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Academic Agreement between the Faculty of Engineering at Gifu University and the Graduate School of Engineering at University of Zambia (Jan. 30, 2019)

The Faculty of Engineering at Gifu University and the Graduate School of Engineering at University of Zambia signed a faculty-level agreement on Wednesday, January 30, 2019. The signing ceremony was held that day with the presence of Professor Luke Evuta Mumba, Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Michael N. Mulenga, Dean of Graduate School of Engineering, and Mr. Kennedy Msusa, Administrative Assistant to the Vice Chancellor from University of Zambia. The signing ceremony was also attended by the following members from Gifu: Mr. Kanenawa, the Director for Team 1, Transportation and ICT Group, Infrastructure and Peacebuilding Department, and his team member Ms. Kumazawa, from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Dr. Fumiaki Suzuki, Executive Director for International Relations and Public Relations, Professor Toshiaki Murai, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Associate Professor Koji Kinoshita (Liaison for the University of Zambia), and Professor Emeritus Keitetsu Rokugo, from Gifu University.
 
The Faculty of Engineering at Gifu University has been seeking various ways to support University of Zambia in the Phase II of the Bridge Maintenance Capacity Building Project under JICA’s leadership, which has led to this partnership agreement.

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Signing Ceremony


Prior to the ceremony, the party paid a courtesy call on our President, Dr. Hisataka Moriwaki. Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Mumba said, “Through this agreement, we expect active joint research and student /faculty exchange, and we hope that we would make profitable use of shared knowledge and technology for the development of Zambia.” He also mentioned the possibility of expanding the relationship to the other areas such as medicine or veterinary science, and President Moriwaki responded positively by saying “Let us continue discussion for the future expansion of our collaboration.

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Meeting with President


The signing ceremony was followed by the Kickoff Meeting for University of Zambia-Gifu University Faculty-Level Partnership held at the Faculty of Engineering. In the meeting, the relationship with Dedan Kimathi University of Technology, whose overseas partnership with an African institution is the first for the Faculty of Engineering was introduced, along with various research activities in the Department of Civil Engineering, such as water environment and meteorology. The participants held a productive information exchange, and the meeting was successfully concluded.

“Related Link”
https://www.lusakatimes.com/2019/01/31/unza-enters-into-agreement-with-japans-gifu-university-to-develop-maintenance-experts-for-the-road-sector/

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