The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana and I’Institut International d’Ingénierie de l’eau et de l’environnement (2iE) Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), to cooperate in education and research in the areas of water, energy, infrastructure and environmental science and technologies.
The MOU serves as a formalization of the collaboration which already exists between the two institutions and provides a framework within which further collaborative projects could be initiated. The agreement inter alia provides for:
a. Establishment of a joint International and Inter-university PhD programme through education and research, based on the complementarities of the respective institutes and thereby expand contribution to scientific knowledge in water, energy, infrastructure and environmental science and technologies,
b. Exchange of staff and other personnel between KNUST and 2iE,
c. Offer of research placements and supervision to selected PhD and MSc students.
The MOU also took cognisance of ongoing collaborative work between the two institutions.
“A current field of concrete cooperation is Renewable Energy Research, Development and Demonstration (RD&D) where there are two on-going projects, the Renewable Energy Education Project (REEP) supported by the European Union and the Solar Capacity Upgrading Project (SolarCUP) implemented with funding from the World Bank. Every effort will be made by the two organisations to ensure effective cooperation and successful implementation of the two projects and others to be developed in due course.”
The agreement was facilitated by The Energy Center, KNUST with support from the University’s Legal Department and the Vice Chancellor’s Office.
Prof Amadou Hama Maiga, Directeur Général Adjoint of 2IE and Prof Peter Donkor, Pro-Vice Chancellor of KNUST, signed for their respective institutions. The signing took place at the Council Chamber of KNUST in Kumasi, Ghana, on 10 May 2011.
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