The Université de Perpignan Via Domitia is involved in numerous cross-border, European and international collaborative projects, approved by the European Commission through various funding programmes in the field of higher education and research.
Cross-border collaborative projects
Transfrontera is a website for promoting cross-border collaborative projects involving teams from the UPVD (Université de Perpignan Via Domitia). Through various projects, the University has been participating in the Interreg POCTEFA programme (Operational Programme for Territorial Cooperation between Spain, France and Andorra) for over 20 years. As such, it is a key player in Pyrenean cross-border geopolitics and European integration.
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International collaborative projects
Below is a list of training projects funded by the European Commission.
Consult the research projects
- Coffee
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France:
Title: COFFEE - Co-construction of a High Employability Training Offer
Université de Montpellier (UM) - Coordinator
Université Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)
Spain: Universidad de Cadiz (UCA)
Ireland: Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT)
Belgium:
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
Office Wallon de la Formation professionnelle et de l’Emploi (LeForem)
Algeria:
Ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche Scientifique (MESRS)
Université Aboubekr Belkaïd Tlemcen (UABT)
Université M’Hamed Bougara Boumerdès (UMBB)
Université des Frères Mentouri Constantine (UFMC)
Université de Mostaganem Abdelhamid Ibn Badis (UMAB)
Université Djilali Liabes de Sidi-Bel-Abbes (UDL-SBA)
Université de Djelfa (UD)
Université de Ghardaia (UG)
Université de Guelma (UGU)
Université de Ouargla (UKMO)
La Chambre Algérienne du Commerce et de l’industrie (CACI)
L’Association de Développement et de Promotion de l’Entreprise (ADPE)
Budget: 925 469 €
Duration: 15/10/2015 - 14/10/2018
UPVD Coordinator: Daniel Sacco
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Title: WELCOME :Towards incoming international university communities
Objective: To strengthen the internationalisation of Kazakh and Chinese partner higher education institutions.
Partnership :
Spain:- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - Coordinator
- Universitat Rovira i Virgili
France:
- Université de Perpignan Via Domitia
Estonia:
- Tallin Institute of Technology
Portugal:
- Instituto Superior Tecnico de Lisboa
Sweden:
- Royal Institute of Technology
China:
- Tongji University
- Beihang University
Kazakhstan:
- Karaganda State Medical University
- Ryskulov New Economic University
- Eurasian National University
- Kazakh University of Economics, Finance and International Trade
Budget: 902 670€
Duration: 15/10/2016 - 14/10/2019
UPVD Coordinator: Sandrine Canadas - AFREQEN
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Title: AFREQEN : Quality in education for renewable energies in North and West Africa
Objective: To improve the adaptability of the higher education system in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Burkina Faso, Senegal and the Ivory Coast, through the professionalisation of teaching and the durability of a quality approach in the fields of energy and the environment.
Partnership :
France:
Conservatoire national des arts et métiers - Coordinator
Université de Perpignan Via Domitia
Centre coopération int. recherche agro développement (CIRAD)
Institut agronomique méditerranéen de Montpellier (CIHEAM - IAMM)
Centre international d’études pédagogiques (CIEP)
Association pour la qualité en recherche et en enseignement supérieur (QUARES)
Comité africain de métrologie (CAFMET)
Belgium:
Université de Louvain (UCL)
Association Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF)
Spain:
Universidad de La Laguna (ULL)
Algeria:
Université Mohamed Khider de Biskra (UMKB)
École nationale supérieure d’agronomie (ENSA)
Morocco:
Université Cadi Ayyad de Marrakech (UCAM)
Institut agronomique et vétérinaire (IAV)
Hassan II, Conseil Régional de l’Oriental (CRO)
Tunisia:
Université de Carthage (UCAR)
Université de Monastir (UMON)
Senegal:
Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (UCAD)
Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis (UGB)
ENDA Énergie
Burkina Faso:
Institut international d'ingénierie de l’eau et de l’environnement (2iE)
Université de Ouagadougou (UOUAG)
Ivory Coast:
Institut national polytechnique Houphouët-Boigny (INPHB)
Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny de Cocody (UFHB)
Budget: 999 622€
Duration: 15/10/2016 - 14/10/2019
UPVD Coordinator: Xavier Py - aTm
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Title: aTm :Promoting Modern Talent Management Practices in Asian Higher Education Institutions
