Development co-operation

ex)/(ceed - News

in chronological order

20 September 2010: Inauguration of the Center for Natural Resources and Development at the FH Köln - university of applied sciences

Please find pictures, speaches and further information about this event on the CNRD webpage: http://www.cnrd.info

19 April 2010: Inauguration of the Center for Development Cooperation - Sustainable Water Management at the Technical University of Braunschweig

Please find the official programme of the opening ceremony here.

12 April 2010: Inauguration of the International Center for Decent Work and Development (ICCD) at the University of Kassel

Please find pictures, speaches and further information about this event on the ICDD webpage: http://www.icdd.uni-kassel.de

12 March 2010: Inauguration of the Food Security Center (FSC) at the University of Hohenheim

Please find pictures, speaches and further information about this event on the FSC webpage: http://www.foodsecurity.de

January / February 2010: Release of exceed flyer and booklet

For the download of the flyer and the booklet, please visit: ex)I(ceed publications / press

December 2009: Release of information letter IX

Through the information letter "Higher Education Excellence in Development Co-operation”
we provide background information and news about the competition.

Topics of this issue - information letter (German):
Description of the Introduction to the centre "Excellence through Dialogue – Sustainable Water Management" at the TU Braunschweig

December 2009: Release of information letter VIII

Topics of this issue - information letter (German):
Description of the Centre for Natural Resources and Development (CNRD) at the Cologne University of Applied Sciences

December 2009: Release of information letter VII

Topics of this issue - information letter (German):
Description of the Food Security Center (FSC) at the University of Hohenheim

December 2009: Release of information letter VI

Topics of this issue - information letter (German):
Description of the Center for International Health (CIH) at the University of Munich (LMU)

5 November 2009: Inauguration of the Center for International Health (CIH) at the LMU Munich

Please find the pictures, speaches and furhter information about this event on the CIH webpage: http://www.cih.lmu.de

November 2009: Release of information letter V

Topics of this issue - information letter (German):
Description of the International Center for Decent Work and Development (ICDD) at the University of Kassel

July 2009: Release of information letter IV

Topics of this issue - information letter (German):
1. Announcement of the winners
2. Short description of the five successful projects
3. Background information to the DAAD competition
4. Boosting development co-operation – Interview with Dirk Messner
5. Development needs exchange – the outline of the DAAD activities in development co-operation  
6. Millennium Development Goals

9.6.2009: Final selection and announcement of the five winning HEI-projects

During the selection session on 7^th and 8^th of June 2009 the international peer review team in the presence of the consulting committee, representatives of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the DAAD discussed, deliberated and decided about 13 applications, that were presented by the candidates and their project partners. Five German universities and their partners in developing countries will receive up to 5 million EUR each for promoting development cooperation over the next five years. The projects were presented to the public by Federal Minister Wieczoreck-Zeul, Secretary-General of the DAAD Dr. Bode and Professor Dr. Thies, Secretary-General of the Standing Conference of
Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder (KMK) in an event in Berlin on 9^th June 2009.

February 2009: Release of information letter III

Topics of this issue - information letter (German):
1. Progress report after the pre-selection
2. The most important dates of the second application phase at a glance

16.1.2009: Preselection and press conference

From 13^th to 14^th of January 2009 a selection commission consisting of international experts in presence of a consulting committee including organisations from academia and development co-operation, representatives of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and staff of the DAAD met in Bonn. The selection commission received 44 expressions of interest to build up so called "development co-operation competence centres” by the universities. The selection commission commended to discuss about 13 expressions of interests in a second phase of the application process. The 13 project proposals were presented to the public in a press conference in Bonn on 16^th January 2009 by Prof. Dr. Messner, Prof. Dr. Shysanya, Dr. Bode and Dr. Blumbach. The first phase in the programme "Higher Education Excellence in Development Co-operation” is thus completed successfully.

November 2008: Release of information letter II

Topics of this issue - information letter (German):
1. FAQ to the programme/application

October 2008: Release information letter I

Topics of this issue - information letter (German):
1. Call for Proposal: The english announcement is now available online
2. The most important dates of the application phase at a glance

24.10.2008: Call for proposals

All documents related to the call for proposal can be found here

• Africa Sub-Sahara
• Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Oceania
• Central and Eastern Europe
• Latin America
• North America
• Northern Africa and the Middle East
• Western Europe