ECSU signs Partnership Agreement with Sanitation Administration Agency
Ethiopian Civil Service University signed Partnership agreement with Addis Ababa City Administration Sanitation Administration Agency on February 19, 2018 at ECSU Senate Hall. The agreement focused on supporting Addis Ababa City Administration in the areas of Solid Waste Management.
On the signing ceremony, Professor Fikre Dessalegn, Ethiopian Civil Service University president, said this agreement is a special agreement for us because it is signed at the time ECSU is evaluating its two decades journey in building the capacity of the public sector through education, research and community service and training and consultancy .So our evaluation will lead us for better performances. He also mentioned that ECSU is working with different national and international institutions in a partnership agreement. Based on this agreement we are ready to contribute our role and we hope it will be put in to practice by preparing the necessary steps he added.
Ato Mersha representing the agency thanked ECSU for its willingness and accepting the agency’s request. He also requested the University to open new programs in waste management and other related areas. Higher educational institutions play important roles in developing the attitude of the community in proper waste management. Besides, ECSU has remarkable experiences in research and community service and engaged in different partnership activities. With these accumulated experiences, we hope the university contributes its share in empowering the agency waste management system, Ato Mersha added.
Based on the agreement the Ethiopian Civil Service University provides professional support for the agency on the waste management.