Inception meetings for the project CENSU – Dar Salam, Mtwara, Lindi and Zanzibar, 1-9th November de 2021
The Climate Change, Energy, Sustainability (CENSU) project addresses the need for increased education and research capacity to deal with some significant development challenges in Tanzania and Mozambique: challenges related to the sustainability of extraction of their energy resources, particularly oil and gas, and the implications for climate change mitigation. For the involved parties to address the mentioned development challenges effectively, the project aims to develop and share competence within and across countries and disciplines (interlinking natural sciences and social sciences) in a South-South-North collaboration setting. The project builds on the capacities created by the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) and State University of Zanzibar (SUZA) during the NORHED I- project “Vulnerability, Resilience, Rights and Responsibilities: Capacity Building on Climate Change”. The Centre for Climate Change Studies (CCS) at UDSM will be the leading South partner in a regional network, including relevant entities at SUZA and two Mozambican universities: Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM) and Lúrio University (UniLúrio). With contributions from Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet), they will develop interdisciplinary curricula in Master’s and PhD programs in the respective Tanzanian and Mozambican universities, based on highly policy-relevant and joint research. But also in essential research papers.
At the beginning of the project, these meetings coordinated the universities involved and made the project known to the local authorities where the gas projects are being implemented: Mtwara, Lindi, and Zanzibar. Professor Isabel Marques da Silva was present as a focal point at the UniLurio-FCN.
At the same time, there are two application windows open for all the teachers and students of UniLúrio for Masters and PhDs
https://fecn.unilurio.ac.mz/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/PhD-position-announcement-CENSU_edit3.pdf
Meeting in Zanzibar with the Vice Ministry of Blue economy and fisheries and his multidisciplinary team.