Strategic platform for ameliorating Tunisian higher education on food sciences and technology - spaat4food

Programe: Capacity Building in the Field of Higher Education 2017
Call number: EAC/A03/2016, Selection Year 2017

Application Reference Number: 585729-EPP-1-2017-1-TN-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP

Specific Objectives are :

• Setting up a network of industrial and professional partners willing to implement a sustainable cooperation with institutions of higher education and scientific research;
• Improving the visibility of national and international communities of experts in food studies;
• Developing innovative teaching tools in food studies;
• Rinsing of student’s internship quality;
• Developing a technology platform to ameliorate the cooperation and mobility between universities and food industries.

If successful, this project will contribute to improvements in many diverse issues, such as:

• Reinforcement of partnership between universities and food companies;
• Well educated FST graduates will be provided to the labour market by an increased number of produced quickly employable graduates;
• Developed database information and expert networks will improve the accessibility and visibility of all project staff at national and international levels;
• Tunisian partners will strengthen: improve the staff expertise, expand universities capacities and training/consultancy services in /and outside the consortium.
• Introduction of several novel bi-directional features and benefits in the HE/industry collaboration.