13.10.2022 INCOPS presented at DAAD Meeting

Thematic Monitoring for Erasmus+ Projects in Bonn, Germany, 12./13.10.2022

The Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD, German Academic Exchange Service) as the German National Agency (NA) for Erasmus+ Higher Education Cooperation regularly invites all projects coordinated by German higher education institutions to get to know each other and to share experiences and ideas. On 12. and 13. October 2022, the latest of such meetings took place. Representatives of new and already running Erasmus+ projects in the areas of Strategic Partnerships and Cooperation Partnerships met in Bonn for learning about each other’s projects and to have an exchange.

Project member Stéphane Voell presented the project "Integration of Work-based Learning in Peace, Conflict and Security Studies (INCOPS)" to colleagues from other universities in a poster exhibition. In the discussions it became clear that the embedding of internships in many study programs in Germany is not always without challenges. Therefore, the interest of the academic public in the findings and suggestions of the INCOPS project as well as the general relevance of the project was underlined. 

The event also offered important insights, for example into the topic of data protection and data storage or open access and the associated licensing issues. Voell could also speak directly with the contact persons at the DAAD about administrative issues in the context of INCOPS.

The successful workshop in Bonn was the first face-to-face meeting of the NA DAAD for the currently funded projects. It showed that the advantages of a direct on-site meeting with lecturers, coffee breaks and dinners is difficult to replace with online formats.