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The Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya Moses Masika Wetangula, the Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Alfred Nganga Mutua, and the President of the Republic of Kenya William Samoei Ruto announced broadening relationship with Hungary during an official visit made by The Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary László Kövér at State House, Nairobi in March 2023.

Based on mutual interests, President Ruto secured 6.2 billion Kenyan shilling (almost 15 billion HUF) in funding from Hungary for education and diplomatic relations, and the parties formally announced the opening of the Kenya’s embassy in Budapest in two years by now. In accordance with Hungary’s Southern Opening and Africa Strategy, and considering the development of economic relations and the strengthening of resilience against global challenges, László Kövér visited the newly established Kenyan office of the Óbuda University. The university, in collaboration with Kenyan and Hungarian companies, launched an innovation hub in the African country where technology and knowledge-based courses are expected to include humanitarian response management, road networks, and computational methods for data analysis. Furthermore, it is to generate locally useable knowledge, and aims to support student mobility through Stipendium Hungaricum scholarship, develop joint ventures, and encourage innovation investment. President Ruto welcomed prospective bilateral relations, and highlighted the opportunities this cooperation bears for companies in the ICT and agricultural sectors.

Proposals for papers are hereby invited from interested researchers, scholars, practitioners and policy-makers in the defence and security fields for the upcoming conference that will be held on 20 September 2023, with the following themes:

• Panel 1: Human security perspective
• Panel 2: Socio-Economic development
• Panel 3: Technology and cyber-security
• Panel 4: Leadership and corporate governance

The official booklet is available:

The African Research Institute at University of Óbuda cooperates with First Technical University in Ibadan, Nigeria.The two institutions intend to cooperate and collaborate through identification of common research and development collaboration areas; research and joint supervision of postgraduate students; sharing of infrastructure, experimental resources and research materials, adjunct/joint appointments; promotion and exchange of students and staff for short-term visits of scientific nature; participation and organizing joint conferences, workshops and seminars; joint publishing of volumes, handbooks or other printed forms containing the outcomes of novel and outstanding scientific research previously conducted in cooperation by the parties; appropriate exchange of scientific and technical information and documentation; design and delivery of strategic and appropriate short-term training programs.

The Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Jagiellonian Centre for African Studies and Óbuda University, Doctoral School on Safety and Security Studies, African Research Institute, mutually agreed to establish a working relationship to promote friendship, cultural and educational ties and to encourage the exchange of ideas and information between the two institutions.

The Africa Research Institute of the Doctoral School of Safety and Security Sciences at the University of Óbuda and the Center for Military Studies at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa (US CEMIS) held an online scientific conference on 22 September 2021 entitled ‘Counter-Terrorism, Technology and Development in Africa’. In the four sections of the symposium, the speakers examined current issues in the fields of human security, socioeconomics, technological development and cybersecurity, and leadership and corporate governance in more than forty presentations. The all-day event was attended by more than 150 people from many countries around the world. Written versions of the presentations at the conference will be included in the next issues of the quarterly scientific journal of the Journal of Central and Eastern European African Studies, which is listed by the African Research Institute.

The event, organized as the first program of cooperation between the Bánki Donát Faculty of Mechanical and Security Engineering, University of Óbuda and the Center for Military Studies, University of Stellenbosch since April 2021, was planned to be the first in a series of annual events.

On April 6, 2021 the Bánki Donát Faculty of Mechanical and Safety Engineering of Óbuda University and Stellenbosch University of South Africa (SU) signed a cooperation agreement.

The agreement between the Africa Research Institute operating under the auscipes of the OE BGK Doctoral School of Security Studies and the Center for Military Studies (CEMIS) of the SU includes the initiation of joint research and seminars as the main directions. Furthermore, the parties are committed to organise international conferences, and conduct publication activites in the field of security and defense, as well as civil-military relations.

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On November 17, 2020, our researchers participated in the second ‘International Conference on Central European Critical Infrastructure Protection‘ (ICCECIP) as section leaders and lecturers.

For more information: http://regi.bgk.uni-obuda.hu/iccecip/2020/conference-program

On November 5-6 2020, our researchers participated as organizers and speakers at the ‘International Scientific Conference Strategies XXI, The complex and dynamic nature of the security environment‘.

For more information: https://www.strategii21.ro/index.php/en/

ICCECIP 2019, the ‘International Conference on Central European Critical Infrastructure Protection‘, was held at the Donát Bánki Faculty of Mechanical and Safety Engineering of the University of Óbuda as part of the Hungarian Science Festival on 18-19th of November. Our colleagues and researchers from the African Research Institute also attended.

For more information about the ICCECIP annual conference: http://regi.bgk.uni-obuda.hu/iccecip/2019/conference-program