MARE
Ho Chi Minh 5-7 Sep 23
Title: MARE – Marine Coastal and Delta Sustainability for Southeast Asia
Project No. 610327-EPP-1-2019-1-DE-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP
Coodinator: Center for Multimedia in Higher Education (ZMML), University of Bremen
Partners: UniHB, UNICT, EMU, CNR, HCMUNRE, VMU, CTU, MCD, VNIO, UniKL, UTM, UTP. UMT
Location: Ho Chi Minh City University of Natural Resources and Environment, 236B Le Van Sy, Ward 1, Tan Binh District
MINUTES
04. Presentation of the Partners
Opening the project results, Prof. Dr. Igor Novopashenny, University of Bremen (UNIHB) presented the introduction by the project Coordinator on the state of the project.
Prof. Dr. Igor Novopashenny – UniHB focused on the state of the project
Prof. Dr. Igor had emphasised the actual situation of all work packages from all partners involved in the project. In which,
WP2.1. Revision of existing and development of new BSc/MSc courses
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– All partners need to check the number of credits in each course. Currently, this data is inconsistent between reports.
– There is inconsistency in the use of words between partners. For example, some partners use the term course summary and others use the phrase course presentation.
– Course presentation/summary is missing: CTU (all courses)
– TLM Presentation is missing: VNIO (Marine ecology); UTM (all courses),
– E-learning Presentation is missing: VNIO (marine ecology).
– No evaluation of e-learning and TLM presentations. The abstracts are not checked by EU partners
– There is no number of the % of the updated courses: CTU
– Link to the university website with information for enrolment in the courses: UMT
– Some of the elective courses were not given at all, by some of them there are very few students.
Prof. Prof. Dr. Igor suggested that PIs give not the numbers of students/course, but numbers of students/year for the study program.
WP2.2. Development of PhD research framework
All partners need to update information as follows (if any missing):
– A short explanation about how PhD training is organised within a partner (organisational structure, important components)
– List of PhD students
– List of supervisors by research fields with profiles attached
– List of Research topics with links to ongoing or past projects, where relevant
– List of the conferences recurrently organised by a partner
– List of scientific resources maintained by a partner
– List of escience tools
Prof. Dr. Igor emphasised on the need for strengthening ongoing research and PhD training at the partner institutions, in terms of topics and directions; identified the need for partnerships. All universities, having PhD students contribute with their experiences- NGO –Stakeholders contribute if possible. Define learning outcomes.
WP2.3. Summer schools and on-site seminars for faculty and PhD students
Each partners need to update the following information on the University/ Institute website
- Plan for these events No of participants, location
– Program of the trainings events
– Description of selection procedure for the participants
– Report on the selection of participants
– TLM
– For those organising and attending the seminar or summer school. - Units organising project meetings need to send meeting minutes along with the meeting agenda (UniCT, CNR, EMU, UTP, UniKL, UMT, HCMUNRE, VMU). Individuals participating in summer school/ training need to submit a report on the results of their participation.
– Training course: ECTS Certificate
WP3.1. Deployment and implementation of elearning platform
All partners need to send the updated report on the study activities and work of the students and researchers with the equipment (UTP, UTM, UMT, UniKL, HCMUNRE, VMU, CTU)
WP3.2. Development of eLearning modules
PCs were promised to do as follows:
- The PC Universities develop the elearning modules for the courses, Video lectures (not yet), presentations, assessments and tests.
- NGO are involved in testing of the modules (not yet)
Prof. Dr. Igor suggested that we have elearning modules and presentations for them for all courses. We should give access to these modules in the report.
P5 HCMUNRE has some additional courses in the Elearning modules. To report them as project results we need abstracts and Presentations in EN with Logos.
WP3.3. Development of eScience modules for doctoral students
All PCs need to complete the ePortfolio of their PhD students. Template is sent by Prof.Dr. Kalev.
WP3.4. One summer school and 3 on-site seminars for faculty, technicians, and administrators
- Partners sent students to summer school need to have the description of the selection procedure of the participants of the training; outcomes of the selection.
- All partners organised the training events need to send/report/post the TLM of the training (UTP, UniKL, EMU, UniCT, UMT)
WP4.2. Development of arrangements for credit and physical mobility, sharing of experimental facilities, joint MSc & PhD supervision and research collaboration
MoU within PCs stakeholders and outsiders. There is the urgent need for preparation of the cooperation agreements between EU and PC universities; between PC universities, between PC universities and NGO.
WP5.3. QA of staff development, IT deployment & dissemination
Those partners who take charge of QA need to report on staff development (summary and conclusions from the questionnaires during the training events and summer schools) and evaluation of dissemination activities through the whole project period.
WP6.1. Development and maintenance of social media accounts and promotion plan
Video clips with the information about the work on the project at their institutions. Some partners have been registered to produce the video clip and upload them to social media for promotion (UTP, UniKL, HCMUNRE, CTU, VMU?, UMT?, UTM?).
WP6.3. Organisation of business-academy conferences
- All partners participate in the conference need to submit the abstracts; Publications
- Conference report, including a section on the impact at all the partners (inputs are prepared by partners) and beyond
After that, all participants discussed the activities of these WP and distributed the first tasks and set the deadlines.
Relating to WP4.2. Dr. Thoa – HCMUNRE suggested that after this meeting, PCs need to prepare the MoU and organise the webinar for exchange of research using SUMARE forum which have been developed by HCMUNRE – P5 partner. All partners are requested to present at least one time. Each PI sends the topic to HCMUNRE (Thoa) for setting up the agenda and date for the webinar.
