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About Who We Are
What is COPAFEU ?
The goal of COPAFEU (Co-Producing Knowledge On Sustainable Growth through Service Learning Pedagogy between African and European HEIs) is to enhance the capacity of HEIs to align the skills and knowledge of their graduates to ensure employability and entrepreneurial skills to meet the needs of the local and global labour market, while actively contributing to and shaping sustainable local growth. To do so COPAFEU will develop an innovative, enhanced service-learning methodology (E-SL) for the production and dissemination of high quality open-access teaching material on sustainable local growth.
Our Aims
Interactive modules
The cross-disciplinary courses and interactive modules created in COPAFEU
MOOCS
The three MOOCs and 15 online courses using the open access data/material platforms
Certificate
A set of two degree/certificate/program templates and guidelines, which can be piloted after its completion.
Our Direct Target Group
Higher Education Institutions and research centers
Students’ networks
Third sector organisations and other non-academic
Social enterprises and business communities
Policy Makers
Public bodies (local, regional and national)
Media representatives
Our Intellectual Output
Training Package Material
Includes all necessary material for conducting ESL projects for faculty and non-academic organizations.
Student Guideline Package/Template
Allows students to undertake a leading role in learning material creation.
Detailed Technical Guide
A comprehensive guide with detailed technical instructions.
OER Modules
Provided in a standard template format under CC-BY-SA license.
Final MOOCs
Courses: "Social Innovation for Equitable Growth", "Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Climate Equity", and "Mobilizing Migrant Entrepreneurship for the SDGs".
Platform: Delivered via Future Learn.