The Norwegian Programme for Capacity Development in Higher Education and Research for Development (NORHED) has been launched by Norwegian Agency for Development Corporation (NORAD). Department of Civil Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Jaffna (UoJ) has already formulated a partnership programme with the Faculty of Engineering of University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (UoP), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Institute of Technology of Cambodia, (ITC), Telemark University College Norway (TUC), and University of Life Sciences Norway (UMB) through this NORAD assistance.
The Main partnership agreement was signed with NORAD and University of Peradeniya in 2013. With the approval of senate of the UOJ, a MoU between University of Peradeniya and University of Jaffna was signed in December 2013. The 2nd project meeting was held at Bangladesh. The project coordinator from the University of Jaffna, Dr. S.S. Sivakumar, attended the meeting from 15th to 18th October 2014.
