SWEDISH SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES NETWORK

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South Asia related projects recommended for EC funding under the second deadline of the Third Call for Proposals (September 2004 deadline):

• EU’s Asia-Link programme was launched in 2002. 30 projects have been recommended for funding under the second deadline of the Third Call for Proposals (September 2004 deadline). Out of these 30 projecs five include South Asian partners.
With these 30 projects, the total number of Asia-Link partnership projects selected for funding has now risen to 126, involving a total of 550 higher education institutions, and € 36.6 million of EC funding.

Projects including South Asian partner:

IN/Asia-Link/007:
Creation of basis for educational and research networking between Europe and Nepal through the initial collaboration in lighting and energy technology development

Partner institutions: Helsinki University of Technology (FI); Vilnius University (LT); Kathmandu University (NP). 36 months

IN/Asia-Link/008
Human Resource Development in Law and Economics for India and Europe

Partner institutions: University of Hamburg, Institute for Law and Economics (DE); University of Hyderabad (IN); University of Ghent, Law School (BE); Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IN); National Law School of India University, Bangalore (IN), 36 months

IN/Asia-Link/009
Innovation management and technology transfer; developing a new joint masters programme (IMTT)

Partner institutions: University of Central England (UK); Dalian Maritime University (CN); Wyzsza szkola humanistyczno (PL); Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IN). 30 months

IN/Asia-Link/010 Asia
eBIT – A model for net-based learning to help bridge the knowledge divide

Partner institutions: Stockholm University (SE); University of Colombo (LK); Delft University of Technology (NL). 36 months

TH/Asia-Link/007
Improving Master's Degree level education in Aquaculture and Aquatic Resources Management in Cambodia, Nepal and Vietnam

Partner institutions: Asian Institute of Technology (TH); Royal University of Agriculture (KH); Universidade de Aveiro (PT); Tribhuvan University (NP); University of Stirling (UK); Research Institute for Aquaculture (VN); University of Agriculture and Fisheries (VN)