Netherlands Initiative for Capacity development in Higher Education (NICHE)
13 Mar 2012
NICHE is a Netherlands-funded development cooperation programme aimed at strengthening institutional capacity in developing countries for providing post-secondary education and training.
NICHE Regional Seminar
13-3-2012
In December 2011 Nuffic organised a NICHE Regional Seminar entitled 'Shared Practice' in Rwanda. 54 participants from 9 African countries came together to share their experiences and best practices on mainstreaming gender and labour market issues in capacity development in their institutions.
We have now made the report of the seminar available for download.
Download the report (1 MB)
Watch a 6-minute video impression of the seminar:
The following partner countries countries are participating in the NICHE programme. Nuffic may explore the possibilities of initiating projects in Afghanistan, Burundi and the Palestinian territories.
In the following former partner countries ongoing NICHE projects will be completed, but no new projects will be launched:
The programme focuses on sectors that are supported under the Dutch Bilateral Cooperation Programme, in the higher education sector in general or in cross-cutting themes. In all cases, the relationship with the post-secondary education sector is taken into account.
NICHE pays special attention to gender issues and to the link between capacity development and the needs of the labour market at all programme levels.
Support to requesting organisations
Requesting organisations are assisted by coupling the expertise of Dutch organisations with local or regional expertise. A variety of organisations can be eligible for support including institutions for post-secondary education, government ministries, national commissions and NGOs.
The selection of NICHE priority areas is done in coordination with the Embassies of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the respective NICHE country and with the relevant local ministry.
Geared towards local development policies
NICHE replaces the Netherlands Programme for the Institutional Strengthening of Post Secondary Education and Training Capacity (NPT). The programme sets out to ensure that the activities funded by both programmes are in line with the development policy of the recipient countries and that they match local priorities.
NICHE flyer
Download the NICHE flyer in English (142 kB)
Download the NICHE flyer in Spanish (125 kB)
Download the NICHE flyer in French (120 kB)
