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Information Centre Yaoundé, Ausgabe 01 2014 newsletter >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dans ce numéro: Nos nouvelles activités sur Facebook DIES-Training Offers for university staff members Research in Germany Information Day in Yaoundé Bourses d études pour jeunes profes sionnels dans certaines filières Imprint Publisher Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst e.v. (DAAD) Kennedyallee 50 D-53175 Bonn Contact DAAD Information Centre Yaoundé Editor Frank Kahnert Dear readers, This first edition of our newsletter in 2014 will give you an overview of our current activities in Cameroon. In fact, the Information Centre in Yaoundé held a couple of information sessions for student candidates in Yaoundé and Douala in the past two months. Those events were organised as part of the forum Study in Germany. In the field of academic exchange, German lecturers have been invited to teach at Cameroonian universities, mainly in Yaoundé and Ngaoundéré while some Cameroonian lecturers got DAAD fellowships to deepen research activities with their colleagues at German universities. In this connection we would like to thank Ms. Dovbischuk for her article in this newsletter. Pour ce qui est de nos programmes de bourses, les résultats pour les doctorants et jeunes scientifiques sont d ores et déjà disponibles. Malgré quelques incertitudes liées à l introduction de la candidature online au DAAD les candidats ont réussi à completer leurs dossiers dans les délais impartis. Nous félicions ainsi ceux qui ont été attributaires d une bourse tout en présentant nos encouragements aux candidats malheureux. Il n est pas superflu de mentionner que deux ressortissants de RCA ont pu glaner des bourses de PhD en Allemagne. Nos sincères félicitations à eux aussi. New offers are available in the field of high school management. The DIES unit of the DAAD plans with German universities a series of courses in different aspects of high school administration. In this newsletter, you will find offers in the fields of quality insurance and management of internationalisation among other themes. Il me plaît ici de mentionner que le 8 avril prochain, nous tiendrons une foire d information sur la recherche en Allemagne au DAW-Zentrum de l Université de Yaoundé I. Des représentants de divers organismes promouvant la recherche y seront présents. N hésitez pas à y prendre part! Last but not least nous souhaitons la bienvenue à notre nouvelle stagiaire Mme Valeria Nabatova qui soutiendra notre équipe durant les cinq prochains mois. Bonne lecture! Brice Chuepo

Seite 2 Current offers in the DIES Programme for university staff training DIES stands for Dialogue on Innovative Higher Education Stragtegies. This working unit of the DAAD is in charge of exchange in the field of high education management in cooperation with the German Rector s Conference (HRK). Its aim is to promote exchange between higher education administrators from all over the world to face the challenges of a constantly growing academic environment. In coordination with some German universities, DIEs offers training seminars and conferences. Target Group: Young leaders in middle and higher management of higher education institutions Leibniz Universität Hannover: Management of Internationalisation Goal: qualify university staff (either International Office staff or higher education managers responsible for coordinating international activities) to manage processes and tasks of internationalisation in the area of higher education. The programme will enable the participants to build up improved and more effective structures of internationalisation at their home universities. Application deadline: 2nd May 2014 Universität Duisburg-Essen: Quality Assurance Goal: contribute to the structural development of higher education institutions (HEI) in West Africa and to promote a fruitful dialogue between German universities and involved HEI in the target regions. TrainIQAfrica not only offers a good opportunity for building up national capacities in the field of quality assurance (QA), it also promotes exchange and networking among various stakeholders at regional level. Application deadline: 18th May 2014 Universität Oldenburg: UNILEAD (University Leadership and Management Training Programme) Goal: UNILEAD is designed as a project focused programme. It aims at fostering innovative projects within the area of organisational development and Human Resource Management in institutions of higher education and related institutions in developing countries. It focuses on successful Project Management in the educational sector. The participants acquire techniques and methods which enable them to effectively and efficiently organise institutional management in their home institutions. Application deadline: 31st March 2014 Find more information here: https://www.daad.de/entwicklung/hochschulmanagement/08014.en.html

Seite 3 Scholarship offer: Postgraduate Courses for Young Professionals Application deadline: 31st July 2014 Target group: Young professionals with a first university degree + at least 2 years work experience Language: English or German See the course list at: https://www.daad.de/entwicklung/hochschulen/zusammenarbeit/ast/08079.en.html

