Duration: October 15, 2015 – October 14, 2018

List of Partners

P1. Desertification Research Centre - University of Sassari NRD-UNISS

P2. University of Leeds - UNIVLEEDS

P3. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - AUTH

P4. Mediterranean Universities Union - UNIMED

P5. Advanced Computer Systems A.C.S. S.p.A. – ACS

P6. University of Cairo - UNICA

P7. Alexandria University, Faculty of Agriculture - UNIAL

P8. Institute of Graduate Studies and Environmental Research, Damanhour University - IGSER

P9. Zagazig University - ZU

ILHAM-EC aims at increasing the professionalism of young students by supporting the development of a new inter-university postgraduate Master on Sustainable Land Management (SLM). The new curriculum will take into account new approaches to tackle land degradation and desertification processes. The new Master will be designed to be student-oriented, based on new innovative learning methods and adjusted to the Bologna process requirements. In addition, a cooperation agreement signed by the involved universities and other stakeholders will establish an international educational network on SLM, thus creating new cooperative opportunities and relationships.

National Priority: Multidisciplinarity

Overall objective

Contribute to enhance capacity building in Higher Education of Egypt ensuring high quality educational curricula that meet professional, employer and socio-economic needs of the Partner Country

Specific objectives

1. Update Master curricula and improve the quality of teaching and learning at the Universities of Cairo, Alexandria, Zagazig and Damanhour in line with the Bologna requirements and the Europe 2020 Strategy
2. Build a multi-stakeholder collaborative and international educational network on Sustainable Land Management

PROJECT WORK PLAN AND ACTIVITIES

The project is composed by 8 Work Packages (WP) crucial for the achievement of the two specific objects

Figure - Project flowchart