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Develop a pool of highly qualified professionals in sustainable infrastructure development
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Development benefiting and learning from unique and diverse African challenges.
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Improve the quality of education provision
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Enhance sustainable infrastructure delivery.
Welcome to
ASIM
ASIM is a collaboration between four African universities and one EU Technical partner with a primary objective of developing education, training, and research capacity for African professionals to enhance the delivery of Africa’s sustainable infrastructure.
The primary aim of this project, therefore, is to increase the talent pool of expertise in infrastructure and to develop the capacity of African HEI to deliver sustainable infrastructure education.
A consortium made up of Ardhi University, Covenant University, University of Johannesburg, University of Malawi – The Polytechnic and Leeds Beckett University participated and was awarded a grant on the Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme Call Reference No. EACEA/07/2020. The award was on the proposed action entitled Africa Sustainable Infrastructure Mobility (ASIM).
The Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme supports higher education cooperation between countries in Africa and aims to promote sustainable development by increasing the availability of trained and qualified high-level professional manpower in Africa. The primary objective is to improve the skills and competences of students and staff through enhanced mobility between African countries. The Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme is set up under the Pan-African Programme (Development Cooperation Instrument) and is based on
ASIM partners
FUNDING SUPPORT
The focus of the academic mobility is twofold: developing a pool of highly qualified professionals in sustainable infrastructure development benefiting and learning from unique and diverse African challenges, and improving the quality of education provision as a means to enhance sustainable infrastructure delivery.
Applications for Scholarships is open.
The Africa Sustainable Infrastructure Mobility (ASIM) was therefore proposed to respond to the needs and will seek to do the following:
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Develop a pool of highly qualified professionals in sustainable infrastructure development benefiting and learning from unique and diverse African challenges,
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Improve the quality of education provision to enhance sustainable infrastructure delivery.
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New call for ASIM Scholarship NOW OPEN
ASIM Representatives
Tanzania
Dr Neema Kavishe
Ardhi University,
Tanzania
Ardhi University,
Tanzania
Nigeria
Prof David Olukanni
Covenant University,
Nigeria
Covenant University,
Nigeria
Malawi
Dr Theresa Mkandawire
University of Malawi –
The Polytechnic, Malawi
University of Malawi –
The Polytechnic, Malawi
South Africa
Prof Innocent Musonda
University of Johannesburg,
South Africa
University of Johannesburg,
South Africa
United Kingdom
Dr Sambo Zulu
Leeds Becket University,
United Kingdom
Leeds Becket University,
United Kingdom