Development of new master program in GLOBal Supply chain Management for Southern Mediterranean Erasmus Project

Project Title

Development of new master program in GLOBal Supply chain Management for Southern Mediterranean

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Capacity Building in higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

The motivation to develop a master program on “Global Supply Chain Management” is primarily driven by (1) the global trends in supply chain management; (2) its unique contribution to food security, maritime industry and humanitarian relief programs in the Middle East; (3) the institutional capacity of the partner universities to implement the proposed program and the European partners’ excellence in the field of supply chain management. With the increased use of digital technologies and the expanding scope of business operations, supply chain management stands at the forefront of the global economy, making national boundaries irrelevant and companies and countries ever closer. Supply chain management is particularly important in the Middle Eastern context as the region is heavily dependent on international trade for imports and exports and cultural issues play a major role in business practices. In such a highly competitive and globalized market environment, companies need well-educated supply chain management professionals who can easily understand cross-cultural issues and make supply chain decisions that have increasingly become less standardized, more complex, highly dynamic, and talent intensive. GLOB-SM will advance CBHE objectives of supporting modernization, accessibility and internationalization of higher education institutions by developing a highly demanded, technology intensive, and need based curriculum that is new for not only Lebanon and Jordan , but also the whole of Middle East and implementing innovative strategies and tools. Being the only program of its kind in the MENA Region, the program will not only contribute to enhancing the local and regional competences on the management of supply chain, but will also enhance the employability of graduates by providing an international standard high quality education in the field.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 745800,5 Eur

Project Coordinator

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT & Country: LB

Project Partners

• PRINCESS SUMAYA UNIVERSITY FOR TECHNOLOGY
• GROUPE KEDGE BUSINESS SCHOOL
• UNIVERSITEIT ANTWERPEN
• TALAL ABU-GHAZALEH UNIVERSITY COLLEGE FOR INNOVATION (TAGUCI)
• UNIVERSITE SAINT-JOSEPH