PROSPER project reaches midpoint at assessment seminar in Germany

June 25, 2026

Partners of the Erasmus+ PROSPER project, coordinated by Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, gathered from 15th to 17th June 2026 at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder), Germany, for an internal assessment seminar. This event marked the halfway point of the project, providing the consortium with an opportunity to assess the achievements of its first phase and prepare for the experimentation activities that will shape its second half.

Reviewing the results of the first phase

The European University Viadrina, which leads the project's evaluation activities, hosted the seminar in Frankfurt (Oder), where other partners from Kenya and Europe, including the Open University of Kenya, the University of Eldoret, TCC Africa, and Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, met for a three-day review of the project's progress and achievements.

A major component of these achievements has been the delivery of capacity-building workshops by the Kenyan partners between March and April 2026. These workshops focused on the project's three key dimensions of internationalisation in universities: global visibility, partnerships, and digital collaboration.

Drawing on feedback collected from participants before and after the workshops, the seminar gave the consortium a shared, evidence-based understanding of the results achieved during the first phase of the project, and of the needs identified throughout the process.

From workshops to experimentation

This seminar also marked a turning point in the implementation of the PROSPER project, signaling the transition from capacity building to experimentation, with pilot groups now taking forward the practical implementation of the training outcomes.

Over the coming year, partner universities will test concrete internationalisation approaches in each of the three key areas. Each working group will pursue tangible objectives such as supporting international research grant proposals within the universities, formalising cooperation with an international partner institution, and building virtual mobility between universities.

The experimentation phase will run throughout the second half of the project and will lead to the delivery of concrete outputs in each area. These results will subsequently be disseminated with universities across Kenya and the wider region through a peer-learning event held in Nairobi in 2027.

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