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The Jigjiga University Internship Tandem Team (Tandem A) held a students’ and mentors’ internship awareness-based workshop on December 19/2024.

The workshop was officially opened by the Jigjiga University APDPD Ahmed Arab (Assi.Professor). During his opening speech, he announced that F.A.I.T.H project has been working to make sure the transformation process of the EUASs. He additionally stated that each tandem character rollout helps the implementation of the toolbox designs through out the 15 Applied Science Universities. He notified the internees and their respective mentors to bring authentic internship output as an input data for the next Ethiopian Ministry of Education’s work package to be disseminated in the rest Ethiopian Universities of Applied Sciences.
Zufan Gebrehiwet(Assi.professor), LEAR of WP8 of JJU_F.A.I.T.H presented the overview of the project for the attendees of the workshop; various crucial discussion points have been raised by students and the mentors on how generally is F.A.I.T.H project contributing to EUASs currently. On top of that, the participants made discussions how the internship rollout smoothly moves forward from the perspectives of students’ class assignments, mentors’ University instruction burdens, and Hosting company’s flexibility to entertain productive internship rollout. The tandem experts have been going through explaining the benefits of this internship that the participants confirmed the clarity on.
The Tandem A members Binyam Hailu and Dawit Gezahegn introduced the piloted toolboxes, provided internship rollout activities’ instructions, and the entire action plan of the internship rollout to the participants while making their awareness creation presentation. At last, the LEAR of the WP8 officially closed the workshop giving thanks and promoting the F.A.I.T.H project Social media links and website to the participants.

Jigjiga University Tandem C (Applied Research) organized awareness creation and consultation workshop focusing on demand driven research and Technology/Knowledge transfer on Dec 5/2024. The workshop’s specific theme was revising the university’s Research, Publication, and Technology Transfer Policies and Guidelines. The event was attended by university leadership, college-level research and technology transfer coordinators, Jigjiga University-F.A.I.T.H project core team, as well as experts from various sessions of the University.
The program commenced with an opening remark by Dr. Shermake Jama, Director of the Research and Technology Transfer Directorate. He emphasized the importance of such workshops for the university community to raise awareness and gather inputs that would inform the revision of the university’s policies and guidelines. Dr. Shermake also expressed his gratitude to the F.A.I.T.H project for spearheading the initiative, aligning with the office’s plans for policy revision. He highlighted the office’s strong support for the implementation of the Tandem Pilot Project.
Mrs. Zufan Gebrehiwot, Lear of the F.A.I.T.H Project Work Package 8 (WP8), presented an overview of the project focusing on the main objectives and achievements of the project to date.
Mr. Abdi Abdilahi, the coordinator of the Tandem C, presented on the activities, tasks performed, lessons learned, and next steps of the pilot project and the JJU research Gudiline and Policy review results. The workshop also featured group discussions during which participants shared their insights. These discussions were moderated by Kownin Abdimahad, a member of the Tandem C team. Participants provided valuable input on revising the university’s research and technology transfer policies and guidelines to ensure it will be beneficial and relevant to the community.
The event concluded with closing remarks from Mr. Maslah Issa, Director of the President’s Office. He underscored the importance of the Tandem Pilot Projects being rolled out at Jigjiga University, noting that they serve as a model for the 15 applied science universities across the country. Mr. Maslah reaffirmed Jigjiga University’s full commitment to the successful implementation of the Tandem Projects and their objectives. On behalf of the university’s leadership, he thanked the organizers of the workshop, especially the Tandem C team, the Jigjiga University-F.A.I.T.H project core team, the European Union (EU) and other partner stakeholders for their support for the project effectiveness.