TY  - EJOU
AU  - 
T1  - Academic Mobility for Engineering and Technology Graduates in Africa: Lessons and Experiences from the Implementation
T2  - International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Policy

PY  - 2016
VL  - 5
IS  - 3
SN  - 2305-705X

AB  - This paper was inspired by lessons and experiences arising from the 
implementation of an on-going academic mobility project supported by the
 Intra-ACP European Commission Program. Twelve universities (11 in 
Africa and the University of Gent in Belgium, Europe) in a consortium 
brokered by the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in 
Africa (RUFORUM) conceived and successfully put a proposal in response 
to the 2013 Intra-ACP Academic Mobility Call. The project “Mobility for 
Engineering and Technology Graduates in Africa (METEGA)” is on-going and
 entails academic mobility of 72 beneficiaries (44 at Masters level, 20 
at Doctoral level, and 8 at the staff and faculty level) in sixteen 
countries of the five sub-regions in Africa. Africa is lagging behind in
 terms of numbers of graduate students in engineering fields. The METEGA
 project is one of the 15 partnerships on academic mobility supported by
 the EU Intra-ACP Academic Mobility Scheme; and constitutes significant a
 contribution towards increasing the number of graduate students in 
Africa. The project has provided opportunity to leverage resources among
 participating universities. The participating universities offered 
three and nine quality Doctoral and Masters training programs. This 
project represents a significant effort towards internationalization of 
higher education in the sciences and has served as an opportunity for 
graduates and faculty to gain skills, relevant experience as well as 
learn from the implementation process. This paper presents lessons and 
experiences of the METEGA project, including institutional and 
operational issues that can be used to inform future academic mobility 
arrangements in Africa and elsewhere in the world.
KW  - Higher education
KW  - Intra-ACP academic mobility
KW  - Innovation
KW  - Universities.
DO  - 10.18488/journal.26/2016.5.3/26.3.39.45