Seite 4 Logistics a new area of cooperation between University of Ngaoundéré and University of Bremen On behalf of consortia of InTraRegio project, Chair of Business Administration, Production Management and Industrial Economics at University of Bremen and Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) invited Professor Dr. Victor Tsapi to conduct a speech and share experience with European and oversea partners from Asia, East Europe and Africa on technologies and best practices within intermodal transport realization. Prof. Dr. Victor Tsapi is Dean of Faculty of Economics and Management at University of Ngaoundéré, a key-region in the framework of the internationalization strategy of University of Bremen. The team of Faculty of Economics and Management warmly welcomed Prof. Dr. Hans-Dietrich Haasis, Irina Dovbischuk and Major Poungom during one-week long preparatory mission in July 2013. This first facts finding mission in field of logistics was sponsored by DAAD and University of Bremen. Academic excursion to one of important logistics companies in Ngaoundéré during facts finding mission in July 2013 During the visit of Prof. Tsapi to Bremen in February 9-15 he took part in the transnational workshop on intermodal transport on 02/12/2013 in a form of half-day collaboration in one of four working groups. Together with the InTraRegio project partners he discussed about possible ways of improvement of the EU-Africa transport efficiency using maritime routes. The International Dialogue Event on Intermodal Transport Planning was conducted on 02/13/2014 in the framework of three sessions. The first session gave an overview on cluster policy and five selected transport clusters in Europe. The African perspective on cluster policies was given in Session II by Prof. Dr. Victor Tsapi from Cameroon and Mr. Radouan Mounir from Morocco. Prof. Dr. Victor Tsapi gives his speech during the International Dialogue Event on 02/13/2014 Furthermore, first discussions on the future project International Qualifying in Logistics between Bremen and Ngaoundéré in 2014-2017 between the Chair of Business Administration, Production Management and Industrial Economics (University of Bremen) and Faculty of Economics and Management (University of Ngaoundéré) took place as a separate meeting at ISL.

Seite 5 The overall goal of the project is a joint bachelor and master programme in logistics. This is one of many projects between University of Bremen and University of Ngaoundéré sponsored by DAAD. Since Cameroon is one out of five strategic regions of University s of Bremen international cooperation, and for more than ten years various faculties have been carrying out joint (and often DAADfunded) projects on curriculum development, capacity building and common research interests, the University of Ngaoundéré has been defined as a strategic partner amongst a group of 5-10 universities worldwide. After two hours meeting on future steps in the joint project " International Qualifying in Logistics between Bremen and Ngaoundéré (from left to right: Ms. Irina Dovbischuk, Prof. Dr. Victor Tsapi, Prof. Dr. Hans-Dietrich Haasis and Mr. Major Poungom) Moreover, due to this diversified collaboration with University of Ngaoundéré across different faculties of University of Bremen it was jointly decided to conduct a regular Cameroon Workshop of those faculties at University of Bremen, which are involved in the collaboration with University of Ngaoundéré. The last half-day Cameroon Workshop on February 06, 2014 has shown again the intensity and the interest related to this cooperation. Author/Additional information: Irina Dovbischuk (dovbischuk@uni-bremen.de), Dr. Annette Lang (annette.lang@vw.uni-bremen.de), Major Poungom (poungom@uni-bremen.de) De passage à Yaoundé Dr. Regina Schleicher, romaniste à l'université de Francfort sur le Main est actuellement à Yaoundé pour donner deux séminaires à la F.A.L.S.H. (Université de Yaoundé I). Elle donne un séminaire sur Littérature et société au département allemand et un séminaire sur la Sémiologie de l'image à l'école de doctorat. Son séjour est partiellement financé par un programme d'échange du DAAD et par la faculté qui l'a invité. C'est la deuxième fois que Madame Schleicher a l'occasion d'enseigner à l'université de Yaoundé I depuis 2011.

Seite 6 Une nouvelle stagiaire au DAAD Kamerun Bonjour Valeria, et bienvenue au Cameroun. Pourriez-vous nous présenter à nos lecteurs? Bonjour et merci. Je suis étudiante en littérature à Berlin et depuis trois semaines au Cameroun dans le cadre du programme «kulturweit» du gouvernement allemand. Quels sont vos projets au Centre d Information du DAAD et l Université de Yaoundé I? Je travaille sur deux projets actuellement: «Ma Filière de la Semaine» et «Uni-Quiz». Mon objectif: faire découvrir aux jeunes camerounais les nombreuses filières dans les universités allemandes et les motiver à faire làdessus leurs propres recherches sur internet. Un autre projet consiste à proposer un tutorat aux étudiants en première année de germanistique. Qu est-ce qu on peut gagner dans «Uni-Quiz?» Des tee-shirts, des sacs, des porte-clés, des bloc-notes de DAAD Kamerun Enfin, plein de bons lots! Nos nouvelles activités sur facebook: www.facebook.com/daadkamerun

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