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Flemish Project Leader: Ann Cuypers, PhD | E-mail: ann.cuypers@uhasselt.be |
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Local Project Leader: Liliana María Gomez Luna, PhD | E-mail: senvuo@vlir.uo.edu.cu |
Objectives
- To improve the university performance on research, innovation and teaching, and the cooperation with eastern Cuban universities (Academic)
- To improve the Universidad de Oriente´s infrastructure and facilities as a general support for research, innovation and teaching, promoting a sustainable development in the eastern region of Cuba (Developmental)
Main Focus
- Agricultural development and food security
- Biomass production & Safe Biomass Quality
- Environment, ecosystems and resources management
- Local development and regional integration
- Applied Science and Innovation to agriculture, environment and health
Attention Areas
- Increasing the institutional scientific performance
- Faculty scientific quality
- Increasing social and scientific impact and links with society
- Infrastructure improvement and environmental scientific services to contribute to development of the eastern Cuba
Expected Outcome
Complementarities/Synergies
- Joint research projects with others Universities (Spain, Ecuador, Brazil)
- Teaching projects with Ecuador
- Research project: Spain (AECID), Brasil (CNPq)
- Joint research projects with other Cuban universities and research centres