Call Description
It is recalled that Haramaya University has been transferring various technologies to the end users since its establishment. Since recent years, the University has been supporting research activities in diverse fields of study under its six research thematic areas. In this line, important achievements have also been made in terms of  enerating knowledge from the various research undertakings. It is, therefore, necessary and timely to transfer
the generated technologies to the community from which the data have been generated. Knowledge transfer proposals activities that have the potential to inform decisions about public policy, professional practice, societal problems, and many more. It could be implemented, for instance, in the form of trainings, community mini-workshops, practical demonstrations, community-to-community experience sharing visits, and the likes. In this regard, the Research Affairs Office has allocated a competitive KTG for staff members from different disciplines. The aim of KTG is to support researchers in the dissemination and exploitation of the research, knowledge, expertise, and ideas generated in the research endeavor in order to achieve wider impacts and to encourage outreaches. This is, therefore, to announce that interested staff members can prepare and submit a well-crafted and justified knowledge transfer plans/proposals.

Eligibility Criteria
 Applicants must be staff members of Haramaya University
 Proposals should be based on knowledge and best practices generated under
previous research undertaken anywhere, as far as the knowledge is justifiably
important.

Focus areas should fall under the Research Thematic Areas of the University
 Geographical area of implementation should be in the eastern part of Ethiopia.
 Duration of implementation should not exceed a maximum of two years.
Proposal Structure
Proposals should not exceed 15 pages (12 pts, Times New Roman, 1.5 spacing, 1 inch
margin in all sides). The proposals may have the following structure:
 Cover page (title, names of applicants, college, department, contact address)
 Introduction/Rationale
 Objectives
 Activities, Methodology and Outcomes
 Benefits and Beneficiaries
 Anticipated Impact
 Work Plan and Budget Breakdown
 Qualification of the Team Members
 References
Submission  Submission: Submission should be online via http://grant.haramaya.edu/ (HUWG)
Deadline: October 30, 2018
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Haramaya University would like to invite interested staff with innovative ideas to compete for the 2018/19 (2011 EC) innovative research grant. Staff members are encouraged to submit ideas yielding tangible output, problem solving, and innovative research proposals. While crafting the proposal, activities related to PhD and MSc students can be considered, but a standalone PhD or MSc project is not accepted. Proposals should be developed according to target topics indicated in the Research Thematic Areas of the University, and the research area should be in the Eastern
Part of Ethiopia except for compelling reasons.
 Deadline for submission: October 30, 2018
 Submission: Submission should be online via Innovative Research Fund http://grant.haramaya.edu/ (HUWG)
 Focus: Water conservation and development, Climate and Environment, Waste management, Vaccines, Drugs,
Nutrition, Maternal and child health, Software, Electrical and Mechanical engineering technologies,
etc.
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Haramaya University gave a two-day training to Abagadas (community elders), religious leaders, the youth group (Qero), and district leaders, who comes from Haramaya and neighboring districts and provinces on the importance of the Geda System in peace development and related topics from September 25-26, 2018 at the Resource Center.

During the opening ceremony, Prof. Jeylan Woleyie, Vice-president of Administrative and Student Affairs said, “By teaching the Geda System and its customs and values to the new  generation, we can be able to maintain peace and tolerance in the society; And the society itself  will take its responsibility of keeping peace.”

The main objectives of the training were creating an awareness related to current political issues and keeping the community’s peace by the community members themselves. The training revolved around three major topics: the values of the Geda System; the meaning of peace and the  strength of the society keeping its peace; and the current political issues and obstacles. Discussion ideas were presented by professionals in the area with a discussion session following. The trainees appreciated the training and promised to share the knowledge that they received on the role of the Geda System in peace keeping and the hospitable culture of the Oromo people to live together with other ethnicities in the country.

In his closing remark, Dr. Jemal Yousuf, Delegate President of the University, said, “Even if the system of democracy is not a recent phenomenon to Oromo society, but as a country, democracy has been a new incident for the longest time. At the time, the journey to democracy should be supported by all societies in order to help maintain the supremacy of the law in the country.Respectively, the society should keep the culture of peace and tolerance.”

