KICK OFF MEETING

The PEESA III Kick-Off meeting was held on the 15-18 November 2017 at Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) in Pretoria, South Africa. The kick-off meeting was attended by representatives of HSW, HSFL, USZ, CPUT, DUT, TUT and VUT. No members of LBUS could attend the kick-off meeting due to the visa issues. The meeting was organised and hosted by TUT. All the PEESA III role players were introduced to the project and its expected outcomes. In the beginning of the meeting the PEESA III project board (PB) was formed. In addition, person in charge for financial matters (FPC) was appointed from each university. Each FPC is responsible for the own institution’s financial reporting to the project coordinator. After a short presentation of the work packages, the responsibilities of partners were fixed in an action plan for the first period. In addition, the project budget was introduced to the partners by headings and attention was paid on the eligibility of costs. During the kick-off meeting the partners have agreed upon such communication tools as e-mails and PEESA III website.

Working groups entitled “Team A” (HSW, USZ, CPUT and DUT) and “Team B” (HSFL, LBUS, TUT and VUT) were formed. The Working Groups outlined the strategy of their joint working as well as the plan for the next meeting to be organised at CPUT in Cape Town, 22-26 January 2018. Further on, organisation of the next meeting at CPUT in Cape Town, 22-26 January 2018 was discussed in detail. At the end of the day, the partners have agreed on the dates for the next project meetings.

Later, the PEESA III Kick-off Meeting participants were involved in discussions on inter- connections between university, enterprise and regional government for engineering education sustainability. The Local government (City of Tshwane) was represented by Dr Tommy van Staden and  Ms Kbanonina Dlamini.