The increasing of the use of fossil fuels to meet growing Vietnamese energy demand (by 10% per year) goes against the need to prevent dangerous climate change. Renewable Energy Systems (RES) are a key solution. Vietnamese HEIs aren't offering a training program specialized on RES in both undergraduate and graduate level and their main goal is to become leading universities, looking forward to standardizing education programs oriented to society demands and international accreditation criteria.ECO-RED project aims at contributing to the modernization, accessibility and Internationalization of n. 3 Universities in Vietnam, promoting the collaboration between Europe and Vietnam, supporting the adoption of innovative programmes and fostering a close collaboration between HEIs and labour market.The overall objectives are the:- Enhancing the collaboration, including credit recognition, mobility, joint training, among HEIs- Improving of the quality and relevance of HEIs - Improving the level of competences and skills in HEIs, adopting new and innovative pedagogical approach.The specific purpose of the ECO-RED project is to establish n. 5 new undergraduate courses on renewable energy, energy efficiency and sustainability in n. 3 Vietnamese Universities.Main outputs will be:1) A detailed knowledge of Vietnamese Universities needs and of market needs; 2) a Manual on common standards, adopted for the elaboration of high Quality courses on RES and developed by the close collaboration among European Quality and International Offices and Vietnamese Offices, trained on Bologna Process; 3) n. 5 courses on RES accredited at Vietnamese and European HEIs; 4) training materials elaborated and delivered (n. 2 of n. 5 courses also in streaming); 5) at least 45 students trained; 6) Sustainable perspectives explored and verified; 7) Project activities and results disseminated; 8) ECO-RED project accomplished in a transparent and effective way.

The objective of the project is to support the Vietnamese students in the field of ICT to transfer their knowledge to the businesses and community by providing them with - directly and through teachers - new skills and activities to adapt them effectively to the IT-market as entrepreneurs or employees. The partner universities will also be supported to enhance their collaboration with the industry in order to benefit students, teachers and the community. The project proposes: 1) Development of the curricula by developing entrepreneurial, IT-related and industry-relevant methods of teaching, new content and introducing extracurricular activities that support entrepreneurialism. Providing the students and teaching staff with entrepreneurship skills and mind-set will stimulate the creation of business start-ups, ultimate goal of this project and create new jobs to answer the increase number of graduates every year. It will also provide the students and teaching staff with a new way of thinking fostering innovation being a requirement to support Vietnam’s growth.2) Improvement of a more consistent way of communicating and collaborating with the regional businesses and other actors - University Business-Collaboration UBC. These activities help the universities to increase the work-life relevance of the teaching through joint projects with the industry as well as to commercialize their research output. It will reinforce the capacity of the universities to network effectively with the community supporting scientific cooperation and knowledge exchange.3) An evaluation of the partner universities current practices towards a more entrepreneurial university and recommendations for improvement will allow the Vietnamese universities to identify their strengths and weaknesses and upgrade their facilities and practices to be more innovative and competitive.

Vietnam enjoyed 20 years of economic growth following the adoption of Doi Moi or “economic renovation” (°1986). It marked a policy shift from central planning toward a mixed economy, termed as “socialist market economy”. At the same time, the role of universities all over the world changed from producing knowledge for knowledge’s sake to being a source of innovation and a motor of entrepreneurial activity and economic development. Spurred by best practices (MIT, Stanford…), policy makers all over the world increasingly expect universities to turn their knowledge and technologies into social and commercial activities that benefit society. This means that universities need mechanisms in place to effectively and efficiently organize knowledge and technology transfer (KTT). In the EU, many institutions have gone through this process while in Vietnam most of the KTT offices have only recently been set up or are currently being set up. This means they are at the start of the learning curve European KTT offices just experienced. EU KTT offices and their leaders thus can share knowledge and best practices with their Vietnamese colleagues and help build capacities and leadership in KTT.The project will organize a series of training and exchange programs for Vietnamese and European trainees while bringing together experts and stakeholders on KTT and KTT education.VETEC will: - Train Vietnamese KTT Leaders and KTT Trainers- Train European International KTT Experts- Engage and strengthen Vietnamese KTT stakeholders (researchers, policy makers and entrepreneurs…)- Lay the foundations for a Vietnamese KTT Network - Develop innovative course materials on Vietnamese KTT The VETEC Consortium consists of Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Lead, BE), Universidad de Aveiro (PT), TU Dresden (DE), Hanoi University of Sciences and Technology (VN), Hué University (VN) and Can Tho University (VN) as well as a 6 Associated Partners and 1 Supporting Partner.

The project aims at supporting higher education institutions in Vietnam and Myanmar in order to:1) Increase attainment levels opening new Undergraduate/Master courses on Waste management which can support the easier entering in the labour market of students; 2) Improve the quality and relevance of high education promoting a cross-border cooperation through the close exchange of knowledge and trainees and endorsing the mobility of the best students;3) Enhance the quality of Asian education system through professor/researcher visiting and sharing experience in the area of waste management and lessons learned from the European university system/universities; 3) Spread a new recycling culture and the importance of differentiated collection within the Universities. The main objective of the project is to establish 6 new courses on Waste Management, Green Policies for Sustainability and recycling processes in 3 Universities in Vietnam and 2 Universities in Myanmar. The courses will be based on an innovative approach that includes the respect of both European and local quality standards, the promotion of students and professor’s mobility, the internationalization of education and the promotion of the recycling culture. Specific goals are:1. increase the local competences on Waste Management and recycling processes;2. promote the dialogue between European and higher education (universities) in Vietnam and Myanmar in order to facilitate the reciprocal recognition of competences and credits;3. inform Asian Universities on European University system: Bologna Process, Quality Evaluation and Internationalization;4. make comparable the education and training quality of Asian Universities and European Universities, elaborating 6 courses which respect the quality parameters of all countries;5. promote the mobility of students and professors/researchers/staffs and the Universities cooperation;6. promote waste recycling and spread awareness to society.