NO-BRC-971277882-QZA-21/0159-14 Norad - Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation The main objective of the Environmental RIsk Management Under ExTremes and Uncertainty-MERIT - project is to strengthen capacities of targeted south universities so to provide high quality education, research and outreach in the field of environmental risk and extremes that meet labour market demands, supports sustainable national socio-economic development and achievement of Sustainable Development Goals. MERIT is a partnership of five universities; Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norway), Makerere University (Uganda), Uganda Marty’s University (Uganda), University of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) and Haramaya University (Ethiopia). The regional level project responds to knowledge and capacity gaps with respect to environmental risk, increasing extremes and uncertainty linked to climate change and changing demographic and socio-economic conditions. The fundamental challenge which MERIT partnership seeks to address is to identify sustainable development paths for communities and ecosystems under increasing environmental risk, uncertainties and extremes. Our intended development impact is to provide East African countries with co-created new knowledge and tools that helps in propelling the resilience agenda and realization of the UN SDGs and Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030). Our actions over a six-year period are central to NORHED II and include (i) training at postdoctoral, doctoral and masters level (ii) curriculum improvement (iii) infrastructure improvements (iv) creation of knowledge and policy products (v) initiate and carry out high quality research (vi) creation of knowledge hubs and centres (vii) initiate targeted efforts to integrate gender perspectives in research and education (viii) development of digital resilience tools. Our research will focus on unravelling complexities to provide the best possible scientific evidence and solutions to policy and practise for enhancing resilience. Makerere University NTNU - Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet Norad - Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation Norwegian Government Actual start Planned end Planned start Norad - Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation 0047 23 98 00 00 postmottak@norad.no https://www.norad.no/en/front/ Pb. 1303 Vika 0112 Oslo 1353180 1162388 1220107 756530 966684 966546 242921 721702 2061 966546 0 Norad - Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation 1353180 Norad - Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation 990329 Norad - Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation 362851 Norad - Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation 1744242 Norad - Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation 862653 Norad - Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation 299734 Norad - Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation 1605139 Norad - Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation 1220107 Norad - Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation 966684 Norad - Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation 756530 Norad - Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation 966684 Norad - Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation