CBU-ACESM

The Eastern and Southern Africa Higher Education Centres of Excellence Project (ACE II) is an initiative of the World Bank in collaboration with the Governments of Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The Aim of this project is to establish and strengthen specialization and collaboration among a network of selected higher education institutions across the sub-region. These institutions are designated as African Centres of Excellence (ACEs). The Copperbelt University Africa Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Mining The Copperbelt University has been selected by the World Bank to be the Africa Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Mining (CBU ACESM). CBU ACESM will focus on delivering excellence in education, training, and research in five thematic areas identified as strategic to improving the sustainability of the mining industry in Zambia and beyond and these are:

1.Occupational health and community vulnerability in mining environments.

2.Restoration of mined and derelict environments and waste management.

3.Energy use, mining and process design.

4.Biodiversity and ecosystem impacts.5.livelihoods, entrepreneurship and corporate social responsibility..