Permalink Submitted by Samuel Kiiru on 02 February 2021
Organization/ affiliation:
University of Nairobi, IDS and the Central European University, Vienna
This is a very thrilling account of successful academic collaboration/international cooperation between Kenya and the Netherlands to grow academic talent for the future. Obviously, such initiatives are many but success is rare. It is also an example of collaboration in a decolonized set-up.
Of course, one problem with collaborative initiatives is the lack of continuity, even after successful results. Therefore, it is prudent to ask: what happened to the idea? Have there been similar initiatives elsewhere or did the money simply run out? was the collaboration terminated jointly by Dutch and Eldoret or was it a Dutch initiative that ran on a fixed timeframe whose termination was also the prerogative of the Dutch authorities? Just my loud and random thoughts.
This is a very thrilling account of successful academic collaboration/international cooperation between Kenya and the Netherlands to grow academic talent for the future. Obviously, such initiatives are many but success is rare. It is also an example of collaboration in a decolonized set-up.
Of course, one problem with collaborative initiatives is the lack of continuity, even after successful results. Therefore, it is prudent to ask: what happened to the idea? Have there been similar initiatives elsewhere or did the money simply run out? was the collaboration terminated jointly by Dutch and Eldoret or was it a Dutch initiative that ran on a fixed timeframe whose termination was also the prerogative of the Dutch authorities? Just my loud and random thoughts.