The FisherMan kick off was held at the University of Alicante on the 18th of November 2013 together with another 5 EDULINK projects that pursued to fulfil the overall objective of the EDULINK Programme, which is to foster capacity building and regional integration in the field of higher education through institutional networking.

A programme and project introduction was delivered in this jointly session, and afterwards FisherMan kick off meeting was focused on the presentation and distribution of project activities amongst all partners, with a special focus on the first year of project activities. In particular to the first project activity, which is an analytical assessment of the current situation. This analysis aims at identifying potential current capacities of the five universities in developing a fisheries management programmes.

Please, see below the list of the other 5 Edulink projects coordinated by UA that shared the first plenary session with FisherMan project:

CAPACITY4FOOD – Integrated Soil Fertility Management for Food Security matching capacities in Anglophone West African Nations HEIs with local needs

CAP4INNO  – Knowledge transfer capacity building for enhanced energy access & efficiency in the Caribbean

EPIC – Towards a Sustainable Energy Future

IP4GROWTH  – Enhancing Intellectual Property Capacities for Agricultural Development

SUCCEED Network – East African Higher Education Network on Sustainable and Energy Efficient Campus Development