Project Name | Forests, climate change mitigation and adaptation: Higher Education Cooperation in Mekong region |
Acronym | FRAME |
Beneficiary | University of Helsinki |
Project Partner | Czech University of Life Science, Prague - Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences |
Investigator | doc. Ing. Martin Jankovský, PhD. |
Total Budget | 999 293 EUR |
Budget of CZU | 167 353 EUR |
Implementation period | 15. 11. 2020 – 14. 11. 2023 |
Operational Programme Title | ERASMUS+ |
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The project includes 2 Programme HEIs – University of Helsinki (coordinating HEI) & Czech University of Life Sciences, and 2 Partner HEIs each in Laos: Savannakhet University & Souphanouvong University and Thailand: Kasetsart University & Chiang Mai University.
Project aims to strengthen forestry higher education in Laos and Thailand based on the priority themes of ‘Sustainable forest management’ and ‘Forest restoration & rural livelihoods’; with the crosscutting themes of climate change mitigation & adaptation. Both countries have high levels of forest loss and degradation, and are highly vulnerable to climate change. Within this context, a key challenge for both countries are to make forest management more sustainable, socially inclusive, and to conserve and restore forests while providing development opportunities. Yet, their HEIs are inadequately equipped to provide the education services needed to address these challenges. Forestry students need to be trained not only in production forestry, but also in social, environmental, economic, and policy aspects.
Following the regional priorities, project aims to support modernization and internationalization of Partner HEIs curriculum, and support the development of new teaching and learning tools (including MOOCs & open source ICT tools), innovative methodologies and pedagogical approaches.