The goal of the Yemeni Higher Education (HEI) Leading to Development of relint offices project (YHELD) is to contribute to reduce the internationalisation isolation of Yemeni HEIs, promoting their role in the educational, cultural and economic actions for the reconstruction of the country. The project responds to an urgent and concrete request formulated by Yemeni Universities to support them in overcoming some of the difficulties and the isolation problems created by the recent and current history of the PC. The higher education is one of the sectors that sustained serious destruction and is not considered as priority due to the humanitarian emergency. In addition, the security issue as well as the lack of qualified employment opportunities have discouraged students to participate in the academic life. HEIs have a key role to play in social stability, international cooperation and peace-building actions, as well as in advocacy on these key themes with national and international stakeholders which are probably the only realistic and feasible actors able to support local educational institutions and to improve government and International awareness on local educational needs.
The specific objective of the project is to enhance Yemeni HEIs capacities and abilities to work at international level, through the establishment of IROs – International Relation Offices and the definition of internationalisation strategies in the partner Yemeni universities. IROs will be academic window on international scenario, a strategic “tool” to involve local educational community in international innovative initiatives, giving visibility, supporting and monitoring the Universities’ initiatives also assuring good quality standards. In order to achieve our objectives we will use a multidisciplinary methodology that will allows us to approach the challenge from different perspectives: – Develop new innovative and multidisciplinary abilities to improve HEIs abilities and capabilities.
