2018 - 2022

The Edu-BioMed project aimed to strengthen, foster, and upgrade academic activity at four Moroccan and Lebanese universities in the context of Mediterranean Biosphere Reserves.

At the premises of Edu-BioMed, three shortcomings were recognised:

• the ‘sectorialisation’ of knowledge within universities.
• the lack of knowledge transfer between universities and territories. 
• the lack of communication between academies and policy makers.

The initiative aligned academic activity with territorial needs; innovated the research capacity of universities; promoted internationalization and openness; enriched staff’s expertise; enabled mutual learning between stakeholders; and enhanced the interdisciplinary character.

Our team, then affiliated to the Autonomous University of Barcelona, coordinated the project.

Nowadays, the International Centre for the Mediterranean Biosphere Reserves continues working on the achievement of project goals, and dissemination of EduBioMed outputs and courses which are available on the centre website.

Furthermore, the UNESCOMED Centre is working to implement some of the ideas and proposals raised during the project development.