A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Aghanistan
Partners: Balkh University, Afghanistan  - Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
Title: Strategic Environmental Assessment for North and Central Afghanistan to ensure sustainable use of water resources
Summary/ Aim: To strengthen capacity of SEA in North and Central Afghanistan and facilitate the activities of NGOs and Governmental Organizations to achieve sustainability of water-related projects.

Partners: Kabul University, Afghanistan - Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Title: Improving Afghan capacity for biodiversity science and conservation
Summary/ Aim: To train Afghan students and environmental professionals to conduct plant biodiversity research and conservation in order to reduce biodiversity loss in Afghanistan.
Royal Botanic Garden blog

Partners: University of Kabul, Afghanistan - University of Peshawar, Pakistan - University of Leicester - Keele University - Open University, UK - Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
Title:Institutional Strengthening of Universities in Afghanistan and Pakistan through support to Earth and Environmental Sciences
Summary/ Aim: The consortia will develop a range of appropriate research programmes to strengthen institutional and staff development and applied country-relevant science.
Read blogs from project team members Gabi Witthaus and Professor Mike Petterson from the University of Leicester

Partners: University of Herat, Afghanistan - University of Strathclyde, UK - PeaceWaves International Network, Italy
Title: Afghan Civil Society’s opinion and suggestions regarding women’s empowerment and children’s education
Summary/ Aim: To build capacity in research, training, professional development and cooperation at University of Herat in the areas of women’s empowerment and children’s education.

Bangladesh
Partners: University of Dhaka - International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Bangladesh - University of Karachi - International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources - World Wide Fund for Nature, Pakistan - University of Oxford, UK
Title: Unprotected coastal sites of high ecological value in Bangladesh and Pakistan: priorities and protection strategies
Summary / Aim: To collate information on key coastal ecosystem values, water inputs and pollution threats along the length of the Bangladesh and Pakistan coastlines, and develop strategies for the highest priority sites where no protection programmes exist.

Cambodia
Partners: Kampong Cham National School of Agriculture - Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry - Centre for Livestock and Agriculture Development, Cambodia - Guangxi University, China - Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, UK
Title: Sustainable smallholder cattle development in Cambodia and Vietnam and goat development in Guangxi region in China
Summary/ Aim:To improve the capacity of the HEIs to generate new knowledge on the utilization of available local feed resources including post-harvest management of agricultural by-products, preservation and feeding to cattle and goats.

Partners: Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia - Queen's University Belfast, UK
Title: Training and capacity building to utilise groundwater resources in the arsenic affected areas of Cambodia
Summary/ Aim: To build capacity and enhance cooperation in science and technology for sustainable use of groundwater resources in the arsenic affected areas of Prey Veng Province.
Project website

Democratic Republic of Congo
Partners: University of Kinshasa - University of Warwick, UK
Title: Reproductive Health inequalities in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Summary/ Aim: This proposal will focus on reproductive health issues affecting DRC and the effects of geographic location.

Ethiopia
Partners: Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia - School of Oriental and African Studies, UK
Title: Sustainable Ethiopian Tourism Development
Summary/ Aim: To develop teaching and research skills and enhance tourism development in Ethiopia and East Africa.

Ghana
Partners: University of Mines and Technology, Ghana - The University of Reading, UK - University of Ghana - Ghana Minerals Commission
Title: Artisanal Mining, Smallholder Farming and Economic Development: Developing a Strategy for Poverty Alleviation in Rural Ghana
Summary/ Aim: This project explores the roles of both subsistence farming and artisanal mining in the local economies of rural communities in Ghana.

Partners: University of Cape Coast, Ghana - University of Surrey, UK
Title: Enhancing capacity for tourism and hospitality training at the University of Cape Coast
Summary/ Aim: This project aims to create an industrial placement programme for students at UCC as well as develop a strengthened curriculum for the lead university’s Hospitality and Tourism Management programmes.

Partners: University for Development Studies, Ghana - University of Lancaster, UK
Title: Enhancing University-Community Relations for Sustainable Livelihoods
Summary/ Aim: To link the campus of UDS with surrounding communities and, through collaborative, action-oriented research, to improve their livelihoods.
The two partner Universities recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding to ensure future collaboration

Partners: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology - Northumbria University, UK - The Great North Children's Hospital, Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals (NUTH) NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Title: Development of a paediatric nursing curriculum for post-qualified nurses specific to Ghana
Summary/ Aim: Improve the specialist care delivered by nurses to patients in hospital.
Two Ghanaian nurses visited Newcastle in July 2012. Read a short report about their experiences in the UK.

Partners: University of Development Studies, Ghana - Ministry of Health, Ghana - University of Stirling, UK
Title: Rural Ghana and Rural Scotland Educational Health Link Collaboration
Summary/ Aim: Providing clinical and other health workers with relevant education, training and opportunities for cultural exchange to improve the climate for recruitment and retention and increase staff morale.

