Important documents for the coordination and management of the project.

  • SGA, Partnership Agreement, final budget, project description etc.
  • Templates for quality management
  • Workplans per partner
  • Reporting documents

Act1.1 - Kick-off meeting in Krems/Austria (including the 1st Steering Committee meeting) and study trip to Graz/Austria and Stuttgart and Lörrach/Germany in February 2017.


Benchmarking of institutional frameworks and conditions for establishing dual study programmes.

Act2.1. ‐ Presentation of EU policy and legal frameworks (system level), and strategic and operational policies and structures (i.e. capabilities) (institutional level), for establishing dual study programmes.

Act2.2. – Presentation of South African policy and legal frameworks (system level), and strategic and operational policies and structures (i.e. capabilities) (institutional level), for establishing dual study programmes.

Act2.3. – Presentation of Mozambican policy and legal frameworks (system level), and strategic and operational policies and structures (i.e. capabilities) (institutional level), for establishing dual study programmes.

Act2.4. ‐ Survey/study investigating the demands and expectations of the extractive and tourism industries in Mozambique and South Africa with regards to the outcomes of university study programmes.

Act2.5. ‐ Policy seminar with ministries, HEIs, industry bodies and other stakeholders.

Act2.6. ‐ Final benchmarking report (including supply and demand results) and recommendations.

Development and adoption of institutional frameworks (system and institutional levels) for establishing dual study programmes.

Act3.1. – Meetings to get consensus on the direction of and revisions to the policy and legal frameworks for dual study programmes in Mozambique and South Africa.

Act3.2. – Development and adoption of new and modification of existing policy and legal frameworks for establishing dual study programmes in Mozambique and South Africa.

Act3.3. - Development and adoption of new and modification of existing strategic plans and operational policies for dual study programmes at partner HEIs.

Act3.4. - Development and publication of the Operational Manual for the Implementation of Dual Study Programmes with guidelines for HEIs.

Act3.5. - Production of a Final Report on the revised institutional frameworks for and the implementation of dual study programmes in Mozambique and South Africa.

Act3.6. - Production of Quality Assurance Framework for dual study programmes in Mozambique and South Africa.

Building Knowledge Allicances: Governance structures and content development at pilot HEIs

Act4.1. - Establish governance structures for dual study programmes at Mozambican and South African HEIs.

Act4.2. –Train staff of partner HEIs in order to build human resources and institutional capacity to establish and implement dual study programmes.

Act4.3. - Develop content (syllabi, curricula, etc.) for pilot dual study programmes.

Toos for integrating and maximising teaching and learning across venues.

Act5.1 – Set up new online software platforms for partner HEIs in Mozambique and South Africa to manage collaboration and content.

Act5.2 – Development and delivery of training sessions for new online platform users.

Act5.3. – “Train the trainer” on how to use problem-based learning and other applied pedagogical approaches to support the applied nature of dual study programmes and to integrate student learning across venues.

Act5.4. Workshops for industry representatives to formulate cases and learning tasks.

Initiating pilot dual study programmes.

Act6.1. – Ensure regulatory and legal conditions (i.e. accreditation) for the launch of pilot dual study programmes.

Act6.2. – Attraction, selection and enrolment of students for first cohorts.

Quality control and monitoring.

Act7.1. ‐ Production of a project Quality Control and Monitoring Manual.

Act7.2. ‐ Internal monitoring.


Dissemination & Exploitation.

Act8.1. Produce Dissemination and Exploitation Plan

Act8.2. Design of the project’s visual identity and associated materials

Act8.3. Design, development and maintenance of the project’s website

Act8.4. Develop and adopt policies to disseminate institutional strategic and operational documents to internal and external stakeholders.

Act8.5. Info days and other awareness-raising campaigns.

Act8.6. Organise Final conference and publish proceedings on dual study programmes.

Overall project management.

Act9.1. Overall project management.

Act9.2. Efficient South African project management.

Act9.3. Efficient Mozambican project management.

Act9.4. Steering Committee meetings.

Act9.5. Reporting.