Navigating VLIRUOS Statistics

VLIRUOS Statistics

Refers to VLIRUOS initiatives to consolidate all projects and scholarship information into a centralised platform. It serves as a source of truth for data-driven insights, monitoring, and storytelling.

Dashboards

Interactive data visualisations that provide insights into VLIRUOS projects, scholarships, and partnerships. Dashboards are used to showcase statistics, trends, and impact.

FYP (Five-Year Programme)

A strategic planning cycle during which VLIRUOS funds and manages its core programmes and projects. Each FYP outlines thematic priorities and eligible modalities.

MIP (Multi-Institutional Partnership)

A collaboration involving several higher education institutions in Flanders/Belgium and/or partner countries, aiming to pool expertise and improve project outcomes. It requires clearly defined responsibilities.

Project Countries

Countries where VLIRUOS-funded projects are implemented. These include countries with Institutional University Cooperation (IUC), TEAM, SI, or other funded initiatives.

Scholarship Countries

Countries of origin of students who receive VLIRUOS-funded scholarships, particularly under programmes like ICP Connect and ITP.

Partner Countries

Countries that are eligible for VLIRUOS support, based on specific selection criteria. They include low- and middle-income countries identified in VLIRUOS policy.

Competitive Calls

Funding opportunities under VLIRUOS for project and programme proposals. These include:

• SI (Short Initiatives) – Short-term, impactful projects designed to explore, build, and deepen academic and scientific collaborations.
• TEAM – Medium-term partnerships that dive deep into the heart of global sustainable development and aim at exploring, building, and deepening academic and scientific partnerships between teams of academics.
• ITP (International Training Programme) – Short- to medium-term project that enables our partners to set up intensive, interactive, and practice-oriented training courses.
• International Course Programme (ICP) Connect – Medium- to long-term projects that aim to more systematically integrate global perspectives and strengthen partnership and network dimensions into existing educational programmes.
• IUC (Institutional University Cooperation) – A cornerstone initiative designed to forge long-term partnerships between universities in our partner countries and Flemish higher education institutions.
• NETWORK – Collaborative platforms that foster multi-actor or multi-country knowledge exchange and synergy.

Partner Institutions

Higher education or research institutions based in partner countries that collaborate with Flemish institutions on VLIRUOS-funded initiatives.

Flemish Institutions

Higher education institutions based in Flanders (Belgium) that coordinate or participate in VLIRUOS-funded projects and programmes.