Project 1: Management of the Lake Victoria Basin Natural Resources

The Project’s medium-term (5 year) objectives

1. To characterize land cover changes, land uses and climate within the Lake Victoria Basin (LVB) in Kenya;
2. To quantify landscape processes, identify linkages and feedback loops and develop integrated data base for sustainable management;

• To enhance data integration and prediction through modelling.

The Project’s long-term (10-12 year) objectives

1. To build competencies for environmental monitoring and natural resource management.
2. To strengthen JOOUST’s capacity as a reservoir of knowledge and a pinnacle for capacity building in natural resource management.

Project 2: Building Capacity for Transformative Agri-Food Systems for Resilience in the Lake Victoria Basin of Kenya

The Project’s medium-term (5 year) objectives are:

1. To develop and promote climate resilient food value chains and practices;
2. To strengthen collaborative learning, exchange programmes and outreach.

The Project’s long-term (10-12 year) objectives will be as follows:

• To promote gender- based resilient and diversified livelihoods;

1. To establish a dynamic and responsive breeding programme

Project 3: Building Capacity for Research, Management and Control of Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases

 The Project’s medium-term (5 year) objectives are:

1. To determine the overall disease burden in the Lake Victoria Basin of Kenya;
2. To establish a health and demographic surveillance system (HDSS) and a cancer registry for monitoring of targeted communicable and non-communicable diseases;

• To establish state-of-the-art research and diagnostic molecular laboratories for communicable and non-communicable diseases;

1. To build capacity for early-stage researchers and mid-career professionals for communicable and non-communicable diseases through short courses, post-graduate training and post-doctoral programmes.

The Project’s long-term (10-12 year) objectives will be as follows:

1. To build competencies of core healthcare workers for early recognition, diagnosis and management of targeted communicable and non-communicable diseases.
2. To build capacity of county governments to have sustainable and resilient health systems that are readily prepared to control disease epidemics and other emerging public health threats.

Project 4: Strengthening ICT infrastructure to Enhance Research, Teaching and Learning (Basic ICT infrastructure and equipment)

Project’s Medium-term (5 year) objectives are:

1. To strengthen ICT infrastructure including security provisions supportive of integrated Information, Information Systems and Data architectures respectively and attendant community communication networks.
2. To strengthen service delivery in teaching and research through: (a) improved centre of e-learning, (b) improved library Services,

• To strengthen capacity building through: (a) PhD supervision, (b) Curriculum development, (c) Staff exchange, (d) Workshops and conferences, and (e) Training

Project’s Long term (10 year) objectives include:

1. To establish multidisciplinary laboratories through: (a) open source resources e.g. Python, (b) Data analytics (c) Artificial Intelligence and IoT, (d) Cyber security and Forensic, (e) GIS, and (f) System dynamics.
2. To strengthen outreach through digital literacy for gender empowerment
3. To establish a Centre for e-waste and Green ICT.

Project 5: Strengthening Climate Change Resilience among Communities and Eco-systems in the Lake Victoria Basin

Project’s Medium-term (5 year) objectives are:

1. To establish climate and air quality monitoring, modelling and early warning system;
2. To strengthen the resilience of communities and ecosystem to climate vulnerability;

• To enhance access to clean energy for service and productive use.

Project’s Long term (10 year) objectives include:

1. To enhance the livelihoods of communities in Lake Victoria Basin by building the adaptive capacity of communities and resilience ecosystems through knowledge-driven community-based adaptation initiatives supported by state-of-the-art modelling and early warning systems;
2. To entrench low carbon development pathway in the LVB through harnessing renewable energy resources for service and productive use.