NURTURE Global Project
Jimma University, one of the Southern partners of the NURTURE project in Ethiopia, has conducted two events/training sessions recently in accordance with the activities planned for the NURTURE project in 2023.
“Life skills training for female undergraduate students” and “Digital skills for employability” for female graduating class students are the two events that have been conducted, as Dr. Esmael Kedir, the ICT Development Director of Jimma University reports.
The NURTURE project at Hawassa University has finalized its preparatory work for the new academic year of the university. Dr. Tesfaye Bayu, the NURTURE project coordinator at Hawassa University, mentions the recent activities as explained in the following.
A few weeks after the arrival of the new batch of exchange students from Ethiopia, on Saturday 9th September 2023, NURTURE project gathered everyone at Oslo and planned some activities for the whole evening. Dr Shegaw Anagaw Mengiste, as the project coordinator, welcomed the students when they arrived and we all started our joyful evening from Karl Johan street in Oslo. We were walking through famous places at Oslo and Dr Shegaw was explaining about the city for the students the whole time. We visited a few “Must See” places in Oslo and dined together at an Ehtiopian restaurant that makes great Ethiopian food. We talked about everything including students’ experiences and challenges in Norway so far and shared interesting stories. NURTURE project funded the gathering.
Below you can see some of the photos
NURTURE conducted its two-day 2023 Annual Seminar at Scandic Ambassadeur Hotel, Drammen with the presence of stakeholders from NORAD, USN, UiO, JU, HU, AASTU, UoG, DMU, and Norwegian Center for E-Health Research, and, at the end of the second day, the participants had a discussion meeting at NORAD’s headquarter at Oslo and did a little sightseeing. Below you can see the details of the seminar and the presentation slides of each of the speakers.
* 8:30-9:00 – Dr. Shegaw Mengiste, NURTURE’s project coordinator and Associate Professor at USN School of Business, welcomed the attendees and started the seminar by introducing the participants and the project.
* 9:00-9:15 – Professor Eiri Elvestad, Vice Dean of USN School of Business, gave a presentation about USN’s status and its strategic ambitions regarding participation in international projects.
* 9:15-9:30 – Anette Løken, Senior Advisor at NORAD, Section for Higher Education and Research, gave a presentation about NORAD and its international collaborations and target goals via funding NURTURE.
* 9:30-9:45 – Dr. Asrat Astedeweyin, President of University of Gondar, gave a presentation about the NURTURE project and its Annual Seminar.
* 9:45-10:15 – Dr. Shegaw Mengiste, NURTURE’s project coordinator and Associate Professor at USN School of Business, gave a presentation about the overview of the NURTURE project and its project outputs and outcomes.
* 10:45-11:10 – Mr. Daniel Tadesse, NURTURE project coordinator at UoG, gave a presentation about the status of the UoG and its outcomes, goals, and challenges regarding the implementation of the NURTURE project.
* 11:10-11:30 – Dr. Kuula Kekeba, NURTURE project coordinator at AASTU, gave a presentation about the project activities, outcomes, and challenges at AASSTU.
* 11:30-11:50 – Dr. Tesfaye Nayuu, NURTURE project coordinator at HU, gave a presentation about the project activities, outcomes, and challenges at HU.
* 11:50-12:10 – Dr. Askalemariam, NURTURE project coordinator at DMU, gave a presentation about the project activities, outcomes, and challenges at DMU.
* 12:10-12:30 – Dr. Esmael Kedir, NURTURE project coordinator at JU, gave a presentation about the project activities, outcomes, and challenges at JU.
* 12:30-13:30 – Seminar Lunch
* 13:30-14:00 – Professor Jens Kasballl, Professor at the INstitute of Informatics, University of Oslo, gave a presentation about the experiences on NURTURE and other global projects.
* 14:00-14:30 – Siri Gro Bjørnsta, Senior Advisor at International Office, USN, gave a presentation about the experiences and challenges of strategic partnership, internationalization, and student mobility.
* 14:30-15:00 – Dr. Binyam Tilahun, Vice President of UoG, NURTURE and SEARCH project coordinator at UoG, gave a presentation about the experiences, opportunities, and challenges of student mobility for Ethiopian students.
* 15:30-16:00 – Dr. Ellen Carm, Associate Professor at Oslo Metropolitan University, gave a presentation about ensuring women empowerment plans of NURTURE project through innovative strategies.
* 16:00-16:20 – Dr. Tesfaye Bayu and Dr. Askalemariam Adamu, hold the discussion panel for the NURTURE action plan and project outcome 1, regarding the quality and relevance of education, and research programs and methods in eHealth, informatics, and special needs.
