Joseph Salukvadze coordinated the CaucaSusT project on behalf of Tbilisi State University (TSU). He is the head of the department of human geography at the faculty of social and political sciences, and a supervisor of the doctoral program in 'Urbanism'. Prof. Salukvadze is a member of the steering committee of the Scientific Network of the Caucasus Mountain Region. His academic interest is focused [...] urs with Georgian Art conservation Centre. Marine Matosyan supported coordination of the project activities on behalf of the Armenian State Pedagogical University (ASPU). She has a PhD in Geographical Sciences, and is an Associate Professor of the Chair of Geography and its Teaching Methods at ASPU and the author of multiple scientific-methodological articles, with a thematic focus on territorial [...] culture. Tamara Mitrofanenko managed the project on behalf of the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, BOKU, Institute of Landscape Development, Recreation and Conservation Planning (ILEN). She combines her work at BOKU with supporting activities of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Vienna Office, Secretariat of the Carpathian Convention, in the Caucasus and the Carpathian
between graduate students and local citizens. One major objective of the WaterFlow initiative is the development of science-based local capacity for environmental monitoring, within the explicit context of appreciating the potential impacts of likely climate changes on the local water balance. As a key factor in the sustainability of livelihoods, this serves as a foundation for exploring, discussing [...] multi-annual buffering and storage are limited, surface runoff through streams is the main source of water. The project will explore and quantify the impact of regional climate change scenarios on streamflow as a basis for assessment of future village-level livability and potential mitigation efforts. For a sample of local watersheds fully distributed surface runoff models will be established, based on digital [...] Lageplan Menü schließen Analysis of local changes in water availability for mountain communities | WaterFlow Cooperating countries : Kyrgyzstan and Austria Coordinating institution : University of Salzburg Project coordinator : Ainura Nazarkulova Partner institution : Kyrgyz State Technical University, Naryn State University, Osh Technological University, Austrian Academy of Sciences Project duration :
opportunities of Erasmus+ within its mobility key action (International Credit Mobility [KA171] and the international dimension of KA131), the seminar provided an opportunity to showcase and strengthen the strategic use of Erasmus+ in collaborating between Austria and the United States. It included discussions of both the American and Austrian university systems as well as presentations of the funding [...] funding framework of the program. IMC Krems and the University of Northern Iowa provided insights into their already successful cooperation project, and an interview with Gordana Mirchikj from Education USA highlighted additional ways of support in finding new partners in Austria and the USA. All participants introduced their institutions before two matchmaking sessions gave room for participants to directly [...] directly discuss innovation methods and best practice examples and laying the foundational blocks for new partnerships. Photos of the seminar and the welcome reception Selected photos of the evening reception and the seminar can be found in our gallery . The photos can be used with the copyright note "© OeAD/Unger/Volz”. Presentation You can take another look at the presentation given at the seminar
bridge this professional gap. Planned project activities include: Country specific studies on the role of social work in the realization of SDGs. Publication of two national reports and two journal articles with recommendations towards realization of SDGs in Austria and Tanzania. Organization of dissemination workshops in Austria and Tanzania. Exchange visits for professional knowledge sharing and [...] and focus of SDGs is interconnected and directly linked with social work. Being a change oriented and human rights profession, social work has key role to play in translating the SDGs through aligning those related into practice. However, despite the observed efforts by the governments of the two countries in translating the goals into national-long and medium term plans there is lack of empirical [...] institution : Institute of Social Work Project coordinator : Zena Mnasi Mabeyo Partner institution : Management Center Innsbruck Project duration : 01.09.2023 - 31.08.2026 Project summary In September 2015, the United Nations adopted the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as an integrated approach to economic and social development and a framework for action to meet needs of vulnerable individuals
which lead to losses range from trace to 100% loss due to occurrence of epidemics such as the impact of race Ug99 of stem rust of wheat. Fusarium head blight (FHB), primarily caused by F. graminearum is an emerging wheat disease affecting the quantity and quality of wheat and subsequently contaminate the end products/commodities of wheat with notorious toxic mycotoxins. All Kenya wheat cultivars are [...] that the prevalence of FHB and yield loss due to FHB vary from trace to 100% (Wagasha et al., 2010, Muthomi et al., 2002). Similarly in the recent study conducted in Ethiopian, 93.56% of wheat fields were infected with FHB (Getahun et al., 2022). Thus, evaluating the genetic resistance of wheat genotypes against fungal diseases including FHB diseases and the causal pathogens of those crops and mycotoxin [...] institution : Haramaya University, Scientific and Industrial Research and Development Centre (Biotechnology Research Institute), University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) Project duration : 01.07.2023 - 30.06.2026 Project summary Wheat is a staple food crop of increasing importance in developing countries including sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It’s used as a food crop for household food security
