IUG is an independent, non-profit academic institution established in 1978 and supervised by the Ministry of Higher Education. It is a member of four associations: Association of Arab Universities, Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World, Community of Mediterranean Universities, and International Association of Universities. In addition, IUG works closely with numerous universities around the world.
Birzeit University [BZU] is Palestine’s first independent not-for-profit institution of higher education governed by an autonomous Board of Trustees. It embodies a success story, inspirational to all Palestinians. Since 1972, BZU has grown to become a leading university in the Middle East, on par with the very best. The University is committed to maintaining excellence in teaching and learning and advancing knowledge through scientific research and civic engagement.
QOU is an administratively, academically and financially independent public university. It was established in Amman by a decree issued by the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) and started operating in Palestine in 1991. QOU also works on integrating IT in the educational process by suitable means and gradually. As the University adopts the Open Education System, it is willing to widen its relation internationally with other Open Education institutions to exchange experience, research and other things as well.
TUWIEN is the largest technical university in Austria. Its mission is “technology for people”. Through our research we develop scientific excellence, through teaching we enhance comprehensive competence. TUWIEN has 8 faculties, with the proposed project being located in the Faculty of Informatics. The faculty consists of 7 institutes has 53 professors, teaching 7 bachelor and 9 masters degrees in informatics as well as offering 3 PhD programs and a dedicated PhD School, with almost 7.000 students registered for these programs.
The University of Parma was founded in the year 962 The University holds 18 Departments, 35 first degree courses, 6 one-cycle degree courses, 38 second degree courses, as well as many Postgraduate schools, Postgraduate Teacher Training courses, several Masters' Degrees and Research Doctorates (PhD).
The University is promoting the internationalisation of education and almost three hundred students leave the University every year to study abroad at foreign universities, and over two hundred come to Parma from abroad.
The University of Brighton (BU) is a community of 20,700 students and 2,700 staff based on five campuses in Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings. The Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014 confirmed our position as one of the top 60 institutions in the UK in the quality research league tables and ranked us 27 out of 128 universities for our world-leading research impact. Our ambitions are long term and we plan to build on these over the next 10 to 20 years and beyond so that our research can continue to stimulate innovation and test conventional wisdom in the interests of a better and fairer world.
The Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute (HATII) has led and been involved in numerous, curation and preservation projects over the past decade - most including a training focus . These projects include Electronic Resources Preservation and Access Network (ERPANET) in FP5, leader of the Digital Preservation Cluster within the DELOS Network of Excellence, partner in the Preservation and Long-term Access through NETworked Services project (PLANETS) in FP6, partner in the Collaboration for Clarifying the Costs of Curation project in FP7 and partner in the Digital Curator Vocational Education Europe project (Leonardo da Vinci Programme). We are currently a partner in the Facilitate Open Science Training for European Research project (FP7).
In 27/8/2008, Palestine Technical University was given a governmental accreditation and thus, became the very first ‘technical’ governmental university. The official name, ‘Palestine Technical University- KADOORIE’ was confirmed, after going through all procedures of accreditation with AQAC. The University is now seeking to gain accreditation for new degree programs that fulfil the expanding needs of local, national and regional labour markets.
EIFL (Electronic Information for Libraries) is a not-for-profit organization that works with libraries to enable access to knowledge in developing and transition economy countries in Africa, Asia Pacific, Europe and Latin America. In a highly networked digital world our activities help people to access and use information for education, learning, research and sustainable community development.
