active role in the development of the economy in the Northern Great Plain Region and acting as a service provider for innovation by companies of the region, primarily in the health industry, biotechnology, agriculture, and technology. As an institution of excellence of the higher education in Hungary, in the spirit of the Magna Charta of the European universities, the University of Debrecen contributes to the development of universal science and the Hungarian society by the highest level, multifaceted and multidisciplinary training, research and development. This mission is performed jointly by the lecturers, employees and students, by committed to quality and by cooperating with Hungarian and international partners.

Wilhelm Büchner Hochschule (WBH) is a privately held, state-recognized university of applied science located in Darmstadt (Germany). It is specialized on distance education and learning for professionals in the whole German-speaking area. WBH was founded in 1996 and is with around 6.900 students the biggest mobile university for technology in Germany. It is part of the Klett Group, one of the leading players for education in Europe.
In 2021, WBH installed an associated research institute for applied research and design (Wilhelm Büchner Institut für Angewandte Forschung und Gestaltung gGmbH) which is the transacting institution for this project. Today, WBH offers a range of more than 50 technological bachelor and master courses and of about 20 academic certificate courses, mostly for professional students. It comprises the five faculties “Informatics”, “Engineering Sciences”, “Business Engineering and Technology Management”, “Energy, Environmental and Process Engineering” as well as “Design” (newly established in 2021).
Due to its specialization to distance adult-learning, WBH has great experience in developing innovative teaching methods, blended learning approaches and materials for high-level education of heterogenous target groups. With a permanent scientific staff of around 30 persons and more than 350 contract lectures from different academic and professional backgrounds WBH research and teaching is highly characterized by interdisciplinary and user-oriented approaches and provides a huge network of multipliers.

Tallinn University (TU) is the third largest public university in Estonia, resulted from a merger of several universities and research institutes in Tallinn, and now, consisting of 6 schools. TU has about 7,100 students (with 11% of them international), and over 800 employees, including 400 researchers and lecturers (with 9% of them international) and is the fastest growing university in Estonia. Studies and research are being conducted in five interdisciplinary focus fields:
educational innovation, digital and media culture, cultural competences, healthy and sustainable lifestyle, and society and open governance. The main objective of the university’s research and development activities is to support the sustainable development of Estonia through research and its application to academic partnership, including the preparation of intellectuals as well as the advancement of public dialogue in order to facilitate this partnership. Its main strengths lie in the fields of humanities and social sciences, and a strong and constantly growing component of natural and exact sciences, as well as a notable tradition of teacher training and educational research. TU has an extensive experience working with educational innovation and from 1994 it has been a centre of development and research in the field of technology-enhanced learning in Estonia. One of the main aims of the university is large-scale internationalisation – with its academic degree  programmes and a number of shorter programmes and courses offered in the English language it is already the most international university in the Baltic area. The vision of the University is to play a leading role in promoting and developing intelligent lifestyle in Estonia, thus supporting both Estonian sustainability as well as self-actualization for individuals. The mission of the University is to support sustainable development of Estonia through high quality research and education, promotion of intellectual growth and development, public discussions and academic partnerships. In its activities, the university adheres to the following basic values – openness, quality, professionalism and unity.