Objective: Strengthen the management of high-potential staff in higher education institutions in China and Malaysia
Partnership:
Spain:
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - Coordinator
France:
Université de Perpignan Via Domitia
Portugal:
Instituto Superior Tecnico de la Universidade de Lisboa
Sweden:
Royal Institute of Technology
China:
Beihang University
Beijing Jiaotong University
Beijing University of POsts and Telecommunications
Hebei University
Tongji University
Malaysia:
University of Malaysia
University of Technology of Malaysia
Budget: €831,691
Duration: 15/10/2018 - 14/10/2021
UPVD Coordinator: Sandrine Canadas - InProve
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Title: InProve- INitiation du PROcessus de Validation des acquis de l'Expérience par l'enseignement supérieur en Algérie (InProve - Initiation of the process of validation of prior experience through higher education in Algeria)
Objective: To propose a methodology for implementing validation of prior experience in Algeria
Partnership:
France:
Université de Montpellier (UM) - Coordinator
Université Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)
Spain:
Universitat de Barcelona (UB)
Portugal:
Universidade do Porto (UPORTO)
Belgium:
ARCHES
Office Wallon de la Formation professionnelle et de l’Emploi (LeForem)
Algeria:
Ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche Scientifique (MESRS)
Université Aboubekr Belkaïd Tlemcen (UABT)
Université M’Hamed Bougara Boumerdès (UMBB)
Université Larbi Ben M'hidi Oum El Bouaghi (UOEB)
Université de Mostaganem Abdelhamid Ibn Badis (UMAB)
Université de Guelma (UGU)
Université Saad Dahlab Blida (USDB)
Budget: €918,995
Duration: 15/11/2019- 14/11/2022
UPVD Coordinators: Romain Petiot / Sandrine Canadas - Emic 2019-2022
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Algeria:
Title: EMIC - International Credit Mobility 2019-2022
Objective : The main objective of this project is to strengthen cooperation between higher education institutions in European countries (known as ‘programme countries’) and non-European countries (known as ‘partner countries’), through the award of mobility grants for excellence.
Partnership :- Université Abderrahmane Mira de Béjaïa
- Université des Frères Mentouri Constantine 1
- Université d'Oran1 Ahmed Benbella
- Université Abou Bekr Belkaid de Tlemcen
France:- Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (Coordinator)
Kazakhstan:- E.A. Bouketov Qaranghandy State University
- Almaty Abai National Pedagogical University
- Kazakh Girls' State Pedagogical University
- Kostanay State Pedagogical Institute
- Ablai Khan Kazakh University of International Relations and World Languages
Morocco:- Université Cadi Ayyad de Marrakech
- Université Mohamed V Agdal – Rabat
- Université Abdelmalek Essaâdi de Tétouan
Mexico:- Universidad Autonoma de San Luis de Potosi
- Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México
Tunisia:- Université de Carthage
- Université de Sousse
- Université de Tunis El Manar
- Université de Gabès
Vietnam:- University of Van Lang Hanoi
- University of Science and Technology
- Université de Van Lang Hanoi, University of Science and Technology
Budget : 663 100€
Duration : 01/08/2019 - 31/07/2022
UPVD Coordinator: Sandrine Canadas - Emic 2018-2021
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France:
Title: EMIC - Mobilité Internationale de Crédits 2018-2021
Objectif : L'objectif principal de ce projet est de renforcer la coopération entre les établissements d'enseignement supérieur des pays européens (dits "pays du programme") et des pays non européens (dits "pays partenaires"), grâce à l'attribution de bourses de mobilité d'excellence.
Partership:- Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (Coordinator)
- E.A. Bouketov Qaranghandy State University
- Almaty Abai National Pedagogical University
- Kazakh Girls' State Pedagogical University
- Kostanay State Pedagogical Institute
- Ablai Khan Kazakh University of International Relations and World Languages
- Université de Carthage
- Université de Sousse
Vietnam:- University of Van Lang Hanoi
- University of Science and Technology
Budget : 268 465€
Duration : 01/06/2018 - 31/05/2021
UPVD Coordinator: Sandrine Canadas - Master Erasmus Mundus
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Title: CWCN - Master Erasmus Mundus Crossways in Cultural Narratives
Objective :The Erasmus Mundus Crossways in Cultural Narratives Master's programme is a course entirely devoted to culture, literature, linguistics, history and aesthetics; all classical and contemporary humanities. Selected students will follow a two-year course at 3 of the 12 universities in the consortium. If they are successful, they will be awarded up to three master’s degrees from the partner universities on their mobility programme.
