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Information Center Accra, Edition 23 | September, 2016

Imprint

Publisher:

Deutscher Akademischer Aus-

tauschdienst e.V. (DAAD)

Kennedyallee 50

D-53175 Bonn

Contact:

Tel.: 0246108578 / 0261090939

Mail: info@daad-ghana.org

Web: www.daad-ghana.org

Location: Goethe-Institut Accra

(Located next to NAFTI, East Can-

tonments)

www.facebook.com/daad.accra.gh

Editor:

Berit Stoppa

(Director, DAAD IC Accra)

Photos: Mabel Dokey (p1)

Felix Barnes (p3)

Dear Reader,

After a very successful WAFIRA (Women Ad-

vancement Forum; International Exchanges,

Research and Academia) training workshop in

April, 2016, I am happy to report that, the

DAAD Information Center Accra is already

thinking of another WAFIRA workshop for the

first quarter of 2017 (WAFIRA 2017). A

brainstorming meeting was held in June, 2016

to solicit for ideas from alumni. A steering

committee meeting was then held on the 8th of

September, 2016 to begin to work on a frame-

work and plan for the next workshop.

Keep in touch with our office to be informed on

updates on this and other useful events and

training programmes of DAAD.

Please note; deadlines for application for most

DAAD individual scholarship programmes are

due by the end of October, 2016.

We will certainly encourage you to visit

www.funding-guide.de in order to be informed

about all the various individual scholarship pro-

grammes of the DAAD.

Know about DAAD programmes on our web-

site (www.daad-ghana.org ) as well as other

social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, and

Youtube) of DAAD Ghana. You can also subscribe to the DAAD Ghana

Info-service. Just text #DAADGHANA to short

code 1942 on all networks.

Best regards,

Berit Stoppa

Director, DAAD Information Center Accra

Webinar: Study Film / Performing Arts in Germany

The DAAD Information Center Accra is of-

fering an inspiring Webinar on 'Studying

Film/Art' in Germany on Monday, 26th Sep-

tember, 2016 at 4pm GMT online.

Join our Web Seminar (Webinar) with Jo-

seph Akwasi, a current graduate student of

Film and Gudrun F. Widlok, film maker and

the head of Library and Information at the

Goethe Institut Ghana to be inspired as you

plan your study journey to Germany, the

land of ideas!

We will also screen the Webinar live at the

Goethe Institut. Interested participants can

join us live at the Goethe Institut on:

Monday, 26th September, 2016

Time: 4pm prompt

Register with this link:

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/

register/4857567981897369604

This online webinar tool is also available as

an App in Playstore or Windows Store

(search for ‘Gotowebinar’).

Meeting ID is: 204-371-211. You can certain-

ly follow this informative session on your

smartphone or on a computer with stable

internet.

For enquiries, email: event@daad-ghana.org

DAAD Programmes:

UNILEAD Training Course 2017:

Call for applications RISE worldwide 2016 - Host a

DAAD-funded Intern!

DAAD In-Country Events:

Webinar: Study Film / Performing

Arts in Germany

Upcoming Introductory Ses-

sions (last quarter 2016)

Other topics in this Issue:

Proposal Writing Workshop 2016

WACEE 2016

New Kulturweit Intern

Part-time support from Christine

Bonsu

DAAD Ghana-New Consultation

hours

Greetings from the DAAD Information Center Accra!

From left to right: Sarah Miebach (Kulturweit Intern), Felix Barnes (Programme Officer), Berit Stoppa (Director), Christian Lasmothey (IC

Assistant), Christine Bonsu (Intern/DAAD Alumna)

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Interested in pursuing a

PhD in Germany?

Make use of the PhD data-

base:

www.phdgermany.de

Learn more about Re-search-in-Germany

www.research-in-germany.org

Among other things, find out

about Germany’s Research

Landscape, funding opportuni-

ties for your research (mostly for

doctoral and post doc research),

research areas, news and

events etc.

DAAD Scholarship Database

www.funding-guide.de

Search for DAAD funded

programmes as well as

scholarships from other

German scholarship award-

ing Institutions.

DAAD, Information Center Accra, Edition 23 | September, 2016

DAAD Scholarship for Courses with Relevance to Develo-ping Countries

Please visit: www.funding-

guide.de and find out more

includes general financing strategies,

operating with financial plans, control of

solvency as well as the knowledge and

use of investment tools and concepts.

Human Resource Management (HRM).

This includes courses on Instruments

of Human Resource Development,

Leadership, Conflict Management and

Communication

Find out more information through:

www.daad-ghana.org

Application is online:

http://www.c3l.uni-oldenburg.de/

unilead_2017.html

Closing date of the application is October,

26th, 2016, 23:59 Central European Time.

RISE worldwide 2016 - Host a DAAD-funded Intern!

RISE stands for Research Internships in Sci-

ence and Engineering. RISE Worldwide offers

summer research internships across the

world to German undergraduate students with

academic training in biology, chemistry, phy-

sics, earth sciences, engineering, or a closely

related field. RISE Worldwide is funded by the

German Federal Ministry of Education and

Research.

Prospective Internship providers (eg. Profes-

sors, postdocs, Ph.D. students or researchers

employed by or affiliated with an accredited

academic institution or a non-profit research

institution, working in the field of natural sci-

ences, earth sciences, Engineering, medici-

ne, mathematics or computer science) can

offer a place for an internship through the

following application portal:

https://www.daad.de/app-rise-ww/index/

registration

For more information about the programme,

visit:

https://www.daad.de/rise/en/rise-worldwide/

Prospective Internship providers can offer

internships until 15th October, 2016.

