| Newsletter DAAD East Africa • 07/2023 Edition |
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The DAAD Regional Office for East Africa Celebrates its 50th Anniversary! 📢🎺💥🎉🔥
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In September 1973, the DAAD opened a small office in Nairobi, Kenya. The DAAD branch office soon developed into a regional office for East Africa and is now responsible for Kenya, Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, South Sudan, and Ethiopia.
The DAAD Nairobi is 50 years old this year! 📢📢🎺💥🎉🔥
On this special occasion, we will be hosting a number of activities, and to commemorate the occasion, we have created an anniversary website that details the history of the DAAD Nairobi and features photos and stories of our alumni.
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To start us off, here are two important calls related to the celebration:
📢 Call for Alumni in Burundi, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda
Expression of Interest for an Alumni Portrait
- Are you a DAAD alumna or alumnus from Burundi, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda or Rwanda?
- Do you have an interesting CV?
- Has the DAAD scholarship had a positive impact on your CV and career?
- Would you like to be portrayed for the website?
Then write to us with a short text and photo in which you introduce yourself and the DAAD funding as well as your current job (max. 2000 characters).
We are looking forward to receiving your feedback and texts at event.nairobi@daad.de by latest 11.08.2023!
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📢Call for Alumni in Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda
Expression of interest to participate in the Alumni Network Meeting in Nairobi on 19.09.2023
- Are you a DAAD alumna or alumnus (with a PKZ) from Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania or Uganda?
- Do you have an interesting CV?
- Has the DAAD scholarship had a positive impact on your CV and career?
- Are you interested to participate in the Alumni Network Meeting in person or online?
Please fill in the form completely with all details and your PKZ number.
https://www.daad.de/surveys/874978?lang=en
We are looking forward to receiving your expression of interest (filled form) by latest 11.08.2023!
Please note that incomplete forms will not be considered.
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Every year, the heads of the DAAD’s external network come to Bonn in the summer to exchange ideas with their colleagues at headquarters and also with each other, to discuss the latest developments at the DAAD and in the six departments, and at the same time to report on their work and the framework conditions in their countries and regions.
In 2023, a new joint network format was tried out, consisting of the field office managers’ meeting and the IC Forum for managers and staff of the ICs.
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Professor Joybrato Mukherjee was re-elected as DAAD President in Bonn today. The General Assembly of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) also confirmed Vice President Muriel Helbig in office. In addition, a new Executive Committee and a part of the Board of Trustees were elected for the world’s biggest academic exchange organisation.
At yesterday’s DAAD General Assembly in Bonn, the existing DAAD President Joybrato Mukherjee was unanimously elected for a further term of office. His second term begins on 1 January 2024 and ends on 31 December 2027. The representatives of the DAAD’s member higher education institutions and student bodies also unanimously re-elected the existing Vice President Muriel Helbig for a second term in office.
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New developments and personal encounters: With its Annual Report 2022, the DAAD looks at groundbreaking changes in international academic exchange.
In the foreword to the Annual Report 2022, DAAD President Professor Joybrato Mukherjee highlights how the year overshadowed by the Russian attack on Ukraine has challenged academic exchange and at the same time led to new resolve: "It is our firm conviction that exchange and education, science and cooperation are essential for survival. The new multipolar order, which is not yet clearly discernible, must be lived and shaped - the cooperation space of science enables precisely this."
Here is the 2022 Annual Report (in German).
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| © climapAfrica Women's Group |
In 2021, the DAAD’s climapAfrica programme led to the formation of a network of female African climate researchers. The climapAfrica Women’s Group was established in September 2021 during a virtual postdoc meeting of the DAAD’s climapAfrica programme. The group wants to improve working and living conditions for female scientists in Africa, raise their profile in climate science, and highlight the fact that they are particularly affected by climate change.
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Two DAAD alumni, Dr. Ezekiel Mecha and Dr. Patrick Okanya participated in a three day workshop on Impact of Misinformation & Disinformation in the Global South – Influence of emerging technologies such as AI. Please find the report below:
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DAAD CALLS for APPLICATION |
The DAAD Helmut-Schmidt-Programme (known as Public Policy and Good Governance) supports future leaders from developing countries (see list of countries), who want to promote democracy and social justice in their home countries. The programme, which is funded by the German Federal Foreign Office, offers the chance to acquire a Master’s degree in Master programmes of particular relevance for the social, political and economic development in the students’ countries of origin. In the light of the principles of Good Governance, highly qualified graduates with a first academic degree are being educated in political science, law, economics and administration and prepared for future leading positions in their home countries.
