improve the management of natural resources in Vietnam
2014 – 2016
Anselme DereseUGent Nguyen Van
HungHaiphong University of
Medicine and Pharmacy
Strengthening family medicine training with focus on physician/patient communication in North-East Coastal region of Vietnam
2014 – 2016
Frank Devlieghere UGent Dao Thien
HoChiMinh city University of Food
Industry (HUFI)
Enhancing food safety and security in Vietnam: Control of the spoilage and mycotoxin contamination of agro-products by moulds
2014 – 2016
Joeri Gerrits
EhB Vu Thanh Vinh
Thai Nguyen University of Information
Technology and Communication
Applying Wireless Sensor Networks in agriculture: a hydroponic greenhouse as student lab and research environment for improving the quality of vegetable cultivation in the north of Vietnam
2014 – 2016
Koenraad Muylaert KU Leuven Truong Vinh Nong Lam University
(NLU) Ho Chi Minh city
Algal biomass production for bioproducts through treatment of wastewater of rubber processing plants in Vietnam
2014 – 2016
Vietnam (1)South Initiatives in Asia
Flemish promoter
Flemish university
Local promoter Partner institution Project Title Duration
Bart Nicolai KU Leuven Tran Thi Dinh Hanoi University of Agriculture
Strengthening Vietnamese postharvest capital
2014 – 2016
Katleen RaesUGent Thien Trung
LeNong Lam University –
Ho Chi Minh City (NLU)
Strengthening research capacity in the field of valorization of fruit and their by-products
2014 – 2016
Pierre Van Damme UAntwerpen Pham Thi
TamCan Tho University of
Medicine and Pharmacy
Assessment of the Neonatal hepatitis B vaccination Coverage & Attitude in the Mekong delta (acronym: ANBeCAM)
2014 – 2016
Guy Van den Mooter KU Leuven Pham Thi
Minh Hue
Department of Pharmaceutics, Hanoi
University of Pharmacy
Development and application of dry coating technology to prepare tablets containing berberin for colon targeting
2014 – 2016
Bart Van der Bruggen KU Leuven Pham Thi
Thuy
Faculty of Environmental Science, Hanoi
University of Science
Evaluation of low-cost cellulosic materials from agricultural by-products for removal of heavy metals from polluted water sources
2014 – 2016
Luc Van Meervelt
KU Leuven Nguyen Bich Ngan
Hanoi National University of
Education (HNUE)
A joint structural research on platinum(II) complexes for antitumor activity and elaboration of the framework for training in crystallography
2014 – 2016
Vietnam (2)South Initiatives in Asia
Contact persons:DR Congo: Kathleen Wuytack
Cuba, Ecuador: Peter De Lannoy
Tanzania, Ethiopia: Wannes Verbeeck
Uganda: Herman Diels
South Africa and Vietnam: Christophe Goossens
Transversal financial support and coordination: Peter Verbeeck (financial coordinator) and Bart Van den Bossche (financial programme officer SI and RD Congo)
Organisation according to country programmes
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Peter De LannoyCoordinator South