The training was organized by the Office of the Vice-president for Community Engagement and  Enterprise Development.

መስከረም 25 ቀን 2011 ዓ.ም

ለሐረማያ ዩኒቨርሲቲ ተማሪዎች በሙሉ

የዩኒቨርሲቲያችን ነባር ተማሪዎች ምዝገባ ጥቅምት 2 እና 3 ቀን 2011 ዓ.ም ለአዲስ ተማሪዎች ደግሞ ጥቅምት 9 እና 10 2011 ዓ.ም መሆኑን በመግለፅ በእነዚህ ቀናት በዩኒቨርሲቲው ተገኝታችሁ እንድትመዘገቡ በተለያዩ ሚዲያዎች ጥሪ ማስተላለፋችን ይታወቃል፡፡ 
ሆኖም ግን የዩኒቨርሲቲያችን የ2011 የትምህርት ዘመን የቅድመ ምረቃማ ሆነ የድህረ ምረቃ ተማሪዎች ምዝገባ ላልተወሰነ ጊዜ የተራዘመ በመሆኑ በሌላ ማስታወቂያ ጥሪ እስኪደርግላችሁ ድረስ ባላችሁበት እንድትቆዩ እናሳውቃለን፡፡

Community Development Works Directorate under the Vice-president for Community Engagement and Enterprise Development in co-operation with English Language Improvement Center (ELIC) gave a six-week training on academic writing and general communicative skills for 32 students from Haramaya District. The trainees were students who are on their summer break from different universities.

Dr. Admasu Bogale, Director of Community Engagement Directorate, said, “The training was prepared based on the students’ need, and such training will be continued for the future also.” The initiation for the training came from the students.

Mr. Abdela Bekere, Haramaya Town Vice-mayor, and Education Office Vice-head Mr. Teha Roba were present during the certificate ceremony and appreciated the University for the training.

Dr. Jemal Yousuf, Delegate President of the University, awarded the certificate to the trainees. Dr. Jemal appreciated the students’ initiation to take such language training and said, “You have awakened us, the University is trying its best to fulfill its responsibilities of supporting the surrounding communities by different supportive mechanisms and it will try to engage in supportive activities for the community.”

In addition, Dr. Jemal also advised the trainees to be visionary and hard worker to achieve their targeted plan, and confirmed that the university’s support will be with them when it is considered necessary.

The trainees also thanked the University for accepting their requests and for ‘giving such very useful language training, which is very crucial to write their senior essays and to make academic speech as well’ according to Derartu Amin, Hanan Muktar, Helen Kamal and Tuji Jemal.

የሐረማያ ዪኒቨርሲቲ ከዚህ በታች በተዘረዘሩት ክፍት ስራ መደቦች ላይ ቋሚ ሠራተኞችን አወዳድሮ በቋሚነት ለመመደብ ይፈልጋል፡፡

ነባር ተማሪዎች የሚገቡት ፦ ጥቅምት 13 እስከ 15 ሲሆን
አዲስ ገቢ ተማሪዎች የሚገቡት፡ ጥቅምት 17 እስከ 19 መሆኑን እናሳስባለን።

Office of Vice-president for Academic Affairs in collaboration with College of Education and Behavioral Sciences, and Higher Diploma Program Coordinating Office organized and conducted the first round induction training for newly employed and reinstated staff members. The training lasted for 6 days from October 01-06, 2018. According to Mr. Anwar Ahmed (HDP Coordinator), a total of 189 trainees took part in the training and were drawn from 8 colleges from the Main Campus, Institute of Technology and Harar Campus. From the 189 trainees, 40 of them were females.

Mr. Anwar also added that, the University has been conducting induction trainings since 2009 G.C. and is committed to improve the professional competence of the University’s staff. “The training is vital for all participants in order to acquire professional knowledge and skills.” He added, “This training can be used as traction to begin their roles and responsibilities [as higher institution instructors].”

