Mauritania has expressed needs in the field of higher education and research in order to initiate a transition towards a model of sustainable growth, which will reconcile the imperative of development, social progress and environmental protection. The existence of a prior partnership between the institutions participating in the project, in particular the INSA group and the École Supérieure Polytechnique (ESP), enabled the identification of cooperation needs in the field of higher education. Investing in human capital, particularly in industrial engineering training, seems essential to guarantee sustainable economic development and the creation of processing industries that generate jobs and added value in the fields of fishing, livestock farming and agriculture. They would also enable the country to respond to the mismatch between human resources and labor market needs, the dependence on raw materials, the vulnerability to external shocks and climate hazards and the informal sector issue thanks to the creation of SMEs and VSEs. Polytechnic Group (GP) trains middle managers and executives in the fields of engineering: Mining, Oil Gas, Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Hydraulic Environment, Computer Networks and Telecommunications, Mechanical Engineering and Statistics and Data Engineering. GP wishes to create a “Higher Institute for the Professions of Quality, Logistics and Production (ISM-QLP)” and a new department of IE. INSA Group, IUT de Roanne and GP have decided to gather their skills to : • Create an IE training course covering Bachelor, Master and Phd • Strengthen national scientific research • Intensify economic partnerships through the creation of a valuation subsidiary, a foundation and a junior company at ESP • Launch an experiment of financial resources self-management with GP, before extending it to all higher education institutions in the country • Meet GP's educational equipment needs byconsidering gender equality, but also social equality in the recruitment and geographic location of training. For instance, the project will give birth to the construction of a boarding school for girls. French institutions will support GP in : • The accreditation procedures for IE training with the objective to create a double degree « ESP-INSA » in IE; • The creation of distance learning courses • Training professionalization and the creation of continuing vocational training (with or without a diploma); • The creation of a transversal research center that works on industrial engineering themes in connection with sustainable development and Industry 4.0; • The establishment and operational development of a R&D subsidiary and a foundation, for sales and sponsorship operations. The project will have a catalytic impact on the economy and will allow the transition from a system that is primarily based on the exploitation of raw materials to the creation of higher value-added processing industries. Based on the cooperation and the transfer of expertise, this project aims at promoting careers in industrial engineering, encouraging connections between companies producing goods and services and training a quality workforce. which meets the challenges of sustainable development, the digitization of the workforce and the labor market expectations. Finally, it aims at strengthening the already existing ties between INSA Group and Polytechnic Group (GP) by reinforcing the Mauritanian higher education system and by setting up international scientific and industrial partnerships.