Over P790 000 for Botswana as UB Joins GCSMUS Initiative
The Global Centre of Spatial Methods for Urban Sustainability (GCSMUS) has committed over 60 000 Euros (about P793 800) for its activities in Botswana in 2021 alone. This follows a five-year Cooperation Agreement University of Botswana (UB) and Technical University of Berlin (TU Berlin) in Germany signed to implement GCSMUS) activities in Botswana from 2020 to 2024.
UB through the Department of Sociology which is one of the lead partners of this global initiative, is represented by Professor Gabriel Faimau.
GCSMUS is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development via the DAAD programme “Higher Education Excellence in Development Cooperation – EXCEED.” DAAD is Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, German Academic Exchange Service.