During the opening ceremony Dr. Yeheyis Bogale, Registrar Office Director, said, “Subject matter knowledge and skills of the fresh graduates are not enough to be effective teacher. Pedagogical knowledge and skills have crucial roles to play to be professional teachers, and it is also clear that it should be improved in a long term experience. So we should be up to date to
make our students efficient.” Dean of the College of Education and Behavioral Sciences, Dr. Dawit Negassa, indicated that the
induction training is partof the CPD trainings organized by the University with the ultimate purpose of equipping the newly employed and reinstated academic staff with pedagogical skills they can utilize in discharging their roles as teachers.

Dr. Dawit added that the objectives of the training were “to acquaint the participants with the vision and mission of the University; make them be aware of the professional ethics of higher education teachers, introduce and help them identify and apply different active learning methods, as well as communicate with them the instructional planning and assessment techniques in their teaching.” He added, “It is the University’s principle not to let any staff to teach without attending the induction program. Hence, it has been conducting induction trainings for the last eight years.” In his closing remark, the Delegate of Vice-president for Academic Affairs, Dr. Yilfashewa Seyoum, emphasized that “A good teacher is one who is not only competent in his/ her subject matter but also one who can communicate his/her subject content with students effectively and who acts professionally and ethically.” Moreover, he said that success in all professions including teaching is a sum of ability, effort and discipline. Discipline, professionalism, fairness, respect for the institutions rules and regulations are highly
demanded from the trainees as higher education teachers.

Dr. Yilfashewa added, “To be professional teachers, trainees need to be committed and dedicated to their profession. By its virtue, the teaching profession is not about making money rather living for science and truth. Hence, I want to remind you that as teachers you have to act professionally with commitment and dedication.” In conclusion, he thanked the trainees, trainers and organizers of the training. Certificates were awarded for the trainees and trainers with the conclusion of the training.

College of Veterinary Medicine in collaboration with the Vice-president for Community Engagement and Enterprises Development and Harari People Region Agricultural Bureau gave training on heat-estrus detection in dairy cows, semen handling, artificial insemination and minor surgical techniques for 53 trainees.

The training coordinator and acting dean of the College, Dr. Adem Hiko, told us that the training was given to field animal health professionals including veterinarians, animal health assistants and artificial insemination technicians who are working in Harari Region Agricultural Bureau and to dairy farm owners who came from the Region. Of the 53 trainees, 23 were field professional and while the rest we dairy farm owners.

During the closing ceremony Prof. Kebede W/Tsadik, Vice-president for Community Engagement and Enterprise Development, said, “As a University, we have many experts, especially, on the animal and plant fields, the community can send their needs officially to the University and can exploit the knowledge [there exists]. Supporting the community is one of from our obligations, so that, we are happy to work with you in different activities as usual.”

At the end of the training, certificates were given to the trainees, co-coordinators as well as for the trainers.

