San Youth Capacity Building
Implementing Agencies: University of Tromsø, University of Namibia, University of the Western Cape and the Working Group of Indigenous Minorities in Southern Africa (WIMSA)
Partner: Norwegian Church Aid
Project duration: 2005-2009
Total amount allocated: NOK 4.2 mio.
Project description: The objectives are:
- To pursue innovative strategies for promoting San access to higher education and capacity building.
- To identify ways in which research can make a positive contribution to San development,
- To promote and further develop research capacity and competence among university staff and students.
- To ensure that capacity is reflected in appropriate teaching and studies within and outside of the university.
- To establish a network for San research in the region.
South Africa – Norway Tertiary Education (SANTED)
Implementing Agency: Centre for Education Policy Development (CEPD)
Partner: South African Department of Education
Project duration: 2006-2010
Total amount allocated: NOK 66 mio.
Project description: The objectives are:
- To improve access and the retention of students in higher education from historically disadvantaged communities.
- Well functioning institutions in terms of administrative, academic and management capacity and systems.
- Institutional co-operation in the SADC region in support of the SADC Protocol on Education. South Africa’s higher education sector has a particularly important role to play in this regard.