ክቡር የትምህርት ሚኒስቴር ሚኒስትር ዶክተር ጥላዬ ጌቴ በበብራስል የኢ.ፌ.ዲ.ሪ ኤምባሲ በመገኘት በአዲሱ የኢትዮጵያ የትምህርትና ስልጠና ፍኖተ ካርታ ዝግጅት እና ትግበራ ላይ ከዲፕሎማቶች ጋር ህዳር 16 ቀን 2012 ዓ.ም ተወያይተዋል።በዚህ ወቀት በሀገሪቱ በየደረጃው ባለው የትምህርት እርከን እየገጠመ ስላለው የትምህርት ጥራት መጓደል የትምህርት ሚኒስቴር ሚኒስትር ዶክተር ጥላዬ ጌቴ ማብራሪያ ሰጥተዋል።በአጠቃላይ ትምህርትና በከፍተኛ ትምህርት ተቋማት የወደፊት አደረጃጀትን አስመልክቶ በቀረበዉ ሰነድ ላይ ህብረተሰቡ በስፋት ተወያይቶ ጠቃሚ ሃሳቦችና አስተያየቶች ተሰብስበው መካተታቸውን ገልጸዋል፡፡
የኢትዮጵያ የትምህርት ፍኖተ ካርታ ጥልቅ ጥናት ተደርጎበት የፖሊሲ ማሻሻያዎችን አካትቶ ተግባራዊ ለማድረግ አስፈላጊው ዝግጅት መጠናቀቁን ገልጸዋል፡፡ የቬትናምንና ማሌዥያን እንዲሁም የሌሎችን ሃገሮች ልምድ በማካተት የተዘጋጀው የትምህርት ፍኖተ ካርታው ለሚቀጥሉት አመታት ተግባራዊ ይደረጋል ብለዋል፡፡
የትምህርት ሚኒስትሩ ዶ/ር ጥላዬ ጌቴ በውይይቱ ወቅት እንደገለጹት ፍኖተ ካርታው በማንኛውም የትምህርት ዘርፍ ወደ ዩኒቨርሲቲ ሚገባ ተማሪም መጀመርያውን አንድ አመት ሙሉ ሃገሪቱን ታሪክ፣ ባህልና መልክአምድር በማጥናትና በመማር ግብረገብነትን ያዳበረ እንዲሆን ይደረጋል ብለዋል፡፡
የትምህርትና ስልጠና ፍኖተ ካርታው በአገሪቱ የሚሰጠው ትምህርት እውቀት ብቻ ሳይሆን ተግባርን ያማከለ እንዲሁም አገር በቀል እውቀትና አስፈላጊውን ክህሎት ያካተተ እንዲሆን ለማስቻል ታልሞ የተዘጋጀ እንደሆነ ገልጸዋል።
በእዚህና በመሰል ጉዳዮች ላይ ከሌሎች በተለያዩ ሀገሮች ከሚገኙ የኢትዮጵያ ዲፕሎማቶች ጋር ለመወያየት ፍላጎት እንዳላቸውም ጠቁመዋል።
ውይይቱ ስለፍኖተ ካርታው ግንዛቤ ለመፍጠር ከማገዙ ባሻገር ለልማት አጋሮች ስለ ፍኖተ ካርታው ማስረዳትና ድጋፍ ማስገኘት እንደሚገባም ጠቁመዋል።
በመጨረሻም በጉዳዩ ላይ ከዲፕሎማቶቹ ለተነሱ ጥያቄዎች እና አስተያየቶች ማብራሪያ ሰጥተዋል።

H.E. Mr. Gedu Andargachew today (November 26) received and held talks with H.E. Ms. Maymunah Mohd Sharif, Executive Director of UN-Habitat.

The two exchanged views on strengthening the partnership between UN-Habitat and Ethiopia.

The Foreign Minister commended Ms. Maymunah Mohd and UN-Habitat for responding positively to Prime Minister Abiy’s request to assist Ethiopia on the Sheger River Rehabilitation Project.

Mr. Gedu also appreciated the UN-Habitat for extending its assistance to Ethiopia in areas of urban planning, solid waste management, urban resilience and urban monitoring in different parts of the country.

He also urged UN-Habitat to expand its support to Ethiopia in technical and capacity building areas considering the rapid urbanization process taking place in Ethiopia.

Ms. Maymunah Mohd Sharif for her part said UN-Habitat is undertaking activities to modernize cities in Ethiopia so that they can be suitable for living.

She also cited some cities in Ethiopia particularly Bahir Dar, Hawassa, Dire Dawa and Kombolecha, where her organization is running city-development projects currently.

UN-Habitat will focus on cities where Industrial Parks have been built to help reduce air pollution, the Executive Manager added.

The Nairobi-based UN-Habitat runs projects in Ethiopia aiming at developing and promoting socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities.

 

The Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), Maimunah Mohd Sharif is in Ethiopia for a two-day official visit.

This morning, she met with United Nations (UN) staff working in Ethiopia.

She thanked them for their active engagement in implementing SDG 11 (making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable) and the new urban agenda in Ethiopia.

During her visit, the Executive Director will meet with high Ethiopian government officials, including Engineer Aisha Mohamed, Minister of Urban Development and Construction.

She will also visit a garbage dumpsite, Koshe landfill and the UN-Habitat funded project located at Ras Mekonnen area.

The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat, is the United Nations agency for human settlements.

It is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all.

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed held a discussion with the Chairman of Alibaba Group, Jack Ma this morning (November 25th).

