About us

In 1994 a group of Ethiopians, who had returned home after studying in Germany came up with an idea of forming an association of fellow countrymen educated in Germany and drafted a guideline. The process took a while but, eventually the association was formally registered with the Ethiopian Ministry of Justice and received legal status as “Association of Ethiopians Educated in Germany (AEEG)” in 1997.
The Association has made the following exemplary achievements during the last two decades since its existence (to mention some):
Organized and conducted numerous workshops and training seminars over the years on timely and priority crosscutting issues thereby facilitated knowledge transfer and cultural exchange and networking among members on development agenda of Ethiopia;
Trained over 500 experts and professionals from stakeholder organisations on effective solid waste management schemes using AEEG’s Pilot Project on Composting of Organic Waste in Kolfe-Kernayo Sub-City, Addis Ababa;
As part of its experience sharing schemes, it has facilitated the visit programme of the cross section of the country North to South/East to West (Shire, Axum, Mekelle, Adwa, Gonder, Bahir Dar, Weldia, Desse, Blue Nile, Weliso, Suba Terara, Ankober, Hawassa, Wondo Genet, Arba Minch, Bale Mountains, Dire Dawa, Harara, etc) which in effect was found to be a critical self-knowledge upgrading mechanism of Ethiopia, “hagerehen eweke”.
Facilitated the reintegration of over 100 professional returnees from Germany over a period of 7 years;
Facilitated the introduction of PhD Programme in Environmental Planning at the Addis Ababa University (AAU) in collaboration with two German Universities (Bonn and Hanover) and the German Academic Exchange Services (DAAD);
An important factor in this success has been the consistent and strong support and partnership with partners such as the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Addis Ababa; German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD); the Goethe-Institut, the then German Development Service (DED); GIZ; CIM; the World University Service (WUS); UNHCR; ARRA; Ministry of Education; as well as numerous Ethiopian Universities and Colleges