IMPACT HE is a structural project that aims to enable diverse African universities as strong local development agents, enhancing their capacity to contribute to sustainable development, drive development cooperation agendas, shape policy and partner with EU universities in pursuit of common development goals.

• Silvance Abeka (PI)
• Dennis Ochuodho (Co-PI)

Project Members:

• Julius Manyala (Team Member)
• Pemela Raburu (Team Member)
• Christopher Gor (Team Member)
• Mary Orinda (Team Member)
• Calleb Olweny (Team Member)
• Edwins Baraza (Team Member)
• CPA David Sanda (Project Accountant)
• Naphtaly Osika (Project Manager)

 European Commission (Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL)

1. To enhance the capacities of African universities in Kenya and Ethiopia – two pilot countries – to manage and coordinate international development cooperation funds and projects, ensuring deeper institutional and societal impacts;
2. To reinforce internal project monitoring mechanisms and structures in African universities, linked to their own quality culture, data collection capacity and ability to strategically assess impact;
3. To provide a platform and a framework to map and assess different development cooperation funds and projects in the HE sector, to better align them, trace cumulative impacts and inspire synergies at national and regional level in Africa;
4. To engage African policy makers, HEI and EU agencies in joint policy development and impact assessment, in pursuit of impactful and mutually beneficial development cooperation.

       Phase 1: Mapping/Situation Analysis

       Phase 2: Training, Capacity building and Networking:

       Phase 3: Self-Assessment and Societal Impact:

       Phase 4: Sustainability, Synergies and Scale-up

IMPACT HE is scale-able, with its approach and products being sustained and possibly further replicated in other African countries. It will also inspire “Team Europe’ approaches between development cooperation organisations and agencies in the EU

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FEBRUARY -2025 IMPACT MONTHLY NEWSLETTER

IMPACT HE NEWSLETTER No. 2