JAPAN INTERNATIONAL VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY COOPERATION AGENCY HO CHI MINH TECHNICAL COOPERATION PROJECT FOR CAPACITY BUILDING OF HO CHI MINH CITY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY TO STRENGTHEN UNIVERSITY-COMMUNITY LINKAGE (PHASE 2) SUPREM-HCMUT PROJECT COMPLETION REPORT NOVEMBER 2012 KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY Technical Cooperation Project for Capacity Building of Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology To Strengthen University-Community Linkage (Phase 2) SUPREM-HCMUT Project Completion Report November 2012 CONTENTS PHOTOGRAPHS ABBREVIATIONS 1. OUTLINE OF THE PROJECT ................................................................................................1 1.1 Background ........................................................................................................................1 1.2 Project Objectives and Strategies .......................................................................................1 1.3 Project Approach ................................................................................................................4 1.4 Project Implementation Structure .......................................................................................7 1.5 Reports and Outputs ...........................................................................................................8 1.6 Plan of Operations (P/O) and Overall Work Flow ..............................................................9 2. RESOURCES REQUIRED FOR THE PROJECT ................................................................10 2.1 Human Resources .............................................................................................................10 2.2 Project Office..................................................................................................................10 2.3 Project Local Expenses .................................................................................................... 11 2.4 Equipment ........................................................................................................................ 11 2.5 Meetings and Seminars .................................................................................................... 11 3. PROJECT ACTIVITIES ........................................................................................................12 3.1 Transformation to Research Based Education (RBE): Output 1 ....................................12 3.2 Strengthening R&D Capacity for University-Community Linkage: Output 2 ...............18 3.3 Promotion of Academic Cooperation among Higher Education/Research Institutes: Output 3 ..........................................................................................................................36 3.4 Recognition of the Project Activities: Output 4..............................................................37 3.5 Expanding Research Activities .......................................................................................38 3.6 Follow-Up of Four Pilot Projects Undertaken in Phase 1 ..............................................40 4. PROJECT ACHIEVEMENTS ...............................................................................................42 4.1 Results of Terminal Evaluation ........................................................................................42 4.2 Project Achievements Based on Project Design Matrix (PDM) .......................................42 5. LESSONS LEARNED AND RECOMMENDATIONS ........................................................45 5.1 Lessons Learned ...............................................................................................................45 5.2 Recommendations ............................................................................................................47 List of Tables Table 1.1 Project Frameworks ............................................................................................... 2 Table 1.2 Counterpart Organizations in Target Provinces ................................................... 8 Table 1.3 List of Reports ....................................................................................................... 9 Table 1.4 List of Technical Cooperation Outputs .................................................................. 9 Table 2.1 Local Expenses Borne by Japanese Side ............................................................. 11 Table 2.2 Local Expenses Borne by Vietnamese Side ......................................................... 11 Table 3.1 Number of Papers Co-Authored by Master’s Students of Model Labs ............... 15 Table 3.2 Number of RBE Master’s Students at HCMUT .................................................. 17 Table 3.3 Overall Achievements of Batch 1 ........................................................................ 24 Table 3.4 Overall Achievements of Batch 2 ........................................................................ 28 Table 3.5 Overall Achievements of Batch 3 ........................................................................ 32 Table 3.6 List of Patents Applied For (as of October 2012) ................................................ 35 Table 4.1 Five Criteria of Evaluation .................................................................................. 42 Table 4.2 Achievement of Project Purpose ....................................................................... 43 Table 4.3 Achievement of Overall Goal ............................................................................ 44 Table 5.1 Lessons Learned .................................................................................................. 45 List of Figures Figure 1.1 Overall Structure of the Project ............................................................................ 3 Figure 1.2 Basic Strategy of SUPREM-HCMUT Project ..................................................... 4 Figure 1.3 Holistic Approach to Implementing Activities at Model Laboratories ................ 5 Figure 1.4 Network-Based Partnerships Centered Around HCMUT .................................... 6 Figure 1.5 Overall Implementation Structure ........................................................................ 8 Figure 3.1 Concepts of RBE ................................................................................................ 13 Figure 3.2 Process of Needs Survey .................................................................................... 18 Figure 5.1 Capacity Building of HCMUT as a Prospective Research and Resource Hub in Southern Vietnam ........................................................................................................ 51 Appendix 1. Record of Discussions 2. Minutes of Meeting 3. Project Design Matrix 4. Plan of Operations 5. Overall Work Flow 6. List of JICA Experts Assigned for the Project 7. List of JCC Members 8. List of PMC and RDPC Members 9. List of Participants of Counterpart Training Program in Japan 10. List of Equipment Provided by JICA 11. List of Meetings and Seminars Held during Project Period 12. Long List of Research Topics Proposed by Provinces and HCMUT 13. Criteria for Evaluation of Joint Research Proposals 14. List of Research Proposals Submitted 15. Distribution of Research Topics by Faculty and Province 16. Research Topic, Category, Member Composition, Budget and Overseas Partner of Selected Joint Research Teams 17. List of Published Papers 18. Patent Strategy of HCMUT 19. Manual for Patent Mapping 20. List of Provincial Partners Participating in JR Activities at HCMUT 21. Summary of Project Achievements based on PDM CD-R Appendix I. Minutes of JCC Meetings, Mid-Term Evaluation and Final Evaluation II. Implementation Plan for Introducing RBE into the Master’s Programs III. Guidelines for Introducing Research Based Education (RBE) to the Master’s Program IV. Detailed Research Plan V. Financial Management Guidelines VI. Report of Activities with Overseas Research Partners VII. Guidelines for Joint Research VIII. Joint Research Report IX. Patent Guidelines X. Guidelines for Strengthening Research Partnerships with Provinces, Industry and Other Universities PHOTOGRAPHS Inception Seminar (April 2009) Local Needs Survey in Tien Giang Province (May 2009) Meeting with Provincial Visit to Laboratory, Faculty of Representatives (May 2009) Environment (July 2009) RBE/JR/Patent Seminar Visit to Cashew Nut Factory (September 2009) (September 2009) Site Visit with Overseas Research Site Visit with Overseas Research Partner, Rubber Plantation Partner, Red Pine Farm (September 2009) (September 2009) The First Seminar of Visit by Overseas Research University-Community Linkage, Partner (October 2009) Dalat, Lam Dong (October 2009) Visit by Overseas Research Research Progress Monitoring Partner (December 2009) (October-December 2009) Research Progress Monitoring Research Based Education (RBE) (October-December 2009) Seminar (December 2009) Counterpart Training in Japan Counterpart Training in Japan (November-December 2009) (November-December 2009) R & D Promotion Committee Visit to Research Laboratories Meeting (May 2010) (May 2010) Meeting with Provincial Partners JCC Meeting (May 2010) (June 2010) Visit to Factory in Province Joint Research and Patent Seminar (July 2010) (August 2010) Discussion with Overseas Research Individual Seminar on Patent by Partner (August 2010) Specialist (August 2010) Visit to Factory in Province Presentation of Research Paper at (October 2010) International Conference (October 2010) TV Conference with Provincial Partners Industrial