International Cooperation

01.04.2023 – 31.03.2026 Biodiversity

Biodiversa+ - the European Biodiversity Partnership

The new co-funded European Biodiversity Partnership Biodiversa+ follows the previous ERA network BiodivERsA. With its expanded funding network and budget, Biodiversa+ promotes transnational research projects to build bridges between science, policy and ...

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Digitalization offers a lot of potential for sustainable land management in Africa.

01.06.2022 – 31.05.2026 Land Management

Joint research for sustainable land use in sub-Saharan Africa

The BMBF funds transdisciplinary research on sustainable land management to improve livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa. Together, the measures derived from scientific findings will be implemented in an exemplary manner.

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China and Germany are deepening their cooperation in climate research, for example on the Tibet Plateau.

01.06.2021 – 31.05.2024 Climate

Climate research with China

Germany and China are intensifying their cooperation in climate research. This includes research in the natural sciences, economics and social sciences as well as the study of the effects of and options for adapting to climate change and innovations for ...

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In fast-growing cities in Southeast Asia, sustainability problems are concentrated, as here in Manila, Philippines.

01.02.2019 – 28.02.2027 Climate

Sustainable development of urban regions

"Cities are at the forefront of sustainable development." This is how the Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres stated in 2018. Crucial questions on the way to sustainable and resilient cities are to be clarified in the funding ...

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A satellite observes the Earth from space

01.03.2018 – 31.12.2022 Energy Climate MARE:N: Coastal, Marine and Polar Research for Sustainability

Make Our Planet Great Again – German Research Initiative (MOPGA-GRI)

It’s five minutes past midnight. The Paris Climate Agreement has made it clear that something urgently needs to change. In signing the agreement, nearly every country in the world has committed to introducing measures to protect the global climate. But ...

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Prof. Thomas Clemen (HAW Hamburg) demonstrating climate scenarios at the EMS Africa-Bushbuckridge Local Municipality stakeholder workshop in March 2020.

01.07.2013 – 30.11.2024 Land Management MARE:N: Coastal, Marine and Polar Research for Sustainability

SPACES II – Science Partnerships in Southern Africa

"SPACES II – Science Partnerships for the Adaptation to Complex Earth System Processes" focuses on scientific cooperation projects in Southern Africa. The nine SPACES II projects contribute to the formulation of science-based recommendations for the ...

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MARE:N: Coastal, Marine and Polar Research for Sustainability

Scientific and Technical International Cooperations

(only available in German) Im Rahmen der wissenschaftlich-technischen Zusammenarbeit (WTZ) werden wissenschaftliche Fragestellungen des Programms "Forschung für nachhaltige Entwicklung" in Form bilateraler Projekte umgesetzt. In der Regel wird die ...

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Climate

Climate

(only available in German) Vom 2. bis 15. Dezember 2018 fand die 24. Weltklimakonferenz (Conference of the Parties, COP) im polnischen Kattowitz statt. Das BMBF brachte bei der COP24 mit diversen Veranstaltungen und Beiträgen zur Ausstellung im ...

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Celebration of the thirtieth anniversary of the IPCC

Climate

IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is an institution of the United Nations. Since its foundation in 1988, it has provided the basis for knowledge-based decisions on climate policy, without, however, proposing concrete solutions or ...

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Business people at conference table, woman making hand gestures

Climate

JPI Climate

The Joint Programming Initiative JPI Climate is an intergovernmental pan-European initiative on a voluntary basis. It contributes to a highly coordinated knowledge development for a climate neutral and resilient Europe by improving the scientific ...

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The IPSWaT-programme (International Postgraduate Studies in Water Technologies) aims to support outstandingly qualified young scientists fromGermanyand abroad in attending German universities to acquire Master’s or PhD degrees in English that are international in outlook and related to water technologies.
In the last 10 years, almost 400 scholars and alumni (Master and PhD) from more than 60 countries worldwide have successfully participated in the programme. Since the IPSWaT programme will run out in 2014, the last selection of scholars happened in 2012. A total of 23 master courses from 20 German universities are accredited. Additionally, PhD-candidates could submit their application to any German university. One particular selection criteria was the relation of the research subject to the candidate’s home country or region and an integrated, methodical approach. Research in the field of integrated, sustainable water management, groundwater modelling, modelling of water bodies, freshwater ecology and waste water treatment are some of the priority subjects.Field research abroad, participation in conferences, internships and annual meetings of the scholars make part of the scholarship. A further particular concern of the programme is the maintenance of the alumni network and building networks between IPSWaT-scholars and institutions of German water research, development cooperation and the water economy and technology sector.
Offering scholarships to young German and international scientists serves as support to the international transfer of knowledge and technology in the field of water management and the integration of potential future decision-makers, especially in developing and emerging countries. The objective of the programme is to develop long-term international scientific and economic contacts in the water sector. In a larger context, the aim of the programme is to take on global challenges and to contribute to sustainable development and green growth in the water sector.
On behalf of the BMBF, the IPSWaT-programme is managed by the Project Management Agency c/o German Aerospace Center (DLR).
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Scholarship holders’ meeting
 
