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BRIGHTER Project Kicks Off in Lisbon

The ๐๐‘๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“๐„๐‘ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ is pleased to launch a new international project supporting Burundiโ€™s continuous development by strengthening higher education and supporting engineering educators.

From 16โˆ’18 December 2025, Instituto Politรฉcnico de Lisboa hosted in Lisbon the kick-off meeting of the ๐๐‘๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“๐„๐‘ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ - ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข ๐‘๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. The meeting brought together project partners to align objectives, discuss implementation plans, and establish a strong foundation for effective collaboration in the coming years.

Co-funded by the European Union through Erasmus Plus, the BRIGHTER Project brings together ENTER Educators Professional Development (ENTER Network), ISEL โ€” Instituto Superior De Engenharia De Lisboa/Politรฉcnico de Lisboa, ESN STUBA, ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข'๐ฌ ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐š๐ง ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ KIT- Digital Innovation HUB. Through this joint effort, the project aims to strengthen ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐š๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข, contributing to sustainable development and innovation within the higher education sector.

Together, the consortium partners contribute complementary expertise to support the continuous growth of higher education in Burundi, with a strong focus on competence development and the strengthening of quality assurance processes.