The Tanzania Agreement
SIU and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), represented by the Royal Norwegian Embassy to Tanzania, have signed an agreement of cooperation in order to enhance quality, relevance and results from Norwegian support to chosen universities in Tanzania.
Under the agreement, SIU will
- be the Embassy's primary point of contact with the institutions SIU.
- be responsible for developing new and improved systems for reporting and monitoring the activities.
- hence assist the Embassy with both scientific and administrative follow-up of the agreements with the institutions.
The goal is that in a longer term this cooperation will lead to a qualitative development of the cooperation with enhanced focus on results.
Strengthening competence and enhancing quality
Through the agreement, The Royal Norwegian Embassy to Tanzania wishes to strengthen scientific and administrative competence at the Embassy relating to the implementation of the agreements with three universities in Tanzania. The agreement is a signal of the Embassy's wish for a change and quality enhancement related to cooperation in higher education and research in Tanzania. The agreement between the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and SIU applies until the end of 2010.
Today, the Embassy has cooperation agreements with the following three institutions:
Each year the support from the Royal Norwegian Embassy to Tanzania to the three institutions amounts to NOK 37 million in total.
- Benedicte Solheim
Phone:
+47 55 30 88 23
Email: benedicte.solheimSPAMFILTER@siu.no
Fax: +47 55 30 88 01
Norwegian embassy to Tanzania strategy document 60.52 kB
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