AGRIHUB meetingKigali 16 May 2013

Dutch Capacity Building Instruments

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I. Nuffic

- Founded in 1952

- International cooperation in HE

- Support to HE in partner countries

- Linking knowledge worldwide

- High demand of HE in the world

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Programmes of Nuffic- NICHE: Netherlands Initiative for Capacity Building in Higher

Education

- NFP: Netherlands Fellowships Program

• Short Courses• Masters• PhDs• TMT: Tailor Made Training• Alumni activities

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NICHE in Rwanda- Started in 2005

- Priority Sectors: Food Security, Water, Justice, Natural Resources

- Beneficiary HLIs: NUR, ISAE, ULK, KIST, INES, Umutara Polytechnics, KHI

- Food Security Knowledge Platform

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NFP in Rwanda- Masters: 60/year (2010 and 2011), 40 (academic year 2012-

2013)

- PhD: 10/year

- Short Courses: 40/year

- Tailor Made Training: to end in June 2013

- NAAR: Netherlands Alumni Association of Rwanda

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How to apply to NFP- For Masters, PhD, Short courses, log on:

www.nuffic.nl/nfp

- SOL: Scholarships On Line

- For Tailor Made Training

www.nuffic.nl/tmt

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II. CBI- Centre for Promotion of Exports

- Export Coaching Programme

• Competitiveness of companies to export

• Training for exporters

• Business support

• Export marketing

• Trade fair participation

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Programme Rwanda- Food Ingredients• Coffee• Tea• Horticulture

- Handcrafts

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Applying to CBIContact local CBI Officer:

- Name: Mr Jean de Dieu Vuningoma- Cell Phone: 0788359414- E-mail: vunix2001@yahoo.com