Founder of Jack Ma Foundation and Partner of Alibaba Group arrived last night in Addis Ababa, following his meeting with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Alibaba headquarter in Hangzhou city earlier this year.

Jack Ma is in Addis Ababa to launch the Electronic World Trade Platform in Ethiopia.

The Prime Minister Office announced that electronic World Trade is a platform that will support the country’s national digital transformation strategy.

During their meeting in Hangzhou last April, Prime Minister Abiy and Jack Ma shared on the future of disruptive technologies on market and societies.

On the occasion, Jack Ma agreed to consider potential investment in Ethiopia that will impact the daily lives of the people in the region.

The engagement of women in science and technology is pivotal to achieve development goals, President Sahlework Zewdie said.
Addressing a consultative meeting on Ethiopian women and science today, the president said the participation of women in science and technology is low in the country.

Yet, there are some influential Ethiopian women in science and technology at national and international levels, Sahlework added.

According to her, “the journey to ensure equality of women will be daunting, unless the participation of women is strengthened.”

The government has, therefore, been encouraging and supporting women to actively engage in the field.

The president underscored the need for transformation of knowledge and exchange of experiences among women and stakeholders to improve the situation.

Science and Higher Education Minister, Professor Hirut Woldemariam said encouraging and recognizing women in science and technology is crucial for the development of the country.

She stated that the ministry has taken various measures to enhance the participation of women in science and technology.

Ministry of Science and Higher Education, in collaboration with the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences, organized the consultative meeting.

Ethiopia will launch its first satellite into space on December 17 2019, according to the Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute (ESSTI).

The Multi-Spectral Remote Sensing Satellite ET-RSS1 will be launched in partnership with China, said Dr. Engineer Getahun Mekuria, Minister of Innovation and Technology.

He said the satellite will be launched at 6:21 am local time.

The Satellite, which will be launched from China, will have its command and control center in Ethiopia at the Entoto space observatory facility located on the outskirt of Addis Ababa.

Once launched into space, the satellite will provide all the necessary data on changes in climate and weather-related phenomena that would be used for agriculture, forestry, and natural resources conservation activities.

During his visit to China Academy of Space Technology last April, Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed inspected the 70kg satellite.

Nation attracted 700 Million Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) during the first quarter of the on-going fiscal year, according to Ethiopian Investment Commission report.

In its report to the House of Peoples’ Representatives Trade and Industry Standing Committee, the Commission said the country has achieved 70 percent of the plan which was projected to bring over a billion U.S. dollar investments during the stated period.

The country attracted the investments from close to 100 new foreign companies being operational in various sectors, the report showed.

Ethiopian Investment Commissioner, Abebe Abebayehu, stated that the achievement has shown a 13 percent progress compared to in the same period of the last budget year.

Acknowledging that Ethiopia has still not been earning the expected foreign currency from its manufacturing products,  lack of peace and stability, repeated power break, inadequate infrastructure around the industrial parks are among the major challenges for the sector, the commissioner revealed.   

He particularly noted that the recent instability of the country is affecting the investment flow saying “Ethiopia has lost 300 million USD due to the disruption in different parts of the country.”

Noting that attracting the highly qualified investors has been a top priority of the nation, the commission has licensed the best global firms during the last three months unlike the past experience in this regard, he underscored.

After hearing the report, the standing committee urged the commission to focus on export-oriented products, job creation, and technology transfer.

The country has secured 47 million USD from the manufactured products, which is the least achievement of the targeted plan in the first three months, according to the report.

The National Sterling Committee will celebrate International Coffee Day in Addis Ababa on February 5-7 2020. The celebration will include an exhibition, conference, and festival with the motto Coffee from the land of origin.

The National Sterling Committee invites Ethiopian and foreigner academicians, researchers and professionals to submit a research paper related to the motto and objective of the conference. The Committee is interested in topics which can address Branding Ethiopian Coffee in International Market, Developping Echo Tourism in Tranding Areas, Challenges and Prospects of Ethiopian Coffee Export, etc.

Candidates should submit their work on one A4 paper in Amharic or English before December 15, 2019.

More information in the document below.

A 50-person Sudanese public diplomacy delegation arrives today for a three-day visit, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The visit is aimed to forge the relations between the peoples of the two countries and thank the Government of Ethiopia for its contribution in creating peace and stability to Sudan.

The delegation comprises government officials, religious leaders, prominent individuals, journalists, members of the business community, women, representatives of higher education, political parties, artists, and others, the release added.

During their stay in Ethiopia, members of the delegation will meet with various government officials, religious leaders, prominent individuals, journalists, the business community,  political leaders, artists, and visit different projects.

In addition, musicians from both countries will conduct a concert at the National Theater.

Ethiopia’s Minister of Transport, Dagmawit Moges, held talks with a delegation led by Moussa Mohammed Ahmed, Minister of Equipment and Transport of Djibouti.

They discussed on achievements of the Ethio-Djibouti railway line on freight and passenger services over the last two years, plan for the future, and cost sharing for the project.

Safety of railway transport, tariffs, and provision of reliable electricity needed to power the trains were also among agendas of the discussion.

Dagmawit said joint management of railway, maritime, aviation and road transports that link the two counties would help both sides to facilitate their import-export trades.

Moussa Mohammed Ahmed for his part said his country is ready to work jointly with Ethiopia in the fields of transport.

The 752.7km Ethiopia-Djibouti railway is the first modern electrified railway line in East Africa. It is jointly owned the governments of Ethiopia and Djibouti.

The railway was 70% financed by China’s Exim Bank and built by China Railway Group and China Civil Engineering Construction.