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Register now for the Preliminary Event to the 7th Austrian Development Conference

Socio-ecological transformations – perspectives from Austrian development research, 19th of May 2017, 11am to 6pm, large hall of the OeAD, Ebendorferstraße 7, 1010 Vienna

15. May 2017
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Nicaragua: Lehren, Forschen und Reisen im Land der Seen und Vulkane

This broadcast is dedicated to Nicaragua, especially to the topics of education and climate change (research).

2 min read · 12. May 2017
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INEDIS Kick-off Workshop in Ethiopia

For the first time the entire team that consists of members of four universities met in person, got to know each other and laid the foundation for the upcoming project activities. The kick-off meeting took place in Ethiopia at the beginning of April 2017.

4 min read · 03. May 2017
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First TEMACC project meeting in Ethiopia

At the end of March, TEMACC project team members Johannes Sametinger and Peter Oppelt from Johannes Kepler Universität Linz travelled to Ethiopia for their first project team meeting.

1 min read · 03. May 2017
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Panellist at APPEAR in practice_6 event

Scholarship holder Ayelech Kidie Mengesha from Ethiopia was a panellist at APPEAR in practice_6 that took place on the 15th of March 2017 and was dedicated to land rights and land administration in Africa with a special focus on gender differences and marginalized groups.

1 min read · 13. April 2017
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Project on sustainable tourism development in the Caucasus Region featured in Weltnachrichten

The CaucaSusT project is covered in the current issue of Weltnachrichten, the journal of the Austrian Development Cooperation.

1 min read · 12. April 2017
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Jacqueline Murekasenge interviewed in the anniversary broadcast of Welt im Ohr

She told us about her experience as an international PhD student in Austria, how she became familiar with the new environment and what she does to feel at home.

2 min read · 04. April 2017
VIDC event on Palestine

On Monday, 3rd of April, 19:00-21:00 the Vienna Institute for International Dialogue and Cooperation (VIDC) will organise an event on Palestine.

1 min read · 30. March 2017
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Marching on the streets on World Social Work Day

The PROSOWO II project has shown that social action is part of multi-directional knowledge transfer. On the 20th of March 2017, World Social Work Day (WSWD) was celebrated at Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Austria, with a big event and inspired by similar happenings in East Africa under the PROSOWO project.

2 min read · 24. March 2017
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CapNex project kick-off at Makerere University

The kick-off meeting of the APPEAR-funded academic partnership project CapNex took place at the board room of the School of Food Technology, Nutrition and Bio-engineering at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda from 31st of January - 1st of February.

2 min read · 20. March 2017
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Past Events

APPEAR in practice_6

APPEAR in practice_6 was dedicated to land rights and land administration in Africa with a special focus on gender differences and marginalized groups.

4 min read · 17. March 2017
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Publication “Good Aquaculture Practices for Seed Production in Kenya”

Scholarship holder and PhD student Kevin Obiero co-authored this publication. The “Good Aquaculture Practices for Seed Production in Kenya” guidelines published in 2017 is the first guideline designed to help prospective and practicing hatchery managers and fish farmers to realize better production.

2 min read · 14. March 2017