በሐረማያ ዩኒቨርሲቲ ሰላማዊ የመማር ማስተማር ስራ ሒደት እንዲጠናከር በቅንጅት እንሰራለን ሲሉ የሐይማኖት አባቶችና የአገር ሽማግሌዎች ተናገሩ።
ዩኒቨርሲቲው ከአካባቢው ማህበረሰብ ፣ ከአገር ሽማግሌዎችና ከሐይማኖት አባቶች ፣ አባገዳዎችና ወጣቶች ፣ ከአስተዳደርና የፀጥታ አካላት ጋር በሰላማዊ መማር ማስተማር ሂደት ዙሪያ ውይይት አካሂዷል።
የሐረማያ ዩኒቨርሲቲ በ62 ዓመት የመማር ማስተማር ታሪክ ከ90ሺ በላይ ተማሪዎችን ከዲፕሎማ እስክ ዶክትሬት ድግሪ ያስመረቀ ሲሆን ዘንድሮም የመማር ማስተማሩን ሂደት ሰላማዊ በሆነ መንገድ ለማከናወን በዝግጅት ላይ ነው።
ዩኒቨርሲቲው ባዘጋጀው ውይይት ላይ የተገኙት የአካባቢው ማህበረሰብ፣ የሀይማኖት አባቶች እና የአገር ሽማግሌዎች እንደተናገሩት ሰላማዊ የመማር ማስተማር ሒደት እንዲጠናከር በቅንጅት እንሰራለን፤ ተቋሙም በሁሉም ዘርፎች ላይ የሚያከናውነውን የክትትልና ቁጥጥር ስራን ማጠናከር ይገባል ብለዋል።
ከአካባቢው የአገር ሽማግሌ አቶ ሲራጅ አህመድ የመማር ስራ ለመንግስት ብቻ የሚተው አይደለም፤ የሁሉንም አካላት ርብርብ ይፈልጋል፤ በይበልጥ ደግሞ የአገር ሽማግሌዎችና የሀይማኖት አባቶችን ጥረት ይጠይቃል።
የተጣለብንን ሐላፊነት ከተቋሙ ጋር በጋራ በመሆን የመምከር የመገሰጽ እንዲሁም ደግሞ ተማሪዎች ትምህርታቸውን በሙሉ ልብ መከታተል እንደሚገባቸውና በተለያዩ አካላትና ማህበራዊ ድረ ገጽ የሚናፈሱ መረጃዎችን በተገቢው መንገድ መፈተሽ እንደሚገባቸው የማስተማር ሐላፊነታችንን እንወጣለን።
በተቋሙ ባለፉት ዓመታት የመማር ማስተማር እንቅፋት ሲፈጠር ችግሮችን በጋራ እየፈታን ቆይተናል ያሉት አባገዳ ሙሳ ሮባ ዘንድሮ የለውጡ አካል የሆኑትና ወደ ተቋሙ የሚመጡ ልጆችን በሰላም ትምህርታቸውን እንዲከታተሉ የተቻለንን እንሰራለን።
ተቋሙም ከገዢውም ሆነ ከየትኛውም የተፎካካሪ የፖለቲካ ድርጅት አመለካከት የነጻ የመማር ማስተማሪያ ስፍራ እንዲሆን ፤ እንዲሁም በተቋሙ አካባቢ አደንዛዥ እጾች ላይ የቁጥጥር ስራ ማከናወን ይገባል ሲሉ መላከ ስብሐት ውለታው ሞላ ተናግረዋል።
መላከ ስብሐት ውለታው ሞላ ተማሪው የሀይማኖት አባትን ስለሚሰማና ስለሚያከብር ወደ እምነት ተቋም ሲመጡ የሀይማኖት አባቶች ስለመቻቻል እና አብሮ መኖር ከምንም በላይ ማስተማር ይገባናል፤ በየእምነት ተቋሙ ያሉት የሀይማኖት አባቶች ትስስራቸውን ማጠናከርና በሰላም ላይ ልንሰራ ይገባል።
በተቋሙ በተማሪዎች መካከል ችግር ሲከሰት ተማሪዎች ወደ እኛ ነው የሚመጡት ከተቋሙም ጋር ተነጋግረን የማስታረቅ ስራ እናከናውናለን በዚህም አንድም የትምህርት ሰዓት እንዳይባክን እናደርጋለን ያለችው የአካባቢው ነዋሪ ሳፍያ ዩስፍ በተለይ በአሁኑ ወቅት ወደ ተቀሙ የሚመጡ ሁሉንም ተማሪዎችን ለመቀበል በዝግጅት ላይ እንገኛለን ብለዋል።

የዩኒቨርሲቲው ተወካይ ፕሬዝዳንት ዶክተር ጀማል ዩሱፍ “ማህበረሰቡ ፣ የአገር ሽማግሌዎችና የሐይማኖት አባቶች ፣ አባገዳዎችና ወጣቶች በሰላማዊ መማር ማስተማር ላይ ከተቋሙ ጋር ሁሌም እየሰሩ ይገኛሉ”
ዘንድሮም ለውጡን የማይፈልጉ አካላት በተማሪዎች ላይ ሁከት ለመፍጠር ስለሚችሉ ከተቋሙ ጋር ያላቸውን ትስስር በማጠናከር ሰላማዊ የመማር ማስተማር ስራውን ማጎልበት አለባቸው፤ የአካባቢው ወጣቶችን ተማሪዎችንም የማስተማርና የመምከር ስራን ማዳበር ይገባል።
ተሳታፊዎቹ መማር ማስተማሩ ስራ ላይ እንቅፋት ሊሆኑ ይችላሉ ብለው ያነሷቸውን አስተያየቶች ተቋሙ በትኩረት እንደሚሰራበት ተናግረዋል።

