LAND ADMINISTRATION ACADEMIC EDUCATION IN EASTERN AFRICA Eastern Africa Land Administration Academic Network EALAAN AUTHORS OF THE PAPER Fabien HAGENIMANA, Rwanda Seid HUSSEN, Ethiopia Monica LENGOIBONI, Rwanda Moses MUSINGUZI, Uganda Cletus NDJOVU, Tanzania Gordon WAYUMBA, Kenya Liza GROENENDIJK, the Netherlands 1
THE NEED FOR LAND ADMINISTRATION EDUCATION Governments recognise more and more the role of land and the importance of good land administration Training institutions and universities are stimulated and supported by their governments to set up programs in land administration Remarkable growth of academic programs in land administration in Eastern Africa in the last five years THE ROLE OF YOUNG GRADUATES Master of Science Programme in Land Management, at The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Sweden. Capacity building and supporting development of national Bachelors programs in Land Administration at universities in 4 countries: Bahir Dar University (Ethiopia) Kenya Polytechnic University College (Kenya) Ardhi University (Tanzania) Makerere University (Uganda) 2
THE EASTERN AFRICA LAND ADMINISTRATION ACADEMIC NETWORK Young graduates from KTH returned to their Universities to become lecturers and to develop Land Administration Bachelor s programs In 2010 the SIDA supported project with KTH came to an end: The four Eastern African universities decided to continue to work together in order to harmonise their BSc programs in Land Administration Start of the Eastern Africa Land Administration Academic Network (EALAAN). NEW UNIVERSITIES AND INSTITUTIONS THAT JOINED The following institutes also initiated land administration education programs and joined the EALAAN: INES Ruhengeri (Rwanda) National University Rwanda (NUR), (Rwanda) Woldia University (Ethiopia) RCMRD, Nairobi, (Kenya) 3
BACHELOR PROGRAMS Bahir Dar University (Ethiopia) Started in 2006 with first course In 2012 intake of 120 students Also distance and evening programs Woldia University (Ethiopia) Started in October 2012 First intake of 60 students Kenya Polytechnic University College (Kenya) Started in 2010 the first course In January 2013 intake of 40 students BACHELOR PROGRAMS INES Ruhengeri (Rwanda) Program developed in cooperation with members of EALAAN (KPUC, BDU) Started in September 2012 with 40 students Ardhi University (Tanzania) Curriculum developed No yet started Makerere University (Uganda) Developed a Bachelor s curriculum Not approved by University Council: preference for Master 4
BACHELOR S PROGRAMS MAIN TRACKS Basic track (mathematics, philosophy, anthropology, computer skills, statistics, etc.) Law track Property Formation and Registration track Surveying track Land use and land management Economic track Land Information Systems (LIS) Thesis MASTER OF SCIENCE PROGRAMS Bahir Dar University (Ethiopia) In 2012 started MSc program in Land Administration and Land Management with 10 students Three specializations: land information management, real property law and real property valuation. Kenya Polytechnic University College (Kenya) Developing MSc curriculum Makerere University (Uganda) MSc Curriculum ready; start in 2013 MSc Research and MSc Courses&Project 5
OTHER PROGRAMS Ardhi University (Tanzania) Curriculum Postgraduate Course developed Implementation delayed National University Rwanda Postgraduate Course about to start Involvement lecturers from Ardhi University RCMRD (Kenya) Various training courses Regional Land administration, land information systems EALAAN Important role in development and support of Land Administration education in Eastern Africa Since 2010 each year workshop in one of the member countries Growing and intending to include Sudan, Burundi, Somalia and Eritrea Next EALAAN Workshop in Rwanda, 16-18 of July 2013, organized by NUR and INES Ruhengeri 6
EASTERN AFRICA AND EUROPEAN NETWORKS European Network KTH Aalborg Aalto EALAAN BDU ITC TUM MKU Woldia NUR INES KPUC RCMRD ARU CONTACTS FOR MORE INFORMATION Seid HUSSEN, Woldia University, Ethiopia seidbdu@yahoo.com Monica LENGOIBONI, INES Ruhengeri, Rwanda Lengoiboni@alumni.itc.nl Moses MUSINGUZI, Makerere University, Uganda musinguzim@tech.mak.ac.ug Eugene SILAYO, Ardhi University, Tanzania silayo@aru.ac.tz Gordon WAYUMBA, Technical University of Kenya (KPUC) gowayumba@gmail.com Liza GROENENDIJK, University of Twente ITC, the Netherlands groenendijk@itc.nl 7
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