Innovative entrepreneurship education and training can help students and staff tackle many societal challenges by providing them with the skills required by the labour market. Due to the absence of standardized curricula focusing on entrepreneurship in Indonesian HEIs and the existing societal and environmental challenges in the country, the need for introducing social entrepreneurial education is obvious. Strengthening social entrepreneurial development can help Indonesia resolve current societal and environmental challenges and maintain its economic growth at the same time.INSPIRE aimed to promote: (1) social entrepreneurship in selected Indonesian regions by recognizing their needs and transferring best practice approaches from European to Indonesian HEIs.(2) to facilitate innovative learning practices in social entrepreneurship education by developing and implementing trainings, workshops and other tools to increase the labour market relevance of social entrepreneurs.(3) to strengthen cooperation among educational institutions from Indonesia and Europe to foster internationalization of Indonesian HEI and for mutual benefit of increased reputation and recognition in the field of social entrepreneurship.(4) to foster innovation in the field of social entrepreneurship by involving relevant social entrepreneur mentors in the formation of social entrepreneurs and by creating a physical environment where it can be developed.The specific objectives were: • to strengthen and build up the competences and skill sets of academic staff and students (potential social entrepreneurs) in Indonesian HEIs • to create a replicable and cost-effective capacitation model which can be transferred to other universities and countries in the region to extend the benefits to many more social entrepreneurs.• to develop innovative learning practices by an increased use of ICT tools benefitting HEI staff during Train-the-Trainer sessions and social entrepreneurs during student workshops.• to create new and /or expand existing university-business linkages for mutual benefits and to open up new synergy opportunities.• to stimulate idea generation and creative thinking processes among potential social entrepreneurs by conducting a Business Plan Competition.• to interlink potential social entrepreneurs with well-established social entrepreneur mentors to enhance the learning process and to improve the integration of social entrepreneurial talents in (inter)national economy and new business synergies in the long run• to establish modern co-working spaces in Indonesian HEIs This has been achieved through a variety of activities using online and offline tools in English:(1) Two tailor-made Social Entrepreneurship training sessions covering 6 modules for 49 Indonesian HEI staff who have become multipliers in their own institutions,(2) Entry-level-workshops on social business development with 261 potential social entrepreneurs,(3) Public World Café events with 245 participants connecting Social Entrepreneurship with relevant stakeholders from the Business, Public and Finance sector,(4) Social Business Plan Competition with 120 participants,(5) 1-year mentorship for 25 competition winners involving local Social Business Mentors,(6) Establishment of co-working spaces to provide mentees with a creative work environment. Impact has been achieved on an institutional level in each HEI through capacitated staff and students, on regional and national level through better cooperation among HEIs and industry and the tackling of major societal, environmental and cultural challenges, and on an international level through heightened social entrepreneurship activity in society at large.

We are living in a rapidly changing world which brings new challenges to our society. The world now is facing complex societal challenges that need a collective response, which requires people to break down their silos and start to collaborate across disciplines. This calls for interdisciplinary approach to foster innovation towards sustainable solutions for societal challenges. Food waste is one of the key societal challenges in Indonesia, the fourth largest populous country and the second largest food waster in the world. One intervention to resolve this societal challenge is through collaboration across disciplines by implementing an interdisciplinary approach to foster collaborative innovation in food waste management. The higher education curriculum in Indonesia calls for modernization in various facets, including integrating interdisciplinary and 21st century skills learning to enhance its students and teaching staff’s competitive advantage. It is also crucial to raise their awareness on the societal challenges and involve them to take part and contribute in societal problem solving. This capacity building project, IN2FOOD, is driven by a wide national concern on food waste and a need of interdisciplinary in higher education curriculum in Indonesia. Through this project, we aim to modernize the curriculum in 5 higher education institutions in Indonesia to deal with food waste management as a societal challenge in Indonesia and implement an interdisciplinary approach to foster collaborative innovation. Through interdisciplinary collaboration and knowledge transfer from 3 EU higher education institutions, Indonesian partners are expected to develop interdisciplinary courses including innovative learning and teaching tools, facilitate interdisciplinary co-curricular activities, establish an interdisciplinary research center focusing on innovation for societal challenges, and provide an interdisciplinary master level curriculum design in food waste management.

