| Title: | MEDiterranean countries: Towards Internationalisation at Home |
| Website: | www.med2iah.eu/ |
| Project Type: | Joint Project |
| Project nr. | 610107-EPP-1-2019-1-SI-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP |
| Objective: | To outline the internationalisation landscapes of PC HEIs and to identify levels of integration of international and intercultural dimensions into the formal and informal curricula of PC HEIs To improve the capabilities of PC HEIs for internationalisation through staff training and by translating general awareness of the IaH concept into streamlined institutional strategies and Action Plans. To build students’ intercultural knowledge and sensitivity to cultural diversity by transforming the International Relations Offices (IROs) of PC HEIs into vibrant multicultural focal points. |
| Subject Area: | Higher Education Institution |
| Duration: | 3 years |
| Coordinator: | Euro-Mediterranean University – EMUNI, Piran, SLOVENIA (coordinator) European Policy Development and Research Institute, SLOVENIA (co-coordinator) |
| Partners: | Euro-Mediterranean University – EMUNI, Piran, SLOVENIA (coordinator) European Policy Development and Research Institute, SLOVENIA (co-coordinator) University of Montpellier, FRANCE Catholic University of Murcia, SPAIN UniPegaso University, ITALY Al Akhawayn University, MOROCCO Euromediterranean University of Fes, MOROCCO Université Moulay Ismail, MOROCCO University of Tunis, TUNISIA Virtual University of Tunis, TUNISIA Universite Ezzitouna, TUNISIA Helipolis University for Sustainable Development, EGYPT South Valley University, EGYPT Philadelphia University, JORDAN Luminus Technical University College, JORDAN Lebanese International University, LEBANON Antonine University, LEBANON |
The purpose of the project: The MEDiterranean countries: Towards Internationalisation at Home (MED2IaH) project is primarily designed to have an impact at system level and trigger reform processes at national level in Mediterranean Partner Countries (PC). Policy-makers will receive support for evidence-based policy development and better regulation to move towards the modernisation of framework conditions for Higher Education (HE) in PCs. HEI managers and other stakeholders in the sector will be able to feed their expertise into the reform process and articulate their needs already at the stage of policy development. By developing policies that adequately address real problems at institutional level in each PC, MED2IaH will ultimately benefit the whole HE sector. The inclusion of all stakeholders (management, academic and administrative staff at universities, students) in project activities and consortia ensures that the whole HE sector in PCs and will take a step forward towards national reforms, which is a success factor.
The overarching objectives of this project are threefold:
- To outline the internationalisation landscapes of PC HEIs and to identify levels of integration of international and intercultural dimensions into the formal and informal curricula of PC HEIs
- To improve the capabilities of PC HEIs for internationalisation through staff training and by translating general awareness of the IaH concept into streamlined institutional strategies and Action Plans.
- To build students’ intercultural knowledge and sensitivity to cultural diversity by transforming the International Relations Offices (IROs) of PC HEIs into vibrant multicultural focal points.