Project Name: Higher Education Cooperation for Forest Landscape Restoration and Sustainable Livelihoods in Bangladesh and Vietnam (FORSU)
General Objectives:
The project's general objective is to strengthen the capacity of partner HEIs in Bangladesh and Vietnam to contribute to well-functioning, relevant and accessible Forest Landscape Restoration education to meet the needs of graduates and employers, and for the broader benefit of the environment and society.
Another overarching objective is the inclusion of practical elements and components (e.g. in the form of research, fieldwork, and case studies) in the courses and curricula, since practical experiences are key to ensure a successful, sustainable learning process. For those case studies (and also regarding their importance for the challenge of forest restoration), the inclusion of partners from industry and the private sector is especially important, given their significance for the economy (investments and innovation) as well as their importance as generators of jobs. Case studies and research as integral parts of the curriculum shall be designed as important steps towards the establishment of strategic partnerships.
Specific Objectives:
Objective 1: To strengthen the institutional partnerships and reinforce existing cooperation between EUHEIs, Bangladesh, and Vietnamese HEIs on joint education and research programs.
Objective 2: To build inter-disciplinary curricula combining technical sciences with socio-economic sciences to enable students to acquire the technical knowledge and skills, as well as the social skills that are needed to design Forest Landscape Restoration education to meet the demands of all stakeholders involved.
Objective 3: To support the Bangladeshi and Vietnamese HEIs to upgrade existing and develop new BSc/MSc courses on Forest Landscape Restoration and sustainable livelihoods by matching curriculum with national and regional needs.
Objective 4: To improve the accessibility of education through the use of practical and innovative teaching and learning tools including open educational resources (OER) and state-of-the-art methods and techniques (digital/online courses and open-source information and communication technology (ICT) tools.
Objective 5: Improve the employability of graduates by matching the curriculum with national and regional needs; develop partnerships with public and private sector organizations for institutionalizing/mainstreaming internships, on-the-job training and post-graduate work experience opportunities with relevant employers.
Objective 6: Support North-South-South cooperation and exchange to improve the quality and availability of teaching and training capacity while promoting regional and international networking and exchange of staff in the field of Forest Landscape Restoration.
Objective 7: Improve the capacity of Partner HEIs to access national and international funding for research and academic cooperation.
Higher Education Cooperation for Forest Landscape Restoration and Sustainable Livelihoods in Bangladesh and Vietnam (FORSU)
