International Security Management Knowledge Alliance Erasmus Project

Project Title

International Security Management Knowledge Alliance

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 : Knowledge Alliances for higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2016

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

The main objective of this Knowledge Alliance was to establish an international learning, teaching and knowledge-sharing environment that contributes to the development and professionalisation of leadership and innovation in the field of international safety and security. •The guiding principles were:•Multi Stakeholder collaboration•Co-Creation•Evidence Based Management•International Perspectiv•Allignment between Policy and practiceThe Knowledge Alliance consisted of partners from higher education, private industry, law enforcement, municipalities and NGOs. In particular, it included nine partners representing educational, business and network organisations, as well as agencies from the emergency, crisis, safety and security sectors, each with complementary skills and expertise. Some partners were experts in research, others in education, while others were safety and security professionals across diverse areas and from operational to strategic level. Our project further established a high-profile advisory board consisting of core actors in the security arena that advised on the progress of the project.The main products that were developed during the course of the project were:The main products that were developed during the course of the project were:•A Holistic Executive Master (MSc) programme on International Security Management;•A Horizon Scanning Tool (HST)•A Massive Open Online Course (MOOC);•A Security Multilogue Platform (SMP) Open World Version; a Forum based tool for exchange of ideas within the Msc •A Security Multilogue Platform closed version; a forum tool to incorporate the outcomes of the Horizon Scanning Exercise provide by use of the HST for students of the MSc International Security Management.•A White paper on online co-design of blended learning by using synchronous communication technology;•A book called “International Security Management: New Solutions to Complexity”•A website used for dissemination and presentation of the ISM-KA products called www.ism-ka.euAll ISM-KA main products have been shaped around the MSc programme, which is the core outcome of the ISM-KA project that may represent the main source of income. Indirectly, revenues derived from the MSc programme will cover some expenses of the other ISM-KA main products. All publicly accessible products will be offered through the ISMKA website www.ism-ka.eu and on the Erasmus Plus Project Results Plaform ensuring their visibility and helping with their sustainability. The products are designed to be compatible and complementary to one and another thereby enhancing their users’ knowledge and experience in the safety and security domain. The sections below describe the products that have been developed; the envisaged role for the current consortium partners in the exploitation; and the perceived benefit for the partners to do so. To ensure the exploitation of the products of the ISM-KA each ISM-KA main product will be managed in terms of content update and budget by the partner organisation that has developed it. The main exploitable project outcome being the ISM-KA MSc programme will be, for now, the sole exploitable product in terms of direct revenue. The HST and the SMP – closed version will be hosted by Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) and utilised and covered as part of the ISM- MSc programme. The MOOC will remain imbedded on the Coursera platform and any necessary updates will be performed by RSM. For the SMP open world version a source of revenue will be sought trough platform membership fees that will in return cover the future upkeep and sustainability of the platform managed by FORMIT.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 829226 Eur

Project Coordinator

ERASMUS UNIVERSITEIT ROTTERDAM & Country: NL

Project Partners

• FORMIT – FONDAZIONE PER LA RICERCA SULLA MIGRAZIONE E SULLA INTEGRAZIONE DELLE TECNOLOGIE
• LAPPRAND CONSEIL INTERNATIONAL
• POLITIEACADEMIE-LANDELIJK SELECTIE EN OPLEIDINGSINSTITUUT POLITIE
• INSTITUT DE SEGURETAT PUBLICA DE CATALUNYA
• INITIATIVES AS
• SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY
• THE EMERGENCY PLANNING SOCIETY