Integrated Blended Intensive Courses organized by the three universities from UP University Consortium (Oulu UAS, Vasile Alecsandei University of Bacāu and IMC Krems UAS).
3 COURSES
The course is based on human-centered design and testing business ideas with experiments.
Course 1 Community learning and exploration (5 ECTS)
Basics of Human-Centred Design Learning the principles and methods for exploring community needs.
Date: 3-7.02.2025
Finland
Course 2 Creative confidence and solutions (5 ECTS)
Developing Creative Confidence Gain the skills to develop tangible concepts and test them within communities
Date: 2-6.06.2025
Romania
Course 3 Entrepreneurship and catalyzing the change (5 ECTS)
Learn how to build businesses based on previously developed concepts. Understand how to catalyze change and why creating a positive impact is our ultimate goal.
Date: mid-October 2025 (exact dates will follow soon)
Austria
This program aims to empower participants to learn how to drive meaningful change in their personal and professional life and also in the lifes of their communities.
INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING?
If you are interested to join one or several courses of 3 UP BIPs, get in touch with the contact person of your university.
University of Bacau: Gabriel Mares mares.gabriel@ub.ro
IBM Krems UAS : Manfred Pferzinger manfred.pferzinger@imc.ac.at
Oamk UAS Ulla-Maija Törmälä ulla-maija.tormala@oamk.fi
If you are a student or a staff member from an other university of the UP University, ask your own international office for the opportunity to join one or several of the courses or send a message to Ulla-Maija. These courses are co-funded by Erasmus+Programme of the European Union. As a participating student / staff member you could get scholarship for the expences of the course from Eramsus+.
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DiSIBIP COURSE (organised parallel tot the Staff Conference that takes places from 22-24 April 2026)
The Diversity and Social Inclusion program aims to increase awareness of social inequalities in diverse contemporary societies by training future educators, healthcare professionals, and social workers using a cultural competence model with blended learning. The program addresses how cultural differences become problematic when viewed through power dynamics between majority and minority groups, leading to marginalization, and how socio-economic disparities connect to health inequalities and limited access to services.
Since these future professionals will work to bridge social gaps, their training emphasizes developing socio-cultural sensitivity, intercultural communication, and cooperation skills to better serve vulnerable populations who are often excluded from dominant institutional discourse.
This DiSIBIP course Participation will be worth 3 ECTS.
It will be led by experienced tutors during 5 days and will be organized parallel to the COHEHRE Conference which will take place on 22-24 April 2026.
The conference will be hosted by Universidade Católica Portuguesa Porto, Portugal.
Find out more about our host: Universidade Católica Portuguesa Porto
Enjoy their introduction: Universidade Católica Portuguesa no Porto | Shaping the Future 2025
Why would you need to come to Portugal? These are 10 reasons to study in Portugal! 😊
Explore, dream and discover Portugal.
DATE & PLACE
20-24 April 2026
Universidade Católica Portuguesa | Porto
Porto, Portugal
STUDENT NOMINATIONS
Nominations: Via your international office. After confirmation of your nomination, you will be invited to register and pay.
Cost: €75 for all lunches
No tuition fee: The BIP is co-funded by Erasmus+
Included in the registration: All lunches, social dinner, field work, local transport, network lunch, registration network conference, reception conference, closing, …
Housing in Porto: Numerous possiblities in hotels, hostels, AirBnB….
We invite to apply for a maximum of 5 mobility grants for student delegations from your institution for this DiSIBIP (Diversity and Social Inclusion) course.
Coordinators are invited to submit the nominated students (max. 5/institution) here.
Only coordinators are permitted to submit these nominations, not students.
MORE INFORMATION
More information on the programme, methodology, goals & learning outcomes and accreditation, as well as practical information (fee, travel…) will follow soon.
‘A unique opportunity for students to listen,
discuss and debate the issues around inclusion of
the most vulnerable group of people in our societies.’
COHEHRE conference 2026 – Porto
Staff Conference: April 22nd – 24th 2026
Student Conference: April 20th -24th 2026
More info will follow soon.
Keep an eye on our LinkedIn (COHEHRE) page and Facebook (COHEHRE Consortium) page to stay updated on the latest news!