Workshop on higher education collaboration between Tanzania and Nordic countries

Welcome to a workshop with presentations, discussions and interactive sessions. Participants will have the opportunity to share experiences, discuss challenges and explore opportunities for co-operation between Tanzania and the Nordic countries in higher education.

The aim is to identify common challenges and opportunities in higher education and see how co-operation can benefit both parties.

Register by sending an e-mail to: mats.daniels@it.uu.se

Background: Nordic countries have several funding instruments to support student and faculty exchanges as well as research collaboration.

Tanzanian universities have outdated curricula that do not prepare students for working life, and research output is low.

Goals:

• Improve the employability of university students in Tanzania.
• Transform the University of Iringa with the help of Nordic universities.
• Create a co-learning process between the North and the South.

Participating Universities:

University of Iringa (UoI), Tanzania
University of Turku (UTU), Finland
Uppsala University (UU), Sweden

Program:

10.00: Meeting with the Ambassador of Tanzania in Sweden (room 101172)
10:30: Welcome
10:45: Focus on the Tanzanian perspective
12:30: Lunch
13:30: Focus on the Uppsala University perspective (room 90103)

• Prof Mats Daniels (UU): The value of intercultural competence, potential educational opportunities?
• Prof Calkin Suero Montero (UU): Remote presence for meaningful co-learning experience shared by the North and the South
• Director Bengt Ove Turesson (UU): The International Science Programme and the Basic Sciences in Tanzania
• Prof Anna Eckerdal and Rev. Stefan Holmström (UU): Experiences with collaboration with Tanzania in the theology area

15.00: Discuss and define collaboration and funding opportunities
16:30: Wrap up and closing