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MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA REGIONAL ARCHITECTURE: MAPPING GEOPOLITICAL SHIFTS, REGIONAL ORDER AND DOMESTIC TRANSFORMATIONS (MENARA)

Start date: Apr 1, 2016, End date: Mar 31, 2019,

The ‘Middle East and North Africa Regional Architecture: mapping geopolitical shifts, regional order and domestic transformations’ -the MENARA Project- will study the geopolitical order in the making in the South and East Mediterranean Countries and the Middle East amid all deep-reaching social and political changes unfolding since 2010. The project aims at describing the main features of the regi ...
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MEDRESET.A comprehensive, integrated,and bottom-up approach to reset our understanding of the Mediterranean space, remap the region,and reconstruct inclusive, responsive,and flexible EU policies in it (MedReset)

Start date: Apr 1, 2016, End date: Mar 31, 2019,

Euro-Mediterranean policies, as well as research on them, have been characterized by a Euro-centric approach based on a narrow geopolitical construction of the Mediterranean. Moreover, stakeholders, policy instruments, and policy issues have been defined from a European standpoint, marginalizing the perspectives and needs of local states and people, and ignoring the role played by new and powerful ...
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Professional Standards Framework for Excellence in Teaching and Learning in Lebanese Universities

Start date: Oct 15, 2015, End date: Oct 14, 2018,

E-TALEB is a structural project aiming at developing Lebanese Professional Standards in Teaching and Learning and cooperating for innovation and exchange of good practices and experiences relevant to similar frameworks established in Europe.The main objective of this project is to support the initial and continuing professional development of staff engaged in teaching and foster dynamic approaches ...
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Developing skills in the field of integrated energy planning in Med Landscapes

Start date: Oct 15, 2015, End date: Oct 14, 2018,

The ENEPLAN project was conceived to address the lack of interdisciplinary approaches in higher education on energy planning and RES development in Mediterranean areas, by increasing the capacities of future professionals through innovative ICT-based educational approaches, able to integrate different disciplines (spatial planning, environment, engineering, landscape) and foster collaboration with ...
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APL a model for oncogene-targeted leukemia cure (STEMAPL)

Start date: Jul 1, 2011, End date: Jun 30, 2017,

"Acute promyelocytic leukaemia, APL, is probably one of the best-understood malignancies and the only one where highly efficient oncogene-targeted therapies (retinoic acid and arsenic) actually cure the disease. Our recent studies have addressed the molecular basis for transformation and demonstrated the essential role of sumoylation of the PML moiety of PML/RARA, relaxed DNA-binding specificity, ...
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‘Freedom, dignity and justice’: A comprehensive approach to the understanding of youth exclusion and the prospects for youth inclusion and overall change in the South and East Mediterranean (POWER2YOUTH)

Start date: Mar 1, 2014, End date: Feb 28, 2017,

The 2010-2011 youth-led wave of protests in the South and East Mediterranean, could be described as the coming on the scene of a new generation united by a shared experience of marginalisation and by new ways to protest and act. Important as this phenomenon could be for the future of the SEM, it still escapes the main frames of analysis utilised by academic research. Youth studies in the SEM, whil ...
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Cooperation with Mediterranean Partners to build Opportunities around ICT and Societal And Industrial Challenges of Horizon 2020 (MOSAIC)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

The MOSAIC project aims to foster R&D cooperation between Europe and Mediterranean Partner Countries under European and third country programmes. MOSAIC focuses on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and how ICT can support common EU-MED societal challenges among which Health and wellbeing, Food and agriculture, Clean Energy, Green Integrated Transport and Risk Management for critical ...
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Development of Landscape Character Assessment as a tool for effective conservation of natural heritage in the Eastern Mediterranean (MEDSCAPES)

