The objectives in each work package are:

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

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.

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.

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.

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