LESLIE
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:
- To create a Hub on Sustainable Land Management in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, integrating High Education Institutions (HEIs)
- To jointly design and implement a set of Micro-credentials on Sustainable Land management (SLM)
- 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
- To integrate all the educational material inside a Single Online SLM Repository (Toolbox)
- 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.