የዩኒቨርሲቲው የአስተዳደርና ተማሪዎች ጉዳይ ምክትል ፕሬዚደንት ፕሮፌሰር ጀይላን ወልዪ ተማሪዎች የተለያዩ ባህሎች፣ ሐይማኖቶችና ቋንቋዎች ያሏቸው ብቻ ሳይሆን ከተለያየ አካባቢ የሚመጡ በመሆናቸው የአካባቢው ማህበረሰብ ይህንን ተገንዝቦ በቤተሰባዊነት መንፈስና በሠላማዊ መንገድ ተቀብሎ፣ ችግሮችን በመወያየት እየፈታ ከዩኒቨርሲቲው ጋር በጋራ እየተመካከረ መስራት እንዳለበት ገልፀዋል፡፡ ፕሮፌሰሩ አያይዘውም አንዳንድ የራሳቸውን የግልና የቡድን ፍላጎት ከአገርና ከህዝብ ፍላጎትና ጥቅም በላይ ለማስጠበቅ የሚንቀሳቀሱ የአገርን ሠላም ለማደፍረስ የሚንቀሳቀሱ ኃይሎች እንዳሉ ማህበረሰቡ ተገንዝቦ በመከላከል የህግ የበላይነትን ማስከበር እንደሚገባው አስገንዝበዋል፡፡
በተመሳሳይ መድረኮች ከዩኒቨርሲቲው መምህራንና የአስተዳደር ሰራተኞች ጋር በተካሄደው ውይይት ለመማር ማስተማር ሂደቱ መሰናክል ሊፈጥሩ የሚችሉ ጉዳዮች ለይተው በማውጣት የእርምት ስራ ማከናወን መጀመራቸውን ተናግረዋል፡፡

የዩኒቨርሲቲውን የፀጥታ ማስጠበቅ ስራ ላይ የሚሳተፉ አካላት ባደረጉት ውይይትም ሰላማዊ የመማር ማስተማር ሂደት በዩኒቨርሲቲው ውስጥ እንዲኖር የሚያከናውኑትን ስራ ከዚህ ቀደም ከነበረው አሰራር በተለየ በአንድ አቋም በቅንጅት ለመስራት ዝግጅታቸውን ማጠናቀቃቸውን ጠቁመው ይህም ቀደም ባሉት ጊዜያት ግጭት ሲፈጠር የሚያጋጥሙ የአሰራር ክፍተቶችን እንደሚያስቀር ተናግረዋል፡፡

The Sixth African Higher Education Week was started with many side events until the Biennial Conference was officially commenced on 22nd Oct. 2018.
The two weeks event is expected to be influential seeing that it has grown its participants from 380 from 25 countries to 900 expected from 37 countries this year. The membership of universities has also increased to 105 in number.

HU Booth was visited by the University’s Former President Prof. Belay Kassa among others

Given the lack of communication and information of activities in universities despite their massive generation of knowledge through research, innovations and skilled manpower production, RUFORUM saw it fit to organize a training session whereby Public Relations Officers and Communication Officers (PROs and COs) of member universities have the opportunity to equip themselves with the skills and knowledge of PR, the role it has with social media interaction to showcase the works and activities of African Universities. The training focused on PR and its strategies, effective media relations, crisis communication plan with practical and on camera media training.

Besides producing skilled manpower, African universities have obstacles to overcome on issues of image crises and dealing with scandals. On such occasions, it is best to have well-trained crisis management teams so that situations do not escalate and be blown out of proportion. This, majority of the time, is not the reality in many institutions.

The training is instrumental to bridge the gap between ‘what universities do and the demand of the communities they serve to lack of communication of existing activities within the institutions’, and package institutions so that the hard work and research pays off.

Haramaya University, one of the universities in Ethiopia in the RUFORUM Network, was the first to join the Network back in 2009. The Network avails the opportunity for African universities to share their best experiences as well as challenges and possible solutions. The event also opens doors for varies stakeholders in the sector of agriculture, technology dissemination and development to collaborate, partner with and share knowledge.

