Work PackagesAnd Objectives
WP1: Project coordination and management
WP 2: University-industry partnerships and collaborations (stems from SO#1)
WP3: Improved teaching methods and innovative curriculum development stems from SO2
WP4: Innovation and entrepreneurial capacity strengthening (stems from SO#3)
WP 5: Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation (CDE) Plan of project outputs.
The objectives in each work package are:
WP 1: Project management and co-ordination
- Training of the consortium members on data handling procedures, gender equality and social inclusion.
- Develop and implement Quality management Plan
- Risk identification and mitigation
- Financial management and reporting
WP 2: University –Industry partnerships
- To determine and address partnership related factors that constrain teaching, research and technology transfer in HEIs.
- To organize HEI-industry forums, events and conferences culminating in a long term engagement platform.
- To develop strategies, tools and capacity of HEIs to network with industry, academic and research institutions, and innovation hubs.
- To improve management systems, structures and policies for efficient service delivery and improved partnerships.
WP 3: Improved teaching methods in innovative curriculum
- Identify and address the misalignment between agriculture teaching curriculum and the skills for employability and entrepreneurship.
- To develop, test and implement new learning methods and resources for agriculture courses in HEIs
- To develop, test and adapt innovative agriculture teaching curriculum emphasizing employability, entrepreneurship and self-reliance
- To implement policy and other reforms to entrench roles of industry actors in teaching the agriculture courses.
WP 4: Innovation and entrepreneurial capacity strengthening
- Develop capacity of existing and new incubation centers to manage and commercialize university intellectual property.
- Developing operational guidelines and sustainable business models for different types and scales of incubators.
- Developing framework for supporting and incubating green agri-innovations, business ideas and start-ups in HEIs.
WP 5: Communication and dissemination of project outputs
- Achieve a critical mass of stakeholders and maximize outreach for UPLIFT-Ag with targeted messaging and customized content.
- Diffuse the innovative teaching methods tested in the UPLIFT-Ag project and promote their application in other agriculture teaching HEIs.
- Create visibility of the impactful HEI-industry partnerships thereby motivate the emergence of more partnerships that support teaching/ learning, innovation and entrepreneurial capacity of HEIs.
- Obtain feedback from key stakeholders to ensure the activities of the UPLIFT project remain in the right direction.
- Align and integrate the dissemination, communication and institutional capacity building efforts to ensure sustainability of projects outputs and outcomes.
- Nurture a collaborative framework that stimulates synergy with other projects, and strengthens the existing EU-AU partnerships