REPUBLIC OF ANGOLA

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REPUBLIC OF ANGOLA
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UNIVERSITY AGOSTINHO NETO(Universidade Agostinho
Neto) - ANGOLA -
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Angola

• Area. 2,246,700 km2
• Population 13 Million
• Colonial period. 1482 1975

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Brief History of UAN (Breve história da UAN)

• Creation (Criação)
• 1962 decree nº. 44530 of 21 August General
  Studies for Universities in Angola (GSUA)
  Integral part of Portuguese University
• 1968 (December) GSUA?University of Luanda (UL)
• 1976 (September) UL ?University of Angola (UA)
• 1985 (January) UA?University Agostinho Neto
• (UAN)

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Brief History of UAN (Breve história da UAN)

• Fight for Freedom 1961 1975 (14 years)
• Independance date November 11, 1975
• Civil war 1975 2002 (27 years)
• End of civil war April 04, 2002

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Status (Estatuto)

• Ministry of Education (Ministerio da Educação)
• State Secretary for Higher Education (Secretaria
  de Estado para ensino Superior)
• Autonomy (Autonomia)
• Scientific (cientifico)
• Pedagogy/Teaching (pedagogica)
• Administration (administração)
• Finance (finanças)
• Disciplinary (disciplina)

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School Organization (Organização de Escolas
Académicas)

• Faculties (Faculdades)
• Agrarian Sciences (FCA)
• Human Medicine (Medicina)
• Law (Lei)
• Engineering (Engenharia)
• Letters and Social Sciences (Letra e ciências
  social)
• Economy (Economia)
• Sciences (Ciencias)

• Superior Institutes (Institutos superiores)
• Teachers training (ISCED)
• Technology (técnico)
• Nurse (enfermagem)
• (Total number students 41,527 (2007))

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Organization of UAN (Organização da UAN)

• Assemby (assembléia)
• Senate (senado)
• Rector (reitor)
• Secretary of University (secretariado)
• Counsel of the Direction (conselho de direção)
• Faculties and Schools (unidades organicas)

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Program approved by the State(Programa aprovado
para o Governo)

• Increase the number of students admited per year
  (aumentar o numero de estudantes admitidos por
  ano)
• Increase the number of finalists per year
  (aumentar o numero de finalistas por ano)
• Improve the quality of teaching and research
  (melhorar a qualidade de ensino e investigação)
• Expand the University (espanção universitaria)

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University Locations in Angola
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Collaboration

• Successful cases of collaboration
• Span. MSc program with Barcelona, Veterinary
  medicine
• Span Creation of School of Forestry, Cordoba
• Portugal MSc program in agronomy and Natural
  Resources
• USA. Michigan State Univ. CRISP Bean and Pulse
• Cuba. Mobility of teachers and global training

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Case study 1. Collaboration program

• The Association Liaison Office (ALO) for
  University Cooperation in Development
• 2004 Special Request for ApplicationsU.S. -
  Southern Africa Partnerships for Agriculture
  (USSAPA)

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Case study 1. Collaboration program

• Justification and Objectives
• ALO, in cooperation with USAID/Regional Center
  for Southern Africa, issued an RFA (Request for
  Applications) for three (3) two-year
  institutional partnerships in agriculture to
  promote rural livelihoods, food security and
  agricultural growth.

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Case study 1. Collaboration program

• Conditions
• Partnerships should include U.S. higher education
  institutions or consortia, Southern African
  universities, agricultural research centers,
  NGOs, and private industry in multiple Southern
  African countries.

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Case study 1. Collaboration program

• There will be one (1) award in each of 3 areas
• Applied Research and Technology Transfer
  Consortia (2.2 million)
• Appropriate Germplasm (550,000) and,
• Economic Research and Agriculture Policy
  Harmonization (670,000).

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Case study 1. Collaboration program

• Relevance
• The war in Angola lasted about 30 years and has
  destroyed almost all infrastructures.
  Agricultural production was inexistent and the
  country relayed entirely in food importation.
  Education was frequently interrupted by civil war
  and qualified human resources fled the country.
  Year 2004 was only two years away from the
  concretization of internal peace process and the
  country needed assistance to boost its
  agricultural production and education. University
  involvement in collaboration is one of the best
  ways of cooperation in development as the
  Universitys aim is to educate human being, i.e.
  the society.

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Case study 1. Collaboration program

• Effectiveness
• Alliance was created between USA and African
  Universities. University Agostinho Neto was in a
  consortium with Stellenbosch University (SA),
  Bunda University (Malawi), Cornell University
  (USA), and Purdue University (USA). Proposal of
  common interest was drafted to respond to the
  call (RFA). Efforts and expenses were engaged to
  concretize the project
• Unfortunately, the project was not approved.

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Case study 1. Collaboration program

• Reflection for failure
• - Collaborative universities are out of the
  reflection as they are agreed on common
  activities to be carried out to fulfil
  objectives.
• - It is only the donor side that we may
  speculate. Guess, what difficulty to control the
  donor!.
• - Presumption It is possible that the evaluation
  committee (the donor) has a biased judgement on
  some African countries. May have a pre-selected
  list of participants countries/beneficiaries?
• - Unmatched agenda between universities
  Activities may be concentrating abroad than in
  Africa? Thus, more funding stays abroad?
• - Difference in priorities between universities
• - More demand (clients) than offer (funding)
• - Out of the standard required
• - Donor expectation not met by applicants

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Case study 2. Integration program

• The Southern African Regional Universities
  Association (SARUA)
• Justification and Objectives
• The SARUA project is an integration program of
  the Southern African Universities. It aimed in
  facilitating mobility among members,
  communication and problem solving among members.

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Case study 2. Integration program

• Relevance
• The war in Angola lasted about 30 years and has
  destroyed almost all infrastructures. Many
  sectors of development were collapsed and
  education was not preserved and was frequently
  interrupted. After the peace process in 2002,
  the government has to define new policies for the
  development of the country. Actually, it was in
  one hand about choosing priority among
  priorities. It was mostly a matter of internal
  organization rather than external. In other hand,
  African countries were unstable in many essential
  areas of development thus when launched, the
  project faced many barriers to overcome.

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Case study 2. Integration program

• Effectiveness
• Several meetings were carried out without
  tangible results.
• Nothing was done by countries members.

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Case study 2. Integration program

• Reflection for failure
• Lack of interest of collaborative
  countries/universities
• Difference in priorities setting between
  countries/Universities
• Difference in curriculum setting and orientation
• Harmonization of priorities

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