Start date: Dec 30, 2013, End date: Dec 29, 2015,

Project in brief The integrity of Mediterranean landscapes is currently threatened by a series of common problems: pollution, overgrazing, tourism development and urbanisation. Besides lack of public awareness, political commitment or intersectoral cooperation, the protection of natural heritage is hindered by the fragmentation of actions and approaches implemented so far in the Mediterranean regi ...
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Generating a Risk and Ecological Analysis Toolkit for the Mediterranean (GREAT Med)

Start date: Dec 13, 2013, End date: Dec 12, 2015,

Project in brief The Mediterranean Basin is one of the 25 hotspots and one of the 200 ecological regions with the highest biodiversity in the world. Although covering only 0.8% of the world’s sea surface and 0.3% of its volume, it is home to 7 to 8% of all known marine species. Similar diversity is known for terrestrial plant life. At the same time, the Mediterranean Sea is one of the world’s busi ...
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International Augmented MED (I AM)

Start date: Oct 19, 2012, End date: Oct 18, 2015,

The project in briefThe Mediterranean as a whole attracts around 30% of international arrivals and of tourism receipts. Increased international competition is nevertheless impacting the position of the Mediterranean region as a leading destination in the global market. Product diversification and innovative tourism services are key drivers to maintain and enhance the attractiveness of the Mediterr ...
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NCDs and their social determinants in Mediterranean partner countries: building sustainable research capacity for effective policy intervention (RESCAP-MED)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2014,

The main purpose of RESCAP-MED is to enhance the non-communicable diseases (NCDs) research landscape in southern and eastern Mediterranean countries by (a) strengthening capacity in a set of disciplines most relevant to improving public health and reducing health inequalities, and (b) enhancing networking, cooperation, and collaboration between researchers in the Mediterranean region. The main co ...
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duction of biodiesel from Algae in selected Mediterranean Countries (MED-ALGAE)

Start date: Dec 7, 2011, End date: Dec 7, 2014,

The potential of producing bio-fuel from microalgae has been recognized as an alternative to fossil fuels, especially under the form of liquid fuel (diesel, ethanol), which can be used in the transport sector. The use of microalgae as a biomass resource for production of biodiesel has drawn a lot of attention from researchers, governments and the private sector. To foster the development of microa ...
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Exploring Marine Resources for Bioactive Compounds: From Discovery to Sustainable Production and Industrial Applications (MAREX)

Start date: Aug 1, 2010, End date: Jul 31, 2014,

"Biodiversity in the seas is only partly explored, although marine organisms are excellent sources for many industrial products. Through close co-operation between industrial and academic partners, the MAREX project will collect, isolate and classify marine organisms, such as micro- and macroalgae, cyanobacteria, sea anemones, tunicates and fish from the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans as well ...
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Coordinating research in support to application of EAF (Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries) and management advice in the Mediterranean and Black Seas (CREAM)

Start date: May 1, 2011, End date: Apr 30, 2014,

"The Coordinating Action (hereafter ""the project"") will establish an effective collaboration network among key role players in Mediterranean and Black Sea fisheries research and management. The participants in the project include national research institutes from Mediterranean and Black Sea countries with a long history and active participation in fisheries research and assessment, who provide a ...
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“C-E-E-S” (Citizen oriented Evaluation of E-Government Services: A Reference Process Model) (CEES)

Start date: Apr 1, 2009, End date: Mar 31, 2013,

...a process model for the measurement of citizen satisfaction index for e-Government services. The aim is achieved by the knowledge exchange program between two academic partners (Brunel University and American University of Beirut.) and one private sector partner (Turk Satellite or TurkSat). The large bureaucratic public sector structures are often unable to embrace change and are grounded in years ...
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Science Education for Diversity (SED)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2012,

Young people in Europe are not acquiring the scientific literacy they need to participate as citizens in democratic decision making about issues that involve science. In addition recruitment to careers in science is falling in Europe which is a challenge to Europe’s future in the knowledge economy We propose to learn how to respond to this situation in collaboration with international partners in ...
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S1-L02 Egypt-Lebanon-EU Mobility Exchange NeTwork

