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After being emerged in a weeklong 24 hours innovation lab, the verdict from the eight Danida alumni that took part in UNLEASH 2019 was clear: The true value lay in the innovation process, not its results.

Danida Fellowship Centre’s Scholarship Programme and Alumni Network have been instrumental in Mexico and Denmark’s strategic collaboration.

Thirty Danida alumni convened in the Colombian capital Bogotá, marking the first official meeting of the Danida Alumni Network Colombia (DANCo). The event was opened by Denmark’s Ambassador Mogens Pedersen and has helped lay the foundation for a dynamic and engaged local alumni community.

According to the Joint Nordic Conference on Development Research, asymmetric power relations are exacerbating divides between the North and South, adversely affecting people and communities around the world. Danida alumni from Vietnam and South Africa participated in the conference, contributing important insights from their research.

Danida Alumni Activity Grants continue to support locally rooted and impactful initiatives, lead by teams of Danida/Denmark alumni around the world. Here we highlight projects that – partly through awareness-raising and educational activities, all delivered in partnership with local organisations – are leaving a positive impact in rural communities in Kenya, Ghana, Nepal, Uganda and Mexico. 

Over the past three months Danida Alumni Activity Grants have spanned topics as diverse as food security, human rights and local network planning, as three further projects have been completed in Kenya and Burkina Faso. A number of other exciting alumni activities are still to be delivered and additional updates will follow on these in due course. Raising awareness of climate smart agriculture in Kenya

Thursday 11th July 2019 | 14:00 - 18:00 | Estelar de la Feria Hotel, Bogotá

Fond memories were shared and eyes opened to an astonishing success story, as we re-connected with the dynamic Ms Mangalam Balasubramanian of Chennai and the driving force behind one of the DANIDA programmes that brought hundreds of women from India to Denmark. Danida Fellowship Centre is on a quest to re-connect with these remarkable Danida alumni in India.

The latest call for applications for Danida Alumni Activity Grants is now open! Proposed activities must aim at strengthening the local alumni community, whilst they can also focus on contributing to sustainable development and/or collaboration with Denmark. All members of the Danida Alumni Network are invited to apply via our new online application system before 19 August 2019.

The recipient of the Danida Alumni Prize 2019 is Associate Professor Dr Phan Thi Van, who earned her PhD in Epidemiology and Food Safety in Aquaculture from the University of Copenhagen in 2010 as a Danida Fellow. Dr Phan Thi Van is awarded the Danida Alumni Prize for her ambition, drive and tireless promotion of scientific research in the sustainable development of aquaculture, both within Vietnam and internationally.

We are excited to announce that the latest application round and selection process for Danida Alumni Activity Grants has now been completed and the approved grants, covering a range of important SDG-related topics, will engage Danida alumni across three continents.

Coconut waste as a resource, rural women in the shea nut industry, menstrual hygiene in schools and local food production; these are some of the exciting and important areas that Danida alumni were engaged in as part of the second round of Alumni Activity Grants in 2018.

This year the prize will be awarded to an alum who, based on his or her Danida funded studies, has contributed to positive change in their home country or area of employment, as a result of research-based achievements. We encourage nominations across both genders and all age groups.

Deadline less than a week away for exciting research opportunity! Submit a research abstract to the 5th Joint Nordic Conference on Development Research by 3rd March, and be in the running to have your conference participation fully funded by DFC.

Danida Fellowship Centre convened the first joint Danida/Denmark Alumni Network workshop in Copenhagen on 10 – 14 December 2018, with representatives from the six established local alumni networks in Ghana, Vietnam, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, and Burkina Faso. The workshop's theme was “Sharing Ideas and Learning Lessons”.