Projects
Governance without governance in Africa, protracted crises Ghent University
Alternative forms of governance and conflict resolution in Africa protracted political crisis (West, Central Africa and the Horn.
Vascular endothelial dysfunction: The putative interface of emerging cardiovascular risk factors affecting populations living with and without HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa. Hasselt University
developing cultural sensitive emotional competence assessment and training/ South Africa Ghent University
Despite the truly multicultural nature of South-Africa, there is almost no expertise in cross-cultural psychology and almost no knowledge base on cultural differences and similarities in psychological functioning. The academic aims are therefore to develop a knowledge base on and sustainable competencies in cross-cultural psychological research. The practical aim is to apply this new knowledge in a prominent developmental context, namely the ...
Improving the Quality of Family Medicine Training in Suba Saharan Africa Ghent University
From 17-21 november 2008 Primafamed will organize a conference in Kampala Uganda on sharing experiences, ideas, knowledge and skills on training African family physicians. Goals: Through linkages and ex-change of academic institutions and input from experts - to develop unified and harmonised understanding of Family Medicine - to exchange information, resources and skills and develop comprehensive programs - south-south cooperation and ...
Petrogenesis, metallogenesis and geodynamics of magmatic critical (Ta-Nb-Be-Li, W-Sn, REE-P)metal deposits in the Great Lakes region of Central Africa. KU Leuven
In conclusion, this FED-tWIN collaboration missions to be a international center of research and knowledge on critical metals in Africa, and in particular Central Africa. The collaboration wants to foster, among the public at large and the scientific community, the understanding of and interest in this region and wants through partnerships contribute substantially to its sustainable development.
Deliberating the demise of cultural heritage in small towns and villages in South Africa and Belgium Hasselt University
Reconstructing disease dynamics in Central Africa using historical museum collections and archives (RECORDED). University of Antwerp
Research of environmental changes in Central Africa based on historical photographs and archives KU Leuven
The general objective of the PAStE CA project is to evidence the importance and the added value of archive documents in studies addressing present day issues in areas lacking baseline studies. In the present case, aerial photographs and archives from RMCA will support present day environmental change studies in target tropical environments of Central Africa. The focus of the environmental topics relies on the spatio-temporal dynamics of LULC ...