There had always been side events and the 2018 Conference is no different. From leadership trainings for post doc students to meetings of varying kind with concerned stakeholders to PROs COs training, which was a first of its kind to RUFORUM.

The Conference, started on Monday, 22nd of Oct. 2018 and exhibition booths are setup so universities can showcase what they have done so far. Another side event expected is the awarding of the top 23 Young African Entrepreneurs. These youngsters have had innovative ideas and entrepreneurial spirits “taking advantage of the vast growth prospects within their countries and the continent at large” said Prof. Mabel Imbuga, Board Chair of RUFORUM.

በተቋሙ ሰላማዊ የመማር ማስተማር ሂደትን ለማጠናከር የበኩላቸውን እንደሚወጡ አዳዲስ ተማሪዎቹ ተናግረዋል።

ዩኒቨርሲቲው ለ2011 የትምህርት ዘመን የተመደቡ 4ሺ 622 አዳዲስ ተማሪዎችን መቀበል ጀምሯል።

በዞኑ በማህበር የተደራጁ አርሶ አደሮች ከዩኒቨርሺቲው ጋር በመሆን ምርጥ ዘር የማባዛት ስራ ላይ ተሰማርተው ውጤታማ እየሆንን እንገኛለን ሲሉ ተናግረዋል፡፡

የዩኒቨርሲቲው የተቀናጀ የዘር ዘርፍ ልማት ፕሮጀክት ስራ አስኪያጅ አቶ ደንደና ገልሜሳ “ከሐረማያ ዩኒቨርሲቲና ከአገሪቱ የተለያዩ የምርምር ተቋማት የተገኙ ምርጥ ዘሮችን በማሳ የተግባር ስራ በማከናወን የመምረጥና የማባዛት ስራ ከአርሶ አደሩ ጋር እየተከናወነ ይገኛል”

Three of the universities in eastern Ethiopia, Haramaya, Dire Dawa and Jigjiga, signed memorandum of understanding to establish a framework of co-operation to gender equality.The MOU was signed on Oct. 25, 2018 in a ceremony held at Haramaya University’s Resource Center.

In the workshop participants and delegates invited from Federal Ministry of Women, Children and Youth; Ministry of Education; Jimma, Meda Welabu, Semera, Dire Dawa, and Jigjiga universities; and Harari Region; Dire Dawa City Administration; and Haramaya District Women and Children Office heads, as well as Haramaya University staff and other stakeholders participated.

Mrs. Mulu Birhanu said,“The purpose of the workshop and agreement is to maintain a sustainable and efficient co-operation among these three universities, and the agreement helps us to guide what, why, where, and how to work towards gender equality, so it is a roadmap on how to work on Gender Equality in the Eastern Ethiopian Universities, by the financial support gained from the Netherland government.”

During the opening ceremony Professor JeylanWoliyie, Vice-president for Students and Administration Affairs, said that, “Women are systematically marginalized through various cultural, attitudinal, and social psychological processes. Cultural based social stereotypes about women perceive them as weak, irrational, dependent, emotional, shortsighted, and incompetent; and these are negative energies toward women, which we have to fight in order to insure gender empowerment.”

There was a captivating discussion about gender equality among the participants.The participants said that recent times show that women, particularly, are getting recognition and ‘we should prove how women are competent and capable like men,and such progress toward gender equality should be disseminated everywhere in the country’

Delegates from Hramaya University visited the Hamelmalo Agricultural College (HAC), the National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) and Ministry of Agriculture of Eritrea (MoA). The purpose of the visit was to establish a framework of co-operation, to develop joint projects, staff exchange, capacity building, and lay the foundation to co-host international conferences and experience sharing opportunities between Haramaya University and Eritrean higher education and research institutions.

Dr.Awol Seid, Productivity and Environmental Sustainability for Food Security and Poverty Alleviation Theme Leader, and Dr. Sintayehu Workeneh, Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change Sub-theme Leader, delegated by the Acting President of the University, Dr. Jemal Yousuf, were the two delegates from HU.

