Centre d'Etudes Africaines / Center for African Studies
Université Babes-Bolyai de Cluj-Napoca
“Challenge of Good Governance and Nation Branding in Nigeria”
Held by Mr Iorapuu Paul, MA candidate in Cultural Diplomacy and International Relations
Date & hour : 6 March 2014, 6 p.m.
Location: Faculty of European Studies, Robert Schuman room (1, E de Martonne St, 2nd floor)
Book Launch: Afrotopia and Africa’s Future – A discussion with the members of the Centre for African Studies 
Invited by the East Stratcom Task Force of the European Commission, Prof. Sergiu Mișcoiu conducted a study about the way numerous young Africans, disillusioned by socio-economic struggles, are drawn to alternative narratives making them receptive to Kremlin’s anti-Western propaganda. The main conclusions of the study are here (EN):
https://euvsdisinfo.eu/the-wind-is-blowing-towards-the-east-the-vulnerability-of-young-africans-to-anti-western-propaganda/
Prof. Sergiu Mișcoiu, directorul Centrului de Studii Africane al UBB, a analizat pentru « Europa Liberă » dinamica războiului civil din Sudan, implicarea statelor și facțiunilor regionale și a marilor puteri în prelungirea și agravarea ostilităților, agravarea crizei umanitare, precum și precaritatea oricăror armistiții, în condițiile în care nu va avea loc o dizolvare a Forțelor de Sprijin Rapid în armata regulată sudaneză.
https://romania.europalibera.org/a/sudan-conflict-armat-interese-geopolitice-criza-umanitara/32398814.html
ACTIVITÉ
Le colloque international Les systèmes politiques africains et le défi de la mondialisation, organisé par le Centre d’Etudes Africaines et la Faculté d’Études Européennes de l’Université Babeș-Bolyai, en partenariat avec l’Université de Bucarest (FSPUB) et l’Université de l’Ouest de Timișoara (Centre Ubuntu), s’est déroulé les 5 et 6 novembre 2020 avec plus de 60 participants de 15 pays. De nombreux débats passionnés notamment sur les cas du Mali, de la Guinée et de la Côte d’Ivoire. Deux publications – l’une en français, l’autre en anglais – reprendront les actes de ce colloque en 2021.
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Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Stabilisation
The Director of the Centre for African Studies (CESTAF) had the honour to be the co-director of the training course « Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Stabilisation », organized by the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE), the Romanian Aid Agency (RoAid) and the African Union (UA). An enriching experience with experts and practitioners from Africa and the European Union.
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Babes-Bolyai University, a member of the Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities, contributed to the elaboration of the
‘Concept Note on the development of research and education in Africa‘ [PDF], together with the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA)
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Prof. univ. dr. Sergiu Mișcoiu, directorul Centrului de Cooperari Internationale al UBB si coordonatorul Masteratului de Studii Politice Europene Comparate în limba franceză, a fost prezent în perioada 17-19 octombrie la Universitatea din Szeged unde a discutat despre Programul de Dezvoltare Africa-Europa (video)
