Benin has been ‘in’ and ‘out as partner country for VLIR-UOS cooperation and is included in the partner country list again as of 2022. From 2003 to 2021 VLIR-UOS spent about € 1.9 million in cooperation with Benin, including 5 departmental projects. There are no ongoing projects (2021) since the country was not eligible for project cooperation during FYP 2017-2021.

Benin is also one of our 29 scholarship countries.

Benin and Agenda 2030 - country reference framework

VLIR-UOS revised its country approach towards an ‘Agenda 2030 on Sustainable Development’ centred approach. Moreover, VLIR-UOS wants to facilitate connections between different actors and projects present in a given country. With these objectives in mind, the Country Reference Framework (CRF) for Benin supports teams of academics when identifying and formulating project proposals, by providing a context analysis focused on Agenda 2030 on Sustainable Development and the higher education sector in Benin, and by providing an overview of Belgian development actors active in Benin, their ongoing projects and partners, in view of exploration of opportunities for synergy and complementarity.

Documents

2021 - Benin Facts and Figures

2022 - Benin Reference Framework