News, events and blogs
Working together towards a sustainable and bright future in agriculture in Ethiopia
09-02-2022On January 26th and 27th 2022, the annual review and planning event of the Bright Future in Agriculture Project (BFA) took place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.86 participants were present to discuss the achievements and lessons learned over 2021
Effectively counseling and developing small scale enterprises in Rwanda
07-02-2022From 24 until 28 January 2022, part 2 of the Small Business Counselling Training of the SEAD West project in Rwanda took place. The 18 participants coming from the SEAD West beneficiary institutes and SMEs development district officers.
Colombian Cauca Local Economic Development project in review
25-01-2022Another year has passed, where travel and meeting restrictions were not as permanent as we expected and therefore, we were able to resume many face-to-face activities. In the past year it was possible again to work with the different organizations
Gender awareness creation and ways forward in the health and medical sector in Ethiopia
20-01-2022In December 2021, a one-day workshop to address gender inequality at the Haramaya University (HrU), College of Health and Medical Sciences (CHMS) in Ethiopia was supported by the Elisabeth Strouven Foundation and Maastricht School of Management.
Closed poultry house training in SAS21 project in Indonesia
18-01-2022The SAS21 Closed Poultry House Training Project activity in collaboration with the IPB Vocational School, the Maastricht School of Management (the Netherlands) and AERES University of Applied Sciences (the Netherlands) was officially opened online.
Training teachers, developing programs and strengthening quality assurance in Ghana
17-01-2022Considerable progress has been made within the project “Institutional strengthening of national bodies for technical and vocational education in Ghana”. 25 to 30 teachers have been trained from the beneficiary institutes on the CBET methodology.
Greenhouse development at Kyambogo University in Uganda
12-01-2022The Strengthening skills and training capacity in the horticulture sector in Uganda project is moving full speed ahead with the implementation of the greenhouse at Kyambogo University (KyU).
The workplace component program to support student development in Uganda
12-01-2022From 1 until 4 December 2021, three representatives of Kyambogo University (KyU) and Bukalasa Agricultural College (BAC) conducted a pre-visit to the learning farm of Kilimo Kisasa Ltd in Zombo District, West Nile region for the workplace component.
Small and Medium Enterprises coaching & counselling for SEAD West partner institutions
10-01-2022From 6 to 10 December the Training of Trainers (ToT) on small and medium enterprises took place virtually and in the field. Entrepreneurship expert, Vin Morar provided a two-day virtual training to provide the participants with knowledge on coaching
First Workshop Research & Innovation Capacity Development in Sead West
07-01-2022Mid November 2021 the first research and innovation for capacity development workshop took place in the SEAD West project under the lead of Prof. Meine Pieter van Dijk in Rwanda.