The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) launched three new ACP-S&T Projects during a 3-day workshop at Entebbe, Uganda on the 10th to the 12th of February 2010.These new projects are part of the many innovative efforts aimed at realizing the RUFORUM dream.
The overall objective of the inception meeting was to design detailed implementation plans for the three projects. Specifically the inception meeting facilitated the following:
1. Familiarization of partners and other stakeholders on the projects
2. Design of comprehensive project management procedures including the specific roles of partner institutions
3. Development of project work plans and detailed budget allocation
4. Development of comprehensive implementation plans with project milestones,
5. Design of project M&E frameworks and performance management plans
6. Identification of synergies between the three projects and other related projects
OUTREACH PROJECT
Title: "Shifting from Outreach to Engagement: transforming Universities response to current development trends in agricultural research and training in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa"
Overall Objective of the Outreach Project
Contribute to sustainable food security and incomes in the ECSA region and accelerate achievement of the MDGs
Specific Objective of the Outreach Project
Facilitate the creation of responsive university programmes (research, education and outreach) that deliver competent graduates to support farmers and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) establish sustainable agro-food value chains
Partners to the Outreach Project
* RUFORUM
* Moi University, Kenya
* Makerere University, Uganda
* University of Malawi, Malawi
* Wageningen University and Research Centre, Netherlands
The overall objective of the inception meeting was to design detailed implementation plans for the three projects. Specifically the inception meeting facilitated the following:
1. Familiarization of partners and other stakeholders on the projects
2. Design of comprehensive project management procedures including the specific roles of partner institutions
3. Development of project work plans and detailed budget allocation
4. Development of comprehensive implementation plans with project milestones,
5. Design of project M&E frameworks and performance management plans
6. Identification of synergies between the three projects and other related projects
OUTREACH PROJECT
Title: "Shifting from Outreach to Engagement: transforming Universities response to current development trends in agricultural research and training in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa"
Overall Objective of the Outreach Project
Contribute to sustainable food security and incomes in the ECSA region and accelerate achievement of the MDGs
Specific Objective of the Outreach Project
Facilitate the creation of responsive university programmes (research, education and outreach) that deliver competent graduates to support farmers and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) establish sustainable agro-food value chains
Partners to the Outreach Project
* RUFORUM
* Moi University, Kenya
* Makerere University, Uganda
* University of Malawi, Malawi
* Wageningen University and Research Centre, Netherlands
