OBREAL Global has a long experience in managing EU projects in conjunction with and beyond its university membership. This has primarily entailed EU educational projects under the LifeLong Learning Programme - EMA4 and EMA3 programmes – and currently the Erasmus+ programme and Horizon2020 - connecting higher education actors in Europe and Latin America and contributing to the further development of the Latin American Higher Education Space. For example, OBREAL/GLOBAL has been a partner in the EMA3 ‘VALUE’ project and the ‘Cooperation for the Collaboration on Doctoral Education project (CODOC) which was a cross-regional project involving Asia, Southern Africa and Latin America. OBREAL/GLOBAL has been active in other cooperation fields in Latin America (Central America and  Colombia), such as telecommunications, where it also receives EC funding. As a major structural project, OBREAL Global has co-coordinated, together with the European University Association, the ALFA PUENTES (2011-14) project that has gathered together more than 16 University Associations from LA and 5 from Europe in the objective of consolidating regional harmonisation in Higher Education. This project has been a predecessor project to CAMINOS (Erasmus+ CBHE, 2016-19), which built upon the outputs of PUENTES. OBREAL/GLOBAL was also a partner on the project ‘HICA’, a structural project for Central America, funded by the Erasmus+ (CBHE, 2015-18) that aimed at supporting curricula reform and innovation. In 2018, OBREAL Global supported the Association of Colombian Universities (ASCUN) to win and co-coordinate the MIMIR ANDINO project (E+ CBHE) to modernise university management of innovation and research in South American Countries predicated upon European good practice in the European Research Area. Currently, it also co-coordinates the VITAGLOBAL (E+ CBHE) project that will contribute to local development by enhancing study programmes in food science and, specifically, viniviticulture, which are of strategic economic importance in Europe, South America, South Africa and Georgia. In addition, OBREAL Global is currently leading a service Contract (Harmonisation, Quality and Accreditation Initiative 2: EAC/19/2019) to support the development of a harmonised quality assurance and accreditation systems for higher education at institutional level, national, regional and Pan‐African continental level. Moreover, OBREAL Global is launching a series of activities together with its members in India (the Indian Institutes of Technology) to generate Strategic South-South-North cooperation by promoting policy dialogue and research cooperation between institutions in India, Africa and Latin America. In addition to offering in-house expertise on topics such as internationalisation of higher education and mobility, ICT and digitalisation of universities, research management, entrepreneurship and academic innovation, OBREAL Global  has extensive experience in leading project quality assurance and monitoring as well as EU grant management and dissemination campaigns.

The University of Beira Interior (UBI) is one of the most recent public universities in Portugal that has been consolidating itself as landmark institution in the educational, research, innovation, business, entrepreneurship and informatics fields. Over the years, it is notable a positive evolution of the number of available educational programs and the enrolled students. The statistics show that enrolled students already surpassed the 8000 national students from across the country and 300 international students from all over the world. In order to provide a solid educational and scientific background to its students in different fields of knowledge, UBI currently presents 32 first cycle degreerprograms, 40 second cycle degree programs, and 33 third cycle degree programs. The University presents various learning and research facilities, structured in 5 Faculties - Faculty of Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Letters and Faculty of Health Sciences - and 14 Research and Development (R&D) units that had been carefully implemented and they include several domains of knowledge, such as: Aeronautics, Computing, Electromechanics, Health, Mathematics, Optics, Education, Psychology, Telecommunications, Textile and Paper materials, Management, Economics and Entrepreneurship. The Faculty of Social and Human Sciences includes the Department of Management and Economics responsible for all the courses related to business (from bachelor to PhD.). It is composed by a considerable number of academics specialized in the entrepreneurial field. These elements have been publishing in well-ranked business journals and have been participating in European and national projects related to entrepreneuship. Some researchers are integrated in NECE Research Unit in Business Sciences, and more specifically in the research groups of Entrepreneurship, Competitiveness, and Innovation; Economics and Finance including energy economics. Regarding human resources, UBI has currently more than 1100 employees, of which more than 800 are professors and researchers. Internally, UBI has the Innovation and Development Office which is the technology transfer office. It supports all the administrative and financial management of R&D projects, helping the researchers in the negotiation, execution, and preparation of reports. It supports the research efforts of the University and enables the dissemination and implementation of the technologies developed in the UBI into the market / industry, with the main purpose of developing new products and services to the society. This process also involves the evaluation of intellectual property, market potential analysis, licensing and commercialization rights as well as brokering deals with potential investors, which are functions of this office. R&D is one of the strategic and most important issues in UBI. The outstanding quality and expertise of our researchers is widely recognized. Our R&D units and services are strongly committed to reach high levels of achievement, in both teaching and research, for the benefit of the whole community. Results range from knowledge transfer, entrepreneurship, international R&D projects and consortia, up to spin offs based on the research findings of graduate students and researchers of UBI. As such, UBI stands out for its integration in several R&D projects and consortiums, and in the establishment of partnerships with other universities and firms, mainly through its internal CFIUTE office, which is responsible for bringing the university to the market and industry. Additionally, UBI is a main member of PARKURBIS which are science and technology parks, focused on knowledge transfer.

