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The 4th day of the Annual Planning Meeting was kicked off by Amb. Dr Charles Murigande presenting on “Institutional Capacity Building in Changing Times". He stated that any institutional change should be driven by all the people from within in order to promote ownership 1/2.

"Any Institutional change should be driven by all people from within in order to promote ownership" by Amb. Dr. Charles Murigande during the UR_Sweden program annual planning meeting. University of Rwanda UR Sweden Programme

Fantastic to celebrate the many women of the UR Sweden Programme. 💫💫 💫💫 You are true role models! Keep shining your light - you inspire me! 🙏🏻🙏🏻 🙏🏻 Thanks Greta Ingabire & Christiane Bukuru w friends for making our evening - wow! Sweden in Rwanda University of Rwanda

SIDA FUNDING OF ISP DRASTICALLY REDUCED!   From the agreed 35 million SEK/year to 15 million SEK in 2023, 10 million in 2024 and 7 million in 2025.   This will severely affect already awarded grants to groups and networks. It’s an immense challenge for us all.

5 FULLY FUNDED SCHOLARSHIPS FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS! The International Mathematics Master (IMM) program is moving to Lahore University of Management Science LUMS, one of the top universities in Pakistan🇵🇰. Deadline: 28 February. internationalmathematicsmaster.org ICTP

Don’t forget to sign up for the ISP webinar next week with Dr Carlos F Pinto!   Dr Pinto is the group leader of the ISP supported group in Chemical Ecology at USFX, in Bolivia.   March 7 at 14:00-15:00 (CET).   Please register at doit.medfarm.uu.se/bin/kurt3/kurt…   #IYBSSD2022

It’s almost time! We are back tomorrow for a joint press conference about #20yrsRWSEResearchCooperation 🇷🇼🤝🇸🇪 Follow along on University of Rwanda & our twitter account this week, March 22-24, as we share highlights from the celebration.

Vice Chancellor of the University of Rwanda Dr Kayihura Muganga Didas opens day 1 of the 20yrs celebration of Rwanda - Sweden research cooperation. #20yrsRWSEResearchCooperation

The celebration has started 🥳! ISP is the coordinator for the cooperation on the Swedish side.

ISP´s Bengt Ove Turesson visits the ISP supported network Eastern Africa Universities Mathematics Programme at Makerere University, Uganda 🇺🇬!   EAUMP is a network of departments of mathematics at Makerere University, University of Nairobi Kenya 🇰🇪, University of Dar es Salaam Tanzania 🇹🇿, University of Rwanda 🇷🇼 and The University Of Zambia  Zambia.

Bengt Ove at School of Public Health 👇🏼

During 24-28 April, Sida and ISP are organizing the Annual Review Meeting (ARM) 2023 of Sida´s bilateral research cooperation with Bolivia in Stockholm. ISP coordinates the research program on the Swedish side, so ISP´s Archana Ganganaboina and CarlaPuglia participate.

The winner of the first East African Mathematics Olympiad (EAMO) is Ms Erika Mutheu Oduor (Kenya). Erika had the best result of them all, she almost had a full score – very impressive!👏 ISP was one of the organziers of the Olympiad.

Warm congratulations🥳 to Leon Niyibizi from University of Rwanda who successfully defended is PhD thesis at SLU last week.

The 1st ISP Alumna for 2023 is Prof Sagarika Ekanayake from Sri Lanka! - I am what I am today because of the training, guidance and the support ISP gave me. It changed my life. Read more at isp.uu.se/isp-alumni-net…

Last week ISP arranged a farwell fika for Chris Bengtsson, Therese Rantakokko and Annika Kollstedt. Chris works at Karolinska Institutet and Therese at SLU. Annika will continue to work at UU, but at another department. Thanks🙏 for everything! We will miss you all!

The Rwanda-Sweden Annual Dialogue Meeting is taking place in Uppsala this week! ISP is the coordinator for the 14 Swedish universities involved in this Sida cooperation. More than 40 university staff are in Uppsala right now. Great to have you here!

Yesterday, Prof Jérémie Zoueu from National Polytechnic Institute (INPHB) and University San Pedro in Ivory Coast, visited ISP. Prof Jérémie is the network coordinator for the ISP supported network AFSIN (African Spectral Imaging Network).

Warm congratulations to PhD graduate Dr Yvonne Umulisa who yesterday was appointed as Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Rwandan Prime Minister!   Dr Umulisa was part of the Sida bilateral research program with Rwanda that ISP coordinates on the Swedish side.