The first consortium meeting of the project "STUDIES-DIG Models and Instruments for Transforming Higher Education Systems through Transnational Multi-Sector Links" took place on 19-20 February at the University of National and World Economy (UNWE) and was attended by the Portuguese Ambassador to Bulgaria.

The project consortium consists of 14 international partners including universities, public and private organisations as well as non-governmental representatives from Europe, Asia and Africa. STUDIES-DIG is a collaborative platform that aims to explore and identify successful contemporary models and modern tools that can help transform higher education and support the sustainable and effective adaptation of higher education systems to the digital age.

At the official kick-off of the project, the project partners emphasised the importance of the transformation of higher education for the digital age, as it is education that enables people's access to sustainable development goals (SDGs).

At Iscte - Instituto Univeristário de Lisboa, the local coordinator of the project is CIES-Iscte researcher David Ferraz, who has a team of researchers from four research units: BRU, CIES, DINÂMIA'CET and ISTAR.

The STUDIES-DIG project is funded by Horizon Europe under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research and Innovation Staff Exchange - RISE programme.