Peru continues to be an important partner country of VLIR-UOS with a lot of potential. From 2003 to 2021 VLIR-UOS spent about € 13 million in cooperation with Peru, including a longterm Institutional University Cooperation (IUC) Programme with Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina (UNALM) which recently celebrated its online closing event (closing session, 4 June 2021).

Peru is also one of our 29 scholarship countries.

Ongoing projects

Institutional University Cooperation

IUC 2020 Phase out UNALM

TEAM projects

Joint efforts for the Elimination of Malaria in the Peruvian Amazon Triggering sustainable development and indigenous social inclusion through community-based REDD+ in the Peruvian Amazon Forest Sustainable rural development through socially innovative and community-based conservation in the Chaparri Reserve Region

JOINT

Statistics for development Improved infectious diseases control in Peru through sustainable capacity building for bioinformatics and genome sequencing Quality control and monitoring of scientific research output on national and institutional level Trees against malaria: strengthening of academic and research capacity on Cinchona trees in Peru, Ecuador and DR Congo Linking research with policy-making and biodiversity with markets: geographical indications for chilli peppers in Peru Promoting active deep learning in Water Resources using MOOCs Development of a model to improve the research and innovation management at Peruvian public universities

South Initiatives

Translation of the traditional chuno production process to a semi-industrial one: impact on quality and economic viability Inquiry-based science education in metal polluted areas in Peru: training teachers how to teach science by the use of biosensors Sustainable use of natural fibres as reinforcement of composites materials for low cost housing in the Peruvian Andean region Engaging ‘workforce’ and ‘water’: towards more sustainable engagements around small-scale gold production in southern Pe

Peru and Agenda 2030 - country reference framework

VLIR-UOS revised its country approach towards an ‘Agenda 2030 on Sustainable Development’ centred approach. Moreover, VLIR-UOS wants to facilitate connections between different actors and projects present in a given country. With these objectives in mind, the Country Reference Framework (CRF) for Peru supports teams of academics when identifying and formulating project proposals, by providing a context analysis focused on Agenda 2030 on Sustainable Development and the higher education sector in Peru, and by providing an overview of Belgian development actors active in Peru, their ongoing projects and partners, in view of exploration of opportunities for synergy and complementarity. Belgian Non-Governmental Actors involved in the geographic Joint Strategic Framework (JSF) Peru as well as those involved in the thematic JSF on Higher Education and Science for Sustainable Development have been included.

Overview current partners

Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina (UNALM)

Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH)

Universidad Nacional de Cajamarca (UNC)

Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP)

Universidad Nacional de Trujillo (UNITRU)

Universidad Nacional San Cristóbal de Huamanga (UNSCH)

Documents

2021 - Peru Facts and Figures

2022 - Peru Reference Framework

2022 - Peru Country Brochure

2019 - Final Evaluation - IUC with Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, (UNALM), Peru