MaDE-for-UASs Marks 18-Month Milestone with Submission of Key Mid-Cycle Deliverable Packages

Progress, evaluation, and suitability planning packages consolidate dual-hub delivery, cascade training, and sustainability design under Erasmus+ CBHE

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — 15 June 2026 — The MaDE-for-UASs consortium today marked its 18-month implementation milestone with the submission and internal consolidation of key mid-cycle deliverable packages under European Union Erasmus+ CBHE Grant Agreement No. 101179337.

The packages capture delivery since kick-off: dual national centres operational, master-trainer cascade underway, National Resonance Group active since October 2025, international conference in Dire Dawa, and European study exchanges completed.

18-month essentials

What. Mid-cycle packages (progress, evaluation, suitability/sustainability planning).
When. June 2026 — ~18 months into 2024–2027.
Evidence. Dual hubs live; NRG active; ToT and exchanges delivered.
Funding. Erasmus+ CBHE GA 101179337.

At 18 months we report infrastructure, people, and governance—not intentions.
— Project Coordinator’s Office · Kotebe University of Education

About MaDE-for-UASs

MaDE-for-UASs (Methodology and Didactic Education for Universities of Applied Sciences) is a three-year (2024–2027) capacity-building action co-funded by the European Union under Erasmus+ CBHE, Grant Agreement No. 101179337. Coordinated by Kotebe University of Education with Dire Dawa University as co-coordinator, the consortium unites Ethiopian implementing partners and European universities of applied sciences (Hochschule Heilbronn, TH OWL, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano). The project modernises applied-science teaching through immersive didactics, dual national centres, open tools, a master-trainer cascade, and the National Resonance Group. Headline targets include 50,000+ students, about 3,000 academic staff, five or more practice-oriented courses, and about 60 master trainers.

Media contacts

Project Secretariat / Communications

MaDE-for-UASs · Kotebe University of Education (Coordinator)

Phone: +251 911 661514

madeeu@kue.edu.et

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