4-7 July, 2022 Fundación Universitaria Iberoamericana (FUNIBER) hosted the Erasmus Plus CBHE LOVEDIST@NCE project intermediate consortium meeting at the University of Barcelona.

Throughout the week, participants discussed ways to improve the accessibility and quality of higher education from an inclusive perspective. In this way, the aim is to strengthen and provide support services to students from Israel and Georgia. More specifically, the project focuses on assisting disadvantaged groups or those at risk of social exclusion, especially ethnic minorities, disadvantaged women, and students with disabilities.

The participants discussed the various aspects of the project, including issues related to quality, management, finance, and communication. Future lines of work were also established, especially visits to Israel and Georgia in the coming months to implement the courses.

Project in Brief

Project aims to promote inclusive education in Israel and Georgia by widening access to higher education for potential and existing students.

Specific objectives are: build capacities in Israel and Georgia that will enable their HE systems to accommodate effective distance learning programs; develop curricula offer in Israel and Georgia based on distance learning, that responds to the requirements for equity and accessibility of the partner countries HE systems to improve the educational integration of disadvantaged learners in their educational system; to coach and train faculty members, professional and administrative staff on the design, development, implementation and quality assessment of e/blended-learning and distance education courses; raise the public awareness of access to, equity, and democratization of HE, to promote social inclusion; facilitate transfer of best practices to expand access to, participation in, and successful completion of distance learning programs.

Project coordinator: Polytechnic University of Porto