TU Delft shares resources to achieve African climate resilience
TU Delft is part of a project to achieve African Climate Resilience using nature-based solutions. The project, established by South Africa’s Rhodes University, for which they received a three-year grant, was recently launched in 2024. Through the open sharing of resources, African professors can use TU Delft online MOOC materials and e-textbooks to develop curricula and for professional development in collaboration with local beneficiaries.
The project aims to maximise an exchange of knowledge that helps develop materials that are designed for and together with regional stakeholders. This will ensure that any solutions are directly applicable to the African context. This is part of a larger strategy to combat the impact of climate change and stem brain drain and migration out of Africa.
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I’m delighted that our online resources will serve in a very practical way to enhance the capability of current and future professionals. They will be empowered to find sustainable and tangible solutions to real societal problems in the local context, as well as on a global basis.
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confirms Willem van Valkenburg, Executive Director of the TU Delft Extension for Continuing Education, on what is expected to be a fruitful collaboration.
The project consortium, along with TU Delft, consists of two universities in South Africa (Rhodes University and the University of Cape Town), two in Senegal (Ecole Polytechnique of Thies and Université Cheikh Anta Diop, and two other partners in the EU (AgroParisTech and Institut National de Recherche Pour L'Agriculture, L'alimentation et l'environnement).
