The UNIICo-Create project, launched between March 24th to 28th, 2025 in Johannesburg, aims at redefining university-industry collaboration in the Southern African Development Community (SADC). An Erasmus+ Capacity Building project for higher education, the initiative represents a significant effort to embed entrepreneurship into the very fabric of higher education institutions across SADC, modernize curricula, foster innovation,…
Obreal, alongside a diverse consortium of partners, successfully launched the IMPACT HE project in Barcelona from February 24 to 26, 2025. Co-funded by the European Union through the Erasmus+ Capacity Building for Higher Education program, IMPACT HE is a structural initiative designed to strengthen African universities as key agents of local development. IMPACT HE focuses…
As an important synergy related to its projects in the wine innovation, tourism and skilling sector, Obreal has participated in the meeting organized by Areni Global, an international network for cooperation in the fine wine industry, on its new publication Rethinking Education: Shaping the Future of the Wine Trade. This whitepaper explores gaps in professional…
Are you interested to actively participate in the political life of your community? Do you want to destigmatize mental health? Apply to be a YOUTHWELL Advocate! While mental health and democracy do not go hand in hand, they are deeply linked. People with mental health problems may feel disconnected from their local communities and lack…
OBREAL, within the framework of the SUSTurismo international cooperation project, is promoting a series of training courses in sustainable tourism for students from Cape Verde and Angola. The results and experiences of these trainings were presented last November 29th at the III International Meeting of the SUSTusimo Project. At this meeting the project consortium reaffirmed…
OBREAL, with member THENSA, was joined by partners of the UniiCoCreate project at the virtual conference of UEED Africa (Universities, Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development in Africa), for a virtual panel discussion on Entrepreneurial Universities. The session marked the first public activity of the project, which is an important Erasmus+ Strand 3 Capacity Building for Higher…
OBREAL organized the virtual kick-off meeting of a newly awarded Erasmus+ Capacity Building project for Higher Education entitled Impact HE. This four year structural project involves universities and ministries of education from Kenya and Ethiopia as well as EU partners in Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. It intends to build capacity in African higher…
OBREAL, in collaboration with NODE Garraf, hosted a dynamic event spotlighting entrepreneurship and economic growth within the circular economy in the Barcelona region. The event was held in the framework of Start Circular, a project co-funded by the European Union. The participants were able to listen and comment on the contributions from public representatives from…
OBREAL is present at the 13th Annual East African Higher Education Quality Assurance Forum, hosted in Nairobi, Kenya, from September 9 to 12. The Forum provides, on an annual basis, a platform in which quality assurance practitioners come together to share experiences on areas of common interest in ensuring and managing quality in the institutions….
OBREAL was present at the SPHERE‘s Study Visit to Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK) in Finland. Under the premise of enhancing University-Industry collaboration for current and future employment, innovation and Sustainable Ecosystems, the study visit provided a comprehensive understanding of how an institution utilises diverse modes of industry cooperation to meet different objectives. SPHERE…