Accelerate aims to support three projects fostering thematic networks which are innovative in their set-up and governance, and at the same time inspiring and accessible to the VLIR-UOS community and HES4SD at large.
Through Accelerate, we want to identify, connect, deepen and mobilise the relevant expertise available in the VLIR-UOS network in order to strengthen Flemish and partner institutions and their staff, and to enhance academic and social impact through exchanges with policymakers and experts.
The programme has three pillars:
- policy development
- policy implementation
- capacity building and networking.
The programme emphasizes a co-creation process in multi-institution and multi-actor collaboration, valuing equal partnerships at different levels.