NURTURE
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| Project: NURTURE |
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| Nurturing SDGs through Capacity Building of Higher Education in Ethiopia |
| Web: | http://nurture.usn.no |
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| Project leader | Shegaw A. Mengiste |
| Project Participants | Josef.Noll, Danica Radovanovic, Jens Johan Kaasbøll, Kula Kekeba, Abraham Debebe, Shegaw A. Mengiste |
| Start Date | 2021/04/01 |
| End Date | 2026/12/31 |
| Supported by | NORHED II |
| Objective | NURTURE strives to better, more accessible and more efficient higher education in the three areas of eHealth, informatics, and special needs in at 5 universities in Ethiopia: Bahir Dar, Gondar, Debre Markos, Jimma and AASTU. Partners from Norway are USN (project leader), UiO (ITS & Ifi), and Centre for eHealth research. |
| Research Domain | Internet - IoPTS, eHealth |
| Keywords | Higher Education, University Collaboration, NORHED-II |
Factpage of Project NURTURE
Equipment used in project: NURTURE/Equipment
- Project leader: Shegaw Mengiste / UNIVERSITETET I SØRØST-NORGE
- financing: NORHED II 2021-2026 (The Norwegian Programme for Capacity Development in Higher Education and Research for Development)
- KB - Section for Research, Innovation and Higher Education
Total Budget: 2 M€, Total Budget:
| Year 1: 2 483 000 | Year 2: 3 728 000 | Year 3: 3 464 000 | Year 4: 3 503 000 |Year 5: 3 520 000 | Year 6: 3 302 000 | (UiO: ~350 kNOK/year)


Current work items
- PhD curriculum - [link on Teams ...]
Open Action Items
Meetings
NURTURE related Meeting(s):
- ADIDA Seminar on AI's impact and Africa's Future (on"Date" is a type and predefined property provided by Semantic MediaWiki to represent date values.: 13 June 2025)
- Public Lecture, Jimma University, 20Feb2025 (on"Date" is a type and predefined property provided by Semantic MediaWiki to represent date values.: 20 February 2025)
- AASTU Seminar 19Feb2025 (on"Date" is a type and predefined property provided by Semantic MediaWiki to represent date values.: 19 February 2025)
- STII conference, 17-18Feb2025, AASTU, Addis Ababa (on"Date" is a type and predefined property provided by Semantic MediaWiki to represent date values.: 17 February 2025)
- Nurture Seminar Sep2024 Hawassa (on"Date" is a type and predefined property provided by Semantic MediaWiki to represent date values.: 16 September 2024)