Based on the model of the European Economic Community, the ten countries of Southeast Asia making up ASEAN signed an agreement in November 2015 opening the way for the creation of an ASEAN community. The ambition of the countries of ASEAN is to develop a common market through the free flow of persons, goods and investment capital. However the development gap and quality of higher education and research among the ten member countries is still very evident. In this context it appears necessary to reinforce the research and innovation policy in Cambodia.Since the 2000s, Cambodia’s universities have been developing research projects and joint degree programs with European countries. However, the universities must now take on new challenges relating to building their institutional capacity in the areas of governance and quality control. Economic development and training of the future generations requires the modernizing of university structures.The project proposes to build capacity in partner institutions in the fields of research and innovation in the humanities, as well as, more broadly, to impact the operation of Cambodian higher education systems and to develop a ‘research culture’. Based on the competencies of partners and advanced university education, the project will offer training sessions and workshops for university faculties and students. These training sessions will deal with such crucial know-how and knowledge fields as control quality policy, human resources, writing project drafts, bibliographic research, and intellectual property and developing international partnerships.In tandem with training activities and with a precise focus on the human and material needs, an inter-university team of researchers will be established

MONTUS starts from the initial observation that Cloud Computing (CC) is a paradigm too recent - although dating from the 2000s - to be operational in most environmental science disciplines that, nevertheless, need it to cope with Big Data Challenge / Articifial Intelligence (BD - AI) that concern them all. This reality is all the more exacerbated in the southern countries. In addition, the major challenges of the contemporary world make the environment an absolute priority, particularly in Asia. A first E + TORUS program allowed us to learn from each other - IT and geoscience (major theoretical investment). MONTUS now offers:1. The creation of a Master (Hanoi) dedicated to the teaching of CC for applications in environmental sciences: Master On New Technologies Using Services: BigData / CloudComputing in Environmental Science. Single Master in Asia (even in Europe).2. Building capacity between geoscience and IT in the field of CC remains a priority in Asia and MONTUS intends to expand partnerships in Vietnam and Cambodia while evolving towards new environmental themes (social networks, urban climates, smart cities ...).3. MONTUS intends to perpetuate TORUS's intellectual and material investments while providing new supports for higher education and research and strengthening IT resources dedicated to CC.4. Associate Research with MONTUS by requesting consular applications from national and consular authorities. It is an essential valorization for the perpetuation of the master to benefit future teachers in the field.