The university cooperation project on Integrated Watershed Management Network  Eastern Africa (DAAD sponsored) started at 2004. Main aim was the development and establishment of a regional master's  programme "Integrated Watershed Management". It was initiated by Universität Siegen and Freie Universität Berlin with the partner universities Kenyatta University (Nairobi, Kenya), University of Dar es Salaam (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania), Makere University (Kampala, Uganda), Sokoine University of Agriculture (Morogoro, Tanzania), Arba Minch University (Arba Minch, Ethiopia), Freie Universität Berlin (Berlin, Germany) and Universität Siegen (Siegen, Germany).

During the first workshop in Nairobi (see network activities), Kenya (see programme, pdf), the joint curricula and the other network objectives were discussed (see proceedings, pdf).