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On knowledge, the mobile phone and agriculture

"Farmers have to be involved in the generation of knowledge, so that their traditional knowledge and specific demands can be considered". SCARA in the OeAD.news 104 (in German)

14. November 2017
"If you cannot be found on the internet, you are invisible"

Doris Bauer on Open Access as an opportunity for researchers from the "global South" to participate in the global knowledge discourse, published in OeAD.news 104 (in German)

14. November 2017
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AAPLHRE project participates at Film days 2017

In this event, researchers of the APPEAR project AAPLHRE in Ethiopia that focuses on human rights education will give additional input on current land use rights and land grabbing, developments and drawbacks in this regard. They are invited as speakers for the discussion after the movie "Dead Donkeys Fear No Hyenas".

2 min read · 13. November 2017
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International Social Work Conference - organised by PROSOWO II project

Members of the Conference Organizing Committee met in Rwanda to take concrete action for the 2018 social work conference in Kigali, Rwanda. So far, almost 300 delegates have already registered for this event coinciding with World Social Work Day 2018.

1 min read · 09. November 2017
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SUSFISH-plus kick-off meeting

The University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna was the venue for the kick-off meeting within the SUSFISH-plus project. Burkinabe delegates (Raymond Ouedraogo, Moumini Savadogo, Patrice Toe, Adama Oueda) came together with all Austrian SUSFISH-pus key scientists for an intensive five days meeting from 8th to 12th of May 2017.

2 min read · 30. October 2017
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Participation at European Forum Alpbach

The European Forum Alpbach organises annually an interdisciplinary conference in the Austrian Alps, which provides a platform for scientists, politicians and students of different disciplines coming from all over the world to discuss and exchange ideas. Scholarship holder Girum Kinfemichael Gebremariam got a scholarship from the Robert Bosch Foundation to participate in this year’s forum which took place between the 16th of August and 1st of September 2017. Read the reflection of Girum Kinfemichael Gebremariam on this year’s topic Conflict and Cooperation.

4 min read · 25. October 2017
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Project ROOTDEVPAL organised Summer School in Beirut

The team members organised in July 2017 the first out of two summer schools, which was held in Beirut. The summer school covered amongs others topics such as the research environments in Gaza Strip, the West Bank, Lebanon and Jordan, as well as conducting feminist research, the question for whom knowledge is produced for and critical knowledge production.

1 min read · 17. October 2017
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Presentation and publication by scholarship holder Kevin Obiero

Scholarship holder and PhD student Kevin Obiero presented a paper entitled "Knowledge management and investing in human resource capacity development for aquacultural education and training in Africa" at the Annual International World Aquaculture Conference. The conference took place in Cape Town, South Africa on 28th of June 2017.

2 min read · 10. October 2017
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STRECAFISH project held a “Women in Aquaculture” training workshop

The training was organised as part of University-Public / Private Partnership and brought together 23 women stakeholders mostly fish farmers, NGO representatives and government extension officers.

1 min read · 05. October 2017
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activities of scholarship holders

Participation at European Forum Alpbach

The European Forum Alpbach organises annually an interdisciplinary conference in the Austrian Alps, which provides a platform for scientists, politicians and students of different disciplines coming from all over the world to discuss and exchange ideas. Scholarship holder Abebaw Andarge Gedefaw got a scholarship from the Robert Bosch Foundation to participate in this year’s forum which took place between the 16th of August and 1st of September 2017 and was dedicated to the topic “Conflict and Cooperation”.

2 min read · 11. September 2017
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Annual meeting of ACCES project team in Georgia

The Georgian Technical University (GTU), Tbilisi was the venue for the first annual meeting of the APPEAR project ACCES. The GTU and the BOKU teams, the academic and administrative staff of two universities and public stakeholders came together from 10th to 12th July 2017 having intensive discussions and interactive mutual exchange. The overall objectives of the meeting were reviewing of project progress by the implementation of the current activities and more detailed planning of the forthcoming actions. The project showed a good progress, as most of the scheduled activities for the first project year have already been implemented.

2 min read · 07. September 2017
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TEMACC project meeting in Linz

In June 2017, the TEMACC project team met in Linz to take stock of what has already been accomplished and to lay out the tasks of the coming months.

1 min read · 05. September 2017