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Global Centres for Climate and Environment as well as for Health and Pandemic Prevention

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Global challenges can only be mastered through cooperation. Based on this belief, the DAAD is funding the establishment of eight Global Centres, four each for climate & environment, as well as health & pandemic prevention. 

Background

International scientific collaboration across disciplines is particularly important when it comes to mastering global challenges, such as the climate- or the corona crisis. Education and research must approach this issue in a globally interconnected way and at the same time develop solutions that are promising in the respective local contexts. Against this background, the programme funds the establishment of international centres, situated at higher education institutions in the Global South, where international and German scientists jointly teach, conduct research and promote social transformation in dialogue with business, politics and civil society. The aim is to provide a German contribution to overcoming the crises of our time. For this purpose, the Federal Foreign Office (AA) provides the DAAD with funds from the cultural relations and education policy.

Key Data

What is funded? Four Global Climate Centres and four Health Centres
Location of the Centres:
Health-Centres: Vietnam, Ghana, Cuba/Mexico and Gabun
Climate-Centres: India (Hub in Thailand), Colombia (Hub in Southafrica), Ivory Coast/Kenia and Palestinian Territories (Hub in Jordan)
Start of the funding period: 1 May 2021
Funding period: 1st phase: 2021-2025 (4.5 years), 2nd phase: 2026-2030 (5 years)
Funding amount: EUR 600,000 per centre per year (EUR 400,000 in 2021)

Programme objectives

The programme's objectives are embedded in results frameworks, which can be viewed here for climate and environment and here for health and pandemic prevention. 

The long-term effects (impacts) of the programme are among others: 

  • Contribution to relevant SDGs and Germany‘s involvement in joint strategies to tackle global challenges
  • Contribution to knowledge generation, transfer and circulation in the two thematic fields
  • Contribution to a closer cooperation between HEIs, research facilities and public and civic stakeholders

To achieve these goals, the centres have access to a wide range of eligible measures, such as the development of master's and doctoral programmes or the awarding of scholarships. Digital and hybrid formats in teaching, research, cooperation and transfer are intended to play a special role where it makes sense, also with regard to climate- and resource-friendly project implementation. 

Inivation to our 2nd Lecture Series
From 8 April to 4 November, our second public lecture series takes place. Be a part of it!
Happy Anniversary, PACE-UP!
Celebrating five years of PACE-UP, the Alumni made a video with messages from the Alumni, the German Ambassador to Vietnam and DAAD. Congratulations!
Master: Infection Biology and Control
Applications for the second batch of the CAIDERA Master's programme at the CERMEL in Gabon possible until July 15 2025.
PhDs at the World Health Summit
In October 2024 PhD fellows of the four Health Centres took part in the World Health Summit (WHS) and presented their research projects in a postersession.
Conference Reporting
Find out more about the mid-term conferences of the Global Centres in September 2024 and the background to the programme in an article and video.
Imagefilm of the Global Centres
Our short image film explains more about the programme.
Global Water and Climate Adaptation Centre (ABCD-Centre)
The ABCD-Centre specialises in water security and is a project between Aachen, Dresden, Chennai and Bangkok.
African Climate and Environment Center – Future African Savannas (AFAS)
The AFAS-Centre in Kenya and Côte d'Ivoire deals with the adaptation to climate change as well as the preservation of biodiversity in African savannas.
Regional Centre for Sustainable Adaptation to Global Change in the Middle East (SAGE)
The SAGE-Centre in the Palestinian Territories works on climate and land usage adaptation in the Jordan River Basin.
Transnational Centre for Just Transitions in Energy, Climate & Sustainability (TRAJECTS)
TRAJECTS investigates the phaseout of coal and changes in land management in Colombia and South Africa.
Central African Infectious Disease and Epidemics Research Alliance (CAIDERA)
CAIDERA in Lambaréné will study emerging and re-emerging viral, bacterial and parasitic infectious diseases.
German-West African Centre for Global Health and Pandemic Prevention (G-WAC)
The focal points of G-WAC in Ghana are global pandemics and building resilient health care systems.
German-Latin American Centre of Infection & Epidemiology Research & Training (GLACIER)
GLACIER promotes capacities for dealing with emerging diseases in the Latin American region.
PAN ASEAN Coalition for Epidemic and Outbreak Preparedness (PACE-UP)
With its centre in Vietnam, PACE-UP builds effective capacities and systems to respond to infectious diseases with epidemic or pandemic potential.

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