Sustainable Sustainability and Wise Use of Geological Resources Erasmus Project

Project Title

Sustainable Sustainability and Wise Use of Geological Resources

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 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

Reason:To implement five Mining/Geology degrees with a focus on Local Economic Development. The target countries are: Cape Verde, Angola and Mozambique. The EU Partners are the Universities of Coimbra, Salamanca and Turin and a Research Centre (CES, PT). Scientific objectives: (i) Increase the understanding of the geoscientific factors affecting the global environment in order to improve human living conditions; (ii) Develop more effective methods to find and sustainably exploit natural resources of minerals, energy and groundwater (ii) Increase the understanding of geological processes and concepts of global importance, including an emphasis on socially relevant issues, (iii) Improve standards, methods and techniques of carrying out geological research. It follows the recommendations from the AU Agenda 2063 and the UN-SDGoals: (1), (4), (5), (6), (7) and (17).Outputs:Three BSc courses (Geology, Geological Engineering and Mining Engineering), one MSc (Geology) and one PhD (Geology) involving the training of at least 40 teachers and 250 students in two years of ongoing courses. Bibliographic materials will be prepared and a several online courses supplied. The courses will be aligned with the Bologna recommendations.Impact:To address the huge gap in terms of the requisite infrastructure and critical human resources at all levels to fully realize the potential benefits that would accrue from the sustainable use of mineral resources and to assure local benefits by tackling the root causes of poverty, levering inclusive growth and development and seeking to secure sustainable financing. To facilitate communication and exchange among scientists by bringing together complementary interests so as to improve standards, methods and techniques for carrying out geoscience research, including the transfer of fundamental and applied knowledge between collaborating partners. The partnership brings a new attitude regarding the exploitation of natural resources in Africa.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 969318 Eur

Project Coordinator

UNIVERSIDADE DE COIMBRA & Country: PT

Project Partners

• UNIVERSIDAD DE SALAMANCA
• INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE CIENCIAS E TECNOLOGIA DE MOCAMBIQUE
• UNIVERSIDADE AGOSTINHO NETO
• UNIVERSIDADE DE CABO VERDE
• SCC – SOCIEDADE PARA O ENSINO, CIENCIA E CULTURA, SA
• CREA – CENTRO DE ESTUDOS DE ANGOLASARL
• UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI TORINO