FRAME—Forests, Climate Change Mitigation & Adaptation: Mekong Region Higher Education

CLICK ON LINK FOR CMU FOREST RESTORATION COURSES, DEVELOPED UNDER THIS PROJECT.

This project was a collaboration among 6 European and SE Asian Universities (Helsinki, Life Sciences Prague, Souphanouwong, Suvannakhet, Kasetsart and Chiang Mai) and was sponsored by the European Union's Erasmus+ program. 

The project built capacity for sustainable forest management and restoration in Lao PDR and Thailand, by strengthening forest-related higher education. It developed new learning and teaching tools (including online teaching) and trained educators. The aim was to increase the employability of graduates, by setting up an internship system and by matching curricula with national priorities, thus enabling alumni to play leading roles in their country’s involvement in such global initiatives as the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, the Bonn Challenge etc. The project also fostered "North-South-South" cooperation among the EU, Lao PDR and Thailand.

For more information of FRAME PROJECT activities click here.

Specifically, MSc forestry programs at the two Lao PDR Universities and at Kasetsart University, were upgraded, whilst in northern Thailand, an existing BSc-level course was improved, and a new MSc-level course on forest-restoration sciences was created at CMU's Biology Department, as well as an online diploma course—open to all. FORRU-CMU developed an informal Volunteership Program in forest-restoration, providing work-experience opportunities to both Lao and Thai students/professionals. We also led on co-ordinating dissemination of project outputs, through our new website and social media. Furthermore, FORRU-CMU assisted Souphanouvong University to become a forest-restoration learning hub for Lao PDR, with their own MSc programme on the subject, supported by a FORRU-style tree nursery and trial plot system. 

Activities, having been successfully concluded, this project is now in the reporting, accounting and evaluation phase.   

For more information on FORRU-CMU's role in this project, please contact Dr. Prasit (CMU Project Co-ordinator)

For activities and announcements please consult the project's web page or leave a comment on the project's Facebook page.