The Master Degree in Democratic Governance and Human Rights “DEMOS” Project is co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Commission and implemented by a consortium of nine (9) partners from five (6) countries: Morocco, Lebanon, Tunisia, Netherlands, Spain and Greece. 

The main topics discussed in this meeting involved the website and dissemination tools. The newly developed website link was shared with the members of the consortium and a discussion was held on the topics of the online Learning Platform development and presentation of the first version of the Master Curriculum.

Professor Samir El Jaafari, Coordinator of the DEMOS Project, opened the meeting by indicating that the first year of the project presented a number of specificities, mainly due to the unexpected developments brought about by the pandemic outbreak. These developments inevitably caused delays in the completion of the planned actions. Therefore, a new plan was set in action to ensure the smooth functioning of the project and members of the consortium were invited to mobilize in order to achieve them.

Topics discussed in this meeting included an introduction and overview of the project, feedback from the previous monitoring meetings, and an overview of the progress made on deliverables. Furthermore, the Quality Assurance plan was presented together with the appointment of the Quality Committee. Last but not least, a presentation of the dissemination plan was realized.

During the virtual meeting that took place on 26 October 2020, and which will be complemented by a site visit to the project, the monitoring team (NEO Lebanon) met representatives from the Lebanese University and the Antonine University.

The monitoring institution NEO Tunisia met with Carthage University and Tunis Al Manar Partner at the presence of DEMOS coordination. During this meeting members of the project team provided updated information on the project’s progress made towards the achievement of its objectives and deliverables.

The DEMOS project’s activities were launched at the partnership kick-off meeting, held in the city Meknes (Morocco), on the 16th and 17th of January 2020.