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2024-10-30 Event

Community Talk: 30 October at 11 am

TechnoRehabLab²: Transforming Osteoarthritis Care with Technology in Burundi The WHO recognizes rehabilitation as a top priority for managing chronic conditions, with 2.4 billion people needing access to these services. However, only a small fraction of patients, particularly in low-income cou...
2024-10-09

Call for Experts: Join Our Selection Commissions!

VLIR-UOS is inviting international experts to apply for membership in our selection commissions for the period 2024-2025. If you have expertise in higher education, development cooperation, or sustainable development challenges, we encourage you to apply. Why Apply? As a selection commission ...
2024-09-25

Fraud Alert - Fake Institution Asking for Scholarship Fees

Important Notice Fraudulent organisation “Institut de Formations Techniques et Professionnelles” in Bruges Dear VLIR-UOS community,  We’ve received information about an organisation misrepresenting itself as offering educational programmes in Bruges, Belgium, and being affiliated with VLIR-UOS...

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2024-09-25 Event Community Talk: 25 September at 11 am 2024-09-25 We are looking for a Monitoring & Evaluation Manager! 2024-07-31 Event Community Talk: 31 July at 11 am 2024-07-08 Our IUC 2026 Call is coming soon! 2024-06-26 Event Community Talk: 26 June at 11 am 2024-06-18 Exploring Scholarship Impact, Sustainable Development, Institutional Partnerships, and Global Health at "Academics 4 Impact" 2024-05-29 Event Community Talk: 29 May 2024-05-23 Fact & Figures from our Five-Year Programme 2022-2027 2024-04-30 European University Alliances: Drivers of Change and Innovation in Higher Education 2024-04-24 Community Talk: 24 April 2024-04-16 IUC Review (events of 16 April in Brussels and 23 April online (with Global South partners)) 2024-03-29 We're Hiring! Are you the M&E Manager we are looking for? 2024-03-27 VLIR-UOS is looking for communication interns! 2024-02-28 Event Community Talk: 28 February at 11 am 2024-02-26 Minister van Ontwikkelingssamenwerking start ‘Our Global Campus’-bezoekenreeks langs Vlaamse hoger onderwijsinstellingen 2024-02-23 Job Alert! We are looking for Programme Managers. 2024-02-15 Six takeaways | VLIR-UOS scholarship surveys 2024-02-05 Event Community Talk : 20 December at 11 am : PRIMAFAMED 2024-02-02 Our ITP 2024 call is open! 2024-02-01 Our ICP Connect 2024-2025 Scholarship Call is open! 2024-01-26 Our TEAM 2024 Call is open! 2023-12-30 Internship - Turn Data into Impact 2023-12-30 Internship - AI for Financial Control 2023-12-30 Internship - Integration Maverick 2023-11-29 Event Community Talk: 29 November at 11 am 2023-10-25 Event Community Talk : 25 October 2023 at 11 am 2023-09-27 Event Community Talk: 27 September 2023 at 11 am (CET) 2023-07-27 VLIR-UOS receives Honorary Doctorate from the Université de Lubumbashi 2023-07-26 Event Community Talk: 26 July 2023 at 11 am (CET) 2023-06-30 Our Financial Framework has been updated! 2023-06-28 Event Community Talk : 28 June - (2PM - 3PM CET) 2023-06-14 PRESS RELEASE - VLIR-UOS to receive honorary doctorate from the Université de Lubumbashi! 2023-05-31 Event Community Talk: 31 May 2023 (11:00 AM - 12:30 PM) (CET) 2023-05-19 VLIR-UOS projects at the Belgian State Visit to South Africa (March 2023) 2023-04-27 Call for ICP Connect 2025 is now open! 2023-04-27 [CLOSED] Pre-announcement of the call ICP Connect 2025 2023-03-29 Event Community Talk: 29 March 2023 at 14 PM (CET) 2023-02-22 Event Community Talk: 22 February 2023 at 11 am (CET) 2023-02-06 Annual Report 2022 is now available! 2023-01-18 Event [CLOSED] Call for Policy Supporting Programme (PSP) is now open! 2022-12-12 [CLOSED] Call for International Training Programme (ITP) Projects 2023 is now open! 2022-12-11 [CLOSED] Call for Short Initiative (SI) 2023 is now open! 2022-11-30 Event Community Talks: 30 November 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (CET) 2022-11-08 [CLOSED] Call for ICP Connect scholarships 2023 is now open! 2022-10-28 [CLOSED] Pre-announcement of the call for Short Initiatives 2023 2022-10-28 [CLOSED] Pre-announcement of the call for International Training Programme (ITP) Projects 2023 2022-09-28 Event Community Talk: 28 September at 11 am (CET) 2022-09-26 Event Community Talk: 26 October 2022 at 11 am (CET) 2022-06-29 Event Community Talk: 29 June at 11 am (CET) 2022-06-05 This was Forward Fest 2022! 