INTEGRA aims at responding to the limited participation of young refugees from conflict affected countries to the higher education system of India & Pakistan by introducing an innovative methodology that will allow them to overcome the obstacles they currently face. This will be accomplished by combining a short-term ICT course for youth with migrant background, based on the expectations of the ICT labour market in these countries, along with the establishment of 4 psychosocial support structures (1 per HEI), which will provide personalised psychosocial support. By bringing young refugees closer to the higher education system in India and Pakistan, the ambition of the project is to facilitate their full integration in these countries by attending higher education courses and/or by entering the labour market and especially the ICT sector, which is one of the main economic activities in this Region.Main outputs of INTEGRA include: a) a 1-year accredited ICT course including different programmes & modules, based on the state-of-art analysis; b) the establishment of 4 psychosocial support structures providing personalized support to young refugees. The project involves also a comprehensive capacity building programme for tutors and professionals for the structures, along with a pilot delivery of the services developed. INTEGRA’s main expected results are:- HEIs in Partner Countries are enhanced in terms of capacities, new services and tools, in order to respond to the needs of refugee youth in their pursue of utilizing higher education and HEIs for social & economic integration- Young refugees from conflict affected countries are brought closer to higher education and HEIs in India and Pakistan, while also have their ICT skills built and psychosocial traumas treatedThe envisaged impact of INTEGRA is to foster the integration of young refugees in India & Pakistan by empowering HEIs in those countries in attracting this target group and serving effectively its needs.

BL_TEAE intends to support teacher educators’ professional and learning development through a Blended lLearning (BL) based on innovative constructivist theories. The BL course aim to build a European and Asian countries collaborative community (four EU Member countries – France, Belgium, Danmark, Estonia and four Asiatic countries - Malaysia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Pakistan) capable to reflect on teaching trainers practices with the support of ePortfolio and Video as reflective tools. The direct aim is to improve teacher educators’ skills, with direct and indirect implication on quality of teacher educators’ skills. In this way teacher educators will be able to prepare future teachers on the assumption of multiple and changing roles in their belonging community. Indeed, the need to improve teaching practices is a common element in all selected partners. Specifically for Asiatic partners, despite the different situations, the quality of the teacher education needs improvement, in particular with the introduction of innovative strategies and practices. For this purpose we consider valuable to provide and to equip teacher educators with innovative teaching practices. The use of technologies to support teaching educators skills also lead to support innovation in teacher educator professional development. The project will be realized in close cooperation with all partners. All partners have been considered in terms of complementarity of operational expertise. Main activities in 8WP: define the technological and pedagogical need; design the BL course with online and face-to face training; build and animate the reflective community through the use of ePortfolio, video and online discussion; sharing scenarios about teaching practices; work on a curriculum design for teacher training; pilot the implementation of draft curriculum and the introduction of innovative practices.