Programme of Institutional University Cooperation (IUC) of the Flemish Interuniversity Council with the Jimma University in Ethiopia

Overall developmental objective: To improve the life of people in the Gilgel Gibe dam area and promote sustainable development through research in problems and issues of human and animal health, environmental health and ecology, food and nutrition and soil fertility and promoting evidence based interventions in the target area in collaboration with different stakeholders Overall academic objective (OAO): To enhance the quality of teaching and research undertaken in Jimma University (JU) through planned and targeted development of human resources and collaborative and multi-disciplinary research of an international standard that addresses the priority problems of the local community and the country at large

Developmental specific objective: Develop evidence based interventions in the target area with respect to problems and issues of human and animal health, environmental health and ecology, food and nutrition and soil fertility. Academic specific objective: Develop different centres of excellence at Jimma University supported by top researchers with PhD qualification and extend the curriculum with new Master programmes