Our Alumni

Up to now, more than 2800 participants from 146 countries of Asia and the Pacific, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean have graduated successfully from the various courses of the UNEP/UNESCO/BMUV training program. Many of them are still in contact with each other and with CIPSEM. Thereby the international and often intercontinental collaboration, which started in Dresden, continues. In this area of ​​our website, you will find our Alumni Gallery, which contains the list of all previous courses and the respective final photos. Moreover, as of late the former participants have the opportunity to present themselves, their work field and expertise in the Alumni profiles-section on our website. In doing so, they are visible to the alumni network and also to potential cooperation partners. In the Facts&Figures section, you can get an insight into the results of our alumni survey and learn how the former participants evaluate the program with regard to its effectiveness several years after completing the course.

Voices of alumni about the courses and their impact:

"I am now at University of Alberta, doing a PhD course on sanitary landfills. I actually saw the first landfills during the CIPSEM short course on waste management in 2005, thanks for that! My assessment is that the course should be mandatory for people charged with solid waste management, especially in developing countries. I hope it is still being offered."
- Marclus Mwai from Kenya

"That's what I got from the Dresden course – international networking and friendship."
- Do Vu Khiem from Vietnam

"The course helped so much, raised my profile at work and I am now a focal person on Environment and Climate change in my sector."
- Tom Damulira from Uganda