Prof. Woldeamelak Aria, Dean of HAC, expressed his happiness and thanked the University for taking the initiative in the communication. The Dean briefed HU delegates on the historical development and current status of HAC; in addition to the activities of the College with regards to teaching, research and community engagement. HU team also briefed the higher officials of the College about the University. They have also visited several facilities in the College including the field crop museum and practical field teaching classroom. During the discussion session held, Prof. Woldeamelak said there is high interest from the College’s side to forge meaningful and successful partnership with HU in terms of staff-student exchange, co-hosting international conferences and joint research projects development among others.

Together with Dr. Tsegaye, Director General to the National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) of Eritrea,the team visited the research laboratories in the Institution. Visits to the soil, plant protection, tissue culture laboratories and the gene bank gave the team an idea on the researches being undertaken by the Institution.  The General Director confirmed his commitment from NARI’s side to support and engage in any collaboration endeavors with HU.

In addition to visiting HAC and NARI, the delegates also conducted a brief meeting with H.E. Mr. Arefaine Berhe, an Alumni of Haramaya University and Minster for Eritrean Ministry of Agriculture. Finally, to cement the collaboration further and to start the process of the longer partnership the Dean of HAC, the DG of NARI and H.E. Mr. Arefaine Berhe agreed to co-host the 13^th African Crop Science Society Conference to be held from October 17-19, 2019 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Child Health and Mortality Surveillance (CHAMPS) Ethiopia

Community facilitator and qualitative data analysts

Access Micro-scholarship Fund Students in collaboration with CHAMPS Ethiopia organized a Cleaning campaign in Harar.

Access Micro-scholarship Fund Students took to the streets of Harar on Saturday 10th November to clean up the rubbish that people routinely dump on the roadside throughout the town. The students joined forces with the CHAMPS (Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance) Ethiopia team based at the Haramaya University Health Sciences Campus.

Equipped with rakes, brooms, shovels, wheelbarrows and rubbish bags as well as gloves and face masks, the students and their leaders cleaned up the streets and collected rubbish that was taken away by car to be disposed of properly. The efforts of the Access students were appreciated by the local community as some bystanders encouraged the students and thanked them for cleaning up.

The event was organized by representatives from CHAMPS Ethiopia and Melkamu Alemu, who runs the Access Micro-scholarship Fund project at Haramaya University. The local Jinela wereda administration also brought tools and equipment as well as offering their time and effort. Dr. Nega Assefa and Dr. Caroline Ackley from CHAMPS gave opening remarks before all the volunteers started the morning of cleaning efforts.

The Access Micro-scholarship fund sponsors 75 students from the areas surrounding Haramaya and Harar, who are academically exemplary, to receive English language tuition given by Haramaya University English instructors over a period of two years. The project is funded by the US Embassy to Ethiopia and it has now entered its second year here at Haramaya University. There has been a marked improvement in the language skills of the students and special events such as the clean-up operation are also helping to build the students’ capacity to function as better members of society, alongside their improved language skills.

BENEFIT-ISSD project, Oromia East unit organized experience sharing for representatives of SPCs management and seed quality control committees from seed producer’s cooperatives (SPCs) supported directly and indirectly in east and west Hararghe zones. The objective of the workshop was to facilitate experience sharing and learning of success stories and reflect on gaps among SPCs for improvement. A total of 21 people from eight SPCs in east and west Hararghe zones weremade experience sharing to the identified learning sites from November 19-20, 2018.

The participants were visited experiences of two model SPCs (Awubara and Haji Faji SPCs). They shared experiences and innovations regarding Organizational and Business plan management; Record keeping ;roles and responsibilities of different management committees; internal cooperative management; women’sparticipation in member’s and executive committees; quality seed production and inspection; seed processing and value addition;  promotion and marketing activities.

Take home messages for SPCsfrom the visit were; Follow-up of customer satisfaction to develop trust; Planning and decision making regarding membership size per year; Clear sharing of roles and responsibilities among management committees; Enforcement of internal cooperative by-laws; Data management practices (quality of production and marketing data); Allocation of documentation box for each management committees; Focus to internal quality seed inspection; Recording of event and  training; and Record keeping, ledgers and documentation files including ; saving book, MoU book, Seed production book , deferent receipts etc.

All lessons learned were summarized and messages delivered for participants to change into action plan immediately into their SPC.