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Regional academic Exchange For enhanced skills in fragile

ecosystems management in Africa

Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Program

The project is expected to contribute to:

• Establishing regional learning platform

for improved fragile ecosystem

management (FEM);

• Internationalizing and harmonizing of

training in FEM,

• Enhancing skills of University

administrative staff to manage mobility,

• Improving training skills of academic

staff of targeted Universities and

• Training of high caliber professionals in

FE management.

A total of 23 Masters and 11 Doctorates will be

trained in the thematic areas of Agroforestry,

Ecology and Adaptation; Taxonomy, Biodiversity,

Ethnobotany and Natural Resources Conservation

and Valorization; Agro-Ecology and Food

Systems; Forest, Ecosystem, Environment and

Natural Resource Management.

For this new call of application, the

project will provide fellowships for

Masters (credit seeking), PhD

(degree seeking) as well as short

term mobility for Administrative staff.

The scholarships are open to candidates

from:

• Target group 1 (Senegal, Uganda,

Benin, Malawi, Mozambique) and

• Target group 2 (other African

countries).

Candidates will only be allowed to apply

to institution outside of their home

countries.

Female and candidates with disabilities

are particularly encouraged to apply.

d About REFORM

q Objectives d Scholarships j Eligible countries

The EU under its Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme, has provided funding to

support training of graduate students in African universities.

In this mobility program, six African partner institutions and one EU Technical

partner will collaborate in the training of professionals to strengthen fragile

ecosystems (FE) management in Africa, which will lead into reduced environmental

degradation and sustained food production by small-scale farmers.

Partners include Makerere University (Uganda), Uganda Martyrs University

(Uganda), Mzuzu University (Malawi), University of Abomey Calavi (Benin),

University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar (Senegal), Eduardo Mondlane University

(Mozambique) and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Sweden) as a

technical partner.

Call for Scholarships Year two MSc, PhD and Staff

REFORM

a How to Apply?

All interested candidates must download the application form, fill it and submit through an e-mail address:

Application for admission should be sent to the hosting university with a copy to the project coordinating office at Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar. Application for scholarship should be sent to the project coordinating office with a copy to the coordinator at the sending institution.

Apply now!!!

Deadline 23th February 2020

Project Coordinating Office

Professor Kandioura NOBA Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar E-mail : reform.intraafrica@ucad.edu.sn

Website

www.reform-intraafrica.org

Local Coordinator

Professor Kandioura NOBA Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar E-mail : reform.intraafrica@ucad.edu.sn