On 16 September 2025, NUST Islamabad inaugurated a Didactic Learning Laboratory as part of the Erasmus+ SQUARES project. The event, held at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, was attended by university leadership, faculty, students, and EU project representatives. The new lab features advanced equipment including an 85-inch Interactive Smart Board and MacBook Pro…
From 15–17 September 2025, the SQUARES Consortium convened its fifth in-person meeting in Islamabad, hosted at the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) within the UN Centre for International Peace and Stability (CIPS). Delegations from Poland, Italy, Estonia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, and Pakistan participated in intensive working sessions focused on key project work packages.…
We encourage you to listen to the podcast discussing the objectives and impact of the SQUARES project. The podcast delves into the key goals of the project, explores how it aligns with broader initiatives, and highlights its potential long-term effects on the community and stakeholders involved. It offers insights into the project’s progress and the…
The consortium meeting of the SQUARES project was successfully held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, from January 28th to 30th, 2025. The meeting brought together project partners, experts, and stakeholders to assess the progress of key work packages, particularly WP3 and WP4. Discussions covered a range of topics, including the development of teaching frameworks, the integration of…
As part of the project’s objectives, the cosnortium focused on analyzing and bridging skill gaps in the Asian partner countries. This task relied heavily on findings from previous reports, particularly D2.1 and D2.2, which summarized the skill gaps identified through stakeholder questionnaires and the contributions from all five domains. These reports highlighted a significant disconnect…
The SQUARES consortium gathered in Tallinn on December 2-3, 2023, to discuss progress and outline plans for the future. Key topics included the development of a general course on advanced data analysis, aimed at supporting multiple thematic areas across the project. Discussions also addressed the inclusion of additional content on industrial management within relevant domains….
From the 1st to the 3rd of October, the SQUARES project consortium held the next partners’ meeting at the Royal University of Bhutan in Thimphu, Bhutan. This gathering brought together SQUARES partners to review the progress of the project and to host the inaugural SQUARES conference, focusing on skills gaps in Higher Education and presenting…
On the 18th and 19th of July, the SQUARES project consortium held a pivotal meeting at Gdańsk University of Technology in Gdańsk, Poland. This gathering brought together SQUARES partners to discuss and analyze the current state of the project and to collaborate on future initiatives. One of the primary focuses of the meeting was to…
The latest SQUARES project consortium meeting was held in Benevento on April 29-30 this year. Hosted by the Università degli Studi del Sannio, the event brought together representatives from partner universities in Poland, Estonia, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. Key discussions focused on the outcomes of Work Package 2, which aims to bridge the gap…
SQUARES consortium is finalizing WP2, dedicated to crafting a comprehensive strategy aimed at rectifying the prevalent skill mismatches within the targeted Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). The overarching objective is to bridge the gap between the existing educational curriculum and the evolving demands of both the civil and industrial engineering sectors as witnessed in the labor…
