1. Regional Water and Environmental Sanitation Centre, Kumasi
Africa Centres of Excellence Project
3rd ACE Worksop 12th -14th May 2015, Banjul, Gambia

2. Outline
Update of KNUST DLI activities and main implementation activities
Partnerships with Academia and Industry
Accreditation and quality assurance

3. Updates on DLIs DLIs DLI Indicators
DLI 1 Institutional and Administrative capacity and planning
ACEs endorsed
Creation of ACE account
Signing of partner agreements
Increased financial autonomy
DLI 2.1 to 2.3
Academic programmes
2.1 PhD students enrolled
2.2 Master Students enrolled
2.3 Short term course
DLI 2.4 Outreach programme
Students industry internship
Faculty industry outreach/internship
DLI 2.5 Education capacity
International accreditation
Self-evaluation /Gap assessment
DLI 2.6 Research capacity
Publishing of articles
DLI 2.7 Financial sustainability
Externally generated revenue

4. DLI 2.8 Improve teaching and learning environment
Designs at the final stage
Tender documents
Tendering and award of contract

5. Updates on DLIs DLIs DLI Indicators
DLI 2.8 Improve teaching and learning environment
M1 - Building contract signed, contract on the ACE website
M2 - 40% of building completed, photos on ACE website
M3 - Laboratory equipment purchase order/contract signed
M4 – 100% completion of building and 80% of equipment supplied,
DLI 3 Financial Management
DLR 3.1 Submission of timely withdrawal application by ACE
DLR 3.2. Functioning internal audit unit/ committee
DLR 3.3. Functioning University audit
DLR 3.4. Transparency on financial management
DLI 4 Procurement
DLR 4.1 Timely procurement audit
DLR 4.2 Timely and Satisfactory Procurement Progress

6. Partnerships with Academia and Industry
Ghana Sector Partners (KMA/ MMDAs and Ghana water company)
University of Cheikh Anta Diop UCAD, Senegal,
University of Cape Coast
National Water Resources Institute (Kaduna, Nigeria)
University of Education
University of Benin
Nigeria

7. Academic Partnerships
Build capacity of academic partners where there is need
Visiting professors/academic staff input into capacity building programme (one week modular courses)
Faculty Outreach and exchange and exposure
Student exchange to use labs and facilities
Joint research and publication, solving developmental problems,

8. Industry Partnerships
Industry Guest lecturers’ input into capacity building and training,
Enroll staff of partners into MSc programmes
Run short courses for continue professional development
Industrial Outreach/ internships programme (for students and staff )
Joint research, solving developmental problems, and publication

9. Accreditation and quality assurance
Accreditation of MSc programme by UNESCO-IHE-Institute of Infrastructure, Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering, Delft
Self evaluation by KNUST
Evaluation by UNESCO-IHE
National accreditation of MSc programme by NAB

10. thank you for your attention
AGS 2004 Annual Meeting, Sweden
thank you
for your attention
African Dimension to Developing Research Partnerships