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In a general framework of long term cooperation between Norway and Guatemala, two partner universities (University of South East Norway and Universidad del Valle de Guatemala) propose to work together to foster graduate student mobility and academic development in the field of higher education in each country within the field of sustainable tourism, culture and ecology, with funding support through the NORPART programme for 5 years.

The project has three goals which are strongly interlinked. The first goal is to enhance student mobility between Guatemala and Norway at Masters and Ph.D. level, and therefore through Ph.D. collaboration, student exchange and study visits, field work, internship or work placement and summer schools between the two institutions. In order to cater for increased student mobility UVG and USN need to work with adjusting and synchronizing their curriculum and enhance academic and internationalization capacity according to international standards. The second and third goals are therefore: to foster academic development at UVG and USN through mobility, curriculum development, and academic capacity building; and to strengthen the internationalization processes at UVG and USN through mobility, training for trainers, and administrative capacity building.

The project is based on a long-term institutional and academic cooperation, it is well planned and anchored in strategies and priorities at both institutions, and with a strong management team. A number of concrete results are outlined, and in total more than 55% of the budget is dedicated student mobility activities. The remaining funds are allocated to activities necessary to create an efficient framework for the mobility, as argued above. With its interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral cooperation both within and between the institutions and with partner organizations, the cooperation will have a major benefit for the development of the fields, institutions and persons involved.

In a general framework of long term cooperation between Norway and Guatemala, two partner universities (University of South East Norway and Universidad del Valle de Guatemala) propose to work together to foster graduate student mobility and academic development in the field of higher education in each country within the field of sustainable tourism, culture and ecology, with funding support through the NORPART programme for 5 years.

The project has three goals which are strongly interlinked. The first goal is to enhance student mobility between Guatemala and Norway at Masters and Ph.D. level, and therefore through Ph.D. collaboration, student exchange and study visits, field work, internship or work placement and summer schools between the two institutions. In order to cater for increased student mobility UVG and USN need to work with adjusting and synchronizing their curriculum and enhance academic and internationalization capacity according to international standards. The second and third goals are therefore: to foster academic development at UVG and USN through mobility, curriculum development, and academic capacity building; and to strengthen the internationalization processes at UVG and USN through mobility, training for trainers, and administrative capacity building.

The project is based on a long-term institutional and academic cooperation, it is well planned and anchored in strategies and priorities at both institutions, and with a strong management team. A number of concrete results are outlined, and in total more than 55% of the budget is dedicated student mobility activities. The remaining funds are allocated to activities necessary to create an efficient framework for the mobility, as argued above. With its interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral cooperation both within and between the institutions and with partner organizations, the cooperation will have a major benefit for the development of the fields, institutions and persons involved.

In a general framework of long term cooperation between Norway and Guatemala, two partner universities (University of South East Norway and Universidad del Valle de Guatemala) propose to work together to foster graduate student mobility and academic development in the field of higher education in each country within the field of sustainable tourism, culture and ecology, with funding support through the NORPART programme for 5 years.

The project has three goals which are strongly interlinked. The first goal is to enhance student mobility between Guatemala and Norway at Masters and Ph.D. level, and therefore through Ph.D. collaboration, student exchange and study visits, field work, internship or work placement and summer schools between the two institutions. In order to cater for increased student mobility UVG and USN need to work with adjusting and synchronizing their curriculum and enhance academic and internationalization capacity according to international standards. The second and third goals are therefore: to foster academic development at UVG and USN through mobility, curriculum development, and academic capacity building; and to strengthen the internationalization processes at UVG and USN through mobility, training for trainers, and administrative capacity building.

The project is based on a long-term institutional and academic cooperation, it is well planned and anchored in strategies and priorities at both institutions, and with a strong management team. A number of concrete results are outlined, and in total more than 55% of the budget is dedicated student mobility activities. The remaining funds are allocated to activities necessary to create an efficient framework for the mobility, as argued above. With its interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral cooperation both within and between the institutions and with partner organizations, the cooperation will have a major benefit for the development of the fields, institutions and persons involved.