A DAAD Alumni workshop in November 2022 was searching for ways to boost Alumni's skills and knowledge to assist communities in Kenya to prepare for the impact of climate change.
The European Parliament adopted the EU budget on November 23. This also includes the budgets for research and innovation. Horizon Europe will have funds of EUR 12.4 billion next year. The Erasmus+ mobility program will receive EUR 3.7 billion.
The European Commission and the African Union Commission hosted a stakeholder dialogue on the AU-EU Innovation Agenda in Nairobi on November 23 and 24, 2022. The event was the culmination of a stakeholder dialogue launched in February this year, which aimed to gather feedback and input from stakeholders and organisations on the draft AU-EU Innovation Agenda. The stakeholder dialogues take place in different formats and bring the views and recommendations of critical African and European actors together.
We are pleased to inform you that the DAAD Nairobi Office offers face to face consultation hours every Wednesdays, 10 am to 12 pm EAT.
Also, our regular visiting hours remain; every Thursday from 10:00 am to 11:00 am EAT, Web Seminars also remain as scheduled.
In the eyes of the DAAD, the end of a funding period marks the beginning of a long-standing relationship with us. We aim to stay in touch with our alumni as well as help you get to know one another through a serious of programmes and activities. We also support you in setting up regional DAAD alumni clubs and other forms of networking opportunities.
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The Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, Mr. Sebastian Groth, and the Director of the DAAD Nairobi Regional Office, Mrs. Beate Schindler-Kovats, invited partners and alumni in Kenyan-German programs to a networking reception on Tuesday, January 24, 2023. Those in attendance were able to mingle and connect with one another thanks to the event. More pictures next week! Have a great weekend! #alumni#networking#networkingevent#Researchers#partners
Last weekend, 73 DAAD and Germany alumnae and alumni from 37 countries in the Global South participated in the International Green Week 2023 in Berlin as part of an SDG alumni project. The project kicked off with the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA), where alumnae and alumni participated in forums, debates, and panels and had the opportunity to exchange ideas with international conference representatives.
The SDG alumni projects give German-trained professionals from emerging and developing countries the opportunity to connect with German and international science and business representatives at conferences and trade fairs.
More info: https://bit.ly/3kKIeUn
The European Commission's Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, the EU Delegation to the African Union, the EU Delegation to Kenya, and EURAXESS Africa are hosting a "Horizon Europe Africa Initiative II: Focus on Kenya" conference to inform Kenyan academics and institutions about the 2023–24 Horizon Europe Work Programme, its possibilities, and how to apply to the series of calls. The event will take place from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, January 24, 2023.
Register to participate: https://euconf-eu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VxZsNyl-QyyWjo8TSW6dmQ
Did you know that every Wednesday from 10 AM to 12 PM EAT, our offices are accessible to the public?
Did you know that every Thursday from 10 am to 11 am EAT, we have online visiting hours?
We still provide frequent online seminars and info sessions to update you on our calls and scholarships, in case you missed them.
If you would like to see our online seminar calendar, please go to https://www.daad-kenya.org/en/about-us/ for more details.
Apart from face-to-face visits every Wednesday, from 10 am to 12 pm at the DAAD Nairobi office, every Thursday, as it has always been, from 10 am to 11 am EAT, we host virtual visiting hours to inform you about DAAD's available opportunities as well as studying in Germany.
This coming Thursday, 12th January 2022, is no exception! To participate, please register at https://www.daad.or.ke/en/online-seminar-schedule/, scroll down, click on +Virtual Visiting hours and select the date.
To minimize problems when logging in, please download the Webex Messenger Tool before the date.
Participation is absolutely free!
See you soon!
Please note that the DAAD Nairobi office will be closed for the holiday season.
We will be closed from December 23, 2022, at 5 p.m., to January 2, 2023. Our reopening date is January 3, 2023. We wish you a wonderful holiday season and a happy, successful 2023!
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Methane leaking from pipelines on the floor of the Baltic Sea are only the tip of the iceberg: Scientists have reported that methane emissions from the oil and gas industry are far worse than previously thought.
Climate change threatens to dry up the planet and the global water crisis sees the competition for water becoming ever more fierce. Conflicts over the scarce commodity are increasing everywhere. Even in Germany.