Every year IPSWaT organizes a meeting of scholars which offers the oportunity to get in contact with representatives from the German water sector (government, research, technology and development cooperation). Moreover, scholars get the oportunity to present their research projects and exchange ideas. At the end of the event happens the award ceremony. The last meeting took place in Bonn, June 16 - 18, 2014. As the program will run out at the end of this year, it was also the last IPSWaT meeting at all.  More information: Cornelia Parisius and Sara Sabzian.
 
 
IPSWaT: participating universities

TU Berlin - Department for Water Pollution Control
TU Berlin - Institute for Civil Engineering, Department of Urban Water Management
HU Berlin - Faculty of Agriculture and Horticulture
Leichtweiß-Institute Braunschweig for Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources
Ruhr-University of Bochum - Department of Urban Water Management and Environmental Engineering
University of Bonn - INRES Department of Plant Nutrition
University of Bonn - Center for Development Research
BTU Cottbus - ERM Environmental and Resource Management
BTU Cottbus - Euro Hydro-Informatics and Water Management
TU Darmstadt - TropHEE
TU Darmstadt - Institute WAR, Chair of Water Supply and Groundwater Protection
TU Dresden - Hydro Science and Engineering
Universität Duisburg-Essen - Water Science
University of Frankfurt/Main - Hydrology
University of Göttingen - HEG Hydrogeology and Environmental Geosciences
TU Hamburg-Harburg - Environmental Engineering
Institute for Technology in Karlsruhe (KIT) - Institute for Water and Water Development, Department of Water Management and Agricultural Engineering
Institute for Technology in Karlsruhe (KIT) - Institute for Water and Water Development, Department of Urban Water Management and Water Quality Management
FH Köln - ITT Technology and Resource Management in the Tropics and Subtropics
University of Leipzig - Institute of Geography
TU Munich - Environmental Engineering
University of Stuttgart - WASTE Air Qualitiy Control, Solid Waste and Waste Water Process Engineering
University of Stuttgart - WAREM Water Resources Engineering and Management
Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen - AEG Applied Environmental Geoscience

 
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Climate protection: fellowships of the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation for prospective leaders
Each year the foundation selects up to 20 young qualified leaders to receive International Climate Protection Fellowships that bring them to Germanyfor twelve months. Before submitting their applications, they must have selected and established contact with an appropriate host university or institution, where they will carry out free, independent research on a subject connected with climate protection and resource conservation. The Humboldt fellows also engage in intensive discussion of their research findings, methods and techniques with their host institutions. More information: http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/iks.html
DWA - German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste
 is the German technical-scientific association for sustainable water industry. As IPSWaT-student you get from DWA: 

two years free membership
participation in seminars, workshops and conferences
once a year attend the "Young Scientists Programmes"
access to international networks and international career opportunities

For further information: http://www.dwa.de/
GAWN - German Alumni Water Network
The German Alumni Water Network has been established to better coordinate activities for former students ofGermanUniversitiesand development associations inGermany. It provides contact information from and for DAAD and IPSWaT-Alumni and Alumnae active in the the water sector online. Registered users of the database have the opportunity for using detailed search functions within the database to identify potential collaborators, to locate former colleagues, and to establish new links.
For further information: http://www.gawn.de/.  
CIM - Centre for International Migration und Development
The Centre for International Migration und Development (CIM) is looking for people who want to use what they know where it is most needed: in emergent and developing countries. This is why the Returning Experts Programme works with graduates and experienced professionals who want to return to their home countries or regions.
For further information: http://zav-reintegration.de/ 
Alumniportal Deutschland
Researchers, scientists, experts, students, trainees – many thousands of people come toGermanyevery year. Alumniportal Deutschland gives them the opportunity to maintain their contacts and broaden their skills even after their return. On the web page and in the community they find events, advanced trainings, education programmes, webinars, jobs, companies, contacts and cooperation partners in their home countries and worldwide – also within the field of Water!
For further information: http://alumniportal-deutschland.org 
DAAD-Scholarships on Sustainable Water Management
One of the priority funding points to which the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) attaches particular importance in its Framework Programme on "Research for Sustainable Development is Sustainable Water Management (NaWaM)". Of particular interest are the thematic fields of Water and Energy, Water and Health, Water and Nutrition, Water and Environment, as well as Water in Urban Areas. At the centre of the DAAD Special Programme funded with the resources of the BMBF on "Sustainable Water Management" lies in the promotion of young scientists from Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Iran, Jordan, Vietnam and Indonesia.
For further information: http://daad.de/wasser-stipendien

