"According to the action plan of EU concerning energetic efficiency, EU must reduce electric consumption by 20% and increase renewable energies by 20%. RF, UZ and MN were developed their economies mainly due to oil and gas production. However, in response to the crisis these countries manifest their strong interest in the construction of smart homes and cities for energy saving and improving the quality of life of urban residents. They approved the National Programmes in the field of renewable energy up to 2020. The analysis of the enterprises needs concerning recruitment of engineers in the sector of the technical building management in RF,UZ and MN showed that electrical or automation engineers only partially meet the needs of market. Smart Houses and Smart Cities require interdisciplinary competencies and leading skills.Thus the project is aimed to update and quality increase the curricula (BA&MA) in sphere of High-Tech Green Buildings and Smart Cities in RF, MN and UZ to meet the needs of sustainable development in a global world.New interdisciplinary model of engineers training and two cycles (MA, BA) of competence-based curricula will be created as the project result. The necessary infrastructure - Network ""Green Buildings"" will be carried out. Developed curricula and courses will allow growing R&D engineers with strong interdisciplinary skills: electronic-automation and computer from one side and energy and thermal of the building on the other part. They will be able to analyze the problem and find innovative solutions.This BA and MA programmes brings together students from different fields to study in interdisciplinary teams that increases understanding of different backgrounds and offers students opportunities to collaborate with research projects and companies. Students receive a wide conceptual design skills and it greatly increases employment opportunities."

The CCWater project addresses 'knowledge building' to address water scarcity and water management in 3 partner countries in Asia. It will strengthen the local capacities to cope with Climate Change adaptation through 3 universities from Sri Lanka, 3 from China, and 2 from Mongolia. 3 program countries, Norway, Germany and Poland, with 3 universities with broad and diverse experience in climate-resilient water management will build a knowledge-sharing partnership with the 8 universities in 3 partner countries. The universities, as the key stakeholders preparing tomorrow's leaders, engineers, and scientists, have a key role to play when educating the graduates in the water sector. The participating units of the universities have teaching responsibilities related to water resources, water supply and wastewater management, which are the focus of the CCWater project. The CC Water project aims to strengthen the water-related higher education in 3 partner countries to increase the resilience against climate change impacts. This is achieved by developing HEI’s competences and skills with modern technology and teaching resources. The international collaboration, which is a unified strategic priority of all participating HEIs, will be strengthened together with improved gender and ethnic diversity and inclusion. The main objectives is designed to achieve with five focus areas with five concrete results: (1) enhancing climate resilience and sustainability of water resources and infrastructures in the Partner Countries (2) modernising water-related higher education with climate change issues and internationalise HEIs from the Partner Countries (3) improving the level of competences and skills in HEIs from the Partner Countries (4) strengthening relations of HEIs in the Partner Countries with the wider economic and social environment, and enhance their innovation capacity and (5) improving diversity and inclusion of higher education in the Partner Countries.

The aim of RecoASIA project is to improve competencies and skills of credential evaluators of Partner countries by defining common practices and tools among European and Asian HE systems (at national and institutional level), starting from the needs expressed and sharing the experience of European HEIs in relation with the Lisbon Recognition Convention, Bologna Process and practices adopted by NARIC centres. Recognition procedures and practices do not only consist in technical issues but also in the structure of each HE system and its cultural approach. Recognition considers all the aspects of a HE system (QA; accreditation/recognition of institutions; etc.); in fact, to evaluate a foreign qualification, the knowledge of different elements and the consideration of the purpose of this evaluation procedure (academic or professional recognition) are needed. The partnership intends to develop national information centres and to provide their staff with training on recognition procedures, also taking into account the role of the Asia-Pacific Regional Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications in Higher Education of Tokyo entered into force in 2018 and to establish a dialogue with the Lisbon Recognition Convention. We will draft National Reports of each partner country involved in the project in order to present their HE systems with the aim of enhancing the internationalisation of participating Partner countries. We will treat controversial recognition cases and sectors as TNE and international institutions, distant learning and non-traditional degrees, studying verification sources and the blockchain technology as a tool to fight credentials fraud. A work package will be dedicated to the methodologies for the evaluation of refugee qualifications and the possible implementation in the Asian context. To maximase the dissemination of the project's results two final conferences will be organised.

