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 : [email protected]
Website
www.reform-intraafrica.org
Local Coordinator
Professor Kandioura NOBA Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar
E-mail : [email protected]
