The DAAD supports a market and employability orientation at higher education institutions in Africa through the program „Entrepreneurial Universities in Africa”. High unemployment rates among university graduates are a major problem in many African countries.
Higher education institutions could tackle the issue by
- focusing more on (research-based) applied education
- adjusting their teaching and research more closely to the needs of the labor market in general.
Accordingly, there is high demand at many African universities to establish structures and offerings that are aligned with the needs of the labor market and thus offer better employment prospects and entrepreneurial competencies for their graduates. Therefore, the partners of the Moroccan Entrepreneurial University Initiative address this topic in two Moroccan institutions – the Université Euro-Méditerranéenne de Fès and the Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II in Rabat.
Program Objectives
What we aim for
1
Implementation of reform processes to structurally strengthen the labor market orientation at the African partner universities
2
(Further) development of study programs and/or of extracurricular courses in topics relevant to the labor market
3
Establishment of relevant networks between the participating universities, business partners and universities
Entrepreneurial University
Explore the Potential
MUNIE addresses the challenging situation in Morocco with systematic, innovative and application-oriented solutions at both institutions in Fès and Rabat.
The projects reform measures aim at the promotion of entrepreneurial thinking, teaching and acting at the partner universities. Besides this focus, institutional changes in the structures and processes of the participating institutions are supposed to act as key indicators for the development towards an ‘Entrepreneurial University’.
Project Program
What we do
- Development of Entrepreneurial Universities
- Entrepreneurship Education & Implementation of Entrepreneurial Thinking and Acting
- Promotion of Entrepreneurial Spirit & Innovative Ideas
- Sustainable Labor Market Orientation
Project Phases
How we do it
2019 – Initial Analysis of Status Quo
- Using the tool HEInnovate, developed by the European Commission and the OECD
- Using Transfer Audits to analyze the existing link between academia, business and society
2019 – 2022 – Project Activities
- Implementation of different workshops (e.g. Entrepreneurial Design Thinking) to train the management, the lecturers and the students at the partner universities in Morocco
- Joint development of existing study programs
- Creation of an additional Entrepreneurship Certificate
- Summer Academies on Entrepreneurship Education
- Annual Transfer Days
- Establishment of a Science-Business Alliance
2022 – Progress Evaluation
- Using the HEInnovate, comparing the established status
2019
Initial Analysis of Status Quo
- Using the tool HEInnovate, developed by the European Commission and the OECD
- Using Transfer Audits to analyze the existing link between academia, business and society
Project Activities
- Annual Transfer Days
- Train-The-Trainer-Week
- Establishment of a Science-Business Alliance
2020
Project Activities
- Creation of an additional Entrepreneurship Certificate
- Annual Transfer Days
- Joint development of existing study programs
- Implementation of different workshops (e.g. Entrepreneurial Design Thinking) to train the management, the lecturers and the students at the partner universities in Morocco
- Summer Academies on Entrepreneurship Education
2021
Project Activities
- Annual Transfer Days
- Joint development of existing study programs
- Implementation of different workshops (e.g. Entrepreneurial Design Thinking) to train the management, the lecturers and the students at the partner universities in Morocco
- Summer Academies on Entrepreneurship Education
2022
Progress Evaluation
- Using the HEInnovate , comparing the established status
Project Activities
- Annual Transfer Days
- Summer Academies on Entrepreneurship Education
- Establishment of a Science-Business Alliance
