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Asia Link - Standardisation Project

Resume
Name

Asia Link - Standardisation Project

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Homepage

http://www.asia-link-standardization.de

Duration

January/2004 until September/2006

Funds

European Commission

Partners
  • Helmut Schmidt University,
  • University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg - Germany
  • Erasmus University of Rotterdam - The Netherlands
  • China JiLiang University
  • Hanoi National Economics University - Vietnam
  • Institute of Technology Bandung - Indonesia
  • University of Moratuwa - Sri Lanka
Objectives
  • Promotion of awareness of standards and standardization activities, with regard to their socio-economic impact on modern society, regional integration and globalization.
  • Transfer of knowledge and information to reduce technical barriers to trade unintentionally imposed on Asian exporters by the specifics of the European Standardization System.
  • Development of a comprehensive and coherent, modular-structured curriculum in close co-operation with the Asian partners.
  • Qualification of Asian academics from various scientific disciplines in the field of European Standardization. These academics will be enabled to offer high-quality and up-to-date academic courses on various aspects of European Standardization to their students.
  • Qualification of students in the field of European Standardization who will then implement their knowledge during their working lives.
  • Online provision of the curriculum using the e-learning platform ‘Ilias Open Source’, which has already been implemented successfully at Helmut-Schmidt-University, University of the Federal Armed Forces - Hamburg.
Outcomes

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