UC-IUC 2022 (Phase 1) - Institutional University Cooperation with Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology (JOOUST)

KE2022IUC041A105 01/09/2022 - 31/08/2027 Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology (JOOUST) is one of the fastest growing public universities in Kenya having been granted a Charter in 2013. Situated at the shores of Africa’s largest fresh water lake, the University is at the heart of efforts to address unprecedented challenges facing the Lake Victoria Basin (LVB), including the growing impact of climate change, degradation of biodiversity, food security, shifting food systems, and rising poverty levels. These challenges require a mix of expertise and multi-skilling not readily available in the University’s current training and research methods. It is against this background that JOOUST is seeking to partner with Flemish Higher Education Institutions to strengthen capacity building, research and outreach in five strategic areas, namely: natural resource management, agriculture and food security, human health, ICT and climate change mitigation and adaptation. The proposed programme objectives are to: 1) build capacity for high quality research and training in natural resources management, food security, health, ICT and climate change; 2) promote sustainable use of LVB resources; 3) improve the health and well-being of LVB populations; 4) create synergies in transformative knowledge, technologies and innovations in collaboration with stakeholders; and 5) build the capacity of government agencies in service delivery and sector-wide regulations. The JOOUST VLIR-IUC Programme objectives will be implemented through the following five (5) sub-projects: 1) Management of the Lake Victoria Basin Natural Resources; 2) Transformative Agri-food Systems for Resilience in the Lake Victoria Basin; 3) Management and Control of Communicable and Non-communicable Diseases; 4) ICT; and 5) Climate change Resilience among Communities and Ecosystems in the Lake Victoria Basin.