* 16:20-16:40 – The discussion panel for the NURTURE action plan and project outcome 2, regarding increased capacity and improved competence of academic staff, that was supposed to be held by Professor Jörn Klein, Professor at the Institute of Health and Life Sciences, USN, was deferred for the second day.
* 16:40-17:00 – Abraham Berhanu and Binyam Taye, the latest SEARCH and NURTURE exchange students at USN at the Ph.D. level, gave a presentation about their experiences, opportunities, and challenges in Norway.
* 19:00-21:00 – Seminar Dinner
PRESENTATIONS:
PHOTOS of the 1st DAY:
* 9:15-9:35 – Professor Jörn Klein, Professor at the Institute of Health and Life Sciences, USN, held the discussion panel for the NURTURE action plan and project outcome 2, regarding increased capacity and improved competence of academic staff.
* 9:35-9:55 – Dr. Kuula Kekebe and Dr. Esmael Kedir, held the discussion panel for the NURTURE action plan and project outcome 3, regarding improved capacity at partner universities through small scale infrastructure.
* 9:55- 10:15 – Dr. Danica Radovanović and Dr. Monika Knudsen held the discussion panel for the NURTURE action plan and project outcome 4, regarding improving gender equality and inclusion.
* 10:15-10:35 – Dr. Binyam Tilahun and Dr. Shegaw Mengiste held the discussion panel for the NURTURE project outcome 5, regarding increased engagement with relevant stakeholders and partnership with national, regional, and international actors.
* 10:45-11:15 – Kathrine Horgen Strømmen, Project Controller at the Finance Department, USN, gave a presentation about the overview of financial issues and budget management of the NURTURE project.
* 11:15-11:35 – Dr. Shegaw Mengiste, concluded the seminar by pointing out the remarks of the project and the seminar.
* 13:00-16:00 – Group discussion meeting at NORAD’s headquarter in Oslo.
* 16:00-18:00 – Oslo sightseeing
PHOTOS of the 2nd DAY:
Don’r miss our NURTURE’s Annual Seminar being approachable via below link:
https://usn.zoom.us/j/62777186887?pwd=czJaaGhDbkZ4b05yMVdYOHpVdFBPUT09
On 19-20th June 2023, NURTURE is conducting its Annual Seminar at the USN campus Drammen in conjunction with the SEARCH project and with the presence of participants from NORAD, University of South Eastern Norway, University of Oslo, Jimma University, Hawassa University, Addis Ababa Science and Technology University, Debre Markos University, and University of Gondar. USN is hosting participants both from Norway and Ethiopia.
You can follow NURTURE’s events and seminars on the page Annual Seminars.
Dr. Kula, the NURTURE project coordinator at Addis Ababa Science and Technology University, organized a doctoral consortium at AASTU on December 7, 2022. Experts from Norway, the USA, and England participated and shared experiences with all the NURTURE project members at AASTU. The focus of the consortium was on “Research in the Application of Emerging Technologies” in key economic sectors and industries such as agriculture, energy, and healthcare. Participation for all the members of AASTU was open and free.
NURTURE (NORAD) is one of the sponsors of Addis Ababa Science and Technology University’s 7th annual research conference being conducted 4-5th May 2023. This is a Science, Technology & Innovation for Industry (STII 2023) conference aiming at bringing researchers, technologists, innovators, and governmental and industry stakeholders together to share their research experience and results in science, technology and innovation for improved industrialization. Below you can see the poster of the conference including the details of the tracks of the conference.
On 19th April 2023, 13:00-15:00 Oslo time, NURTURE’s 1st Quarterly Open Seminar was conducted. Dr. Shegaw Opened the Seminar by introducing the NURTURE project, explaining its current state, and introducing the speakers Dr. Josef Noll and Dr. Danica Radovanović.
Afterwards, Dr. Josef started his speech about “University Collaboration in Shaping the Future of Society” and a time was dedicated to related Q&As. Finally, Dr. Danica started her speech about “Fostering Gender Equality for HE and Innovation” and, at the end, participants had a discussion about the topic.
Below you can find the PDF files of the presentations, and also some photos of the Seminar on Zoom:
1- Dr. Josef Noll Presentation – University Collaboration in Shaping the Future of Society
2- Dr. Danica Radovanović – Fostering Gender Equality for HE and Innovation
NURTURE is conducting its 1st Quarterly Open Seminar in 2023 on 19th April from 13:00 to 15:00 Oslo time on the Zoom platform. The topic of this seminar is “University Collaboration in Shaping the Future of Society” and the speaker is Josef Noll Professor at the Department of Technology Systems at UiO. It is free for everyone to participate and discuss the main topic. Detailed information is on the below link.
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