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TWAS-DFG Cooperation Visits Programme Opportunity
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Based on the agreement with The World Academy of Sciences for the Advancement of Science in De-veloping Countries (TWAS), the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Founda-tion) draws the attention of researchers at German research institutions to the possibility of inviting early-career researchers of all disciplines from sub-Saharan African countries to spend three months at their institution in Germany for the purpose of research and cooperation.
The DFG pays the host institution a monthly lump sum of €2,350 to cover the guest’s maintenance costs and visa expenses. In addition, the guest’s flight and rail costs to and from the institution are re-imbursed up to an amount of €1,350. The host institution can receive up to €700 per month in funding to cover direct project costs such as material and laboratory costs.
The requirements for proposal submission on the part of the visiting researchers are as follows:
- They must be from a sub-Saharan African country
- They must be engaged in research activity at a university or research institution in a sub-Saharan African country
- They must not have obtained their doctorate before the year 2018. Visiting researchers with children must have obtained their doctorate no earlier than two years earlier per child (maxi-mum six years in total).
- They must not be currently engaged in any activity in Germany or ongoing research with the host institution.
- The DFG funding instrument Initiation of International Collaboration is available for repeat stays, especially with the aim of developing joint research projects (see link under “Further In-formation”)
Proposals must be submitted to TWAS by visiting researchers by no later than 6 September 2023. The proposal must also include an official invitation issued by the host institution that specifies the research topic of the cooperation (not a project proposal) and contains information on the infrastruc-ture that will be made available to the guest.
Prior to extending the invitation, hosts are asked to ensure that scientific cooperation with the guest offers sufficient potential. In the case of approval, the host institution is to support the visiting re-searcher in organising their stay, for example in booking flights and finding accommodation.
The DFG explicitly welcomes proposal submissions by researchers of all genders and sexual identities, from different ethnic, cultural, religious, ideological and social backgrounds, at different career stages, types of higher education institution and research institution, as well as by researchers with disabilities or chronic illnesses.
Further information
Link to the TWAS-DFG Cooperation Visits Programme and all proposal documents required by the TWAS:
Link to the DFG funding instrument Initiation of International Collaboration:
Link to the Information sheet for the host institution in Germany
You can view and access the DFG’s data protection notice on research funding at:
If necessary, please also forward this information to those individuals whose data will be processed by the DFG due to their involvement in your project.
Contact at the DFG, International Affairs:
Departmental Lunch Seminar: Apolitical vs Political Consumerism: Associating citizens’ political identities during the 2023 Okaku regional council and Keetmanshoop Rural Constituency by-election Social media campaigns
| Southern Africa Workshop
Revue MOJA d'éducation des adultes : Série de webinaires
| Africa Webinar
Le Projet Continental Africain (PCA) et MOJA vous invitent à un webinaire sur le Journal de l'Éducation des Adultes MOJA (lien) - le journal sur l'apprentissage et l'éducation des adultes en Afrique.
Le webinaire mettra en lumière deux contributions de deux éducateurs d'adultes tunisiens et béninois. Les participants auront l'occasion de rencontrer les auteurs et de discuter avec eux de leur travail.
- Monia Manai - Monia Manai Une langue des signes pour un travail décent dans les territoires oubliés : Une approche de l'éducation des adultes
- Laya Boni - L'éducation des adultes comme outil efficace de prévention et de gestion des conflits
DATE: 23 Mai 2023
HEURE: 14:00 – 15:15 (SAST) 15:00 - 16:15 (EAT)
Prenez connaissance des auteurs.
Laya Boni écrit sur l'utilisation des cercles de littératie REFLECT dans la prévention et la gestion des conflits au Bénin. Boni soutient que la littératie peut contribuer à la cohésion sociale et à la paix dans les communautés. (Vous pouvez voir ou télécharger l'article ici).
Box PIC Monia Mania met en lumière l'impact d'une nouvelle approche de l'acquisition de la littératie. Travaillant avec des femmes de territoires marginalisés de Tunisie, elle explique l'application de l'éducation non formelle dans la construction des moyens de subsistance. (Vous pouvez voir ou télécharger l'article ici).
MOJA Journal of Adult Education: Meet the Authors Webinar Series
| Southern Africa Webinar
The African Continental Project (ACP) and MOJA invite you to a webinar about the MOJA Journal of Adult Education and about adult learning and education in Africa.
The webinar will draw attention to two of the contributions from activist scholars from South Africa.
- Digitilisation and adult education by Mondli Hlatshwayo
- Learning in the informal economy by Britt Baatjes
Participants will have an opportunity to meet the authors and engage them around their works.
When: 4 May 2023
Time: 14:00 – 15:15 (SAST) 15:00 - 16:15 (EAT)
Meet and talk to the authors
Mondli Hlatshwayo writes about digitalization and adult learning and education (ALE) in Africa. He draws attention to the need to include ALE in the policies of the African Union. You can view or download the article here.
Britt Baatjes and her colleagues write about the learnings of workers in the informal economy in Africa. She shares the experiences of workers who participated in the African chapter of the WIEGO school for workers in the informal economy. You can view or download the article here.