The deadline for application is 31 July 2023.
This flyer has more details.
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We are pleased to inform you that the call for University Summer Courses for the year 2024 is coming soon!
We will give you more information as soon as the call is published.
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RISE worldwide is starting the next round: For summer 2024 we are again asking for internship offers giving German undergraduate students the possibility to intern worldwide!
Research groups, laboratories and doctoral students from all over the world can apply to host a motivated and well-qualified student from Germany as a research intern to assist with a proposed project. Students participating in this program come from the fields of biology, chemistry, physics, earth sciences, engineering, computer science, medicine, or a closely related field, and receive a DAAD scholarship to help cover living expenses and travel costs. Internship projects can be submitted online at https://www.daad.de/rise/en/rise-worldwide/offer-an-internship/submit-an-internship-offer/ .
The deadline for application is 15 September 2023.
This flyer has more details.
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We would like to draw your attention to the Community Challenge 2023 on the Alumniportal Deutschland: "Sustainable cities for people and the planet: innovate now!".
This SDG 11 ideas competition offers all German alumni the opportunity to develop innovative and entrepreneurial ideas that help cities and communities become more sustainable, equitable and resilient.
Participants can test their innovative ideas and gain access to knowledge, resources, and valuable international contacts in the community. Winners will receive professional mentoring to help them develop and implement their ideas.
Full details of the 2023 Community Challenge are available below.
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CALL FOR APPLICATION from OTHER ORGANISATIONS |
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Call for Applications
International Parliamentary Scholarship Programme for African Countries 2024
Would you like to get to know the German Parliament?
The German Bundestag invites you to spend four weeks in Berlin in January 2024.
The IPS Programme for African Countries is aimed at highly qualified young people from the countries of Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda who are interested in politics and who wish to make an active contribution to democracy and a vibrant civil society in their home countries after completing the programme.
The programme includes a one-week internship with a Member of the German Bundestag to gain first-hand experience of parliamentary work and to make contact with political decision-makers.
The application deadline has been extended to: 31 July 2023
Send in your applications to the German Embassy in Nairobi at: info@nair.diplo.de.
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Call for Proposals
The TWAS-DFG Cooperation Visits Programme provides postdoctoral researchers from sub-Saharan Africa, including South Africa, with the opportunity to make a three-month ‘Cooperation Visit’ to a research institute in Germany.
The aim of the visit is to initiate research collaboration between African and German scientists with the ultimate goal of developing longer-term links, perhaps through other Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, or German Research Foundation) programmes.
Application Deadline: 6 September 2023
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Call for Proposals
Are you a scientist and well connected with colleagues in Germany?
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation honours outstanding, internationally-recognised researchers by granting the Georg Forster Research Award.
Nominations may be submitted by researchers in Germany for experts of all disciplines. The Humboldt Foundation especially welcomes the nomination of women researchers.
The nomination period usually ends on 31 October of each year.
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DAAD OFFERS for INFORMATION and CONSULTANCY |
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The following web seminars take place in June:
Wednesday 2 August 2023; 2 pm to 3 pm EAT:
Special series on PhD in Germany, part 3: Supervisor or Structured Programme?
Wednesday 23 August 2023; 2 pm to 3 pm EAT: Study in Germany (info. for Bachelor's, general info.)
Register to Participate
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Our offices are usually open for face-to-face consultations every Wednesday from 10 am to 12 pm EAT. However, due to the current political situation of our country, we advise you to check our website and social media platforms regularly to confirm when we will be hosting you at our offices!
We are at Madison Insurance House, 3rd floor, Upper Hill Close, Community Area. See you soon!
Our Location
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Although we have reopened our offices for face to face consultations, we will continue offering virtual web seminars on Thursdays from 10 am to 11 am EAT.
Register to participate
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This newsletter has been prepared by:DAAD Regional Office Nairobi, Madison Insurance House,
3rd floor, Upper Hill Close, P.O. Box 14050
0800 Nairobi
legally represented by Dr. Kai Sicks, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst e.V.,
Kennedyallee 50, 53175 Bonn
Tel.: +254 (733) 929 929
Fax: +49 228 882-444
E-Mail: newsletter.nairobi@daad.de
Internet: https://www.daad-kenya.org
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Head office:
Bonn (Germany), registered with the Bonn District Court, Commercial Register Court VR 2107
Editorial Staff:
Beate Schindler-Kovats, Head of DAAD Branch Office Nairobi
Christine Wandolo, DAAD Nairobi
Liability Notice:We are not liable for the content of any website run by third parties. This remains solely the responsibility of the third parties. |
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