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	Education Partnerships in Africa

The UK Department for Innovation Universities and Skills (DIUS) are pleased to present a new programme for English HE and FE institutions wishing to work in partnership with counterparts in sub-Saharan Africa.

This is ‘Education Partnerships in Africa (EPA)’, and will be managed by the British Council.

EPA will encourage English FE and HE institutions to engage in partnership with sub-Saharan African universities and education and training institutions to build institutional capacity to deliver employability skills in collaboration with local employers and social enterprises.

DIUS will invest £4.5 million in education partnerships between England and Africa between 2008-2011 through this new partnership programme.

What is EPA

EPA institutional capacity-building partnerships will encourage entrepreneurship and social enterprise. Find out more.

How to apply

EPA will fund FE and HE institutions in England in partnership with sub-Saharan African counterparts to build capacity for improved employability skills. Find out more.

Best practice for partnerships

EPA is built on the success of the recently completed EAP programme. The DIUS Partnerships in Africa conference celebrated EAP projects to explore best practice for EPA.

We aim to provide online all the information you need but the EPA team are on hand in Manchester if you need to contact us.

Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS)

Department for International Development (DFID)

Development Partnerships in Higher Education (DelPHE)

DELPHE PARTNER FINDER

BC AFRICA WEBSITE