You can view or download the full Journal and/or articles here
Reimagining Education Conference
| Global Conference
April 27 – 30, 2023 | 8:30 am ET | 14:30 CET | 18:00 IST
Join this emergent movement and be inspired, build relationships, and tap into deep imagination.
Together, we’re re-imagining what learning can be.
We are many, coming from different places and paths.
The Re-imagining Education Conference (REC) is an annual 4-day long intensive online conference, bringing people together across geographies, knowledge systems and experiences. The abundance of tools and knowledge shared in the conference also reverberates in our micro conferences happening every two months throughout the year in a more intimate setting.
REC is organized within and throughout the large web of the Ecoversities Alliance, a coalition of educators, of learners, practitioners, communities, weavers, and dreamers from a plurality of worldviews, backgrounds, and experiences.
Over the past 2 years, the conference has brought together over
2000 people, 280 contributors, and more than 50 organizations from 6 continents.
Through the conference, our hope is to make space for questions to surface and relations to emerge and strengthen.
- How can we learn from “other worlds” to enrich all our worlds?
- How can we listen to what is alive and emergent and integrate it into our daily practices?
- How can academics nurture and be nurtured by nonconventional spaces that are re-imagining education and life?
- What if our places of learning oriented away from learning about the world in order to act upon it, to learning to become with the world around us?
What questions will you bring?
Webinar: Consensus Building – What do ALE stakeholders really expect from each other?
| Africa Webinar
Exploring the roles and expectations of different stakeholders involved in the ALE (Adult Learning and Education) system with the objective of building consensus between stakeholders towards optimised ALE service delivery and a stronger system.
Date and Time
20 April 2023: 2 hours (Scheduled across different time zones)
Uganda, Ethiopia, Tanzania: 14h00-16h00 | South Africa, Malawi: 13h00-15h00
Participants
The following participants are welcome to register and attend the webinar:
- ALL current ALESBA online training course participants as well as their colleagues and stakeholders/partner organisations they work with.
- Anyone involved in the ALE system e.g., from government (at all levels and from different sectors), NGOs (local and international), Universities (lecturers and Adult Education students) and Adult Education institutions.
- Participants from Africa as well as other countries.
Objectives of the webinar
The objectives of the webinar are to:
- Raise awareness about the importance of consensus building among all stakeholders towards a stronger ALE system and service delivery.
- Share a practical case study from Uganda on the challenges, successful entry points for consensus building and the benefits for the ALE system and service delivery (panel discussion).
- Provide opportunity for webinar participants to contextualise the possibilities for their own country context.
Moderator and Speakers
The webinar will be moderated by Sonja Belete (Author of ALESBA booklets and trainer for the online course) with technical assistance from Lindia Trout (MOJA) and input from David Harrington (Project Director African Continental Project, DVV International). The following speakers and representatives from stakeholders in Uganda will be on the panel:
- National Government: Mr. Everest Tumwesigye: Commissioner Community Development and Literacy - Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MGLSD) Uganda
- National Government: Mrs. Imelda Kyaringabira: National ICOLEW Coordinator - MGLSD Uganda
- Local Government: Mr. Geoffrey Akena: District Community Development Officer (MGLSD) – Nwoya, Uganda
- International NGO: Mr. Caesar Kyebakola - DVV International Uganda Country Director
- Local NGO: Ms. Teddy Naluwu – Country Coordinator - UNBOUND Uganda
- University representative: Prof Ephraim Nuwagaba (Kyambogo University, Uganda)
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Topic |
Contents |
Speaker/Moderator |
Time |
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Introduction to the webinar |
Welcome/introduction of speakers and participants |
Moderator: Sonja Belete |
15 minutes |
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Introduction to the MOJA and ALESBA online training |
David Harrington Sonja Belete |
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Introduction to the webinar topic, objectives and programme/format |
Sonja Belete |
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Live panel discussion among diverse ALE stakeholders from Uganda – sharing experiences on consensus building (Uganda case study) |
Live discussion guided by the moderator on the roles and expectations of different ALE stakeholders towards a consensus building process. The discussion will explore the journey ALE stakeholders in Uganda took and aim to identify the success factors and challenges in consensus building for optimised ALE service delivery. |
Mr. Tumwesigye Ms. Kyaringabira Mr. Geoffrey Akena Mr. Caesar Kyebakola Ms. Naluwu Prof. Ephraim Nuwagaba Moderator: S Belete |
50 minutes |
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Body break |
A quick break before the next session |
All participants |
5 minutes |
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Plenary session Q&A |
Questions/experience sharing from webinar participants & responses from the panel |
Sonja Belete (moderator) |
40 minutes |
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Webinar summary and closure |
Summary of key discussion points and information on webinar report. Word of thanks and webinar closure |
Sonja Belete |
10 minutes |
Upcoming events
ATELIER DE FORMATION DES ENQUÊTEURS POUR LA RÉALISATION DE L’ENQUÊTE PILOTE DU 18 AU 24 MAI 2024 À SIKASSO, RÉPUBLIQUE DU MALI
La phase II de la Recherche-Action sur la Mesure des Apprentissages des bénéficiaires des programmes d’Alphabétisation (RAMAAII), a développé un guide qui donne des instructions pour élaborer des items permettant de mesurer les compétences et connaissances.
