Erasmus+ CBHE · Grant Agreement No. 101179337 · 2024–2027
MaDE-for-UASs turns European–Ethiopian partnership into measurable change: stronger lecturer practice, safer industrial learning for students, dual national centres, open tools, and an active industry–university council—so graduates enter the workforce with process competence, not only credentials.
Implementation roadmap
Consolidated roadmap from events, press, and consortium delivery—one-off milestones stay completed; recurrent streams (NRG advisory, trainer cascade, dual-hub clinics, Toolbox piloting) remain In Progress through the 2027 scale-up window.
Formal launch under EU Grant Agreement No. 101179337. Consortium governance established with Kotebe University of Education as coordinator and European partners (HHN, TH OWL, unibz) onboarded.
Baseline analysis of teaching methodologies across Ethiopian partner campuses mapped gaps in practical engineering and technical instruction—informing Toolbox design and ToT priorities.
Ethiopian lecturers completed intensive Training of Trainers with European academic experts, including study visits to Hochschule Heilbronn, TH OWL (Lemgo), and Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, and certification of core cohorts in VR/AR teaching methodologies.
MaDE-Pedagogy Center (KUE) and MaDE-Technology Center (DDU) equipped and opened. National Resonance Group formally launched 28 October 2025 with MoU and Advisory Charter—establishing the industry–university advisory cycle.
International Conference on “The Future for Creativity and Innovation in Higher Education in Ethiopia” (4–5 November 2025) convened universities, industry, and partners from Ethiopia, Europe, and the region—with NRG parallel sessions.
Mid-term reporting packages—progress, evaluation, and suitability planning—submitted under EACEA requirements, supporting accountability and sustainability design for the second half of the grant.
Hands-on Practical VR Training for university lecturers (4–7 August 2026) at Dire Dawa University’s MaDE-Technology Center, delivered with industry support (Guzo Technologies), culminating in project pitches and cascade commitments.
Recurrent National Resonance Group sessions under the October 2025 MoU and Advisory Charter—quarterly and thematic advisory on labour-market alignment, multi-site pilot feedback, and UAS curriculum reform dialogue through the 2027 scale-up window.
Recurrent cascade after core ToT and the August 2026 DDU VR intensive: peer coaching across partner campuses (Aksum, Assosa, SMU, FTI and others), Pedagogy Center cascade intensives, and multiplication toward the 60 master-trainer and ~3,000 staff targets.
Continuous operation of the MaDE-Pedagogy Center (KUE) and MaDE-Technology Center (DDU) as living services—scheduled drop-in clinics, module design support, headset workflows, and XR production capacity beyond one-off training events.
Classroom piloting of immersive modules across construction, electro-technology, food tech, ICT, and related applied fields, with editorial sprints refining Toolbox 2.0 and open VR/AR & simulation handbooks for NADRE and portal packaging.
Public launch of Toolbox 2.0 and open handbooks, further regional cascade ToT clusters, NRG policy roundtables, and a national scale-up forum to embed immersive UAS didactics beyond the original consortium and the grant window.
