University Capacity Building Program

The University Capacity Building Program (UCBP) is a large-scale capacity development and construction project conceived, steered and fully funded by the Ethiopian Ministry of Education and the former Ministry of Capacity Building, the current Ministry of Civil Services.
 
As the project management and implementation agent, GIZ International Services - foremost task is developing the capacity of the Ethiopian construction sector. GIZ IS is supervising the construction of 13 universities at 15 different sites throughout Ethiopia, mostly in rural locations. The phased approach allows an intake of students to each university while construction is continued. This enables campuses to be functional as construction continues on other buildings of the campus. In 2010, 90,000 students live and study on UCBP campuses.

The University Capacity Building Program constructs

13 universities in
15 locations througout Ethiopia on
1.500.000 square meters for
148,000 students.

The program aims to:
1) Modernize Ethiopia's construction sector, leading to increase international competitiveness; and
2) Design and construct public universities in 15 locations throughout Ethiopia, at a competitive cost and a very short time span.