NOVA University Lisbon achieved remarkable recognition at the II Erasmus+ Gala, held yesterday in Viana do Castelo, by winning two awards and receiving an honourable mention.
The event was attended by the Secretary of State for Educational Administration and Innovation, Pedro Dantas da Cunha, alongside local authorities, representatives of the Erasmus+ National Agencies, and leading organisations in the Education and Training sectors in Portugal. It celebrated outstanding projects within the Erasmus+ Programme, with NOVA emerging victorious in two categories:
- ICM Mobility Projects in Higher Education: Merging Voices, a consortium led by NOVA, in partnership with the University of Porto, the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, and the University of Algarve. This initiative collaborates with universities in Cambodia, Cameroon, the Dominican Republic, South Korea, Madagascar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, and Thailand.
- Partnership Projects in Higher Education: Back to the Future – Building with Sustainable Local Traditional Materials, coordinated by Professor Paulina Faria from CERIS, FCT, in collaboration with institutions in Lithuania, Poland, Denmark, and Greece. The Back2Future project proposed a strategy to incorporate sustainable traditional local materials, including recycled products and industrial waste, into the construction sector, offering capacity-building opportunities for students and educators alike.
Additionally, NOVA’s institutional project ICM NOVA received an Honourable Mention in the ICM Mobility Projects in Higher Education category.
