"The CORETEV project aims to modernize education systems by using the leverage of evaluation to improve the quality of training. It is part of an innovative approach of co-construction and empowerment of HEIs in a North-South configuration.The project responds to the most urgent needs in the field of evaluation expressed by Moroccan universities which increasingly require the use of new technologies. It aims to create 4 Support Centres for Evaluation (CEDAPE) in 4 Moroccan universities. The CEDAPE will interact within the iCEDAPE network, which will promote the sharing and contextualisation of common tools as well as a dynamic transfer of North-South-South expertise in the areas of evaluation engineering and docimology.The consortium includes 6 institutions including 4 from Morocco and 2 from the EU. With the support of European institutions and evaluation experts from the South (Bolivia, Mexico), the HEIs in the South will be the actors in the modernization of their education systems through: 1) the transfer of North-South-South experience; 2) the creation of 4 CEDAPE in Morocco; 3) collaboration within the iCEDAPE network and 4) support of 4 spin-offs (to be created) which will deploy their activities there.CEDAPE teams will be autonomous in the use of their automatic data acquisition chain. They will have been trained in the construction and evaluation quality management platform (DOCIMO) which will facilitate collaboration within iCEDAPE.In terms of dissemination, a ""Create a CEDAPE"" manual and a website that can be transposed to each CEDAPE will be developed. The acquired expertise, the creation of 4 spin-offs, the support of the iCEDAPE network, the empowerment of the teams, the support of the Ministry and the National Agency for Evaluation and Quality Assurance, the quality of the contextualized services that meet the needs of Moroccan HEIs will ensure the sustainability of the project."

The extension of the responsibilities of universities recommended by the university reforms and the strategy ’Maroc Innovation’ in Morocco require the definition of a overarching tool combining the teaching of transversal competencies, research and innovation. The 3-year project INSITES coordinated by UH1 et having support from both the MESRSFC and MCINET will associate 17 partners from Morocco and EU member states. It aims at enhancing the university governance by institutionalizing the structures for innovation, knowledge transfer and valorisation of research. This should be approved by the CPU and the university councils. The results attended:- Assessment of the current situation of training methods for transversal competencies in Moroccan universities;- Summary of national strategies on innovation, valorisation and entrepreneurship;-Benchmarking of European experiences;- Competency references and guidelines for good management of the SITES;- Decisions of the Councils of Moroccan Universities on the approval of the setting up of the SITES and determining the chosen profiles based on the formerly approved references;- Training manual for specific transversal competencies in the Moroccan context in line with the European referencies;- Training sessions for training the trainers;- The SITES functions operationally at the Moroccan Universities;- Data base of trainers as resource persons for the generalization of experiences for all Moroccan universities;- National platform of the SITES serving as interface between institutional and economic actors;- Evaluation of the SITES;- A Communication and a Project QA Plan will be set up to ensure the quality, the dissemination and the sustainability of the project beyond its implementation period. A Charter of Good Conduct will be defined to ensure the involvement of all stakeholders and that the realization of activities of the project complies with the general rules and good project management principles.

In a context of rapid economic growth impacting its coastal zone, Morocco must organize a marine and coastal management plan as stipulated in the 2015 Moroccan Coastal Act. However, Morocco is facing one main challenge: to found highly qualified personnel at postgraduate level, with technical and transversal skills, fully able to implement this policy. In this purpose, this Erasmus + Capacity building Joint Project in the field of Higher Education intends to reduce the gap between current academic offers and the work market in the field of marine and coastal sciences. The ScolaMAR specific objective is to develop an Innovative training for Smart Coastal Management and Sustainable Blue Growth at the Master level.The ScolaMAR consortium, composed of four European and four Moroccan universities, will work together to reinforce Moroccan training capacities through exchange of good practices, focusing on 3 main approaches: technical, innovative pedagogical and integrative approaches. In order to maximise the project impact and sustainability, activities will specifically target teachers through two main activities: job-shadowing that implies staff mobility from Morocco to Europe and scientific events in Morocco. The ScolaMAR final objective is the development of an Innovative Master program based on the integration of a diversity of disciplines and approaches explored during this 36-months project, that are relevant to the field of Marine and Coastal Sciences. In addition, a SPOC, an e-learning module, on Coastal Risks will be developed to be integrated into the Master program . This regional Master program will help Morrocco to face great societal challenges of both increasing youth employability and ensuring coastal and marine sustainable development.

By supporting the ministerial strategic vision within the framework of the implementation of the Bachelor cycle, and the pedagogical renewal in adequacy with the needs of economic and social development of Morocco, the ICFALa project aims to set up Work-linked Training Centers at the level of the Moroccan Universities playing the role of interface between the establishments of higher education and the professional branches, favoring the approach by competence in Higher Education in the inter-professional fields, in adequacy with the needs of the business world

EU Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC and the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in Europe together with the present national policies of the Northern Africa countries, and UN SDGs goals, highlights the need of improving water irrigation management towards its sustainable use and economic saving. In this framework, the project, responds to the call objectives proposing a real-time operative water and economic management web-gis tool for parsimonious and precise irrigation optimizing crop yield and economic income, integrating farm analysis into water district one. The tool will allow to monitor and forecast the soil moisture behaviour at farm and district levels to define the right irrigation discharge, optimizing water and economic indicators. The tool supports different levels of stakeholder: i) farmers who control soil moisture avoiding plant water and saline stress, ii) irrigation consortia which allocates water among users; iii) water authorities which manage water withdraw from reservoirs. In addition, the tools present also the possibility to be used as simulator of water allocation supporting decision strategy at irrigation district scale in real time and for seasonal forecast scenarios. Multi satellite data, ground measurements, daily and seasonal meteorological forecast, soil water budget numerical modelling, crop growth model, and economic analysis will support the tool. The proposed tool and embedded methodology will be applied in different case studies of the Mediterranean area: Italy, Spain, Egypt Tunisia and Morocco and also in China characterized by different climatic conditions, fresh and saline water availability, crop types, irrigation practices, polices and water pricing. These case studies will be also used for diffusion of parsimonious irrigation practice through technology transfer and dedicated courses for farm and irrigation district people.