Dr. Le Thi Kim Thoa- HCMUNRE discussed and proposed solutions during the meeting
Based on the WP6.1. Development and maintenance of social media accounts and promotion plan, Dr. Anton suggested that not only those who develop courses to produce the video clips for promotion but also EU partners who gave the lectures to the training/ summer schools also need to produce the video clips (from 6 up to 10 min video length) for uploading social media.
Prof. Dr. Anton – EMU discussed and proposed solutions during the meeting
Following the presentation of Prof. Dr. Igor – UniHB, all Vietnamese partners from CTU, HCMUNRE, VMU, VNIO presented the results of the WP2.1. Revision of existing and development of new BSc/MSc courses. TLM Presentations for the EACEA dissemination site. Ms. Diem Phung Thi My (HCMUNRE), Dr. Hang Dinh Thi Thuy (VMU), Dr. Minh Vuong Thi Thu (CTU), and Dr. Huan Nguyen Huu (VNIO) sequentially reported on the project results. They also presented TLM (Teaching and Learning Materials) presentations for the EACEA dissemination site.
Next, the presentation of the project results: WP2.1: Revision of existing and development of new BSc/MSc courses. TLM Presentations for the EACEA dissemination site from Malaysia partners.
Next is the presentation of the ebook results of CTU, HCMUNRE, MCD, VMU and VNIO. After 8 months. After many meetings taking place in Ho Chi Minh City, Nha Trang, Hai Phong. Up to now, the ebook has been completed. The total number of pages in the book is 224 pages including references.
In which, CTU takes charge of chapter 1. Geographic characteristics of coastal resources of Vietnam Chapter 5. Mekong Delta coastal area and part of chapter 7. Policies for coastal management issues; HCMUNRE takes charge of Chapter 2. Issues of resources & environment in the coastal of Vietnam – HCMUNRE, part of chapter 7; MCD takes charge of Chapter 3. The coastal region of the Red River delta; VNIO takes charge of Chapter 4. Coastal region of central Vietnam and part of chapter 7; VMU takes charge of Chapter 6. Environmental issues in coastal areas of Vietnam and part of chapter 7.
After that, Prof. Dr. Kalev Sepp from EMU presented the project results: WP2.2 Development of PhD research framework and WP3.3 Development of eScience modules for doctoral students. Prof. Kalev emphasised that we have only two very good examples of ePortfolio for Ph.D. students from Universiti Malaysia Terengganu. VNIO and CTU are missing this information on the website.
Prof. Dr. Kalev Sepp, EMU presented the results of WP2.2 and WP3.3
The last section of the first day meeting related to the project results: WP3.2 Development of eLearning modules. Each PIs presented the results of elearning modules.
Beginning with the second date of the meeting, all Vietnamese partners presented video lecture teaching materials (“MOOCs” on the MARE topics).
Prof. Dr. Anton from EMU presented the project results: WP4.1 Establishment of sectoral collaborative platforms in each PCs.
Prof. Dr. Anton from EMU presented the project results of WP4.1
Dr. Vincenzo Maccarrone – CNR reported the results of WP4.2 Development of arrangements for credit and physical mobility, sharing of experimental facilities, joint MSc & PhD supervision and research collaboration. He also discussed book chapters, which had been agreed upon at the last meeting in Mazara.
Dr. Vincenzo Maccarrone – CNR reported the results of WP4.2
Dr. Vincenzo confirmed that Springer has accepted our book chapter. Now he requests all partners which registered in this book fill and call for other colleagues to join our book chapter.
Prof. Dr. Daniele La Rosa from UniCT and MSc. Thu Phan Minh- VNIO have shared their experiences about the book chapter format of the Springer.
The next section, Prof. Dr. Daniele La Rosa from UniCT reported the project results: WP6.2 Development of MARE detailed business plan.
Prof. Dr. Daniele La Rosa – UniCT presented the project results of WP 6.2
After that, all partners presented the results of WP6. Dissemination and exploitation, in terms of Information Workshops, Open Doors Days, Promotion of project results via Website and Facebook, Promotion of project results and achievements via publications and participation in scientific journals, regional and international conferences…
Dr. Thoa from HCMUNRE has shared the video clip to introduce the new course of modelling marine environment. This video has been published on the youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfCCoEHtjU4
According to Dr. Thoa- HCMUNRE, ten video lectures/ Quiz have also been completed. However, this is a copyright, so we are not allowed to post them on YouTube. However, students can watch these video lectures on the elearning system of MAREM – Marine Resources Management Department at https://elearning.biendaohcm.com/moodle/
Dr. Khairul Anuar Bin Mat Saad from UniKL also shared the results of producing video clips for promotion of the courses from UniKL, UMT and UTP on the youtube at MARE MOOC https://www.youtube.com/@MAREMOOC/videos
Dr. Thoa suggested that these video clips should be widely announced to students and lecturers to achieve a certain number of views on YouTube.
All partners also discussed the final QA of the project’s teaching and learning materials (based on the results of the whole project). Presentation and discussion of the results of second/final external TLM expertise. Feedback from the students and teachers. What will be improved after the end of the project.
Dr. Thoa Le Thi Kim, HCMUNRE reported the student’s feedback
Financial report presented by Prof. Dr. Igor Novopashenny, UniHB. He mentioned the current status of the project, what is still missing and information about the results of preparing the final technical report.
Prof. Dr. Igor Novopashenny, UniHB presented the result of financial report
Prof. Dr. Igor emphasised that without prejudice to the right to terminate the grant, the Agency may also apply a 20% reduction rate on the maximum amount of the grant if there has been a breach of obligation under the Grant Agreement. This is especially relevant in cases of non-compliance with the obligation of visibility of Union funding set out in Article II.8, which constitutes a substantial obligation.
