DesignStudio

The wider objective of this project is to make Sustainable Development and Green Economy the new entrepreneurial frontier and hot business in Egypt. The project aims to develop a joint or at least double MSc program on "Green Innovation and Entrepreneurship - GIEP" in four different Egyptian universities in order to create a whole new generation of business and social entrepreneurs with the skills that will allow them to start-up green businesses, launch innovative ventures and products, and put in place public policy and social entrepreneurship innovations.

Objective 1:

Create a whole new generation of green business and social entrepreneurs through the development of a Joint/double MSc program on "Green Innovation and Entrepreneurship" in which 4 EG and 3 EU universities are collaborating. 

Objective 2:

Introducing the partner Egyptian universities to sustainable technologies by establishing "Green Technology Labs" to carrying out the multidisciplinary education and research activities.

Objective 3:

Developing the capacities of the EG academic members to enable them to teach modern green multidisciplinary courses.

Objective 4:

Enable the Egyptian partner universities to follow the principals of "Blended Learning & Teaching" through training and development of an online Learning Management System to blend face-to-face eLearning methods together.

Objective 5:

Encourage the internationalisation of the partner Egyptian universities through the EG & EU accreditation processes and pilot Implementation of the proposed MSc program.