Launched in early 2024 with the support of the European Union’s Delegation in Chisinau and the Government of the Republic of Moldova, during the past two academic years, the project managed to significantly enhance MSU’s capacity to promote human rights, environmental protection, and climate justice within and outside the local academic community.
Thanks to faculty training, peer-to-peer collaboration, modernization of learning spaces, and outreach initiatives, through the project the University has taken substantial steps forward to position itself as a leader in critical knowledge production for a more fair and equitable green transition, within the context of the EU enlargement process.
The key project objective has been the creation and adoption of innovative curricula as well as new teaching tools and skills, leading to a policy change with the integration of new courses and activities in the field of human rights and climate justice education as part of the University’s programming.
To achieve that, a pool of MSU scholars engaged in a two-year capacity development process to enhance both their theoretical and practical know-how. Their training included the experimentation of new gamification practices for innovative teaching, as well as the conceptualization and realization of international educational initiatives culminating in two editions of the European Cross-Regional Spring School in Climate Justice and Human Rights.
The project’s methodology relied on a strong interdisciplinary approach, particularly through a close collaboration between the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Biology & Geoscience, and the involvement of local scholars and GC experts dealing with the project’s themes from both a socio-political and a natural sciences perspective.
A significant accomplishment of the project is the establishment of the “JURIS Lab – Research and Education on Human Rights and Sustainable Development” inaugurated on the 30th of June 2025 as part of the project closing event, which included a strategic workshop on the Lab’s long-term mission. As an ambitious academic unit bridging disciplines and approaches, the JURIS Lab is envisioned to serve as an incubator for innovative pedagogy and interdisciplinary research, contributing to Moldova’s sustainable and green transition.
The project marks another successful chapter in the collaboration between GC and MSU initiated in 2023 as part of the GC Capacity Development programme. Within three years, such cooperation has allowed MSU to follow the virtuous path of the main public universities from Eastern and Southeast Europe that have become full members of the Global Campus, parallel to their EU integration process.
Stay tuned for more updates as we continue supporting human rights education in Moldova and the region.
This project is part of the GC Capacity Development programme. For more information, contact Adriano Remiddi – project manager, Vukašin Pajović, and Larisa Barbu – project officers
at capacity.development@gchumanrights.org
