Managing Africa s Resources Sustainably IMRE Alumni Workshop, March 24th, 2009 Dr. Heike Edelmann-Okinda Director Information Center Accra 30 Kakramadu Road, Cantonments Located at Goethe-Institut, next to NAFTI E-Mail: daadghana@yahoo.com
Promoting Academic Cooperation and Exchange DAAD promotes academic exchange and cooperation between Germany and abroad by providing information and funding. DAAD represents 230 higher education institutions & 126 student bodies from allover Germany DAAD runs 15 Regional Offices worldwide and 48 Information Centers in 41countries DAAD sponsors over 60.000 scholarship holders worldwide in more than 200 programmes 2
The DAAD network worldwide (August 2007) 3
Goals and Roles of the DAAD (Budget: 2007) Scholarships for foreigners Promoting young foreign elites at German universities and research institutes 63 Mio Euro Scholarships for Germans Promoting young German leaders of the future in their studies and research abroad (including ERASMUS) 77 Mio Euro Internationalisation of universities Increasing the international appeal of German universities (including marketing) and promoting the international dimension in German higher education 57 Mio Euro Promoting German studies and the German language abroad Promoting German studies, German language and area studies programmes (including Lektors) at foreign universities 37 Mio Euro Educational cooperation with developing countries Promoting academic, economic, and democratic development in developing and reform countries 46 Mio Euro 4 4
International Degree Programmes in Germany International Degrees (Bachelor, Master, PhD) Bachelor-, Master- and PhD-Programmes conducted either entirely in English or partly in English, partly in German No or relatively moderate tuition fees Vast variety of subjects available (Agriculture, Business, Natural Sciences, Engineering, Social Sciences, Humanities...) Check the DAAD database: www.daad.de/idp 5
DAAD Master Scholarships Available only for specific courses selected by the DAAD for their particular relevance to developing countries Check for the courses that can be sponsored at www.daad.de/development Requirements: - relevant Bachelor s degree (Sec. Upper or above) - relevant professional experience (2 years) - most recent academic degree not older than 6 year by the time of application 6
DAAD PhD / Postdoc Scholarships Various schemes available: Traditional guidance model (Individual mentoring by thesis supervisor: Doktorvater ) International Postgraduate Programmes (IPP) Structured 3-4 year programmes Supervisor will be provided English as a language of instruction Check the courses available at: www.daad.de/ipp/en Sandwich Programm Most recent academic degree must not be older than 6 years by the time of application, good Bachelor s Degree, Master Degree 7
Alumniportal Deutschland Networking Career Events 8
Alumniportal Deutschland How to use it? Establish and keep contact Link up with Germany Link up with other alumni Information on advanced training and career opportunities Cooperation 9
Major partners Other partners 10
Who is the target group? Alumni trained in Germany = people from all over the world, who studied or worked in Germany or where trained by a German organization (>3 month) Companies, organisations, institutions = entrepreneurs, development aid organisations, universities and educational institutions, cultural institutions, employment agencies etc. 11
What is new about the portal? A portal for all alumni worldwide Linking alumni with each other through an online community that enables to connect and share experiences and knowledge Event Calendar and Database for Advanced Training opportunities International virtual job fair including information on career planning News, articles, interviews Contact to the economy, to research & science institutions and NGOs 12
Example Shitsama Kesse 36 years old, Ghana, studied Economics (VWL) for 4 years in Germany / Bonn, today self-employed Enterpreneur 13
Information She searches for information on economics in Germany She finds... 14
... articles on Economy and Jobmarket 15
Events She searches for interesting events in her region She finds... 16
... an alumnievent in Ghana 17
Events She searches for networks in her region She finds... 18
... two interesting networks... two networks on trade in Africa 19
She logs herself into My portal And finds... 20
... the group Bonner Alumni 21
She searches for interesting jobs And finds... 22
... a virtual job fair for Germany alumni 23
Advantages for institutions and companies Getting to know the alumni and setting up contacts Finding counterparts and experts with Germany experience Publishing job advertisements Announcing events Presenting their institution/company via a profile Initiating cooperations between their institutions/companies and the alumni Receiving information on the alumni networks Reading news and articles 24
Thank you for your Attention! Dr. Heike Edelmann-Okinda Director Information Center Accra 30 Kakramadu Road, Cantonments Located in Goethe-Institut, next to NAFTI E-Mail: daadghana@yahoo.com Consultation Hours Mondays, 16.30-18.30 Thursdays, 14.30-18.30 Fridays, 14.30-18.30 [Tuesdays, 09.00-12.00, German Embassy] 25