KENYA
Partners: Egerton University, Kenya - Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria - University of Education, Ghana - University of Khartoum, Sudan
Title: Value Chains for Poverty Reduction in the Dairy Sector
Summary/ Aim: Contribute to poverty alleviation and income security in the smallholder dairy sector by building institutional capacity and self organisation/ market orientation of smallholder dairy production and environmental production processes.
Project website

Malawi
Partners: St Joseph’s Teachers Training College, Dedza, Malawi - University of Bedfordshire, UK
Title: Professional Development for Teachers in Rural Malawi
Summary/ Aim: To implement professional development activities designed to improve and enhance the teaching skills of primary teachers working in impoverished rural schools.

Mozambique
Partners: Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique - University of Malawi, Malawi - Makerere University, Uganda - University of Ulster, UK
Title: Developing more Effective School-HEI Partnerships in Initial Teacher Education
Summary/ Aim: To strengthen teachers through developing more effective partnerships between schools and Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). The work will concentrate on school-based mentorship training for teacher educators and teachers, with a focus on the enhancement of literacy and numeracy skills for learners.
Browse the project website

Nepal
Partners: Kathmandu University - Search for Common Ground (NGO), Nepal - Paññāsāstra University of Cambodia - Liverpool John Moores University, UK
Title: Developing a Peacebuilding Education Course for Teacher Education in Higher Education Institutions
Summary/ Aim: A research project with a practical outcome of providing teachers with the knowledge and skills to incorporate peacebuilding within their school curriculum.
Project website

Nigeria
Partners: University of Agriculture, Nigeria, - Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
Title: Building capacity in agro-biotechnology to improve tomato yield in wilt-endemic areas of Nigeria and Ghana.
Summary/ Aim: This project aims to build capacity at the University of Agriculture in Abeokuta relating to the area of tomato yields and the eradication of bacterial and fungal wilts
Project website

Partners: Bayero University, Nigeria - Saint Mary’s University, Philippines
Title: Fostering Agro-Business for Women Empowerment: An Exploration of rural communities in Nigeria and Philippines
Summary/ Aim: This project seeks to develop a new course in agribusiness as well as enhance the capacity of women farmers through the stimulation of policy debates.

Partners: Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria - University of Newcastle, UK
Title: Urban agriculture as a stimulus to urban planning in developing cities
Summary/ Aim: This project seeks to explore the relationship between urban agriculture and urban planning

Partners: Bayero University, Nigeria, University of Birmingham, UK, University of Bath, UK
Title: Urban growth, domestic fuel and sustainable forestry in Kano, Nigeria
Summary/ Aim: To build capacity within the Geography Dept at Bayero University as well as updating existing research on wood fuel and related livelihood activity around the city of Kano.
Watch a short film produced by the project partners  and visit Bayero University's project website

Partners: University of Ibadan, Nigeria - African Population and Health Research Center, Kenya - Monash University, Australia, University of Warwick, UK, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria, University of Nairobi, Kenya, Moi University, Kenya
Title: Strengthening Public and Population Health Research and Graduate Training Capacity in Kenyan and Nigerian Universities
Summary/ Aim: To build upon the work of the Consortium of Advanced Research Training in Africa, which seeks to develop and build research hubs in African universities.

Pakistan
Partners: National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan - University of Manchester, UK
Title: Capacity building for enhancing R&D in manufacturing, testing and certification of composite materials
Summary/ Aim: The partnership aims to build capacity to enhance research and development in manufacturing, testing and certification of composite materials.

Rwanda
Partners: Kigali Health Institute, Rwanda - University of Dundee, UK
Title: Making Pregnancy and Childbirth Safer: Training Nurse-Midwives for Rwanda
Summary/ Aim: The project will develop a sustainable programme of midwifery education for nurses, enabling them to register and practice as midwives.

Sierra Leone
Partners: Njala University, Sierra Leone - University of Agriculture, Nigeria
Title: Strengthening Farmer-Researcher-Linkage in Evaluating Integrated livestock feeding Systems involving Protein Banks
Summary/ Aim: The project aims to scale up the adoption of improved integrated livestock feeding systems and staff training through multidisciplinary team research and farmer participation.

