ECSU President Discusses With Shanghai Administration Institute Delegation
Ethiopian Civil Service University (ECSU) president Professor Fikre Dessalegn held a discussion with Professor Mei Lihong, Vice President of Shanghai Administration Institute in China on August 18, 2023 at ECSU Senate Hall. The discussion focused on how to work together for the benefit of the two institutions and create bilateral relations between ECSU and Shanghai Administration Institute.
On the discussion, Professor Fikre Dessalegn welcomed Professor Mei Lihong and her team and said that ECSU has established partnership and strong relations with two Chinese universities and this relations also bring a fruitful collaboration between the two higher institutions. He also indicated that ECSU has unique mission, building the capacity of the public service of the country. He also indicated that as a higher educational institution, ECSU has a strong desire to share experiences and resources, work on the capacity building of the staff, joint masters and PhD programs and collaboration with different universities to make research in different thematic areas and this coolaborations brings a possibility to work together with Shanghai Administration Institute.He also thanked the team for their initatives of working in collaborations with ECSU.
On the discussion Dr. Abrham Hagose, Head of the President Office, delivered a brief presentation about the university since its establishment and the progress it has registered in the last three decades. Dr. Abrham in his presentation noted that the university has produced more than fifty thousand graduates serving in the public service sectors of the country in different hierarchies including Ministers. By providing scholarship programs to the neighboring countries, the university also produced more than 448 graduates of public servants in the neighboring countries. It also engaged in short term training programs and trained more than two hundred thousand civil servants in different training topics. According to Dr. Abreham, ECSU has produced more than three hundred researches conducted focusing on the public service issues and issued four scientific journals. He also expressed the university has a ten year strategic plan and based on this strategic plan ECSU has active and current partnership and collaboration with Universities in Europe, Asia and in Africa.He added that strengthening of partnership and collaboration among higer institiutions and reserch centers is one of the focus area of the university’s strategic plan.
Professor Mei Lihong on her part thanked the University for the Discussion and expressed her anticipation to learn more about each other and identify collaboration areas and communicate to further strengthen their relationship between the two institutions.