Tanzania is an important partner country of VLIR-UOS. From 2003 to 2023 VLIR-UOS spent around € 25,1 million in cooperation with Tanzania, including long-term Institutional University Cooperation (IUC) Programmes with the Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Mzumbe University (MzU) and Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST). Since September 2022, a new IUC with Ardhi University started. Multiple TEAM/SI/ITP projects are ongoing. More projects are expected to be selected during the coming years.

Tanzania is also one of our 29 scholarship countries.

Ongoing projects

Institutional University Cooperation

IUC 2019 Phase 2 MU-T IUC 2019 Phase 2 NM-AIST IUC 2021 Phase In ARU

TEAM projects

The cognitive, psychomotorical and physical impact of malaria and other (infectious) diseases in school aged children Optimizing the valorization of water and rock resources for improved livelihoods in Arusha volcanic region Multi-disciplinary approach to control onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy in the Mahenge area in Morogoro region, Tanzania

JOINT

African network to study, treat and prevent onchocerciasis associated epilepsy (OAE-Africa) Global Open Water Academic Network Key performance indicators for improving the last mile in antiretroviral therapy to prevent HIV drug resistance in Tanzania. A capacity building teacher training to enhance parental involvement in primary education as a key factor in child literacy Improving diagnostics and care for childhood onset epilepsies and its common neurological co-morbidities in Tanzania (Joint-COE)

South Initiatives

NAturals to prevent and/or cure DIAbetes (NADIA) Prevention of HIV drug resistance in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: transdisciplinary problem analysis and research strengthening A human rights based approach to health challenges associated with child marriages in Tanzania Facilitating multi-stakeholder partnership to foster sustainable shark fisheries in Tanzania SIMPAQ in Tanzania People living with HIV/AIDS: social justice to counter stigma & discrimination. LiveLabLink Improving the wellbeing for people with mental disabilities in the Kigoma region

VLADOC PhD Scholarships

Water requirements of Musa spp.: development of an AquaCrop model to adress water stress in banana-based cropping systems

Tanzania and Agenda 2030 - country reference framework

VLIR-UOS revised its country approach towards an ‘Agenda 2030 on Sustainable Development’ centred approach. Moreover, VLIR-UOS wants to facilitate connections between different actors and projects present in a given country. With these objectives in mind, the Country Reference Framework (CRF) for Tanzania supports teams of academics when identifying and formulating project proposals, by providing a context analysis focused on Agenda 2030 on Sustainable Development and the higher education sector in Tanzania, and by providing an overview of Belgian development actors active in Tanzania, their ongoing projects and partners, in view of exploration of opportunities for synergy and complementarity. Belgian Non-Governmental Actors involved in the geographic Joint Strategic Framework (JSF) Tanzania as well as those involved in the thematic JSF on Higher Education and Science for Sustainable Development have been included.

VLIR-UOS cooperation in Tanzania has been aligned with the Tanzanian national development plans and has mainly focused on the themes of health, environment, food security, entrepreneurship and ICT and information management. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been mainstreamed into ‘Vision 2025’, Tanzania’s long term development plan. This is in line with the objectives of VLIR-UOS on working towards Agenda 2030.