The main output of the project will be two training and innovation centers which will be set up in four universities in Russia and Mongolia, which will provide training services for tanneries, support the design and the implementation of curricula for university studies, and also implement research on the use environmentally friendly technologies for tanning raw materials and recycling of collagen-containing waste. The centers will have the form of innovation hubs which will solve the problems that are acute for the leather industry community of the EU, Russia and Mongolia.The established centers will be equipped with modern analytical and testing equipment, professional literature, magazines, and regulatory documents in force in Russia, Mongolia and the EU. These centers will act also as technology brokers for local leather industry. The partners of the EU, as well as trade unions (the Russian Union of Leatherworkers and Shoemakers and the Mongolian Tanning Association) of the two countries will help in the establishment of the centers and the evaluation of their work. The specific aim of the project is to create the appropriate environment for the establishment of the universities as innovation hubs for Leather industry in Russia and Mongolia. Towards this aim the following activities will be implemented: • 4 training and innovation centers in leather sector (1 in each HEI in region 4 & 6)• online Platform for Transferring Research and Innovation through project based training and also for Supporting the Collaboration between industry and academia• re-engineering model for leather industry management systems for a better adaption to the new era• a bouquet of scouting and brokerage services will be offered along with networking and match-making activities that will directly link needs with the technology and business offering

The project subject is the implementation of pedagogical innovations in Mongolia (MNG) to improve the techno-economic skills of graduates and their employability in agrarian and agri-food sectors. The global objective is therefore to improve and modernize the capacities of MNG public universities and HE sector in these fields, so they can educate and train students that, once they graduate, will be able to lead and participate to the modernisation and development of MNG food production capacities, granting the country to gain more independence in this field, benefiting to its economy and society.Consortium:P1, Agrocampus Ouest (AO), Higher Institute for agricultural sciences, France P2, University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), SpainP3, Banat University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine (BUAS), RomaniaP4, National University of Mongolia (NUM)P5, Mongolian University of Life Sciences (MULS)P6, Mongolian University of Science and Technologt (MUST)P7, Group for the Environment, Renewable Energy and Solidarity (GERES), NGO, FranceSpecific objectives of the project:1. Experimentation and implementation of e-learning and blended learning, combining complementary face-to-face classes and online learning (illustration, storyboarding, exercises, auto-corrections and exams). Training teachers; creation of e-learning content for Bachelor and Master curriculum; broadcasting it to students, assessment of its quality, sustainability, and further extension.2. Acquisition of complementary technological skills by staff through courses and practical exercises dispensed by EU experts, followed by the creation of MNG appointed platforms (agri-food and quality analysis of meat products, bioclimate greenhouse and gardening; computerized management), partially funded by project grant. Applications: teachings, students practical courses, training of professionals, applied research by teachers and students.3. Development of university-business relationships. Structuration of companies’ network and university internship office (“career centre”) creation. Development of practical work and courses in companies; seminars and workshops. Expected results : improvement of graduates’ employability and quality, enhancing university-enterprise cooperation via spin-off companies best practices.4. Application by MNG staff who followed joint trainings (working groups) of these new knowledge, methods and facilities in their respective universities, while collaborating together during and after the project. Application following the quality plan included in the project proposal. 5. Diffusion of the results at several levels (local, national, international) allowing for analysis and exploitation for further developments, extension and spread, as planned by sustainability perspectives (especially for lifelong learning opportunities and dissemination to civil society). The project allowed to eliminate the existing difficulties and bottlenecks in cooperation with enterprises, clarify these relationships and gave new opportunities to both sides. It aimed to bring cooperation quality to an improved level through new communicative, scientific and business links established between the enterprises and HEIs.Among MNG partners, cooperation in the concerned areas has been improved between institutions and inside the following groups: students, teaching and administrative staff, but also with private companies. At the international level, thanks to the project achievements, what were only simple bilateral relations between partners have transformed into a group dynamic among staff from the different institutions. The first steps to build an operating network are considered as achieved by the different partners of the project.