To support the Ethiopian Education sector through participation in short term graduate and undergraduate teaching, providing continuing education/training and serving as a conduit between Ethiopian and US universities with the objective of fostering partnerships.
To support and promote the culture of research among faculty and students of higher learning and research institutes in Ethiopia by providing advice on effective ways of creating and maintaining research infrastructure, effective ways of using statistical data for informing policy, undertaking research and providing training and mentoring on research methods.
To support the leadership and management system development by introducing modern university management systems such as introducing an IT-based student administration, and personnel and financial management systems and through participation in local university leadership capacity development activities including but not limited to coaching leaders, delivering short term leadership capacity development programs.