Introduction to the Flemish Interuniversitary Programme with Hué University, 2013-2019

1. VLIR-UOS, Brussels - Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Laboratory of Aquaculture & Artemia Reference Center
Ghent University
Nguyen Van Toan
President of Hue University

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THE CONTEXT
‐ Hue province & Hue city
‐ National priorities
‐ VLIR country strategy for Vietnam
‐ Hue University strategic plan
THE PROGRAMME
‐ Objectives
‐ Projects
‐ Complementarity & Synergy
‐ Interuniversity team
‐ Budget

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HUE and HUE PROVINCE
Hue
city
Hue city
- 300,000 inhabitants
- Rich cultural and historic heritage
- Hue University main university of the region
Province
- 5000 km²
- 1,2 M inhabitants, mostly near
the coast
- Huong River Basin: important
river bassin
- Tam Giang-Cau Hai lagoon:
68 km long, 22,000ha
unique ecosystem

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VIETNAM Socio-Economic
Development Strategy for 2020
1. Improve regulations of the socialist oriented market economy; ensure macroeconomic
stability; effectively mobilize and use resources
2. Develop industry and build it towards the direction of modernity and improving the
quality and competitiveness to create foundations for an industrial country
3. Develop agriculture towards the direction of modernity, effectiveness and sustainability
4. Develop service industries, especially services with high value, great potential and
competitiveness
5. Develop infrastructure, especially transportation infrastructure
6. Harmoniously and sustainably develop regions, build up new urban and rural areas
7. Develop cultural and social fields in harmony with economic development
8. Develop health cause and improve the quality of healthcare work for the people
9. Improve the quality of human resources and develop the education and training
10. Science and technology development is the key motivation for process of fast and
sustainable development
11. Protect and improve environment quality, actively and effectively deal with climate
change
12. Strongly maintain independence, sovereignty, territorial unification, ensure political
security and social order; extend external relations, actively integrate and improve the
position of Vietnam in the international arena
1. Improve regulations of the socialist oriented market economy; ensure macroeconomic
stability; effectively mobilize and use resources
2. Develop industry and build it towards the direction of modernity and improving the
quality and competitiveness to create foundations for an industrial country
3. Develop agriculture towards the direction of modernity, effectiveness and sustainability
4. Develop service industries, especially services with high value, great potential and
competitiveness
5. Develop infrastructure, especially transportation infrastructure
6. Harmoniously and sustainably develop regions, build up new urban and rural areas
7. Develop cultural and social fields in harmony with economic development
8. Develop health cause and improve the quality of healthcare work for the people
9. Improve the quality of human resources and develop the education and training
10. Science and technology development is the key motivation for process of fast and
sustainable development
11. Protect and improve environment quality, actively and effectively deal with climate
change
12. Strongly maintain independence, sovereignty, territorial unification, ensure political
security and social order; extend external relations, actively integrate and improve the
position of Vietnam in the international arena

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VLIR COUNTRY STRATEGY FOR VIETNAM
Biosciences for Food
Public & Rural Health
Technology development
Environent & Natural resource mgmt
SUSTAINABLE & EQUITABLE SOCIO-ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION
Institutional strengthening
University management
Research strengthening
Research based education
Central Vietnam

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HUE UNIVERSITY STRATEGIC PLAN
1. To finalize and improve the management effect of Hue
University;
2. To improve the training quality in accordance with the regional
development needs;
3. To improve effectiveness and connectivity between scientific
research with training and real demand;
4. To develop cadres and officers towards standardization
suitable to position of a main regional university;
5. To extend international cooperation, and to gradually expand
cooperation with prestigious regional and international
institutions and universities;
6. To diversify mobilization forms and utilize effectively financial
sources to modernize facilities and implement main
responsibilities.

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VLIR-IUC OBJECTIVES
→ To transfer research results on aquaculture,
environmental science, and health care into the
society by new forms of education and training
→ To improve the infrastructure for development needs
of research sites in the context of the programme
→ To support an enabling institutional environment for
research-based education, joint education and research
→ To strengthen the institutional capabilities in terms of
the university management and governance, curriculum
development, and educational quality assurance
academic = for Hue University
developmental = for region & country

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Project 5: Programme Support Unit
STRUCTURE
Project 2
Aquaculture, livestock and
Crop protection
Project 3
Ecosystem & natural
resource management
Project 4
Rural health
Project 1
Institutional
strengthening
& INTERACTIONS

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PROJECT 1 - Institutional strengthening
1. Governance
Improvement of the governance expertise, governance
tools and instruments
2. Curriculum development
Improvement of the curriculum development
expertise, practices and research evidence
3. Quality Assurance
Improvement of quality assurance expertise, models
and practices
OBJECTIVES
Thanh LE (Manh)
Vice president for Postgrad and S&T
Gerrit JANSSENS
UHasselt

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PROJECT 1 - Institutional strengthening
• 3 PhD’s (one per component)
• 4 international workshops, one on university
management, one on educational innovation, one on
quality insurance and credit exchange
• 3 short training courses (one per component) at
Flemish institutes
• Establish central training on Academic English
OUTPUT

