Our Timeline

2023

  1. Partnership and ground work with Selam for the second pilot Green Academy

  2. Collaboration with the African Students Association of Zurich

2022

  1. Establishing Links to Ethiopian universities for Green Academy students

  2. Cementing a new partnership with PELUM for the permaculture aspects within Green Academy

2021

  1. Keynote Speaker at UNESCO conference for sustainable education

  2. Coauthors of UNESCO summary report 2021 on elevating UNESCO Green Academies to UN Green Academies

  3. Becoming official UNESCO vendor agency

  4. Winning the mandate for UNESCO Green Academies in the Horn of Africa

  5. Visited Selam School in Addis Ababa and started a pilot project there in collaboration with Selam in Switzerland

2020

1. Formation of the Green Academy Africa team in Zurich and the Netherlands

2. Implementation of a fully digitialised work system

3. Partnership with the German Association for developmental aid ElJoJoFe e.V.

4. Presentation of Green Academy Africa at the UNESCO world Science day.

2019

1. Creation of the new Green Academy ETH group in Zurich

2. Continuation of Fundraising efforts

3. Slowdown in the project due to political unrest in Ethiopia.

2018

1. Successful negotiations with the Ministry of Science and Technology

a. Resulting in a 40% funding commitment by the Ministry

b. The forming of an executive board to oversee allocation of funds and to govern the implementation process in the country.

2. An expert group of scientists from the University of Science and Technology Addis Ababa under supervision of the Ministry of Science and Technology, conducted a feasibility study as well as created an implementation roadmap and plan for the project.

3. Signing ceremony with the State Minister for Science and Technology.

4. Presenting the project at the Meeting of the Ethiopian Rotary Club.

2017

September- December

First project excursion to Yayu Ethiopia, together with the Ministry of Innovation and Technology as well as the German TV station MDR

Our trip was later Broadcast on MDR

Goals reached during the trip:

1. MOU with the Yayu Prepratory School.

2. Creation of the Green Academy Club Yayu.

3. Approval by the city government of Yayu for the project.