ELINK
EAST WEST LINK FOR INNOVATION, NETWORKING AND KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE
Europe EACEA - Action 2
2008-2011
COORDINATOR & DURATION
•University of Bradford, United Kingdom
•3 ans / 3 years
OBJECTIVES
•To train the consortium students.
•To upgrade the skills of the lecturers and researchers.
•Exchange knowledge and best practices
between the partners.
•Enhance cultural understanding.
•To raise awareness of opportunities in the sector.
•Develop an economic co-operation.
•To promote the EU higher education system.
PARTNERS
•University of Bradford, United Kingdom.
•Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem, Hungary.
•University degli Studi del Sannio, Italy.
•Staffordshire University, United Kingdom.
•University Lumière Lyon 2, France.
•United International University, Bangladesh.
•College of Science & Technology, Bhutan.
•Kantipur Engineering College, Nepal.
•Mohammed Ali Jinnah University, Pakistan.
•Chiang Mai University, Thailande.
•Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.
RESULTS
•To welcome and to train 334 participants (64 in Lyon: 16 undergrad, 15 masters, 13 PhD, 7 postdocs and 13 staff) in ICT, engineering,
technology, business and management.
•To establish a virtual learning center (VLC) with digital library facilities to make the eLINK
framework sustainable.
•To organize 2 international conferences dealing with the consortium areas of study (SKIMA).
