Dear all, hello from Germany. The following call might be of interest for some of you - it would be cool to see many FOSS master programmes spring up all over the continent .... For more information, please refer to the persons named in the call, not me, as I am just forwarding this info. Cheers, Balthas ______________________________ German Government funds German-African research partnerships to build ICT study courses in Africa - BMBF releases call for proposals with a funding of up to €150,000 per course and year ______________________________ What the call is about: The German Government via its Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) released a call to fund research partnerships between German Research institutions and partners in Subsaharan Africa. One of the main goals is to build African ICT study courses and to fund exploratory measures / pilot measures in "Applied information and communication technologies (ICT)" via German-African research partnerships. The prospective study courses should take place predominantly in the partner country in Subsaharan Africa and primarily involve Master's degree programmes. This part of the call will be managed by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). The three areas eligible for funding under this call for proposals are: • Exploratory measures over a period of up to six months, including meetings of experts and thematic workshops • Pilot measures over a period of up to 24 months, including measures to expand research capacity (participation by African scientists in qualification measures and/or continuing training of research managers, special equipment grants for African partners, etc.). • ICT study courses: Initial and continuing training measures may receive funding of a maximum of €150,000 per course and year, including scholarships, over a period of up to 24 months within the framework of the development and implementation of German-African advanced post-graduate study courses in the field of applied information and communication technology. For more information, see the news on ict@innovation here: http://www.ict-innovation.fossfa.net/blog/%5Buser-raw%5D/german-government-funds-german-african-research-partnerships-build-ict-study-courses-africa ________________________________ Balthas SEIBOLD (Mr) Projektleiter / Senior Project Manager Globale Wissenskooperationen & Alumni Global Knowledge Cooperation & Alumni Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Friedrich Ebert Allee 40 (Büro BF21005) 53113 Bonn Deutschland T +49 228 4460-1253 F +49 228 4460-2253 E balthas.seibold@giz.de I www.giz.de Please, also see our alumni communities: http://www.alumniportal-deutschland.org/index-en.html and http://connect.inwent.org/en/ Already registered? Link up with me directly. _________________________________ Please note: As of 1.10.2011, I have switched responsibilites from “ICT for development” to “Global Knowledge Co-operation & Alumni”. For questions pertaining to the HCD-programmes of “OpenIT@giz – Open Innovation for Development” such as ict@innovation, commons@ip, it@foss etc. please contact Ms Petra Hagemann (petra.hagemann@giz.de; phone: +49 228 4460 1382) More information on OpenIT@giz _________________________________ ________________________________ Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH; Sitz der Gesellschaft Bonn und Eschborn/Registered Office Bonn and Eschborn; Germany; Registergericht/Registered at Amtsgericht Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Eintragungs-Nr./Registration no. HRB 12394; USt-IdNr./VAT ID no. DE 113891176; Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrates/Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Hans-Juergen Beerfeltz, Staatssekretaer/State Secretary; Vorstandssprecher/Chairman of the Management Board: Dr. Bernd Eisenblaetter; Vorstand/Management Board: Dr. Christoph Beier, Adolf Kloke-Lesch, Tom Paetz, Dr. Sebastian Paust, Dr. Hans-Joachim Preuss, Prof. Dr. Juergen Wilhelm _______________________________________________ FBT mailing list FBT@it-inwent.org http://lists.it-inwent.org/listinfo/fbt

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The German Government via its Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) released a call to fund research partnerships between German Research institutions and partners in Subsaharan Africa. One of the main goals is to build African ICT study courses and to fund exploratory measures / pilot ...

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