The general objective of the EnoTour project is to bolster regional development and innovation in the enotourism, sector by creating and sustaining public-private digital solutions for training, up-skilling, business innovation and marketing. The project is driven by a European network of universities, professional education providers, wine cooperatives, wineries and regional tourist boards in in Catalunya, Porto, Veneto and Bordeaux, with the following specific objectives:-Develop digital tools to support the wine tourism sectors in comparable European wine regions, to bolster local and international enotourism;-Create innovative pathways to obtain micro-credentials in the wine industry, targeted at students, professionals and lifelong learners, so as to revive the human resources needed to innovate and sustain the sector;-Provide sustainable solutions to professionalise and market local wine industries, based on collaborative public-private, intra- and interregional approaches.EnoTour‘s main output is to develop, pilot and expand the EnoTour Virtual Platform which will provide opportunities to several target groups, under the same umbrella, as a means to link training, professional development and enotourism touristic offers. It's first Component – the Educational Component – will adapt internationally developed study modules in the wine sector into MOOCs, available as micro-credentials for university, VET students and managers and professionals in the wine sector. The second Component – the Corporative Component –provides wineries of different sizes and capacities the opportunity to not only undergo a Self-Assessment for their business enotourism sector. The third Component offers a a platform for connecting tourists and wineries, via interactive virtual solutions, visits, tastings and other experiences supported by AI. In addition to this innovative tool, the project itself positions enotourism as an important dimension of local development.

Western Balkan countries are on their way for integration to European Union. Besides the harmonization of law, improvement of institutional capabilities is another important agenda in this process. Considering this, establishment of EU model university-enterprise cooperation is crucial for WBC.The main objective of SUCCESS is to establish of university-enterprise cooperation by forming a partnership in the areas of education and knowledge transfer based on the market needs, as well as creating wide university-enterprise cooperation network in Western Balkan countries. These goals are aimed to be achieved through a steady collaboration among WBC universities and enterprises from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania and Montenegro, and EU universities from, Poland Spain, Serbia and Germany. Considering this, main activities foreseen within the project are as follows: Exploring the partnership models in EU and WBC, university – enterprise partnership, modernization of curricula by introducing practice-oriented teaching and learning, introducing internship programme in cooperation with business sector, reinforcing of existing structures and establishing start-up services. Successful implementation of those activities will lead to the increasing graduates employability. The results of the project are: university – business network established at each WBC, Regional network cooperation platform set-up and implemented, 4 common projects between partner universities and business sector created at each WBC HEIs, new updated courses/programmes implemented at WBC universities in cooperation with business sector, start-up services at WBC universities established and functional, academic staff trained in the practice-oriented teaching, internship programmes developed and introduced at 8 WBC universities. All of the activities and results of the project will be disseminated through the network established within the project.

VitaGlobal brings together university partners and networks from diverse regions (Europe, Georgia, South America and South Africa) interested in contributing to local development by building joint study programmes in agricultural science science and, specifically, vitiviniculture, which are of strategic economic importance to their countries and regions. The project willbuild capacity to develop joint programmes in vitiviniculture and oenology at the masters level, which is seen as a means to internationalise and integrate curricula, widen mobility opportunities for students and staff and ultimately internationalise the university contribution to local development. Work groups looking at specific expertise from each partner in the viticulture sector will develop study modules, in collaboration with local industry partners, which will be piloted in existing programmes of partner universities. Multi-lateral knowledge transfer and training events will be provided to teaching and administrative staff of partner universities, to generate teaching and administrative capacity in joint programmes. A diverse international network of higher education institutions with a common interest to contribute to local development and a shared commitment to agri-science, vitiviniculture and oenology will be an outcome, which will sustain collaborative activities after the project.

The overall objective of Joint AQ Africa is to contribute to the harmonization of higher education in Africa by setting up comparable quality assurance systems, defined by the cooperation of national authorities and HEI. The project will engage three pilot countries (Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire), in the development of a model for university institutional and programme level evaluation, based on a joint and complementary approach (national/regional/African continental) in order to inspire joint accreditation in French-speaking Africa, in particular. The methodology involves several stakeholders in this process and ultimately addresses the different gaps that exist in the various countries targeted, in terms of consolidating their QA and accreditation systems:a)Ministries and QA agencies and their capacities to agree on a common model for joint assessment;b)Universities and their abilities to assess their performance against these standards and to build their own internal QA processes;c)The main networks and associations for higher education and quality assurance in Africa, and their capacities to work collectively in the region and internationally, and to promote and apply similar approaches to other African countries and regions.The main outputs will be the development of a joint evaluation model, guidelines for its execution and six pilot evaluations. African partner universities will build capacity for self-assessment, through training for quality assurance staff. Training is also offered to the staff of ministries, and spaces are created whereby ministries and universities co-create approaches and build trust towards their respective QA systems. Through CAMES and important associated partners, awareness will be raised at the political level on the importance of the consolidation of a regional accreditation approach, which can serve systems which do not yet have QA agencies and can put forward mutual recognition of accreditation decisions.

The next production revolution (NPR) is occurring because of a confluence of digital technologies (e.g. 3D printing, the Internet of Things, advanced robotics), new materials (e.g. bio- or nano-based), and new processes (e.g. data-driven production, artificial intelligence). Africa is expected to be “the world’s next great manufacturing centre”, potentially capturing part of the 100 million labor-intensive manufacturing jobs that will leave China by 2030, provided it embarks decisively on a path of industrialization and circumvent the challenges the “New Industrial Revolution” is generating. Tunisia is one of the African countries that has understood early enough that the digital transformation and the next industrial revolution offers exciting opportunities for the country to make its great leap into the future. Tunisia shows an articulate innovation ecosystem that is promising for introducing the NPR in the country. However, benefiting from the NPR requires overcoming a myriad of obstacles. Major reforms and efforts are needed at the level of infrastructure, education, training and scientific research to provide Tunisian industrialists with the human skills capable of appropriating the technologies accompanying this Revolution. In addition, the low connections between universities and industries come out to weak innovation linkages that may stop further innovation in the country, especially in the field of NPR where the relevance of applied research and technology transfer is high. To this end, NePRev aims to develop a closer connection between universities and industries and reinforce the role of Tunisian universities to promote the transition toward the NPR and adapting to the evolving needs of the labour market in Tunisia. A key major outcome of NePRev is to set up a joint research master degree in Next Production Revolution, focusing on the training and education of researchers and experts prepared to help the Tunisian industry to embrace this revolution.