The project addresses the demand of educating doctoral students on high quality and international standards to increase knowledge based solutions for sustainable agriculture and future farming systems – a topic of national, cross-regional and international relevance.Large agricultural areas characterize the landscapes and economies of Russia and Kazakhstan and both countries see the innovative development of this sector as a priority. Compared to this, skilled labour and innovation potential is lacking. As a reaction, a number of initiatives target to build up human resources on all levels (farm workers, specialists, managers) and as well to improve higher education institutions (HEIs). Despite the progress in joining and pursuing the Bologna process, brain drain of young talents and deficient and outdated educational offers for PhD studies impede the goals of HEIs to become international competitive. The consortium of 5 EU partners and 4 Russian and 4 Kazakh agricultural universities together with consultative and expert partners from accreditation, research and private business in Russia and Kazakhstan therefore specified the following objectives.(1) to develop and establish four post-graduate modules at 8 HEIs in different regions to qualify doctoral students on inter- and transdisciplinary contents and approaches relevant for agricultural research and innovation;(2) to increase the human capacity, literature base and equipment of partner institutions to provide doctoral education according to international standards and best-practices;(3) to strengthen international and interregional academic exchange and research cooperation among project partners;(4) to establish a network on doctoral research and education in the agricultural field targeted on the exchange of best practices with a wider audience.Overall the institutional capacity increases to tackle education and research demand in the area of sustainable agriculture and future farming systems.

The aim is to develop, implement, test and validate the undergraduate program in the field of industry automatization and robotics with implemented dual education (DE), at three HEIs in Kazakhstan. The project will develop necessary documentation, from syllabus to teaching materials, practical training of academic staff and integration of tutors from industry into educational process. The project will also provide the possibility of training professionals in the IAR (LLL). The aim is to create more universal educational trajectories through DE, and better connection between HE and companies. The result will be a better-quality training of specialists capable of integrating into the activities of an enterprise without an adaptation period. Specific objectives:1) Promote the development and adjustment of curricula in accordance with the needs of industrial companies in the educational process of DE technology.2) Involve professionals from the industry in defining the specific training needs and elaborate the content for the periodical practical trainings within the dual technology of learning.3) Transfer and implement the best practices from EU countries that have long-term experience in dual HE programs by creating capacity for delivery of periodical practical trainings by academic and company staff.4) Create tools and templates to facilitate the phased implementation of practical training in enterprises.5) Demonstrate the benefits of DE technology of HE for all involved stakeholders by piloting and evaluation of the adapted curricula, necessary tools and training materials.6) Develop methodology for modification and realignment of existing undergraduate curricula in Science & Technology for implementation in practice-integrated dual paradigm.7) Ensure continuous exploitation of results by proposing a DE technology to other HEIs and enterprises.8) Disseminate results in English, Kazakh and Russian and stimulate the creation of more dual HE programs.

"The main project objective was enhancement of the role of Higher Education Institutions in ensuring sustainable development of industry and society, support of national “green policies” in Partner Countries and promotion of ""green culture"" by means of Lifelong Learning. Three specific objectives were: 1.Development of modules to foster green skills for different target groups and qualifications levels, 2.Enhancement of access of target groups to open education resources, promotion of LLL,3.Enhancement of green culture and continuing education through training of teaching staff, external stakeholders and public administration.The project promoted green skills among different target groups and for three different subject areas closely related to quality of life at large (ecology, food science and land management). Project used the analysis of sectoral qualification frameworks worked out in previous TEMPUS projects and parallel desk research on green skills related materials. A set of ""Green training modules"", concerning food science, ecology and land management, was designed, tested and implemented. The modules concerned sector-specific issues as well as more general ones A large collection of sustainability-related documents was gathered and made available to the consortium members in Dropbox and One Drive platforms. The main SUSDEV web page was designed and launched; its sustainability is guaranteed by the host (Jagiellonian University in Krakow). Partner Countries institutions have also created their own SUSDEV-related web pages.""SUSIMPACT"" Network was proposed together with the consortium of ECOIMPACT project.Structural character of the project was ensured bya) development of Policy Recommendations which have been forwarded to national authoritiesb) development of a set of transferable good practices concerning various aspects of sustainability and green skills c) fostering cooperation with local authorities and stakeholders, resulting - inter alia - in development of two applications for Regional Centers of Expertise under the auspices of the United Nations University, Tokyo.From the very beginning of the project the synergy with other European initiatives was sought, due to participation of consortium members in various European networks and organizations. Outputs and outcomes of SUSDEV are currently used in new projects, such as MODEST (Modernization of doctoral studies); and SUSDEV partners are getting involved in new initiatives."

The overall project goal of ACeSYRI (Advanced Centre for PhD students and young researchers in informatics) is to improve research conditions of young researchers and PhD students in informatics (computer science) from Kazakhstan universities based on development of international cooperation with EU universities. Therefore we plan to develop a virtual portal and center in Kazakhstan in order to promote the collaboration between the target groups: PhD students, young researchers, academic teachers. In general, ACeSYRI allows participants to form research groups, collaborate with international research partners and to share information and project results. Using ACeSYRI to collaborate is free of charge and is available to students and young researchers from PC universities and enterprises. The project is scheduled for 3 years and is conducted by 4 EU and 9 Kazakh institutes, including 7 universities (private and public) . The implementation of ACeSYRI provides a valuable contribution towards the modernization of higher education in Kazakhstan. Both, promoting the research conditions of young researchers and involving them into actual research problems are expected to raise the level of higher education PC.ACeSYRI has a long-lasting impact on the higher education of PC. First pilot collaborations between PhD students/young researchers and professors from Kazakhstan and teaching staff from EU universities are conducted during the project and are expected to spill over to other young researchers .