Start date: Sep 1, 2011,

This project has the acronym ELEMENT which stands for “Egypt-Lebanon-EU Mobility Exchange NeTwork” The consortium consists of ten EU universities spread over eight countries and a good mixture (public/private, large/small) of five Egyptian and five Lebanese universities geographically covering the two countries. The consortium is thus able to offer a wide variety of thematic areas which match the ...
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S1-L02 - WELCOME - Widening Egyptian and Lebanese COoperation and Mobility with Europe

Start date: Jul 15, 2011,

The WELCOME project aims at strengthening the relations between European, Egyptian and Lebanese HEIs, promoting the achievement of academic excellence; furthermore, one of its related goal is the alignment of third country Higher Education Systems to the European system, giving a boost to the Egyptian and Lebanese education reforms in a framework always respectful of the cultural specificities. Th ...
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S1-L02 MEDASTAR - MEditerranean Area for Science Technology And Research

Start date: Jul 15, 2011,

MEDASTAR is a project committed to bring opportunities to students from both public and private universities of Egypt and Lebanon, paying attention to develop the capacity of public administrators in Lebanon and unemployed graduate population in Egypt. Gender balance and equal opportunities is enhanced in the project. The particular goal is to promote Science and Technology initiatives in these tw ...
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S1-L04-JOSYLEEN-Linking HE and Research Institutions in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Europe

Start date: Jul 15, 2010,

Two main factors that gave the original thrust to the project were 1) the dedication of Lund University (LU) to developing the cooperation with Middle Eastern universities as laid down in LU's strategic plan, and 2) previous fruitful experiences of long-term cooperation with the European universities and with several universities in the targeted countries. Both European and lot country partners em ...
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Leadership in Higher Education Management

Start date: Jan 15, 2010,

The main objective of this project is to improve leadership, governance and management of MEDA region higher education and converge it with that of EU universities. The project's partners are joining forces in a Structural Network under the EU-funded TEMPUS Programme to respond to the Modernisation Agenda of the European Union and to the need to invest in people, to support future leaders and enco ...
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L04 - Lebanon, Syria, Jordan

Start date: Jul 15, 2009,

The project idea (to organise and carry out institution-based mobility within a large consortium to achieve the short and long-term objectives) was generated by two main factors: the coordinator’s long-term cooperation with the European universities and the cooperation with several universities in Lot 3. The European partners want to establish mobility with the region and feel the same necessity a ...
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Towards the Lebanese Quality Assurance Agency

Start date: Oct 15, 2011,

Quality assurance (QA) is a major component in the Lebanese modernization agenda. With an important increase in volume and diversity, the Lebanese higher education (HE) faces several challenges making a clear QA system necessary. In this context, numerous Lebanese higher education institutions (HEIs) have already gone through a complete QA process with foreign QA agencies. Lately, a draft law for ...
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Develop a University Network for Improving the Move-Ability between Europe and Middle-East (EU/ Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Palestine)

Start date: Jul 15, 2012,

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Capacity Development of Faculties of Education in International approaches to teacher education

Start date: Oct 15, 2012,

The project builds capacity of selected faculties of education and higher education institutions in the MENA region by introducing international best practices from the EU in three areas: action- research, effective practicum and school-based teacher CPD. The project aims to strengthen partnerships between universities and schools. Schools are social institutions constituting the work place of fu ...
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Innovation and Development of Academic-Industry Partnerships through Efficient Research Administration in Lebanon (IDEAL)

Start date: Oct 15, 2012,

Addressed as a national structural measure within higher education and society and aligned with the Tempus priority of “developing partnerships with enterprises,” the IDEAL project seeks to augment inputs and outputs for research, development and innovation (RD&I) in Lebanon to improve the country's economic strength and global competitiveness. The inputs of concern to the project are summarized i ...
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