In the recent years, the Vietnamese public authorities raised the need to provide information on labour market in combination with the actual human resources produced by the universities, as a priority for the governance of the higher education in Vietnam. In this framework, the Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam (MOET) has started to consider the tracer study of universities/ and colleges as a core priority for developing the higher education sector in the country. Since 2017 tertiary education institutions are asked to provide MOET with information on the employment condition of their graduates, yet the existent graduates tracking studies suffer inconsistency of contents and scatter methodology. The MOTIVE project, supported and inspired by MOET, aims at ensuring that the Vietnamese HE system address the challenging of reform policy implementation on graduates tracking by monitoring their transition towards the labour market as well as their employment situation, through the set-up of the first National Center for Graduate Tracking in Vietnam. Thanks to the set-up of the Center, the first graduates employment situation survey of the Vietnamese Graduates, developed on a unique methodology and tools, will be run, supported by the network of stakeholders to be set up during the Project. Capacity building activities, namely trainings and workshop addressed to Vietnamese universities staff, on how to manage and exploit graduates data for survey release and on how to support the policy reform of HE system, stays as a pillar of the initiative. The impact envisaged is to modernize the Higher Education sector by promoting an informative based approach to policy reform. The sustainable tools and methodologies develop within the initiative will help to evaluate, monitor and compare the success of higher education graduates, measure the effects of policies and assess the attainment of benchmarks and goals.

In todаy’s еconomy аnd sociеty, еnginееring is ubiquitous. Thеrе is аn еnginееr bеhind еvеry product аnd sеrvicе thаt wе usе or dеploy in our dаily livеs. Еnginееrs аrе cruciаl for innovаtion, for еconomic growth аnd for solving hеаlth аnd еnvironmеntаl chаllеngеs.In thе ЕU, thе еnginееring profеssion is confrontеd with structurаl chаngеs аnd skill mismаtchеs with incrеаsing gаps in trаnsvеrsаl skills, so high in dеmаnd by еmployеrs. It is а chаllеngе to ovеrcomе thе distаncе bеtwееn thе worlds of еducаtion аnd work. Officiаl ЕU policy documеnts аnd intеrnаtionаl rеsеаrch corroborаtе thosе chаllеngеs аnd idеntify а shortаgе of “sociаlly drivеn еnginееrs”, chronicаlly nееdеd to mееt ЕU tаrgеts for 2030 аnd 2050.Thе objеctivе of Е4Е is - gеаrеd by thе nеw rеquirеmеnts of thе world of work - to prеpаrе bеttеr еquippеd еnginееrs through thе аcquisition of nеw compеtеncеs, covеring nеw knowlеdgе, аttitudеs аnd lеаdеrship skills whilе focusing on digitаl, grееn, rеsiliеnt аnd innovаtivе еntrеprеnеurship. Е4Е will bridgе thе gаp bеtwееn еducаtion аnd industry, whilе opеrаtionаlising ЕU compеtеncе frаmеworks (DigComp, LifеComp, ЕntrеComp) for еnginееrs.Е4Е’s аctivitiеs, аnd thеir outputs, аrе to:1. Еstаblish thе Еnginееring Skills Council, а multistаkеholdеr ЕU plаtform for еnhаncеd diаloguе/collаborаtion bеtwееn rеprеsеntаtivеs of еducаtion, trаining, industry аnd еmployеrs2. Dеsign а monitoring mеthodology to gаugе thе dynаmics, chаllеngеs аnd opportunitiеs of thе еnginееring profеssion, culminаting in thе yеаrly Еnginееring Skills Strаtеgy3. Dеvеlop & dеlivеr thе Е4Е Curriculum, аn innovаtivе trаining for trаnsvеrsаl compеtеncеs аnd skillsWith 11 Full Pаrtnеrs аnd 12 Аssociаtеd Pаrtnеrs, Е4Е is а robust Аlliаncе, rеprеsеnting thе wholе spеctrum of VЕT, HЕ, industry. Е4Е will еngаgе аt lеаst 700 lеаrnеrs viа trаining; 1150 prаctitionеrs аnd stаkеholdеrs through thе Е4Е Roаd Show аnd Еvеnts аcross ЕU, аnd а totаl of 86.750 pеoplе through valorisation activities.

MIMIr- ANDINO is primarly designed to aid, assist and soccour partner universities in Latin America to understand the status quo of their innovation and research management systems, performance, efficacy, and practices and devise pathways to overcome impediments, hindrances, fiascos and pitfalls that prevent them from achieving recognised stature in the international landscape. The core tread to accomplish this goal is to measure existing innovation and research activities, to gauge regulatory framework management, administration and tools, and to scope opportunities for overcoming bureaucratic obstacles, stimulating conditions and elevate mindsets. Coupled to provision of comparative analysis to European processes, practices and state-of-the-art, the consortium will identify areas for change, targets for improvement, and a trajectory to excel. Accordingly, partner universities will be informed on the organisation of management of innovation and research in European universities, understand present model, principles, and standards, and embrace and partake the opportunity for support, guidance and corroboration from European partners.

VitaGlobal brings together university partners and networks from diverse regions (Europe, Georgia, South America and South Africa) interested in contributing to local development by building joint study programmes in agricultural science science and, specifically, vitiviniculture, which are of strategic economic importance to their countries and regions. The project willbuild capacity to develop joint programmes in vitiviniculture and oenology at the masters level, which is seen as a means to internationalise and integrate curricula, widen mobility opportunities for students and staff and ultimately internationalise the university contribution to local development. Work groups looking at specific expertise from each partner in the viticulture sector will develop study modules, in collaboration with local industry partners, which will be piloted in existing programmes of partner universities. Multi-lateral knowledge transfer and training events will be provided to teaching and administrative staff of partner universities, to generate teaching and administrative capacity in joint programmes. A diverse international network of higher education institutions with a common interest to contribute to local development and a shared commitment to agri-science, vitiviniculture and oenology will be an outcome, which will sustain collaborative activities after the project.

EQUAMBI is designed to address Quality Assurance management to properly support the governance and decision making required for institutional advancement and enhancement. Based on a comparative exploration of current activities and planned objectives, against international best practice, this Project will provide a ‘benchmarking toolkit’ and a programme of capacity building / dissemination will provide guidance for Indian universities on how best to improve / enhance their governance and management of ‘quality’. Whilst underpinned by agreement on the shared bases and principles for ‘quality’, the project is targeted at three specific and critical areas: teaching and learning; research and innovation; internationalisation.