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Norad Fellowship Network Conference 2005

The First Residential Conference for Former Norad Fellows took place in Kampala, Uganda, from February 25th to February 27th 2005

The conference was attended by 59 participants from East Africa (Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Eritrea, Sudan and Ethiopia), who were formely enrolled in the Norad Fellowship programme at the University of Bergen (UIB) and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB - former NLH). In addition to the former Norad fellows, there were also 33 persons attending the conference as lecturers, special invited guests or staff. Conference venue was Speke Resort Munyonyo in Kampala, Uganda.

The main theme and purpose of the conference

"The role and management of natural resources in local environments: Theoretical perspectives meet empirical reality."
Key speakers included representatives from the Makerere University, the University of Bergen and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences. In addition to being an academically update, the conference was an arena for the former students to meet with representatives from the Norwegian Embassy, Norad and representatives from Norwegian businesses and industrial enterprise in the area. The Norad Fellowship Network conference was organised by the University of Bergen, the Norwegian University of Life Sciences and SIU, and was funded by Norad.

Speke Resort
Speke Resort and Country Lodge is located on the shores of Lake Victoria in Munyonyo, 12 kilometres from the heart of Kampala City.




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Evaluation report
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