MaDE-for-UASs Consortium · ThumbsUp Social Entrepreneurs PLC
National Resonance Group Launched in Addis Ababa with MoU and Advisory Charter
Industry–university council formalises labour-market advice for immersive UAS teaching under MaDE-for-UASs
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — 28 October 2025 — The MaDE-for-UASs consortium today launched the National Resonance Group (NRG), a public–private advisory council linking Universities of Applied Sciences with industry and skills stakeholders, formalised through a Memorandum of Understanding and Advisory Charter under Erasmus+ CBHE Grant Agreement No. 101179337.
The NRG gives industry and institutional leaders a recurring seat to advise on labour-market alignment, pilot feedback from immersive modules, and cascade themes for Training of Trainers. ThumbsUp Social Entrepreneurs PLC supports secretariat functions.
NRG launch essentials
- What. Formal NRG launch with MoU and Advisory Charter.
- When & where. 28 October 2025, Addis Ababa.
- Why it matters. Institutionalises industry–university advice for World-of-Work-relevant teaching.
Immersive tools fail when content drifts from the plant floor. The National Resonance Group exists to keep teaching honest about workplace demand.
— NRG Advisory Charter principle
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
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Co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or EACEA. Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them. Project MaDE-for-UASs · Grant Agreement No. 101179337.