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3rd ZEF – WASCAL – PAUWES WORKSHOP ON DEVELOPMENT OF ENERGY IN AFRICA
The opening ceremony of the 3rd ZEF-WASCAL-PAUWES workshop was held in the Wascal building in Niamey on 25th September 2019.
The ceremony started at 10.30 am with the welcoming speech of the director of the WASCAL institute Professor Rabani A. followed by an introduction of the WASCAL staff and professors, and also the participants composed by 10 students from PAUWES Algeria, 10 students from WAC-SRT in Niamey and 3 students from ITT in Germany who are currently doing a project in Niger. Before the tea break where the students could taste some local food and refresh, some official group pictures were taken in front of the Wascal building. Then, the Wascal assistant gave a brief overview about the entire program which will be composed by not only theoretical study but also practical and field trip.
In the afternoon, we had a workshop research methodology for Master’s Project Proposal writing with the Prof. Rabani Adamou. It allowed us to know the importance of Master thesis proposal and the steps for writing it. Indeed, we have learnt about the stages of Development of Master’s project proposal and the standard format composed by abstract, proposal and time plan. We also learnt about the administrative steps to follow from submitting the proposal until the thesis defense. Then, Prof. Rabani gave the outline of a research proposal and then, explained in details each thesis research proposal key points which are the introduction, the problem statement, the objectives, the research question, the hypothesis, the methodology and finally the milestones, timeline and budget.
It was an interesting and participative course for the participants since all of us are preparing our master thesis. From this workshop, each student was required to find a topic for his master thesis, apply the methodology which was taught and present his research proposal on 3rd October.
1st ZEF - WASCAL- PAUWES Mid-Term Coordination Meeting held at WASCAL DRP – CCE, Abdou Moumouni University of Niamey, Niger, from October 1st to 4th , 2019
As part of the WASCAL-PAUWES-ZEF cooperation, there was a mid-term cooperation meeting from 1st to 4th October 2019 at the University of Abdou Moumouni in Niamey, Niger. The meeting was attended by representatives of WASCAL supporting institutions (Benin, Ghana, Nigeria , Niger and Ouagadougou), PAUWES (Algeria) and ZEF(Bonn) as well as representative of a new partner institution (2iE) from Burkina Faso. The meeting was to review the status of the objectives as compared to the activities of the project organized for the year 2019 and addressed challenges associated with the project. Additionally, the meeting finalized the remaining activities of the project for the year 2020 as compared to the project objectives along with the given timeline of the project.
THE 2nd Training Workshop on Proposal Writing and Funding Opportunities for Students and Young Researchers
In the frame work of RARSUS project, the Abdou Moumouni University of Niamey, UAM (Niger) and the United Nations University, Institute for Environment and Human Security, UNU-EHS (Germany) organized the 2nd workshop on “Writing Successful Scholarship/Project Proposal and Funding Opportunities for Young Scholars and Academic Practitioners”, which is held in WASCAL complex hall (UAM) on the 30th September to 3rd October 2019.
The objective of this workshop is to show the opportunities of scholarships to students and how they can write a good proposal and also find ways to apply for scholarship. Many lectures were invited to give their knowledge, in order to provide to students the resources to build their own future carrier. In particular, with the agents of the United States Embassy in Niger and the DAAD reader at the German Embassy, the students were well educated in relation to the Fulbright and DAAD scholarships.
Participants were subjected to group work sessions to develop a potential research project. The purpose of writing this project was to allow students to apply the knowledge acquired during this workshop. The students were satisfied with this workshop. A family photo and the presentation of certificates to the participants marked the end of this workshop.
