Concerning its main activities and methodology, the project will be primarily focused at grasping the needs and priorities of Asian HEIs when it comes to internationalization strategies and tools, so to tailor the subsequent actions and knowledge-sharing programs. After having consolidated a clear outlook of the practices and tools currently adopted in this sector by the universities of Myanmar, Laos, and Cambodia, the TOOLKIT consortium will start providing training activities in the EU partner universities for Asian IROs on writing/updating the IR strategic plans, educational project-writing and management and management of mobility schemes. The newly acquired skills and expertise in such fields will be then disseminated by local IROs on a national and regional level, through the organization of specific workshops and cascade trainings in their home universities to train additional HEIs from the three countries involved. In the meantime, TOOLKIT Asian partners will also foster the engagement of the entire academic community in IR activities concerning students and teaching staff through events organized by the IROs. Furthermore, to lay the foundations for tangible and long-lasting outcomes, the project is also targeted at other additional stakeholders, such as academic leaders and local policymakers, in order to raise their awareness and commitment to sound, innovative internationalization agendas. Finally, TOOLKIT endeavours in terms of dissemination, exploitation, and sustainability will revolve around the setting-up of two MOOCs, an HelpLine for project management, and a Policy Paper, that will raise the attention of international policymakers on the needs of Asian HEIs.

The aim is to build HR capacity to ensure a sustainable food value chain model based on entrepreneurship and creating added value to the natural resources supporting food production in Southeast Asia (Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar). Furthermore, the project aims to enhance university-enterprise cooperation as well as regional and (inter)national cooperation and networking. There will also be a strong focus on teaching methodologies, including the use of ICT, and enterprises will be actively involved in defining learning outcomes and offering internshipsThe specific objectives are:● to reform curricula related to food production at BA/MA level at the 6 partner universities, in line with the new regional developments and the locally developed evidence-based market demands by 2018. ● to train: - academic trainers (Regional Food Training Team): language skills, research skills, soft skills and teaching methodologies , general knowledge on management .... - Tech Transfer staff : technology transfer, entrepreneurship and transferable skills- International Relations Officers: internationalisation strategies, mobility and/or project management, organisation of International Offices.● to set-up or reinforce Technology Transfer Units at the partner universities which focus on university-enterprise cooperation and innovation. The aim is to set up a regional food network with all relevant stakeholders (universities, enterprises, authorities) by the end of the project.The trainings will provide the staff members with the necessary skills which are now lacking. The updated curricula will be taught in a more interactive way, including the use of ICT, and will be in line with market demands which will benefit the students. The university-enterprise cooperation will be reinforced via the Tech Transfer offices and will boost innovation. The project is specifically targetting the food sector, which represents a large share of the agriculture in the countries concerned.

CHINLONE has been designed as a structural capacity-building project aimed at fostering the modernization and internationalization of MM’s HES, currently in the midst of an epochal reform that mirrors the country’s transition towards democracy. With this in mind, the project tailors its main efforts on the needs and exigencies of three key target groups, represented by local academic leaders, professors and educators, as well as administrative staffs, in order to train them with the most prominent features of the European expertise in terms of academic governance, degree courses designing, and IR management. In doing so, the notions and know-how consolidated through their interactions with European partners will be further capitalized and disseminated on the local dimension, by means of cascade trainings and related activities with additional universities and local HEIs. Hence, CHINLONE is expected to produce a lasting legacy in MM well before the end of its timeline, through the inception of innovative and updated curricula in the strategic fields of studies of humanities and cultural heritage, economics and geography of tourism, and agricultural sciences, so to equip local prospective students with the tools and skills currently demanded by the labour market and economic stakeholders. This approach, most notably, can provide a valuable contribution to MM’s evolution towards a ‘knowledge economy’, paving the way for the introduction of new national policies in the sphere of HE on project-specific topics; which, in turn, will lead to the progressive ascendance of local HEIs in regional education rankings, to a steady increase in the overall number of students enrolling in MM’s universities, and to a parallel boost in international mobility flows to and from the country.

The primary goal of NEXUS project is to enhance research capacities of HEIs in the southeast Asian region, by strengthening relationships between Education, Research and Innovation in GIS, SID and remote sensing, for applications that are related to environment, agricultures and natural hazards. The project will develop a common nexus between various actors of research and innovation (HEIs, research centers, spin-off companies) in three neighboring countries: Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar where specific strategy for innovation transfer are convergent with EU developments in accordance with Europe 2020 strategy and Smart specialization initiatives.The goal was to generate synergies that would boost R&D growth and subsequently job opportunities and business creation through GIS/RS initiatives. The project expected to improve the transfer of innovation from universities to local and regional enterprises, enhancing the potential for social innovation through generating new applied research with spatial data. The main objectives of NEXUS were to:• Develop conceptual framework and structure for smart specialization and innovation in GIS/remote sensing in ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) countries• Support the research capacity of partner institutions in emerging topics that contribute to university study programs• Design strategy for imparting ‘hand-on’ practical training of delivering applied research outputs and working with identified business companies• Create innovation network and hub that enhances the use of GIS/remote sensing for societal uses.Practical studies were made to understand the gap in technology transfer in the SEA HEIs. NEXUS will organize intensive technical trainings for HEI teachers and researchers in defined areas. Physically six new GIS/remote sensing labs were set up or reinforced. Exemplary seminars in spin-offs with core activities related to RS/GIS and workshops with roundtable discussions between academia, business and governments were held in Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar. A hackathon in third year served to bring together companies and students. 7 awards were distributed among best teams. Due to Covid-19 situation only Thai partners were able to participate.

The goal of this project is to create innovative curriculum in smart agriculture by integrating the latest GIS/remote sensing (RS) technology. Remote sensing integrated with wireless sensors implemented in an GIS environment can provide valuable information (soil moisture, crop phenology, nutrient deficiency, crop disease, pests, etc.) for innovative crop management. We have included neighboring partner countries from Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia. The economy of these SEA countries relies heavily on primary production and all have a large predominantly rural population.The project enhances the concept of smart agriculture with the use of information and technology-based agricultural management system to improve crop production efficiency by adjusting farming inputs to specific conditions within each area of a field. Precision farming can be achieved by utilizing remote sensing technologies which capture and measure the health condition of soil /crops obtained from Earth Observation satellites and airborne drones. Biomass within the field can be measured, and crop development can be monitoring during varies seasons to control fertilizer application.Outputs: Comparison of established practices in smart agriculture in EU countries; report on bachelor/master curricula best practices in EU partners and catalogue of competencies to transfer to SEA partners; : design of training program and delivery of 6 train-the trainer sessions; purchase of equipment; Mobilities for at least 21 teachers to Europe (21 in year 1 and 21 in year 2) to be able to master new teaching/learning methods on the use of GIS/RS. Installation of state-of-the-art equipment hardware and software. Delivery on professional transferable curriculum on entrepreneurship for smart agriculture with online and blended learning methods. Joint initiatives with private sector through use of GIS/RS on agriculture and support of smart agriculture ecosystem with involvement of ministries of agriculture and farmers