Mitigating COVID Together

The project Mitigating COVID Together based on partnership with the Palacký University Olomouc, Tampere University of Applied Sciences and The Hague University of Applied Sciences, 2020-1-CZ01-KA226-HE-094288, is co-funded by the Erasmus + Programme of the European Union.

Project name: Mitigating COVID Together: Enhancing Capacities of Academics and Students in Virtual Learning and Teaching Spaces
Project number: 2020-1-CZ01-KA226-HE-094288 
Program provider: Czech National Agency for International Education and Research 
Project total duration: 01.03.2021-28.02.2023
The maximum amount of the grant: 299 936,00 EUR
The maximum amount of the grant for UHK: 50 057,00 EUR
Partners institutions: Palacký University Olomouc, Tampere University of Applied Sciences and The Hague University of Applied Sciences
Coordinator: Palacký University Olomouc


The aim of the project is to use the knowledge and expertise of the partners to develop the capacities of academics and students in high-quality, engaging pedagogical approaches to virtual learning spaces in domestic and internationally diverse curricular settings.

The project includes the design, piloting and evaluation of pedagogical practices in digital learning and teaching as well as a novel professional development model in the format of a hybrid Professional Learning Community. The project also includes the design of a sophisticated interactive virtual platform as a mitigation response to the current COVID situation which limits all in-person training and mobilities. This platform will extend knowledge exchange into the virtual space with a variety of formats.

Palacký University Olomouc  Tampere University of Applied Sciences The Hague University of Applied Scien