AICS

Partnership for Knowledge-PfK

Platform 1 – Rural Development and Spatial Management

Fostering

Sustainable

Development

through partnership

Acknowledgment

• From Awardee’s to AICS and UNIFI

• PfK-is a higher education initiative of the Italian Agency for Development

Cooperation (AICS) aimed at providing life-changing opportunities to

young leaders.

• AICS in partnership with several Italian universities offer a number of

fellowships:

Platform 1-Rural development and spatial management.

Platform 2-Health, water, sanitation and hygiene.

Platform 3-Sustainable energy, environment and industrial innovation.

Platform 4-Cultural heritage and sustainable tourism.

Partnership for Knowledge- PfK

• Aim at providing a deep knowledge of the links and interactions

between rural and urban contexts.

• The academic offer focuses on integrated approaches to face the

dramatic changes in rural and urban areas occurred in the last decades.

• Promotes research and professional training in the fields of modern

and sustainable agriculture, forestry and animal sciences.

• It equips students with advanced quantitative methods and skills for

studying and planning economic development.

Platform 1- Rural Development and Spatial

Management

Platform 1…

• It empowers highly qualified experts in the analysis,

design and management of territorial development

processes, and

• it trains professionals able to contribute to the mission

of public and private organizations, enterprises, local

communities and civil society stakeholders who impact

development policies.

• 2019-2021 Scholarships for 22 MSc and 5 PhD

Background of Grant Students-NRMTRD

• A total of 11 AICS grant students are enrolled in NRMTRD.

• 7 from Ethiopia and 4 from Afghanistan.

• Undergraduate qualification:

• Horticulture Rural Development

• Plant Science Agronomy

• Diversified background and Experience:

• Higher Learning Institutions

• Public Service

• Government Agencies

• Development Partners

• To become competent and qualified professionals in NRM through an up-

to-date and multi-disciplinary education,

• Integrate theoretical knowledge with research and hands-on skills to

extend appropriate technological innovations.

• To acquire knowledge and skills to provide technical advices to policy

makers on contribution of NRs in economic development and improving

living standards of rural community.

• Generate and communicate problem-oriented technologies and

sustainable approaches in management and utilization of NRs.

Awardees Expectations

Study Plan

•Enrolment at UNIFI

Sep, 2019

• Finalizing 1st year 1st quarter courses

• Attend Language courses

Sep-Dec, 2019

• 1st year 2nd quarter courses

• Attend workshops and tailored skill development trainings offered by unifi

Jan-Jun, 2020

• Proposal writing, data collection and Conducting Research

• Research data organizing and analysis

Jun-Sep,2020

• 2nd year 1st semester courses and finalizing all course works

• Thesis write up and submission

Oct-Jun, 2021

We did it! Congratulations!

Post-Study Plan

Returning Home to Work

Most of the student’s attending this course plan to return back to their respective institutes.

Working in National and International agricultural and rural development cooperation's (NGOs).

Universities and Research Institutions.

Export oriented Companies operating in production and marketing of agricultural products

Additional career-focused studies

Pursue additional long term studies (PhD).

General Recommendations

• AICS presence should be more magnified

• Promote/Support FDI inflow

• Projecting Sustainability and integrating graduates to AICS projects

ETHIOPIA • Area coverage 1,104,300 km2

• Population 108.38 million (2018)

• GDP $80.29 billion

• GDP per capita $735

• There are more than 80 different ethnic groups with just as many

languages and over 200 dialects.

• The Ethiopian new year begins on 11 September (12 September in leap

years). It is roughly 7 and a half years behind the G.C.

• As with many equatorial countries, the sun dictates time in Ethiopia. The

sunrise marks the beginning of the day and the sunset marks the end of

the day.

• Ethiopia is the only country in Africa with its own unique script.

Historical Facts and Figures

• Ethiopia is a founding member of AU, the UN and League of Nations.

• A diplomatic capital of the continent - AU, UN-ECA, UNESCO and UNDP.

• Ethiopia fought against the Scramble for Africa, and it is one of the few

countries that were not colonized.

• It is home to 9 UNESCO World Heritage sites.

• About 70% of the mountains of Africa are in this country.

• The Danakil Depression in Ethiopia is the lowest point on Earth, Dallol, a

lava lake that is 380 feet (116 m) below sea level. It is also one of the only

lava lakes in the world and it is the hottest place on the planet.

• Abebe Bikila, an Ethiopian, won Africa’s first Olympic gold medal, in 1960.

• Ethiopia is one of the few countries mentioned in the Bible, the Quran, and

many other ancient books.

• It is also known as the Cradle of Mankind, with some of the earliest

archaeological findings. Lucy (3.5 million years old), the most famous fossils

found, were unearthed in Hadar.

• Italy was one of the first European countries to open diplomatic relations

with Ethiopia.

• The commitment can be easily understood in the light of historical and e

conomic links that bind the two countries.

• Development cooperation between Italy and Ethiopia started in 1976,

when the first bilateral agreement for development projects was signed.

• Priority sectors; Argo-industrial development, basic services, good govern

ance and migration, Cross cutting issues (Gender and nutrition).

Ethio-Italian Relationship

• From half of the eighties, Ethiopia has been one of the priority countries

in the Italian Cooperation strategy, mainly through the bilateral and

multilateral channels.

• Over the past 30 years, Italy contributed with a total amount of nearly

800 million Euros to Ethiopia’s development.

Ethio-Italian Relationship…

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Ethio-Italian Relationship..

• Italy has continued to be among the top 5 trading partners with Ethiopia and a major investor in the Ethiopian economy.

• Ethiopia has the largest concentration of

Italian schools and cultural institutes in Africa, which foster and promote Italian and Ethiopian culture and are free to the public.

• Hydropower development, the Italian firm Salini Impregilo was chosen to design and build the Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile river. Previously, Gibe III

AFGHANISTAN

Afghanistan

Area: 652230 KM2 Population: Around 32 M

The government system is Islamic Republic. 34 provinces and Kabul province is the capital.

Mountainous country

Afghanistan has four complete seasons

Agriculture

• Agriculture is crucial for the national economy of the country • It accounts about a quarter of total GDP. • Agriculturally dependent population is constitute about 60% of the total population.

Temperate and sub-tropical crops

Agri… products ( fresh & dry fruits, vegetables,

cereals…)

Unique and organic Dry Fruits

National Foods

National Dish Kabuli Palau Other Dishes: •Mash Palao •Shorba (Afghan soup) • Do Pyaza •Kabab •Mantu •Kofta •Kichiri •Bolani •……

National drinks

• Chai (Tea) : A most common tea (afghan green tea).

• Dugh (whey) : (yoghurt with water and salt).

Famous Sports

• Buzkashi National Sport

• Cricket and football

Historical Places

• Minaret of Jam: Buddhas of Bamiyan:

Darul Aman Palace - Kabul

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Handicrafts

Afghanistan AICS Scholarship Awardees

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION