Viewing bio-economy through the lens of sustainable forestry
Project in a Nutshell
Instrument:
Erasmus+, Capacity Building in the Field of Higher Education
Project Volume:
799.545,- EUR
Consortium Coordinator:
HNEE
Contact Person:
Kevin Beiler, Project Coordinator
Project Duration:
15/10/2017 – 14/10/2020
Consortium
The project consortium comprises 6 partners from Europe and Vietnam. The size of the group allows for a diversity of perspectives while maintaining synnergies regarding involvement in education on forest and environmental management. The variety of disciplinary backgrounds represented by experts from each university provides strong interdisciplinary / multidisciplinary capabilities to the consortium.
- The University of Sustainable Developmnet Eberswalde, Germany, is specialized in Forest and Environment, Landscape Management and Nature Conversation, Wood Engineering as well as Sustainable Business
- The South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences Ltd. (XAMK) is specialized in silviculture, wood procurement, harvesting, forest management and planning and business operation in forestry.
- The VNU University of Science (VNU-HUS) has a strong focus on forestry, biology, environmental sciences, renewable energy, and advanced materials for green growth.
- The Vietnam National University of Forestry (VNUF) has expertise in Forestry, Forest Resources Management, Environment, Forestry Industry, and Rural Development.
- The Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry (TUAF) focuses on fisheries and aquaculture, agriculture, forestry, rural development, environmental and natural resource management.
- The University of Valladolid offers expertise in Forest Engineering and Natural Resources Management Engineering.
Objectives
The objectives are:
- to design a new multidisciplinary M.Sc. curriculum on Sustainable Forest-and Bio-Economy
- to develop, test and deliver learning materials for 18 modules with 6 ECTS credits or courses on Sustainable Forest- and Bio-Economy
- to disseminate best practices in intercultural and inter-institutional settings and intercultural learning in the higher education sector on Sustainable Forest- and Bio-Economy
- to involve local and regional stakeholders such as private business, professional bodies and associations from the sector and also national accreditation institutions for higher education.
The Outcomes are:
- Syllabi and learning / teaching materials of 18 innovative modules jointly developed by the partners
- Increased capacity of faculty members trained in designing and developing the learning / teaching materials of the 18 modules
- 100 students trained with the 18 new and innovative modules developed
- An e-Learning platform containing learning / teaching materials of the 18 modules for open and free access worldwide.