NORHED

Norwegian Programme for Capacity Building in Higher Education and Research for Development

NORHED is a new Norad programme which intended to strengthen the institutional capacity and performance of academic institutions in the South to deliver quality education and research. It is designed to stimulate South-North collaboration, and is anchored in and driven by institutions in the South. NORHED replaces the NOMA and NUFU programmes.

The aim of the programme is to strengthen capacity of higher education institutions in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC) to educate more and better qualified candidates on all levels. It also seeks to increase the quality and quantity of research conducted by the countries’ own researchers.

The results for the first call for applications were ready in July 2013. The University of Bergen is a partner in twelve projects and lead partner in one.

The programme has thematic and/or geographic focus
• Natural Resource Management, Climate Change and Environment
• Education and Training
• Health
• Democratic and Economic Governance
• Humanities, Culture, Media and Communication
• Capacity Development in South Sudan

UiB Global coordinates the University's collaboration under the NORHED programme. For more information, please contact Ann Margret Hauknes

Find out more about NORHED on Norad’s website.
 
NORHED projects for 2013-18 in which UiB is involved:

Project name

Lead partner

Partners

UiB project leader

WIMEA-ICT: Improving Weather Information Management in East Africa for effective service provision through the application of suitable ICTs

Makerere University

University of Juba, Daar es Salaam Institute of Technology, UiB

Joachim Reuder, Geophysical Institute

Hi-TRAIN: Health Informatics Training and Research in East Africa for Improved health care

Moi University

Makerere University, UiB

Khalid Mughal, Department of Informatics

SURVIVAL PLUSS: Increasing capacity for mama-baby survival in post-conflict Uganda and South Sudan

Makerere University

University of Juba, Gulu University, Busitema University, UiB

Thorkild Tylleskär, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care

Borderland dynamics in East Africa. A network program for capacity building within departments of social anthropology in East African Universities

University of Khartoum

Addis Ababa University, Makerere University, UiB

Leif Manger, Department of Social Anthropology

Building and reflecting on interdisciplinary PhD studies for higher education transformation

Makerere University

UiB

Tor Halvorsen, UiB Global

Water and Society (WaSo Africa) - Institutional Capacity building in water management and climate change adaption in the Nile Basin

Makerere University

Telemark University College, UMB,  University of Nairobi, University of Juba, UiB

Tore Særesdal, UiB Global

Urban transformations in the southern Levant

Birzeit

UiB

Nils Anfinset, Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion

Incorporating climate change into ecosystem approaches to fisheries and aquaculture management in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Vietnam

Nha Trang University

UiT, University of Ruhuna (Sri Lanka), University of Dhaka (Bangladesh), UiB

Henrik Glenner, Department of Biology

Reduction of the burden of injuries and diseases due to occupational exposures through capacity building in low income countries

Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

Addis Ababa University, UiB

Bente Elisabeth Moen, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care

South Ethiopian network of universities in public health (SENUPH): Improving women's participation in post-graduate education

Hawassa University

Wolaita Sodo University, Dilla University, Arba Minch University, Addis Ababa University, Regional Ministry of Health, UiB

Bernt Lindtjørn, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care

GROW NUT - Growing partnership for higher education and research in nutrient epistemology in DR Congo

UiB

University of Kinshasa, University of Kwazulu Natal

Anne Hatløy, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care

Capacity building in postgraduate surgical training and research in Malawi

University of Malawi

Haukeland University Hospital, Kamuzu Central Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, UiB

Sven Young, Department of Clinical Medicine

Policy and Governance studies (PGS) in South Asia: Regional Master and PhD Programs

Tribhuvan University

NorthSouth University (Bangladesh), University of Peradenyia (Sri Lanka), ActionAid (Myanmar), UiB

Steinar Askvik and Ishtiaq Jamil, Department of Administration and Organization Theory