Partenariat :
10 partner universities (degree-granting):- Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (Coordinator)
- Università degli Studi di Bergamo (Italy)
- University of Saint Andrews (Scotland)
- Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Portugal)
- University of Sheffield (England)
- Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
- Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan (Poland)
- University of Guelph (Canada)
- Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen (Germany)
- Universidad Nacional de Tres Febrero (Argentina)
2 Associate Universities (non-degree-granting):- Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de Mexico (Mexico)
- Universidade Federal Do Rio De Janeiro (Brazil)
Duration : 01/09/2017 - 31/08/2022
UPVD Coordinator: Jonathan Pollock - Project : Interreg POCTEFA : PROSPECTSASO
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Title: Prospectsaso - Cross-border health and social forecasting
Objective: To set up a cross-border network for forecasting and innovation in social intervention and health. The project addresses several health and social issues: poverty, disability, children at risk, discrimination and ageing.
Partnership :
France :- Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (Lead partner)
- Institut Régional du Travail Social du Languedoc-Roussillon (IRTS)
- CRFMS ERASME
- Institut Saint-Simon
- Association Joseph Sauvy
Spain :- Universitat de Barcelona (UB)
- Universitat de Girona (UdG)
- Consell Comarcal de l’Alt Empordà (CCAE)
Budget : 1 730 415€
Duration: 01/09/2016 - 31/08/2020
Coordinateur UPVD : Yves Gilbert
Financed by the European Fund for Regional Development (FEDER) - Project : Interreg POCTEFA : LLL-TRANSVERSALIS
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Title: LLL-TRANSVERSALIS - Life Long Learning
Objectif : : This project aims to harmonise and strengthen Lifelong Learning practices so that they meet the challenges of the cross-border area: attractiveness and competitiveness of the area, development of exchanges, inclusion and social cohesion.
Partnership :
France :- Université de Perpignan Via Domitia - UPVD (Lead partner)
- Université de Toulouse Jean Jaurès - UTJJ
- Université de Toulouse Paul Sabatier - UTPS
- Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour - UPPA
Spain :- Universitat de Girona - UdG
- Universitat de Lleida - UdL
- Universidad de Zaragoza - UNIZAR
- Instituto Mecanica Herramienta - IMH
Andorra :- Universitat d’Andorra – UdA
Budget : 1 810 540 € dont 1 138 077,20 € de FEDER
Duration : 01/11/2017 au 31/10/2021
UPVD Coordinator : Frédéric Brajou
Financed by the European Fund for Regional Development (FEDER) - Projets Interreg POCTEFA : Retsaso
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Title: Retsaso - Cross-border health and social network
Objectifs : Networking of health and social care professionals throughout the POCTEFA cross-border cooperation area, creation of collaborative working tools, online training by capitalising on course modules from all project partners.
Partnership :
France :- Université de Perpignan Via Domitia - UPVD (Lead partner)
- FAIRE ESS - Institut Régional du Travail Social du Languedoc-Roussillon - IRTS
- CRFMS ERASME
- Etcharry Formation Développement
Spain :- Universitat de Lleida - UdL
- Universitat de Girona - UdG
- Universidad de Zaragoza - UNIZAR
- Universidad Publica de Navarra - UPNA
Budget : 997 638 €
Duration : 22/04/2020 au 31/05/2022
UPVD Coordinators : Yves Gilbert et Manuel Boucher
Fiche sheet : Lien
These projects are 65% co-financed by the European Fund for Regional Development (FEDER) as part of the Interreg V-A Espagne-France-Andorre Programme (POCTEFA 2014-2020). The aim of the POCTEFA is to strengthen the economic and social integration of the Spain-France-Andorra border area. Its support focuses on the development of cross-border economic, social and environmental activities through joint strategies for sustainable regional development. www.poctefa.eu - AFRIDI
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Title : AFRIDI - Support for Training, Research and Innovation for Intra-African Development
Objectives : Mobility programme for excellence at master's, PhD and university staff level, to harmonise the higher education system and strengthen partnerships between African partners. Against a backdrop of climate change, the project focuses on 25 eligible courses (16 masters and 9 PhDs) in 2 fields: natural sciences and environmental sciences, for the organisation of 76 mobility schemes (42 masters, 22 PhDs, 12 staff).
Partnership :
Université Tunis El Manar - Coordinateur
Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (France) - Partenaire EU Technique
Université de Tlemcen (Algérie)
Université Gaston Berger (Sénégal)
Université Joseph KI-ZERBO (Burkina-Faso)
Université de Douala (Cameroun)
Université d'Antananarivo (Madagascar)
Budget : 1.399.975 €
Duration: 01/01/2020 - 31/12/2024
UPVD Coordinator : Sandrine CANADAS
