STRENGTHENING THE RELATIONS BETWEEN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS AND ENTERPRISES. THE ERASMUS+ INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION PROJECT VOYAGE

The relations of higher education institutions with the society enterprises and the industry are fundamental to the fulfillment of their task and high goals. Bridges must be established and strengthened to allow the university to understand the needs of the industry and the requirements of society while making clear what major contributions the university gives to the development of our societies and humankind. In this line to sought international cooperation projects were developed involving several universities from EU countries and abroad lead by the Almalaurea consortium promoted by the University of Bologna. In this communication we will present the ERASMUS+ project “VOYAGE” of cooperation in these lines between EU higher education institutions and Vietnamese universities with the involvement and support of EU and Vietnamese enterprise associations and government bodies. The VOYAGE project lays on a bottom up approach that starts from the graduates and its university, for modernizing and developing the higher education sector within society, strengthening the relations between university and enterprises and improve in turn the quality of higher education in place. Strategies of transfer, to Vietnam’ higher education system of good practices in different subjects including on the effective monitoring on the training system, the labor market, and the link between them, and to forecast skills requirements of the labor market needs, were explored and an extended exchange of experiences in mutual benefit was promoted.