MARE in general aims to promote sustainable governance & management of coastal, delta & marine (CDM) socio-ecological systems in MY & VN and adjacent waters through ICT-enhanced tertiary education linked to labour markets & wider stakeholder circles. This aim will be achieved through the following objectives:1. To revise and upgrade selected CDM-relevant BSc, MSc & PhD CDM programs in PIs to make them end-user-oriented & policy-relevant, and develop 6 modules addressing CDM-related hotspots, that can be used interchangeably in tertiary & LLL education.2. To develop shared MARE open education environment platform & online training services of the new generation for qualitative improvement of the education process & academic workflow support among universities & stakeholders across the PCs & EU.3. To create sustainable feedback mechanisms to end-users, ensuring adaptive & practice-relevant teaching contents, knowledge co-production opportunities and stakeholder support to post-project course development & teaching.4. To develop capacity for academic mobility, shared experimental facilities and joint research by PIs & beyond.MARE brings to the PC universities novel tools & methods used by international research communities, and creates the contents reflecting on CDM issues from a variety of contexts. In addition to quality curriculum contents; it also creates innovative ICT-based management system for teaching, learning & research training, and builds institutional mechanisms to engage stakeholders with research & education to improve the relevance of educational provision to the society.
1. To revise and upgrade selected CDM-relevant BSc, MSc & PhD CDM programs in PIs to make them end-user-oriented & policy-relevant.2. To develop shared MARE open education environment platform & online training services of the new generation.3. To create sustainable feedback mechanisms to end-users, ensuring adaptive & practice-relevant teaching contents, knowledge co-production opportunities.4. To develop capacity for academic mobility, shared experimental facilities and joint research.
MARE aimed to promote sustainable governance & management of coastal, delta & marine (CDM) socio-ecological systems in Malaysia & Vietnam through ICT-enhanced tertiary education linked to labor markets & wider stakeholders. This aim was formulated through consultations with academic and praxis organisations, and was translated into a project plan bringing together curriculum and ICT development objectives, in parallel with the development of stakeholder networks and regional collaboration.
<< Background >> MARE aimed to promote sustainable governance & management of coastal, delta & marine (CDM) socio-ecological systems in Malaysia & Vietnam through ICT-enhanced tertiary education linked to labor markets & wider stakeholders. This aim was formulated through consultations with academic and praxis organisations, and was translated into a project plan bringing together curriculum and ICT development objectives, in parallel with the development of stakeholder networks and regional collaboration. << Objectives >> 1. To revise and upgrade selected CDM-relevant BSc, MSc & PhD CDM programs in PIs to make them end-user-oriented & policy-relevant.2. To develop shared MARE open education environment platform & online training services of the new generation.3. To create sustainable feedback mechanisms to end-users, ensuring adaptive & practice-relevant teaching contents, knowledge co-production opportunities.4. To develop capacity for academic mobility, shared experimental facilities and joint research. << Implementation >> MARE has been implemented by a consortium of 4 Malaysian HEIs, 3 HEIs, 1 research institute and 1 NGO in Vietnam, as well as 4 EU partners supporting them from January 15, 2020 through September 14, 2023. The implementation period included am 8 months extension that was requested to overcome negative impacts of the COVID pandemics and related restrictions. The consortium has demonstrated committed and well-coordinated team work that resulted in achieving all the planned objectives. << Results >> MARE has resulted in 38 courses worth 151 ECTS developed/updated for 3 educational levels, all of them being accredited, implemented, and supplemented with teaching & learning materials. This was supported through the upgrade of e-learning systems, as well as a massive training program in MARE subjects and ICT. In total 96 students, 62 academic and 10 administrative staff, and 23 persons belonging to the praxis. In addition, 2 national stakeholder collaboration platforms were established.