On November 27, 2024, the JST evaluation team visited Jinka to observe the actual activities and achievements on the ground. After arriving at Jinka airport with Dr. Kusse, President of Jinka University (JKU), the JST team and the Project members headed for JKU and visited the President’s office. Based on […]
Yearly Archives: 2024
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The SATREPS-MNGD Project International Symposium was held on November 24th and 25th, 2024, at Sapphire Addis Hotel in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. On November 24th, the 6th JCC (Joint Coordination Committee) meeting was held to review the status of the final phase of the project. Mr. Kensuke Oshima, Chief Representative of […]
The SATREPS-MNGD project will hold an international symposium on 24 and 25 November 2024 at the Sapphire Hotel in Addis Ababa.If you wish to participate, please register below to the following till date.You can also attend the lecture online. Please register for both using the application form below. 【Program】DAY 1.：Sun, […]
I experienced an Ethiopian New Year’s Day gathering. I had the opportunity to visit Dr Fitsum’s family for their New Year’s gathering. The Ethiopian New Year is 11 September, but this year the 11th coincided with Fasting Day on Wednesday and Friday, so we had a festive meal on the […]
Today, we conducted a direct shearing test. I usually work on analysis in my research and do not have much opportunity to do soil tests, so I started by learning from the side. The local researchers were very good at making samples, and they were beautifully formed. We also discussed […]
Every year in mid-August, there is a festival of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, celebrating the New Year ahead of the one coming in September. Among them, the song “Hoyahoyah” is famous locally. Hoyahoyah is like Halloween in Europe, but it is a little different. The song is sung only by […]
”ZAIRAICHI 7: MNGD Special issue 05-Making Networks for Glocal Development”was published. ・Cover and Contents etc. ・SHARING EXPERIENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE CIVIL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY IN ETHIOPIA ・PROGRESS REPORT FOR COMPONENT 3 FROM NOVEMBER 2022 TO AUGUST 2023 ・APPENDIX –contact–MNGD Office
The Workshop of MNGD Short-term training was held online on August 29, 2024. The event was first scheduled to be a hybrid of online and on-site meeting at Kyoto University’s Katsura Campus, but due to the impact of the typhoon, it was only held online. First, Dr Fitsum(AASTU) ,who is […]
The short-term training programs of the MNGD project has started. This year, a total of nine participants of different duration and time periods will take part in the program. The first participant from Addis Ababa Science and Technology University(AASTU), Mr. Fayera arrived on May 8 and has continued his experimental activities under […]
The 6th MNGD international student workshop was held online on 21st June 2024(16:30JST~/10:30 EAT~). First, Mr. Alemshet Bekele Tadesse (Lecturer, AASTU), who returned to Ethiopia last September after graduating from the doctoral program of Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Miyazaki, presented his research results titled ”Soil Water […]
This is the latter half of a discussion between Dr. Fitsum Tesfaye Berhe(AASTU), Dr. Eleyas Assefa(AASTU), who were in Kyoto for a MNGD Short-term Training Program in FY2023 and Prof. Yasuhara(KU), Dr. Sawamura(KU).*AASTU=Addis Ababa Science and Technology University, KU=Kyoto University, ERA=Ethiopia Roads Administration Discussion regarding Component 1 & 2 (Part2) YASUHARA × SAWAMURA × […]
This is a discussion regarding Component 1 & 2 between Dr. Fitsum Tesfaye Berhe(AASTU), Dr. Eleyas Assefa(AASTU), who were in Kyoto for a MNGD Short-term Training Program in FY2023 and Prof. Yasuhara(KU), Dr. Sawamura(KU). The moderator is Prof. Shigeta, the member of MNGD project. This installment is the first of […]