implemented in 2020-2022. The goal of this project is to contribute to the sustainable development of Vietnam's tourism. The project has two main missions: (i) to enable the development of an open ontology-based knowledge base of tourism in Vietnam and (ii) to explore the possibility of using web technologies to develop a smart tourism question-answering system on top of that knowledge base. Thus the project [...] figures of Vietnam. Unfortunately, due to the COVID pandemic, we could not meet face-to-face, so we held online meetings to discuss the implementation of the topic. These meetings help us improve the content of our research and allow me to meet my friends and colleagues in Austria. Ba Lam Do is currently a lecturer at School of Information and Communication Technology (SOICT), Hanoi University of Science [...] Ba Lam Do first came to Austria in 2013 for his PhD studies at the Faculty of Informatics, Vienna University of Technology. He was very fortunate that his wife, too, received a scholarship for her PhD studies in Austria. After completing his studies he returned to Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST). In 2020 together with colleagues at HUST and researchers at TU Wien he successfully submitted
screening of the flora of local regions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan and the Innsbruck, Austria and their cosmetological evaluation in order to reach at the safe, effective and non-toxic phytocosmetic products. The project is funded for the mobility and material expenses for researchers at the Department of Chemistry, University of Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan and Institute of Analytical [...] is the treasure of the diverse novel, biologically and medicinally important compounds which lay the foundation of drug discovery and the success in this field. There are several common forms of natural products, which are: Phytochemicals, nutraceuticals, cosmeceuticals, oleoresins, essential oil etc. According to the modern concept of health, the focus is not merely the eradication of disease but the [...] Evaluation of the Medicinal Plants in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan and Innsbruck, Austria © Muhammad Nasimullah Qureshi Project overview Cooperating countries : Pakistan and Austria Coordinating institution : Department of Chemistry, University of Swabi, Pakistan Project coordinator : Prof. Dr. Muhammad Nasimullah Qureshi Partner institution : Austrian Drug Screening Institute (ADSI), University of Innsbruck
she got selected for an APPEAR scholarship to pursue her doctoral studies on 'Influence of land use/cover change on provisioning and regulating ecosystem services in a papyrus wetland in the Lake Victoria Basin in Kenya'. This topic was informed by the steady conversion of wetlands to agriculture in the Lake Victoria basin, and inadequate information on the consequences of the activity on the benefits [...] publication of two other articles in peer-reviewed journals. Reflecting on her PhD journey she stressed that “it was not a bed of roses”. She faced several challenges during her course and fieldwork. Part of her course work she had to do together with fieldwork in Kenya. That meant that she had to attend the classes virtually. Unfortunately, the internet connection was so poor most of the time. Sometimes [...] Risper Ajwang’ Ondiek from Kenya presented her PhD research on wetlands in the Lake Victoria basin in Kenya. Furthermore, she shared her experience of being a doctoral student at BOKU University in Austria. Before starting her PhD at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) Risper Ajwang’ Ondiek worked as a research assistant under the Nile Ecosystems Valuation for Wise-Use project
October 2022 we explore the most important landmarks of the old town. Get a general historic overview and hear stories and anecdotes of Vienna´s past and present. Famous personalities like Mozart and Beethoven and many others connected to this city will accompany us. The tour starts in front of the OeAD-Haus and leads us via the Ringstraße and the area of the Hofburg Palace to St. Stephens Cathedral. Our [...] data privacy rights (right of access by the data subject, right to rectification, to restriction of processing, to object, to erasure, to complain and to data portability) please contact our Data Protection Officer via e-mail: datenschutz@oead.at . If you wish to complain to the Data Protection Authority, please address your complaint directly to the above-mentioned address of the Austrian Data Protection [...] Our guide is Angelika Kronberger from Explore Vienna Tours . !First come, first serve! The maximum number of participants is limited to 29 persons , so please register as soon as possible but at the latest until until October 25 th . The fee of EUR 5 has to be paid in cash at OeAD Regional Office Vienna within 48 hours after registration. It is not necessary to book an appointment. Office hours: (Mon
Kontaktformular und Lageplan Menü schließen Formal Verification of Deep Neural Networks for Code Conversion applications | FVDNNCC Cooperating countries : Egypt and Austria Coordinating institution : Vienna University of Technology Project coordinator : Nahla El-Araby Partner institution : School of information technology and computer science of Nile University Project duration : 01.02.2024 - 31.01.2027 [...] effective by incorporating Deep Neural Networks (DNNs). Also, formal verification can greatly enhance the quality of code conversion tools and decrease the design time. Incorporating formal verification with DNNs would lead to an acceptable level of trust in the neural network decisions. The aim of this work is to provide a smart verified correct by construction code conversion platform. Target SDGs [...] Inhaltliche Schwerpunkte EU-Strategie für den Donauraum (EUSDR) Internationale Hochschulkooperationen Submenü Africa-Uninet APPEAR Bilaterale Aktionen (Slowakei, Tschechien, Ungarn) CEEPUS HERAS+ Scholarship Programme Kooperation Entwicklungsforschung Projektförderung im ASEA-UNINET Projektförderung im Eurasia-Pacific-Uninet Förderprogramm Taiwan-Österreich Wissenschaftlich-Technische Zusammenarbeit