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Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology (JOOUST) and VLIR-UOS collaboration was initiated through a proposal submitted to VLIR-UOS on 15th October, 2019 for funding consideration. Upon review, JOOUST was among five (5) Universities approved to host Institutional University Cooperation (IUC) 2022 programme. This will be a long-term (12 years) institutional cooperation project between JOOUST and Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). The Programme will promote sustainable (inter-institutional) global partnerships and cooperation aimed at empowering JOOUST in its mission and more in particular to better fulfil its role as development actor in the society.
The partnership with VUB will strengthen capacity building, research and outreach in five strategic areas, namely: natural resource management, agriculture and food security, human health, ICT and climate change mitigation and adaptation.