Alumniportal Deutsch-land

www.alumniportal-deutschland.org

As a Germany trained alumnus/

alumna, you are welcome to join

other Germany trained colleagues

through this online community.

Find jobs, follow-up on Blogs, join

subject related groups etc.

Upcoming Introductory Sessions:

Last Quarter 2016

The DAAD Information Center holds a mon-

thly Introductory Session on Study and Rese-

arch Opportunities in Germany. Participation

in this session is free of charge but mandato-

ry prior to visiting the Information Center for

individual consultation. Anyone planning to

study or do research in Germany is welcome

to attend the Introductory Session.

During the Introductory Session informational

material will be handed out and information

will be given on:

International Degree Programmes in

Germany (Bachelors, Masters, PhD)

General entry requirements and appli-

cation procedures to German universi-

ties

DAAD scholarship programmes, Sub-

ject related information

Visa requirements

The Introductory Session will be held on the

1st Thursday of every month between 4pm

and 5.30pm at the Goethe-Institut, which is

located next to NAFTI. The following are up-

coming dates for the last quarter of 2016:

6th October / 3rd November / 1st Decem-

ber

UNILEAD Training Course: Call for applications The German Academic Exchange Service

(DAAD) and the Department of Continuing

Education and Education Management at the

Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg

in Germany are jointly organising the DIES

University Leadership and Management Trai-

ning Programme UNILEAD in Oldenburg,

enabling young management-level professio-

nals at higher education institutions in deve-

loping countries to tackle successfully every-

day challenges.

UNILEAD focuses on three key areas:

Project Management (PM). This inclu-

des courses on Strategic Management

in Projects, Methodologyof Project Ma-

nagement and Risk Management

Financing and Investment (F&I). This

Helmut-Schmidt Scho-larship programme

This is the renamed ‘Public

Policy and Good Governance

Programme (PPGG). Visit

www.daad.de/ppgg and find

out more.

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DAAD, Information Center Accra, Edition 23 | September, 2016

Proposal Writing Workshop 2016

The proposal writing workshop took place in the Nogu-

chi Memorial Institute for Medical Research con-

ference room in Legon from 30th to 31

st August 2016.

The main speakers were Dr. Emmanuel Amankwah

from the Wa polytechnic, Dr. Wazi Apoh from the Uni-

versity of Ghana, Legon and Mr. Dwomoh Duah from

the School of Public Health.

Presentations were held on the following topics among

others:

The German research landscape and DAAD

funded doctoral programs

Conceptualizing and formulating a research topic;

reserach question

Research tools and methods

The proposal writing workshop is a means to help pros-

pective PhD applicants fine-tune their research propo-

sals. It is our plan to hold another prosal writing work-

shop in 2017. To keep updated on DAAD Information

Center events, visit our News and Events page through:

www.daad-ghana.org

WACEE 2016

The 5th West African Clean Energy and Environment

Exhibition and Conference (WACEE) took place at the

Accra International Conference Center in Ghana from

the 13th to 15th September, 2016. The theme for the

exhibition and conference was "Linking Policy and

Practice—Realizing Solotions for Energy Securi-

ty, Waste and the Environment". WACEE is till

date an annual event that brings together stakehol-

ders and industry in the fields of Energy and Waste

Management.

The DAAD Information Center Accra participated in

the WACEE 2016 to showcase study opportunities in

renewable energy and waste management among

others.

New Kulturweit Intern

Sarah Miebach is our new

"kulturweit" intern. She holds a

Bachelor of Science in Busi-

ness Administration and Eco-

nomics from the Goethe Uni-

versity Frankfurt as well as a

Masters of Letters in Internati-

onal Business from the University of St Andrews in

Scotland. Having studied in Germany as well as ab-

road, Sarah is in the best position to support prospec-

tive students planing to study in Germany.

To Sarah, we say Akwaaba!

Part-time support from Christine Bonsu

Christine Bonsu is currently

undertaking an internship pro-

gramme at the Goethe Institut

on part-time basis and sup-

ports the DAAD Information

Center Accra. She holds a Bsc

in Development Planning from

Kwame Nkrumah University of

Science and Technology

(KNUST). Being a DAAD

Alumna (former DAAD scholar-

ship holder), Christine completed a Master’s degree

programme in Regional Development Planning and

Management at TU-Dortmund and KNUST, Ghana.

She is in a privileged position to offer first-hand infor-

mation about higher education and student life in

Germany.

Group photograph with participants at the just ended Proposal Writing Workshop

The Goethe Institut / DAAD stand at the just ended WACEE 2016

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DAAD, Information Center Accra, Edition 23 | September, 2016

DAAD Ghana-New Consultation hours

Our regular consultation which used to be held at the administrative block of the German Embassy is now taking

place at the consular section of the German Embassy, RK waiting room, every Thursday from 9.00 to 11.00 am un-

till 15th December 2016. Please note that from next year (Thursday, 12

th January 2017), all DAAD consultation

hours will be held only at the DAAD information Center Accra, located in the Goethe Institut, next to NAFTI, East

Cantonments, Accra.

Mondays, 15.30 – 18.30

Thursday, 9.00 – 12.00 (*new from 2017)

Fridays, 14.30 – 18.30

Stay in touch! info@daad-ghana.org

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