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GIRT | Report on the 3rd project year

GIRT’s third project year was dedicated to analysing the qualitative research phase in Ethiopia and Mozambique. Once interviewing was completed at all four study sites, a preliminary assessment of the data was conducted. Altogether, more than 400 interviews with female and male residents in informal settlements and slums had been conducted by researchers, as well as PhD students and research associates affiliated with the project. In a joint effort, the project team conceived a master plan for transcribing, translating and coding all interviews.

3 min lesen · 05. August 2025
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Advancing local capacities for livestock breeding | LoCaBreed | Report 1st project year

The LoCaBreed2.0 project, launched in October 2022, is making strides in strengthening local capacities for livestock breeding in Burkina Faso through collaborative efforts and community engagement. Highlights so far include a dynamic kick-off meeting in Bobo-Dioulasso and the recruitment of promising doctoral and MSc students to drive research and knowledge transfer.

4 min lesen · 04. August 2025
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Innovating Tourism Education: Visit of Austrian Team to Mozambique

This visit was a key step in building capacity and fostering collaboration between Austrian and Mozambican partners - IMC Krems and Universidade Eduardo Mondlane - to advance sustainable rural tourism education in Mozambique, in line with CAST Mozambique’s key objectives.

5 min lesen · 04. August 2025
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Enhancing Mountain Tourism Resilience | ReMoDe | Report 1st project year

Mountain tourism in the Alps and the Caucasus faces growing resilience challenges—ReMoDe tackles them head-on. Insights on how this Georgian-Austrian APPEAR Project empowers local stakeholders and builds long-term crisis response capacity.

2 min lesen · 21. Juli 2025
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Building Armenia’s Resilience through science - Insights of ArmBioClimate | Second Year Report

How can Armenia protect biodiversity, prevent zoonotic outbreaks, and adapt to climate change? The ArmBioClimate project is turning science into action with cutting-edge research. An overview of the second year of this APPEAR project.

2 min lesen · 21. Juli 2025
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Welt im Ohr: A Voice for the Voiceless: Wissenschaft und informelle Siedlungen

Über die komplexen Probleme städtischer informeller Siedlungen im Globalen Süden. Ö1 Campusradio, Freitag 27.06.25, 20:00-21:00 Uhr

2 min lesen · 26. Juni 2025
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COVIOCRIM | Report on the 1st project year

The project Countering Violent Crime against Women and Girls in Georgia (COVIOCRIM) aims at building a professional network of “first responders” in order to effectively and sustainably address the challenges of violence against women and girls (VAWG) in Georgia. The project will implement interactive and interdisciplinary training programmes, expand academic qualification opportunities, and establish a Legal Clinic in Tbilisi to provide victims of VAWG with accessible and immediate support. The first year focused on conducting regional training sessions across Georgia in the cities of Batumi, Zugdidi, Borjomi, Telawi, Gori, and Tbilisi.

2 min lesen · 26. Juni 2025
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Clean and prosperous Uganda | CPUg | Report on the 3rd project year

At the end of the third year of the project, the project team can present many outputs, both in research and in teaching. All participating institutions - TU Wien, Makerere University, Mbarara University of Science and Technology and Uganda Red Cross Society, report significant results.

4 min lesen · 19. Mai 2025
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Invitation to the Armenian-Austrian University Cooperation Meeting

The Armenian-Austrian University Cooperation Meeting will take place on 7 July 2025 at Yerevan State University, presenting and discussing ongoing projects and future collaboration.

2 min lesen · 14. Mai 2025
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Higher Education for resilient resources in refugee–host areas | AMUTI | Report on 2nd project year

Over the past year, the AMUTI project has made remarkable progress in strengthening research capacity, enhancing institutional collaboration, and deepening community engagement between Austrian and Ugandan partners. As part of the APPEAR Programme, AMUTI brings together Muni University, BOKU University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna and PALM Corps to advance transdisciplinary research and co-creation of knowledge in refugee and host community settings.

3 min lesen · 09. Mai 2025
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Edu4GEO2 | Report on the 2nd project year

The second year of the project was characterised by the reopening of universities in the Amhara region following the outbreak of conflict. This enabled the launch of the Geomatics Master's programme. Courses were delivered using a team-teaching approach, with Austrian lecturers teaching online via Zoom and Ethiopian colleagues providing on-site support. Initial community services were provided for land administration experts and local farmers. Equipment for DMU and BDU teaching and learning activities has been ordered and will be used in future.

2 min lesen · 08. Mai 2025
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Empowering Sustainable Building through Timber Engineering Education

To promote the sustainable use of timber in construction, Jigme Namgyel Engineering College launched a 10-week Certificate Course in Timber Engineering on 17 February 2025.

2 min lesen · 06. Mai 2025

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