2022-05-25 Event Community Talk: 25 May 2022 at 11 am (CET) 2022-04-01 Event Palestine Inter-University Lecture Caravan - A Global Minds initiative 2022-03-30 [CLOSED] Information session International Training Project (ITP) Call 2023 - 30 March 2022 at 1 pm (CET) 2022-03-07 Event Women’s Day 2022: Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow 2022-03-02 [CLOSED] Pre-announcement of the Call for International Training Programme projects (ITP) 2023 2022-03-01 [CLOSED] Online submission for your Short Initiative (SI) 2022 is now open. 2022-02-23 Community Talk: 23 Februari 2022 at 11 am (CET) 2022-02-07 [CLOSED] Online submission for your Team 2022 Concept note is now open. 2022-01-27 Need inspiration for a VLIR-UOS project? Here are some ideas for your project proposal. 2022-01-11 Have an enlightened 2022! 2021-11-30 Event [CLOSED] Call for Short Initiatives (SI) and TEAM projects is now open. Check out the recordings of the Information Session! 2021-11-24 Event Community Talk: 24 November 2021 at 11 am (CET) 2021-11-08 [CLOSED] Call for ICP scholarships is open! 2021-10-29 Connect session with JOOUST 2021-10-27 Event Community Talk: 27 October 2021 at 11 am (CET) 2021-10-14 Connect session with MUST 2021-10-07 Connect session with QNU 2021-10-01 Connect session with ARU 2021-09-29 Event Community Talk: 29 September 2021 at 11 am (CET) 2021-09-15 Connect session with UNILU 2021-08-31 Our Annual Report 2020 is now available! 2021-05-31 Event IUC Closing Event 31 May - 4 June 2021 (Cooperation UNALM & VLIR-UOS) 2021-03-01 20 years of impact: Sharing minds, changing lives 2021-02-25 Creating the conditions for uptake 2020-12-07 Event #Share4change: Looking back on a great event! 2020-11-10 WebOLInFER Seminar 2020 (Open & Linked Information Framework for Education and Research) 2020-11-04 [CLOSED] Call for master scholarships 2021 now open! 2020-10-20 New gender policy 2020-2024 2020-08-20 Our Annual Report 2019 is out! 2020-06-18 Policy-supporting research in the fight against climate change 2020-05-08 Ambition of VLIR-UOS to be ‘SDG proof’ in the nearby future 2020-04-18 World Heritage Day: The significance of cultural heritage to a country’s development. 2020-03-23 World Water Day: Water research in Tanzania and Bolivia 2020-02-12 Meanwhile in Uganda: PhD presentations, Dairy Development Center visit and reducing food losses. 2020-02-10 Meanwhile in Tanzania: entrepreneurial spirits, productive meetings and constructed wetlands 2020-01-23 Event New Year's event 2020, theme: gender equality 2019-12-04 Evaluation on Creating the Conditions for Impact now published 2019-11-18 [CLOSED] New call for scholarships candidates now open! 2019-10-31 Annual report 2018 2019-10-15 Congo Event 2019 2019-10-07 (Dutch Opinion) "Het beeld van het rijke Westen dat het passieve Zuiden probeert te "redden", is voorbijgestreefd" 2019-07-02 [CLOSED] Finally… a new IUC call! 2019-05-23 Event Throwback to 15 May: honorary degrees 2019-05-15 OPINION: Problems in the South are our problems (Dutch article) 2019-05-10 Taking stock of our IUC project in Meknès, Morocco 2019-04-19 Sharing minds in the IUC Review consultation workshop 2019-04-15 Event Honorary degrees for five leading personalities from the South 2019-03-22 22 March World Water Day: Master of Oceans and Lakes in the picture 2019-03-12 3rd annual meeting between VLIR-UOS and Arba Minch University 2019-03-09 Premium article: Beating the odds in Mozambique 2019-03-05 Meanwhile in Santa Cruz, Bolivia… 2019-02-27 Vietnam delegation visits Belgium 2019-02-21 [CLOSED] VLIR-UOS launches two new calls: are you ready to apply? 2019-02-12 Watch the aftermovie of the 20 years event @ Bozar 2019-02-11 Phase 2 of the IUC programme with the Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science & Technology launched! 2019-02-05 Mountains of the Moon university and VLIR-UOS launch phase 2 of their Institutional University Collaboration 2018-11-29 VLIR-UOS signs the Gender charter 2018-08-28 Our annual report for 2017 2018-07-20 Ethiopian universities partner up with KU Leuven for new types of projects 2018-06-14 VLIR-UOS signs Belgian development cooperation’s ‘integrity charter’ 2018-03-19 KU Leuven launches Alumni Chapter Ethiopia