Advanse aims at promoting the modernization of financial management practices and income diversification strategies in HE institutions at regional level, with a view to sustainably strengthen the Higher Education systems and maximize the social return on investment in Higher Education in Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand. More specific it aims at:-enhancing human, organisational and technical capacities of partner countries HEIs to increase efficiency in financial management (FM) and income diversification, promoting accountability and transparency through systematisation and promotion of good practice.-promoting regional integration through creating a network of financial managers pursuing modernisation of financial management systems and practices.The prjoect will have a sustainable impact on following levels:1. Increased awareness on regional level HEIs & policy makers on common challenges and existing initiatives in modernising FM and income diversification strategies in HE, through systematisation of experiences and supra-regional promotion of good practice; 2. Enhanced human, organisational & technical capacities at institutional levels to improve efficient FM and create a pool of qualified human resources capable to effectively implement reforms, using modern tools and methodologies; 3. Sustainably strengthened institutional modernisation capacities, through development of strategic action plans and joint strategies for efficient FM and income diversification; 4. Region-wide impact and replication of project outputs through creation and implementation of a supra-regional network; 5. Active involvement of relevant actors & non-partner HEIs and region-wide up-take through consistent dissemination strategy

Indonesia is one of the 153 countries to have ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with disabilities and adopted through national legislation no. 19, 2011. People with disabilities experience significant structural and cultural barriers to participate in the society, this is particularly true when it comes to accessing higher education in Indonesia, the level of enrolment of people with disabilities is less than 1%. In the current situation where HE is closely connected with the country’s economic development, and where an university degree is essential for qualified employment, underrepresentation of persons with disabilities in HE leads to continued marginalization in economic and social life. In 2012, the Indonesia Ministry of Education passed the Ministerial Decree number 46, 2012 on the inclusion for people with disabilities in HE. The bill mandates universities to provide accessibility in all educational aspects. Its been two years since its promulgation but the decree remains unknown by the majority of higher education communities, and consequently, persons with disabilities continue to experience barriers that hinder their participation. The INDOEDUC4ALL project proposal “Ensuring Access and Quality Education for Students with Disabilities in Indonesian Universities” will help universities to develop the capacity of its members: leaders, professors, and administrative staff in addressing the educational need of students with disabilities. Modern disability support centres will be created and equipped with assistive technologies, ensuring the accessibility of the teaching-learning processes while including students with disabilities in the process and empowering them. A network will be created to exchange good practices and speak in a common voice at national level. Univerisities will opening up to high schools to widen the access to HE and to the labor market.

Indonesia, the main target area of this project, is a rapidly growing economy with an annual growth rate of around 6% in the last years. The Government of Indonesia sees the development of the country in the processing of natural resources and has called in international companies to help to industrialize the country. Industrialization can show success within a few years only with special commitment from the education sector.Based on the needs analysis made in Indonesia by INDOPED project partners, a number of challenges related to higher education have been identified. In most universities teaching still seems to be based on a teacher-centered approach. Students don’t get enough contacts with companies during their studies. Therefore there is a great need to modernize Indonesian pedagogical practices to meet the requirements of working life.The overall aim of the INDOPED project is to raise the teaching capacity of Indonesian University teachers that they will be enabled to bring the Higher Education to the European standard. Teachers should be able to compete in the league of World Class Universities, as Indonesian University rectors have written in their objective agreements with the Indonesian Ministry of HE. The quality of teaching is considered the major factor towards modern and competitive higher education. We see that teachers role should be more like a mentor and facilitator of learning, not a teacher in the traditional meaning. We strongly believe that active University-enterprise cooperation, which gives students more possibilities to enhance their competencies in real working life situations, is a key for more efficient as well as cost-effective higher education. During the INDOPED project we shall test and adjust European active learning practices and embed the most valuable ones into the structures of Indonesian partner universities. Effective dissemination will make the results available for Universities ASEAN wide.