MSc students of ACEWM attended the All4WasH summer school program held from July 1 to 31, 2022 in Ghana.
The summer school program was hosted by the Regional Water and Environmental Sanitation Centre, Kumasi (RWESCK) of the College of Engineering of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in collaboration with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
The one-monthsummer school programwhich is part of theAll4WasH project was held under the theme “Environmental Engineering Design Project”. The program brought three Centers of Excellencetogether namely the Africa Center of Excellence for Water Management (ACEWM) from Ethiopia, Regional Water and Environmental Sanitation Center Kumasi (RWESCK KNUST)in Ghana, The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST) from Tanzania and other partner universitiesin Mali, Uganda, South Africa.
The All4WasH project aims to strengthen inclusive education and research in sustainable water supply and sanitation in NTNU and the partner Universities through co-curriculum development, student and academic staff exchange, joint research projects, and co-supervision.The project will develop a relevant curriculum incorporating eLearning & blended learning to equip students with the transversal skills needed to be active participants in the knowledge economy of water and sanitation considering the SDGs.It will also establish research hubs to increase the quality of research and advance knowledge in the areas of circular economy, digitalization, governance, equity & inclusion, resource recovery, health, and climate change.
ACEWM being part of the All4WasH project, two of its MSc students SerkalemNigussie, MScstudent in Water and Wastewater Technology and SeworegnKibru, MSc student in Water Quality Managementtook part in this intensive summer school program.Both Serkalem and Seworegn are working at Addis Ababa Water and Sewerage Authority (AAWSA) and the training will help them acquire technical skills for their professionalroles at AAWSA in addition totheir academic endeavours and research projects. Prof Dr.-Ing Esayas Alemayehu, adjunct professor at ACEWM also attended the program as a facilitator.
