The project entitled IDEC PBL (International Development Cooperation - Project Based Learning) has started on December 1, 2022 and will be carried out on 30 months. The aim of the 3 year-long collaboration is to improve the quality of education by integrating project-based learning as an active learning component. The project will result in the creation of an online simulation game (serious game) on the theme of international development cooperation aid, with a specific focus on Africa. The serious game will be implemented within the curriculum of all the academic partners involved. 

The kick-off meeting was held in Szeged on January 17th and 18th and gathered all the partners involved in the project who presented the work packages they were responsible for. It was also the opportunity to gain insight on the questions of international aid, and aid activity in Africa and to further discuss the organization, content of the project and dissemination activities.
We would like to thank the team at Szeged for hosting us and inviting us to join the project.    

Acronym	IDEC PBL
Title of the project	Studying international development cooperation with project-based learning
Project number	2022-1-HU01-KA220-HED-000087488
Implementation period	1 December 2022 – 31 May 2025
Aim of the project	IDEC PBL aims to improve the quality of education with integrating project-based learning in the field of international development cooperation. The project aims to build on the digital capacities of the students and react to the current megatrend of digitalization, thus the IDEC PBL partnership will create a digital and online available serious game in the field of international development cooperation, with a special focus on Africa.
Project results	The serious game provides the opportunity to improve learning and teaching practices in the partner organizations, and active learning elements and project-based learning will be put in the center in courses in which international development cooperation is taught. The partners will create new course descriptions and curricula when integrating the IDEC serious game in their courses. We also contribute to the achievement of the 4th goal of the Sustainable Development Goals, especially target SDG4.7 about global education.
Total budget	400,000 EUR
Coordinator	University of Szeged (Hungary)
Partners	Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3 (France) STUCOM SA (Spain) Foundation for Africa (Hungary)
The project is financed by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union.