The DOCUMAP project targets staff and students at the partner universities as well as enterprises in the horticultural sector in the joint development of human resources, curricula and institutions for the education in sustainable and quality-oriented supply chain management and postharvest technology for vegetables and fruit.

Problem-based learning, inter-disciplinary team work and university-industry collaboration are the corner stones of this education:

• Asian staff and students are trained in summer schools and a sandwich programme,
• European students work together with their Asian counterparts in case studies in Asia and Europe,
• European and Asian lecturers jointly establish new modules, study projects, an internship programme, a mentoring programme and a curriculum evaluation system at the Asian partner universities.

These new elements are supported with coordination desks for university-industry cooperation as well as an internet platform and a virtual learning environment (MOODLE).

A dense network of partner universities is created for the advance of specialist know-how in supply chain management and postharvest technology in Asia and Europe.

Area(s) of Activity: Human Resources Development, Curriculum Development, Institiutional and Systems Development Implementation period: 01/10/2007 - 31/09/2010 This project is implemented with the financial support of the European Commission.