En 2019 (du 28 août au 24 septembre), le Mali, avec l’appui de son partenaire financier, la Direction du développement et de la coopération (DDC)-Suisse, a organisé et tenu un atelier technique pour élaborer des items et un questionnaire biographique et de contexte permettant de mesurer les compétences et connaissances issues des programmes d’alphabétisation, conformément aux instructions données dans ce guide.
Au terme de cet atelier, les participants se sont non seulement approprié le contenu du guide en question, mais ils ont aussi et surtout élaborés :
- § des items pour évaluer les compétences langagières des processus cognitifs : Identification des mots, vocabulaire, compréhension en lecture et orthographe ;
- § des items pour évaluer les compétences en numérative des processus cognitifs : calcul mathématique, mesure et résolutions de problèmes ;
- § des items pour évaluer les connaissances dans les domaines de la citoyenneté, de la santé, de l’environnement et du développement socio-économique ;
- § un questionnaire biographique et de contexte à l’entrée et à la sortie
Pour les besoins de l’enquête pilote à réaliser, instruction a été donnée par L'Institut de l'UNESCO pour l'apprentissage tout au long de la vie (UIL) d’élaborer des outils en langues nationales pour la réalisation de l’enquête pilote. Chaque pays devant déterminer le nombre de langues nationales pour ce travail d’élaboration.
Le présent atelier de formation porte sur la formation des enquêteurs à la passation des outils RAMAA pour l’enquête pilote.
Past events
Concours des Champions de l'education
CONCOURS des Champions de l'éducation
CONDITIONS DE PARTICIPATION
(i) L'initiative doit être achevée ou en cours depuis au moins un an;
(ii) L'initiative doit couvrir au moins un aspect important de l'éducation: les curricula, le financement, les outils, les synergies, la digitalisation, la recherche scientifique, la recherche-action, le plaidoyer, l'amélioration des politiques;
(iii) L'initiative doit avoir produit des effets avérés sur au moins un aspect/une composante de l'éducation;
(iv) L'initiative doit être une innovation ou tout au moins une amélioration d'une pratique existante;
(v) L'initiative peut concerner directement ou indirectement le PRAQUE-AO.
DATE LIMITE
Le formulaire de participation téléchargeable sur le site web de Pamoja Education (www.pamoja-education-network.org) doit être envoyé au plus tard le 31 mai 2024
à 17h à l'adresse suivante : pamojaao@gmail.com
Pour plus d'informations, appelez +229 97476407
Reflecting on 30 years of democracy
The Divisions for Teaching Excellence, Institutional Planning, Evaluation and Monitoring (DIPEM) as well as Academic Development and Support (ADS), invite you to a lecture on: 30 Years of Education Policy and Practice - Looking Back and Looking Forward.
Guest Lecturer: Mr John Samuel | Respondents: Prof Salim Vally & Prof June Bam-Hutchinson
Date: 02 May 2024 | Time: 15:00 - 16:30 (South African Time)
Venue: STH, Sun International Auditorium, Bunting Road Campus, Johannesburg
RSVP: Link https://forms.office.com/r/U5z...
This event will be live streamed.
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8650...
Educationist John Samuel has contributed exceptionally to public life and the well-being of society at large as a leader at the heart of South Africa’s educational development over his lifetime.
Between 1965 and 1975 he was a teacher, education administrator and policy specialist, working in the secondary and post - secondary school systems in Zambia, England, Ghana and Nigeria. In 1979 he was appointed as the Executive Director the Southern African Council of Higher Education (SACHED). SACHED developed into one of the most innovative and pioneering independent education organisations in the country in the 1980s. Building on its long and successful legacy of developing alternatives to apartheid education, SACHED pioneered new developments in such areas as publishing, distance education, mass education through the newspaper, tutorial and support work for students.
As a result of this work, he was approached to head up the ANC’s Education Department during the transition years, playing a critical role through the establishment of the Centre for Education Policy Development and Constitutional working committee in mobilising education research for change and drafting the education clauses of the Constitution.
Between 1994 and 1997 he was appointed to the first Nelson Mandela government Education Department as DDG for Education Policy and Planning, in which capacity he again played a key role in mobilising research forces and crafting new legislation to sweep away the apartheid inheritance. From 1997 he became active in the work of the Kellogg Foundation, with which he developed a programme for rural education.
From 2000-March 2006 he was appointed Chief Executive to the Nelson Mandela Foundation. Under his leadership the foundation commissioned three major national studies that influenced policy development in this country and internationally, including Emerging Voices (2003-2004). This dealt with the critical challenges of rural schooling. The work resulted in the former Minister of Education setting up a rural school forum to develop strategies to tackle these challenges. He founded the Centre for Memory that became the Nelson Mandela Archives. He also launched the 46664 Concerts, a global platform for a major Aids Awareness Campaign, harnessing the commitment and interest of popular musicians and singers from around the world.
John Samuel is a person whose contribution to education in South Africa over time has been exceptional and deserves recognition. Please attend his lecture.