The extension of the responsibilities of universities recommended by the university reforms and the strategy ’Maroc Innovation’ in Morocco require the definition of a overarching tool combining the teaching of transversal competencies, research and innovation.
The 3-year project INSITES coordinated by UH1 et having support from both the MESRSFC and MCINET will associate 17 partners from Morocco and EU member states. It aims at enhancing the university governance by institutionalizing the structures for innovation, knowledge transfer and valorisation of research. This should be approved by the CPU and the university councils.
The results attended:
- Assessment of the current situation of training methods for transversal competencies in Moroccan universities;
- Summary of national strategies on innovation, valorisation and entrepreneurship;-Benchmarking of European experiences;
- Competency references and guidelines for good management of the SITES;
- Decisions of the Councils of Moroccan Universities on the approval of the setting up of the SITES and determining the chosen profiles based on the formerly approved references;
- Training manual for specific transversal competencies in the Moroccan context in line with the European referencies;
- Training sessions for training the trainers;
- The SITES functions operationally at the Moroccan Universities;- Data base of trainers as resource persons for the generalization of experiences for all Moroccan universities;
- National platform of the SITES serving as interface between institutional and economic actors;
- Evaluation of the SITES;
- A Communication and a Project QA Plan will be set up to ensure the quality, the dissemination and the sustainability of the project beyond its implementation period.
A Charter of Good Conduct will be defined to ensure the involvement of all stakeholders and that the realization of activities of the project complies with the general rules and good project management principles.