On 16-17 of March 2021 hold the kick of meeting of one of the European Union projects within the Erasmus+ program in the field of capacity building in the field of higher education entitled "Enhancing the Research and Innovation Environment in the Libyan Higher Education System / IBTIKAR".
The representative of the Mediterranean Universities Union (UNIMED) and the project manager opened the kick of meeting of the project and presented the project’s work plan during the life of the project.
After that, Each Leader Organization supervising a work package presented a presentation on the mechanism work package, and the following universities lead the project work packages are as:
WP. Number | Work package type | Lead Organization |
1 | Synergies creation: best practices and lessons learnt | University of Tripoli |
2 | Definition of an Action Plan and institutional research agenda for research technology | University of Salento |
3 | Vertical capacity building action: from Europe to Libya | Boğaziçi University |
4 | Horizontal capacity building action: from Libya to Libya | Misurata University |
5 | Research activities piloting phase | University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro |
6 | Project Quality and Evaluation | University of Benghazi |
7 | Dissemination and exploitation | University of Zawia |
8 | Management
| Mediterranean Universities Union
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The kick of meeting was organized under the auspices of the project supervisor, the Union of Mediterranean Universities (UNIMED), the Italian Universita Del Salento, the Portuguese University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, and the Turkish University of Bogazici, in addition to representatives of the Libyan universities participating in the project, namely: Universities of Zawia, Tripoli, Elmarqab, Asmariya,Misurata, Bani Walid, Sebha, Sirte, Ajdabiya, Benghazi, and the Libyan International University of Medical Sciences.