Erasmus

Land management, Environment & SoLId-WastE: inside education and business in Central Asia (LESLIE)

Number: 101129032

Project start date: 01/11/2024

Project end date: 31/12/2026

Duration: 36 months

Budget Information: 399 835.00 €

Project coordinators: Technical University of ValenciaPartners:

Partners:

- Technical University of Valencia, Spain

- University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Italy

- University of Cyprus, Cyprus

- Sh.Ualikhanov Kokshetau University, Kazakhstan

- Non-Commercial Joint Stock Company Kazakh National University named after Al-Farabi, Kazakhstan

- Khoja Akhmet Yassawi International Kazakh-Turkish University, Kazakhstan

- The Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia, Kazakhstan

- Ministry of Education and Science, Kazakhstan

- Fergana Polytechnic Institute, Uzbekistan

- "Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers" National Research University, Uzbekistan

- Bukhara Institute of Natural Resources Management of the National Research University of Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers, Uzbekistan

- Bukhara State University, Uzbekistan

- International Agriculture University, Uzbekistan

- Ministry for Higher and Secondary specialized education of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan

Project summary: This project is a Capacity Building in Higher Education(CBHE) action jointly organized by 14 organizations (partners) from 3 EU countries (Spain, Italy, Cyprus) and 2 Central Asian countries (Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan). LESLIE focuses on the development of new capacities to be used by Central Asian High Education Institutions (HEI) in their near-future educational programmes in the field of Sustainable Land Management (SLM).

Expected results of the project:

  1. To create a Hub on Sustainable Land Management in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, integrating High Education Institutions (HEIs)
  2. To jointly design and implement a set of Micro-credentials on Sustainable Land management (SLM)
  3. To produce a set of didactic tools in digital format that can be integrated as support material in the SLM BSc and MSc ONLINE educational programs
  4. To integrate all the educational material inside a Single Online SLM Repository (Toolbox)
  5. To develop a Pilot Future Learning Incubator which includes the application of new educational techniques using a STEHEAM approach to promote and disseminate SLM to the future 2030 university students.