Climate Change Management Through Adaptation and Mitigation Erasmus Project

Project Title

Climate Change Management Through Adaptation and Mitigation

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 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

The overall wider objective, to which the project will contribute, is to continue the reform of the system of higher education in the area of applied Physical sciences (Environmental science) in Egypt to comply with the Bologna Declaration and according to the demands of the Strategic Framework for European Cooperation in Education and Training (ET 2020), aimed at improving of the quality and efficiency of educational process.The aim of the project is to ensure the design and implementation of an interdisciplinary Master degree study programme “Smart Environment and Climate Change Management” through conduction of joint interdisciplinary research, devoted to the synergy between theory and practice in sustainable development, in order to support Egypt with the integration of emerging technologies in environment management in a competence-based education system, hence advancing higher education according to the Bologna Process and European standards for quality of education.The objectives and foreseen outcomes of the proposed project: – to design Master degree study programme curriculum integrated with the European education and research systems, in order to establish international standards of academic knowledge;- to involve researchers and practitioners into communication and to establish their joint participation in the educational process and research;- to train the academic staff of EG universities to be able to use a Master degree “Smart Environment and Climate Change Management”;- to establish mechanisms and evaluation criteria that give a full analysis of the education process and content of courses as well as help to identify their strengths and weaknesses;- to implement innovative learning methods and a new collaboration platform for learning and academic environment to support the educational process;- to demonstrate the benefits of education based on the principles of Bologna process and European standards of quality in education.

Project Website

http://adaptm.eu/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 770788 Eur

Project Coordinator

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI CATANIA & Country: IT

Project Partners

• ETHNIKO ASTEROSKOPEIO ATHINON
• ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY
• SUEZ CANAL UNIVERSITY
• SOUTH VALLEY UNIVERSITY
• EVRO-SREDOZEMSKA UNIVERZA
• KLAIPEDOS UNIVERSITETAS
• ARAB ACADEMY FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MARITIME TRANSPORT