Nepalese Education in E-health - Master (NEEM) targets the shortage of specialists in health information systems in Nepal through establishing two master programmes at Kathmandu University and Pokhara University. Each programme will admit 10 students the first year and expand to 20 over a two years period. The programmes will include a lab where research students will collaborate with the Ministry of Health and other Nepalese organisations on health information systems in Nepal and which be developed into a model for the Provincial Health Information Hubs envisaged by the MoH. The labs will also be used for in-service training of health personnel.The European partners University of Oslo (UiO) and The University Institute of Lisbon have long experience in working with partners in LMICs and Europe on eHealth. The University of Oslo is also involved in projects for course development with partners in India and Africa, and course material developed in these projects will be used as a basis and adapted for Kathmandu and Pokhara universities.Eight lecturers from the Nepalese partners will be funded by the project for PhD education; one at UiO and seven at Indian universities which UiO collaborates with in academic projects in the health information systems area. Eight master students will do exchange visits between Nepal and Europe, and scholarships will be awarded to four female master students in Nepal. Expected impacts are that the master programmes will continue running after project funding ceases, that Kathmandu and Pokhara universities attract collaborative projects in Nepal and internationally, and that master programme graduates gain skills which are useful in their work.

The purpose of this project is to address the problems related to expert workforce in the field of diagnosis, monitoring, and maintenance of the power systems and related components in the partner countries by bringing innovation in higher education teaching and learning methods in order to fill the expertise gap and enhance its relevance for the labour market and the society as a whole. The project will help Nepal and Bhutan to produce in-house human resources in the field of condition monitoring of power equipment making both the countries independent of external consultants. The main objective of the project is to implement real problem based teaching and learning methods in the curriculum of HEIs of the partner countries. This is possible thanks to the expertise and know how of the EU partner Universities and their long term teaching in this field. The Project will also help the EU partners to renew their education in this field and build a sustainable flow of students in both directions.

The convergence of COVID-19 with natural hazards have reshaped the disaster riskscape in Southeast Asia, which has been deteriorated by the climate changes and the current environmental crisis. In their attempt to deal with the pandemic Nepal and Bangladesh have been also hit by multiple natural disasters (cyclones, heatwaves, landslides, and volcanic eruptions). RISK-E-SCAPE project encourages the recovery path from this expanded risk environment through the capacity building of Partner Countries HEIs in disaster health management and public health. The project objects to address the growing challenges of climate change and environmental degradation in Southeast Asia, providing academic activities in disaster health and environmental studies to Partner Countries HEIs through the development of open courses, the design and implementation of drills in Nepal and Bangladesh as well as the establishment of RISK-E-SCAPE Hubs as nexus of academic community, policy makers, civil society organizations for the preparedness, respond and recovery in environmental disasters. RISK-E-SCAPE promotes the capacity building at a multiprofessional and multidisciplinary level in disaster health in environmental crisis, strengthening the mechanism for multi-sectoral coordination and collaboration concerning the health sector and disaster management as well as preparing local authorities for emergency disaster preparedness. The project promotes equity in the educational activities, as well as the recovery and reconstruction process with particular attention to women and vulnerable or marginalised groups from low-income and/or rural area. Furthermore, it supports the Exchange of experiences, expertise and networking and bridging the EU acquis in pandemic/disaster health/ crisis in (SouthEast) Asia while supporting SDGs achievements