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PROJECT 2 - Aquaculture, livestock and
crop protection
1. Aquaculture
Develop larviculture of rabbitfish
Study conditions for polyculture systems
2. Livestock
Develop dietary strategies to mitigate pollution
from pig farming
3. Crop protection
Identified entopathogenic fungi with potential for
bio-control of brown planthopper in rice culture
OBJECTIVES
Ngoan Le (Duc)
Head of Animal Production
Veerle FIEVEZ
UGent

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PROJECT 2 - Aquaculture, livestock and
crop protection
Human resource development
• MSc research in Vietnam: 8
• PhD at UGent: 1 aquaculture, 1 life stock
• min. 2 PhD’s with 911 (MOET-Vietnam) co-funding
• Pre-doctoral training: 1 crop protection
• BSc projects/training in Vietnam: 20
Training & extension:
• 4 workshops or local training
• Short training in Belgium on aquaculture, dairy
nutrition and biological control of crop pests: 4
Research
• A1 publications: min 2 per theme
OUTPUT

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PROJECT 3 - Ecosystem & natural
resources management
1. Capacity building through research and training on the unique
lagoon ecosystem by means of integrating biological, chemical
and geographical sciences
2. Supply stakeholders essential information about the lagoon
ecosystem properties, functions and potential for sustainable use
3. Integrate knowledge on the lagoon ecosystem into theoretical
courses and practical exercises
4. Transfer knowledge on the lagoon ecosystem & implement
models of sustainable use of the bioresources and environmental
pollution control to local authorities & communities
OBJECTIVES
Hop NGUYEN (Van)
Head of Analytical & Environmental Chemistry
Ludwig TRIEST
VUB

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PROJECT 3 - Ecosystem & natural
resources management
Human resource development:
• 3 PhD graduates
• min. 1 PhD with 911 (MOET-Vietnam) co-funding
Research:
• 6 articles in peer reviewed journals
• Laboratory equipment
Training & Extension
• 4 à 5 seminars/meetings on to share project
output with local stakeholders
OUTPUT

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PROJECT 4 - Rural health
Full title: Strengthening training and services at primary level to improve
rural health care: a pilot intervention in Central Vietnam
1. Reinforce family medicine as the core discipline in commune
health centers, private family practices and other primary
healthcare facilities
 Identify community needs
 Identify staff training needs & organise training
 Develop a model of intervention
2. Improve HU teaching capacity on Family Medicine
3. Improve linkage between HU College of Medicine, the Phu Loc
District Hospital & the network of participating family doctors
OBJECTIVES
Tam Nguyen (Minh)
Head of Family Medicine
Anselme DERESE
UGent

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PROJECT 4 - Rural health
Full title: Strengthening training and services at primary level to improve
rural health care: a pilot intervention in Central Vietnam
Human resource development:
• PhD graduates: 3
• Training in Belgium
Research:
• min. 3 articles in peer reviewed journals
Training & Extension
• updated curriculum of Family Medicine training
• Training modules package
• Audiovisual extension materials
• Policy advice papers
OUTPUT

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VLIR COUNTRY STRATEGY FOR VIETNAM
Biosciences for Food
Public & Rural Health
Technology development
Environent & Natural resource mgmt
SUSTAINABLE & EQUITABLE SOCIO-ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION
Institutional capacity developement
University management
Research strengthening
Research based education
Central Vietnam
VLIR-IUC

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COMPLEMENTARITY & SYNERGY
VLIR IU-Network programme (if approved)
FWO-NAFOSTED bilateral research projects
Nuffic ACCCU project
Erasmus Mundus External Window
MOET: 911 PhD & pre-doctoral training scholarships
World Bank: Higher Education Project (Phase 3)
Atlantic Philanthropies (for Medical sciences)
BTC: scholarships
SYNERGY WITH OTHER PROJECTS
& COMPLEMENTARY FUNDING

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Project 1
Institutional
strengthening
INTERUNIVERSITY TEAM
Project 5
PSU
Project 2
Aquaculture, Livestock
and Crop protection
Project 3
Ecosystem
management
Project 4
Rural health

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BUDGET (in EUR)
300,000
310,000
320,000
330,000
340,000
350,000
360,000
55,000
60,000
65,000
70,000
75,000
80,000
85,000
90,000
95,000
100,000
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6
Project 1
Project 2
Project 3
Project 4
PSU
total
169,850
1,034,240 60,300
667,610
63,000
105,000
A. Investment costs
B. Operational costs
C. Personnel costs
D. Scholarship costs
E.1. Flemish univ. admin. Costs
E.2. Partner univ. admin. Costs

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The proposed IUC programme
with Hue University is …
… in line with the country, VLIR and
university priorities
… integrating regional and local needs
… fostering cooperation based on equal
partnership with all Flemish universities
… boosting research-based education at HU
… making maximal use of synergy and co-
funding with related projects/schemes