OPEN-ing Laos Higher Education System to internationalisation strategies Erasmus Project

Project Title

OPEN-ing Laos Higher Education System to internationalisation strategies

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 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

The most important challenges facing the Laotion universities is to set up appropriate structures (IROs) and harmonise internationalisation practices as proposed by the Ministry of Eucation and Sport of the People Democratic Republi of Laos. This harmonisation should include the sharing of basic and current practices, long established already in countries belonging to the European Higher Education Area, which could facilitate the exchange of students and academic staff, the development of joint projects or other international activities. Also the project general objective aims at increasing the academic quality and research activities of universities in the PDR of Laos through the development of internationalisation capacities. The specific objectives are: -To consolidate Internationalisation structure, & build human capacities of HEIs by means of targeted training programmes in 5 HEIs;- To accompany the governance reforms of MoEs and enhance international networking through strategic actions in key areas of the Laos higher education system.The OPEN project will achieve the above-mentioned general and specific objectives by achieving the concrete following outputs: 1. Increased cooperation and sharing of good practices via the needs analysis and Institutional Building. 2. Strengthening of Internationalisation of higher education system through the promotion of HEIs governance reforms. 3. Enhancement of managerial and administrative staff capacities in dealing with internationalisation issues.4. Establishment of a National Network. 5. Increase public awareness and understanding of Internationalisation.

Project Website

http://www.open-laos.eu

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 764914 Eur

Project Coordinator

UNIVERSIDAD DE ALICANTE & Country: ES

Project Partners

• MINISTRY OF HEALTH
• SOUPHANOUVONG UNIVERSITY
• CHAMPASACK UNIVERSITY
• SAVANNAKHET UNIVERSITY
• ALMA MATER STUDIORUM – UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA
• MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SPORTS
• NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LAOS