Sudan
Partners: Al Zaiem Al Azhari University, Sudan - College of Agriculture, India
Title: Mushroom technology and farming for livelihood security of small and marginal farmers of Khartoum State
Summary/ Aim: This project aims to introduce and develop mushroom technology in Sudan and replicates a model that has already been successful in both India and China

Partners: Ahfad University for Women, Sudan - University of Edinburgh, UK
Title: Capacity building of rural farmers and extension workers applying draught animal technology (DAT) in agriculture to aid food security
Summary/ Aim: To develop the curriculum of the small farm technologies course taught at Ahfad University for Women for better training of the students (future extension workers) in the technology and for building strong connections with technology users in rural areas.
Read a report on a field visit carried out by the team (MS Word)

Partners: University of Khartoum, Sudan - University of Reading,
Title: Developing educational and professional courses in sustainable construction, engineering, management and social housing in Sudan
Summary/ Aim: The overarching aim of this project is to advance the education and sound practice of construction management in the Sudan and further contribute to the UN MDGs specially the areas of sustainable social housing and women empowerment.
Read about a 2011 visit by the project team from Khartoum to Reading, find out more about the project through learning about a recent workshop and visit their flickr account to see photos taken during the visit.

Partners: Ahfad University for Women, Sudan - University of Westminster London
Title: Capacity Building for Research and Production of a Syllabus for English for the Workplace
Summary/ Aim: The aim of this project is to build the capacity of the Ahfad Institute of Languages through joint pedagogic research with Westminster University in order to design courses and produce materials for teaching English for the workplace.

Tanzania
Partners: Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences - National Institute for Medical Research, Tanzania - Kenyatta University, Kenya
Title: Establishing capacity of mosquito-borne disease control at MUHAS to bridge academia and community needs
Summary/ Aim: To establish and run an insectary as well as train three scientists and two technicians to maintain the insectary and participate in future research and development opportunities.

Partners: Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Tanzania - University of Malawi, Malawi
Title: Development of an e-learning Environmental Health module, specifically designed for MPH courses delivered in Africa.
Summary/ Aim: Seeks to create both an Environmental Health module and EH training components ehich can be delivered through e-learning methods.

Uganda
Partners: Makerere University, Uganda; Mountain of the Moon University, Fort Portal, Uganda; King's College, London, UK; Liverpool Hope University, UK; Warwick University, Coventry, UK
Title: Literacy, Employability and Enterprise Development Training for out-of-school-and-work youth  in Western and Northern Uganda
Summary/Aim: The overall objective of this project is to help youth who have not been able to access school education to learn the reading and writing practices required to run simple businesses in their everyday lives, to gain hands-on experience of micro-enterprise management and to be given a helping hand to start their own small business and to obtain gainful employment

Vietnam
Partners: National University of Civil Engineering of Vietnam - Loughborough University - University of Liverpool, UK
Title: Developing Knowledge Regarding Sustainable Construction in the National University of Civil Engineering of Vietnam
Summary/ Aim: The central aim is to build capacity and knowledge transfer in sustainable construction.

Yemen
Partners: Aden University, Yemen - University of East Anglia, UK
Title: Development and Incorporation of a Communication Skills Syllabus into the Medical Curriculum at Aden University
Summary/ Aim: The objective is to build capacity in medical education and training at Aden University. The focus will be to develop training and a syllabus in communication skills in medicine.

Partners: Sana’a University, Republic of Yemen - SNDT Women’s University, India
Title: Project Alternative Curriculum for Rural Women School Drop-Outs
Summary/ Aim: The objective is to reduce the high school drop-out rate for rural women by means of designing an alternative curriculum, focusing on women empowerment, waste-management and clean energy, and childcare and rural development.

Partners: Hadhramout University of Science and Technology, Yemen - Athlone Institute of Technology, Ireland
Title: Development of Enhanced Scientific Research in Hadhramout University
Summary/ Aim: To conduct scientific research in Hadhramout University and enable academic staff in the faculties and research centres to become familiar with new methods and techniques of scientific research and international scientific achievements.

Zimbabwe
Partners: Bindura University of Science Education, Zimbabwe - BRAC University, Bangladesh - Northumbria University, UK
Title: Disaster Education and Community Resilience in Zimbabwe and Bangladesh
Summary /Aim: The project will involve reinforcing teaching capability in disaster risk reduction and resilient through real world action research on disaster reduction in Zimbabwe and Bangladesh.
View photos from a recent project workshop at Bindura University and visit the project website

Zambia
Partners: University of Zambia - York St John University, UK
Title: Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS in Physical Education, Sport and Physical Activity Teacher Training
Summary /Aim: This proposal aims to enhance the research capacity of future sport teachers with the aim to use sports events to educate participants about HIV/AIDS. It will also develop NGO managers’ skills to measure the impact of such interventions.

Partners: Copperbelt University, Kitwe, Zambia; University of Lubumbashi, DRC
Title: Heavy-metal contamination levels in crops and health risks awareness in copperbelt of DRC and Zambia
Summary /Aim: The project plans to ascertain levels of contamination of food crops to improve food security and safety, and enhance the health status and nutrition of people living around mines in DRC and Zambia