Action: KA2 Capacity Building
Dates: 15/11/19 14/11/22
Coordination: Università degli Studi di Palermo (Spain)
Partners:
Clinica Legale per i Diritti Umani (Italy)
Universidad de Granada (Spain)
The University of Westminster LBG (UK)
Unimed - Unione Delle Universita Del Mediterraneo (Italy)
Cospe - Cooperazione per lo Sviluppo dei Paesi (Italy)
Emergenti Onlus (Italy)
Universite de Tunis (Tunisia)
Universite de Tunis El Manar (Tunisia)
Universite de La Manouba (Tunisia)
Description:
MIGRANTS Project aims to improve the quality of Tunisian higher education and enhance its relevance for the labour market and society in order to support its capacities in local, international cooperation and global partnerships for safe, orderly and regular migration. MIGRANTS Project aims to improve the Partner Universities’ institution building processes by adopting a strategy builds on a pedagogical approach who links personal empowerment to institution building processes in order to guarantee the specific objectives and expected results. MIGRANTS main objective is to develop a new study programme: a Joint Master Degree in “Migration Studies: Governance, Policies and Cultures” between the three Partner Universities: Tunis El Manar University, Tunis University and El Manouba University. The Joint Master Degree will be an interdisciplinary two years programme offered in English that will provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the opportunities and challenges presented by international migration. A close relationship will run with a network of stakeholders in every step of teaching, training and placement activities. The Master Degree will be open to 25 students coming from Tunisia, MENA and Sub-Saharan Region and Europe, and will start by September 2021. The capacity building process supported by MIGRANTS Project will improve the Tunisian teaching staff's capabilities by a program of training that will be achieved trough lessons, workshops, seminars, international Summer School, participation to international scientific publications, mentoring and coaching activities shared with European colleagues, and job-shadowing activities, and by supporting the teaching staff in acquiring PhD certifications. 20 teaching staff will be involved in the Training of Trainers Action, (8 from Tunis El Manar University, 6 from Tunis University, an 6 from El Manouba University).