University of Latvia (UL) with more than 15,000 students, 13 faculties offering 140 programmes and 20 research institutes is one of the largest comprehensive research universities in the Baltic States with educational and research potential in humanities, social and natural/life sciences. The UL defines three main strategic directions of development: quality of studies, research excellence, strengthening scientific and academic capacities. Faculty of Geography and Earth Sciences of the University of Latvia provides academic studies in geography, geology and environmental science. Faculty offers higher academic education at three levels of studies: bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral study programmes, as well as professional training in teachers’ study programme in geography and natural sciences, and also professional higher education master’s study programme of spatial development planning. The main research field of the Faculty of Geography and Earth Sciences is research on environmental problems and sustainable development. Research in mentioned directions concentrates in the Department of Environmental Science. Research capacity of the Faculty of Geography and Earth Sciences at the international science evaluation of the research in Latvia has been estimated as excellent and the faculty has been ranked among the 15 top research institutions in Latvia. The Department of Environmental Science consists of 55 faculty members, among whom 51 have been elected by the UL – 9 professors, 7 associate professors, 18 assistant professors, 2 lecturers and 15 assistants (elected as senior researchers and researchers). The research group from the UL linked to the project consists of versatile professionals with extensive academic and practical experience in the field, social experimental works as well as the management and practical participation in various projects linked to sustainable consumption and production, environmental governance and environmental impact assessment. Progressive project management skills of the research group members are combined with the academic experience and overall abilities are used to enlarge the scope of innovative environmental studies in mutual collaboration with other scientific groups also involving excellent students.

Faculty of Government and European Studies is an independent and private higher education institution established and owned by the independent and private Institute for Constitutional Order and Human Rights. Faculty's head office is located in Kranj, a developing city just half an hour drive from the capital of Slovenia. Faculty also has two branches, which are located in Ljubljana and in Maribor. Lectures are help in all locations. Since 2017. Faculty of Government and European Studies is a proud member of Nova University, a private higher education University, based in Nova Gorica. New University is founded as a private higher education institute with elements of public-private partnership established by concession and other public funds allocated for international exchanges and research. The mail goal of New University is to become an elite educational institution based on the quality of study programmes, application selection and international comparability. To achieve this goal we will respect the highest ethical standards on all areas. The university is engaging in the international higher education space by promoting student, academic and non-academic staff exchanges with the partner institutions from abroad. The university also collaborates with the latter in different forms of higher education and international research projects. The Faculty's success lies in its strong and acclaimed academic staff who maintains a student-friendly environment and gives an emphasis to combining theory and practice. In order to show the students various aspects of theory in practice, the Faculty organises guest lectures led by foreign experts or Slovenian experts who live and work abroad. In 2014 the Faculty has obtained the Erasmus Charter for Higher Education to guarantee international exchange of students, lecturers and staff members, thus giving all involved another option to those, who wish to enrich their educational experience abroad. All study programmes at the Faculty are state-approved and they specialise in public administration and diplomatic and international studies. The study programmes correspond and develop according to the need of national and international environment and cover all three Bologna cycles. In the first undergraduate cycle or bachelors (LL.B.) it offers two study programmes: LL.B. Public administration and LL.B. Administrative law. In the second postgraduate cycle or masters (LL.M.) it offers two study programmes: LL.M. Public administration, LL.M. International and diplomatic studies. In the third cycle it offers the following study programmes: PhD Public administration, PhD International and diplomatic studies.

Green Berry Solution (GBS), the interface between consultancy, training and management services for Research Development, Innovation and Circular Economy. GBS, the gateway between European institutions and stakeholders to remove barriers to innovation and make it easier for public and private sectors to innovate together beyond sustainability going trough circular economy. Our guidance is designed to help people understand and access the funding opportunities available, in order to innovate and grow both in the EU and abroad. Key to GBS is the ability to genuinely listen and empathy. It is essential in engaging the stakeholders and understanding how they are affected by innovation they have to implement. The ability to develop strategies – both external and internal – and to put in place programmes to achieve innovative goals that are well executed is key to success for GBS. GBS coordinates and provides strategic advice, training and consulting for industry, university and local authority. It has developed a unique expertise in assisting professionals to build and support their participation and positioning in the EU institutional mechanisms. With an expertise in industry, university and local authority which allowed GBS to see link and existing gap between all stakeholders along the all circular economy value chain. To be effective, GBS have understands the business and is fully conversant with  how company makes money, what makes its business model work, and what are its mainstream risks and opportunities. What’s more, we come up with proposals that may achieve more sustainable outcomes in parallel of company’s commercial success. GBS is able to report impact and to understand of data analysis and metrics. The right targets on the key issues can be valuable tools to drive the company’s performance for a green future. GBS, more than 15 years of experience in European Corporate Responsibility, circular economy, sustainability and research & innovation. Our aim must be to make your company as sustainable as possible and as successful as possible.

ELUM d.o.o. has been supporting small and medium enterprises (SME) through creating sustainable business models, optimization of their business operations and clearing out strategies to achieve better results. To provide expert support through 360-degree approach we are cooperating with our long-term business partners that are covering different fields of business – offline or online. We offer business consulting, project management and several online business solutions, including online education in marketing and sales. Our expertise lies in project evaluation, planning and optimization, preparing business plans to attract potential investors, setting up or upgrading business structures for brick-and-mortar owners and much more. Our aim is to develop smart business models that incorporate sustainable business practices. Owner of the company is European Certified Sustainability Manager incorporating this knowledge into working with SMEs. The purpose of the certification program from ECQA was to build knowledge on how to run a business in more sustainable way putting into perspective all aspects of business. Being active within entrepreneurship for the last 10 years has given us important knowledge on how to build own business from ground zero and seek for good practices all around the world. Especially in the time of Covid-19 focus shifted to digital world which brings in new opportunities to develop innovative business models and reaching out towards more sustainable ways of working together online. That was the main focus of the company within the last year. We offer support on building educational programs for individuals, SMEs or other institutions involved. That can be part of how to include our expertise into this project as well. The company and its team can provide support with creating entire online architecture of the educational hub, collecting all the educational materials at one place, putting it into different formats to create interactive environment for everyone included
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