The consortium of the ASTRA project met on 17 December 2021 to discuss the progress of the first deliverable of the research phase of the project on which a needs analysis is being presented by University of Florence on the context, skills and needs of the Higher Education environment in Southeast Asia in terms of Research and Development and Fundraising.
The research combined both desk and field research with interviews and focus groups of staff from the four participating Univerities in Laos and Thailand and provided a solid framework for the next products of ASTRA. Namely the Regional and National Fundraising strategies that are going to be developed by the Athens University of Economics and Business.