Planned activities in brief: Activity 1: Project initiation and inception meeting Activity 2: Internship Program development Activity 3: Launching of First Internship (Batch 1) Activity 4: Intern Work, Internship Program Evaluation and amendment Activity 5: Launching of Improved Internship Program (Batch 2) Activity 6: Intern Work, Internship Program Evaluation and amendment Activity 7: Launching of Improved Internship Program (Batch 3) Activity 8: Evaluation, Final Workshop and Reporting
AIT in order to formalize the cooperation. This project has played a pivotal role in establishing a network or a link among the higher education institutions of Asia and Europe with the commitment of creating links with industries of aquaculture / fisheries sector.
on the project launching strategies and made plans for action. All the partner institutions participated in the meeting.
more clear and meet administrative authorities, other instructors and students. At the same time, we will visit the potential host organizations for interns to be placed for work and/or research. Following was the arranged schedule for the first year of the project period. Reports are made available for the partners in shared workspace. Following is the visit schedule for the second year of the project period. Reports will be available for the partners in shared workspace. 4. European Interns:
Titles of the seminars: 1. Potential impact of bactericides in the environment by Susana - Click here for Video 2. Chemicals in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) farming by Sonia - Click here for Video
5. Asian interns:
UAF Intern Batch 1 (left), an intern presenting her work (middle) and Aqua Lab constructed by NOVUS at UAF
Batch 2, intern at RIA1, Mr Mai Tai, a RIA1 lecturer enrolled for PhD at Univ. of Stirling presenting his work. 6. Status of Asian Instructors supported by the for PhD:
Progress Meeting I was organized in Gangjong Hotel in Kathmandu, Nepal during January 8-9, 2008. During which detail discussion about the progress and evaluation of intern students was done. Meeting banner (left), IAAS student presenting his work (middle) and audience listening (right).
international symposium in Aquaculture and Fisheries Education organized jointly by Asian Fisheries Society (AFS), Shanghai Ocean University (SOU) and AARM, AIT.
and Fisheries Education (ISAFE) at the AIT. Almost all of the instructors of partner institutions involved in curriculum development under Asia Link Project attended the symposium which was a successful event. The main outcome of the symposium was that continuous improvement in education is needed which can be achieved by concerted efforts of all concerned organizations and individuals involved. During the symposium, AFS Award Committee presented its 'AFS Gold Awards to AIT and Shanghai Ocean University (SHOU), China for their roles in Fisheries and Aquaculture Education. Similarly, Prof Pan Yingjie, President, (SHOU), China and the Symposium Convener, Dr Ram C. Bhujel (Aqua-Internship Coordinator) also received the 'AFS Gold Awards' among the individuals who played key roles in Aquaculture and Fisheries Education. .
planned. More importantly, meeting decided to develop new possible initiatives to submit proposals to respond to calls by EC and any other donors to keep the group intact and improve education further. BAU, The New Partner: Project Team is working on to establish internship program Bangladesh Agriculture University (BAU), Mymensing, Bangladesh as an expansion plan. Ram visited BAU on 26th August 2009 to initiated the program giving a talk program followed by questions and answers. More than 60 students and faculty members were present during the presentation. This was followed by curriculum review workshop during 13-15 October 2009. From AIT side, Amrit Bart, Peter Edwards and Antonio were present while from BAU side, more about 20 lecturers and students were present. First batch of interns is going to start from January 2010. BAU plans to send about 10 students per batch to private fish farms/hatcheries and communities to learn from the field during the internship period. On June 10, 2010, Prof. Md. A. Wahab, the Cordinator from Bangladesh has mentioned that, "We have already engaged 11 interns (5 male & 6 female students) in six aqua-industries in April 2010. They are expected to complete in June 30. We made formal MoU with six industries including hatcheries, catfish/Tilapia/carp farms, fish feed companies. The intern students and the industries have developed superb working relations which is gradually expanding our proposed academia-industry relations. One of various kinds of benefits of this relations, is the use of on-farm facilities by the faculty staffs and students for degree research programmes that was absent or minimal in the past. The next batch of intern will start in early July and would expect to complete in September 30th. Already selection processes have been started. The includes advertisement, calling for applications. The students have applied with a brief project concept note developed in consultation of their supervisors. The Intern Selection Committee (ISC) consisting of the Dean and four Heads of Departments will evaluate the application and concept notes and thus make final selection of the interns. Then a formal meeting between the supervisors and the on-farm supervisors will take place. The students and the project concept notes will be introduced to each of the potential industry manager. This process would take 2-3 weeks."
Internship Certificate Giving Ceremony at BAU:
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