Water Management

International Postgraduate Studies in Water Technologies (IPSWaT)

The IPSWaT-scholarships for master and PhD-degrees at German universities aim to provide capacity building for future decision makers in science, economy or development cooperation worldwide in order to contribute to sustainable development in the water ...

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Against the background of rapid economic development coupled with fast population growth and increasing urbanization, the People’s Republic of China struggles with the consequences of serious water pollution, which increasingly affects the security of its population´s water supply. This, as well as extreme events like droughts and floods, has led to many deaths and high financial losses, with the result that the topic of water in China is now at the center of social and political attention.
Having previously had to overcome similar challenges in terms of water pollution, Germany has become one of the market leaders in the field of water technology. By linking management and technology, Germany was able to overcome most pollution problems and is now considered a global leader in the field of water conservation and drinking water quality. Therefore Germany is an ideal partner to support China in addressing its challenges in the water sector.
The countries sealed their partnership during the first German-Chinese inter-governmental consultations in June 2011 in Berlin, where they signed the joint declaration on the German-Chinese Research and Innovation Programme Clean Water, operated by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) of the People’s Republic of China and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).
The Programme comprises the topics of water supply, wastewater treatment, water resource protection and cleaner industrial production. An essential component of its implementation is provided through bilateral water research and innovation projects (see link box). To a great extent the focus also lies on the adaptation/modification of German technologies and concepts for sustainable water management to fit Chinese requirements. Additionally, cross-functional approaches will be implemented in education and advanced training.
The Programme is supported by a project office, which was established in 2012 at Tongji University in Shanghai. To further the Programme implementation, we have also established a “Clean Water Innovation Center” within the Zhangjiang Hi-Tech-Park in Shanghai which shall serve as a platform for companies and research institutions of both countries to enhance the Programme and accelerate the implementation of innovative solutions. The political framework for establishing this Innovation Center was set during the signing of a joint declaration by Minister WAN Gang (MoST) and Parliamentary State Secretary Thomas RACHEL (BMBF) on 28 March 2014 in Berlin. The Innovation Center opening ceremony was held on 30 April 2014, attended by Vice-Minister Dr. CAO Jianlin (MoST), State Secretary Dr. Georg SCHÜTTE (BMBF) and other senior figures from politics, science and industry in Germany and China.
Another Programme milestone was reached with the inauguration of the world’s first SEMIZENTRAL Water Supply and Treatment Center on 27 April 2014 in Qingdao. State Secretary Dr. Georg SCHÜTTE and Vice-Mayor WANG Jianxiang jointly formally opened the Center. The SEMIZENTRAL Water Supply- and Treatment Center is the outcome of approximately 10 years of joint R&D work on SEMIZENTRAL. The inauguration was incorporated in the wider International Horticulture Exposition 2014 in Qingdao, increasing its international visibility.

Water Management

German-Chinese «Research and Innovation Programme Clean Water»

The joint declaration on the bilateral programme “Clean Water”, which was signed on the occasion of the first German-Chinese inter-governmental consultations in June 2011 in Berlin, is being implemented and developed further.

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Climate

Centres of Excellence for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Management in Africa

How can Africa cope with the consequences of climate change? Droughts and extreme weather events are putting greater stress on soils and forests. Two climate competence centres in western and southern Africa are researching and testing solutions for ...

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Climate

European Climate Change Adaptation Conference - ECCA

European Conference for the exchange between science and practice on climate change adaptation

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Water Management

Sustainable Water Management Scholarship Program

The aim of the scholarship program is the promotion of young scientists from selected countries. They have the opportunity to study or to carry out PhD projects. Additionally, German research institutes have organized summer schools.

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