Around the world, democracy and rule of law are in retreat, and authoritarianism is on the rise. The number of non-democratic countries now outnumbers the number of democratic countries for the first time in 20 years. And the percentage of the world’s population living under democratic regimes has sunk to the lowest point since 1991. Many post-transitional constitutional democracies are experiencing severe constitutional problems. The COMP-LAW project aims to raise the awareness of Mongolian law students and young researchers on the importance of rule of law through teaching activities, seminars and workshops which will take place in Mongolia and in Italy. It focuses at building integrated, multidisciplinary courses through the development of knowledge in Comparative Public Law, EU and International Law topics; and introducing best practices and new research methods; capacity building of academic staff in pedagogical and methodological approaches to design a new curriculum; jointly developing courses; and to forge collaborations between HEIs in Partner and Programme countries. The project will target both students and teaching staff, and also young researchers to strengthen their research/teaching capacity to increase their ability to undertake high-quality research in the field of Comparative Public Law, EU Law and International Law discipline.

In this project, the improvement of environmental studies as well as the focus on environmental problems and solutions in Mongolia will be aimed. 2 EU institutes (University of Szeged , Hungary - USZ and University of Oulu, Finland - UO) having great experience with BSc, MSc as well as PhD programs of Environmental Sciences and Environmental Engineering will improve BSc program of Environmental Engineering in 3 institutes in Mongolia (New Mongol Institute of Technology - NMIT, National University of Mongolia - NUM and German-Mongolian Institute for Resources and Technology - GMIT) as well as to form MSc level Environmental Engineering curriculum firstly at NUM. During this project, European Partners will improve as well as bring new courses to the Mongolian curriculum in a course, seminar as well as a laboratory level including producing new handouts, presentations, laboratory evaluations, Massive Open Online courses (MOOC) as well as building and managing a proper Environmental Engineering Laboratory in all 3 Mongolian Institutes. With this project, new MSc of environmental engineering program will be revealed, the BSC studies will be improved, mongolian staff (teachers, technicians etc.) will be trained, industrial involved dual programme teaching will be instructed and public and young students will be involved and informed about the importance of climate change and environmental problems, the students will be programmed in an upgraded level, new connections with industries will be formed as well as EU-Mongolian connections will be strengthened in both educational and research point of view. Also the project will disseminate the results to professionals of public and private sector to equip them with useful tools and knowledge.

"The project’s objectives were to adapt, innovate and modernise existing curricula in the three universities; to develop new e-learning courses, to test innovated curricula and to disseminate the results. The summarised results of the project are:-Three innovated and one completely new curriculum developed and accredited at the three Mongolian universities;-27 e-learning courses developed within these curricula;-Three newly established laboratories with modern equipment purchased with Erasmus+ project grant money;-Computer laboratories with high-capacity computers, projectors, cameras, a printer and smart and white boards;-Pilot test performed with 74 students involved;-Field trial with 165 students involved; -Wider-range collaboration of Mongolian universities with industry organizations, stakeholders and entities.Impact: Institutional level: HEI with modernized curricula, designed to meet the labour market needs laboratories equipped with new equipment; experts from enterprises involved in the innovation of laboratories and in teaching activities; young specialists better prepared for the labour market and as a result higher employability – all alumni following the new curricula in 2021 were employed by Mongolian companies.National level: improvement of HE in Mongolia following the national priorities and strategic development: Action Plan for 2021-2030 of Mongolia's Long-Term Development Policy and the ""Vision-2050"". The successful implementation of learning outcomes approach in design courses and the credit system encouraged the curricular reform in other areas of HE in Mongolia and the credit transfer system was adopted by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Sports and applied by the public universities in Mongolia. Six state-owned universities have already signed cooperation agreements, exchanged courses, and agreed on credit transfer."

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.

The project addresses such root causes of environmental problems in MN,UA & VN, as poorly formulated policies, inadequate selection of management actions and the lack of suitable technology, by building capacity for academic excellence in doctoral training in environmental studies in PCs (and beyond). It aims:(1) To improve the practice of doctoral training and professionalise its governance by integrating PhD programs dealing with environmental policy, management and technology in 7 PCIs to 3 nationwide integrated doctoral schools (INTENSE NIDS), based on common Code of Operational Practices & research framework (COP & RF), and consolidating these schools into the INTENSE International Network.(2) To enhance doctoral training provision by integrating and upgrading existing learning contents that can be used for doctoral provision (total 80 ECTS by M36), infrastructure for accessing the courses and setting&monitoring flexible research training trajectories and their progression (INTENSE open education platform, including sustainable mechanisms for its development and maintenance) and shared access to research facilities.INTENSE will offer PhD students customized training trajectories and options to enrol on the courses, which will contribute to the progression of PhD theses; the IT infrastructure will provide access to the e-courses (including MOOCs) collected from all the PCIs belonging to INTENSE, from the full range of disciplinary fields related to environmental policy, management and technology, and to eScience modules creating individual learning portfolio.(3) To build the capacity of PhD students to improve their published output, through a strengthened multidisciplinary approach to doctoral training, aided by facilitating access to global and EU research networks (including facilitation of academic mobility), development of transferable skills, promotion of joint research/supervision arrangements & interdisciplinary & practice-oriented thesis topics.