The Norwegian Programme for Capacity Development in Higher Education and Research for Development within the Fields of Energy and Petroleum (EnPe 2013-2020) has aimed to contribute to the education of staff in the energy and petroleum sectors in Norway’s selected partner countries through building capacity at the Master level in higher education institutions (HEI) in the South.
The objectives of the EnPe programme are:
- To support the development of Master programmes at HEI in the South through close collaboration with HEI in Norway in accordance with national needs
- To achieve, in a longer term perspective, sustainable capacity of institutions in the South to provide the national work force with adequate qualifications within selected academic fields of study of relevance to the energy and petroleum sectors
- To stimulate South-South-North cooperation through support to the development of regional Master programmes and research
- To enhance gender equality in all programme activities