The Inclusive and Innovative Digital Education for Migrant Community in Kenya and Somalia (IIDEMIC) is a transformative three-year initiative funded by the European Union through the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). It seeks to enhance educational opportunities, teaching practices, aligning with the demands of 21st-century education, and soft skills development for migrants and refugees in Kenya and Somalia by developing a lifelong learning platform and fostering inclusive education programs. IIDEMIC is implemented by Mogadishu University in partnership with leading institutions in Kenya, Turkey, Poland, and Somalia. The project aims to empower migrants and refugees with the knowledge and skills needed to secure a brighter future.

Objectives:

• Provide educational support through the establishment of a digital platform tailored for the refugee and migrant populations, ensuring they have access to a wide range of learning materials.
• Support in-service teachers with targeted training programs on adaptive and inclusive teaching methods, focusing on enhancing their ability to use assistive technologies in diverse classrooms.
• Strengthen refugee education through effective inclusive and digital programs that enhance digital literacy and soft skills, preparing them for the workforce in both local and global contexts.
• Enhance the capacity of in-service teachers in the area of inclusive education and digital pedagogy, aimed at improving educational outcomes for refugees and migrants.

Consortium Partners:

1. Kenyatta University, Kenya
2. Mogadishu University, Somalia
3. Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Keyna
4. Red Sea University, Somalia
5. WSB University in Poznan, Poland
6. Kutahya Dumlupinar University, Turkiye

The main objective of the PURSUE project is to promote the locally available, eco-friendly, hazard-resilient, and affordable construction material through advancement of the competencies and collaborations of the HEIs, students, academics, and civil engineering professionals in the SAR. Thus, the PURSUE project is focusing on developing the scientific, technical, and practical capacity of graduate engineers of selected HEIs in the SAR for sustainable affordable housing solutions using engineering standpoint and their subsequent applications for low-income households. The project aims to develop the competencies of HEIs, academics, local engineers in combination with affordable housing for the urban poor and the need for sustainable housing and urban development using environmentally sound locally available resources. The project consists of 6 HEIs and 1 associate partner from 3 different countries in SAR (Mozambique, Somalia and Tanzania) and two HEIs from the program countries (Türkiye and Portugal), 9 partners in total.

Main Activities of the project:

• Developing related 4 courses supporting the sustainable affordable housing construction technologies using local available resources while ensuring that they are resilient to the natural hazards to be introduced in 4 targeted undergraduate curriculum B.Sc. program for 3rd and 4th grade bachelor students in the civil engineering departments,
• Evolving professional short-term modules for “Training of trainers” which will target academics in the civil engineering departments and professionals,
• Conducting local training for employees working in local institutions in related issues,
• Improving the laboratory capacity and competencies of the staff of the partner institutes in the SAR,
• Develop the laboratories belonging to the HEIs to meet the local needs and future accreditations requirements,
• Disseminating and propagating the educational material at a national and regional level as all these courses and professional modules will be developed in e-learning form and introduced in open access online project platform.