International Partnership

Consortium

ARIVE is implemented by an international consortium of universities and research institutions that bring together complementary expertise in digital learning, research education, artificial intelligence, mentorship, academic capacity-building, and higher education innovation.

The consortium reflects the project's cross-border and interdisciplinary character, combining partners from the European Union and the Eastern Partnership region in a collaborative effort to modernise research education and strengthen international academic connectivity.

Through this partnership, ARIVE benefits from a broad range of institutional perspectives and specialised expertise, ensuring that the project's methodologies, digital tools, and educational models are academically robust, practically relevant, and adaptable across diverse higher education contexts.

Consortium Members

ARIVE is delivered through a distributed partnership model in which each institution contributes specialist expertise to the project’s academic, technical, and dissemination work.

Partner Roles and Responsibilities

Latvia

Riga Technical University (RTU)

Project Coordinator

Riga Technical University serves as the coordinator of the ARIVE project and is responsible for overall project governance, strategic coordination, financial management, reporting, and long-term sustainability planning. RTU provides leadership in ensuring the effective implementation of project activities and alignment with Erasmus+ requirements while supporting consortium-wide coordination and quality assurance.

Georgia

Petre Shotadze Tbilisi Medical Academy (TMA)

Lead of Virtual Research Semesters and Website Development

Petre Shotadze Tbilisi Medical Academy leads the implementation of ARIVE's Virtual Research Semesters and is responsible for the development of structured virtual research learning models, participant engagement mechanisms, and the ARIVE project website and digital dissemination outputs. TMA contributes extensive expertise in research education, digital transformation in higher education, and international academic capacity-building.

Georgia

Ilia State University

Lead of Dissemination and Sustainability

Ilia State University leads ARIVE's dissemination and sustainability activities, overseeing communication strategy, outreach planning, impact amplification, and the long-term sustainability and institutional adoption of project outputs. The institution contributes strong experience in higher education innovation, academic networking, and strategic dissemination.

Ukraine

Ternopil National Medical University (TNMU)

Lead of AI-Driven Mentorship Development

Ternopil National Medical University leads the development of ARIVE's AI-driven mentorship system and contributes to the design and implementation of digital mentorship frameworks and personalised research support mechanisms. TNMU brings expertise in digital medical education, academic mentorship, and innovation in research training.

Portugal

Universidade do Minho (UMINHO)

Lead of Digital Learning Modules

Universidade do Minho leads the development of ARIVE's digital learning modules and contributes expertise in digital pedagogy, instructional design, online learning environments, and the development of structured educational content for virtual research education.

Norway

University of South-Eastern Norway (USN)

Lead of Virtual Mentorship Framework

The University of South-Eastern Norway leads the development of ARIVE's structured virtual mentorship and research supervision framework, including mentor training and supervision methodologies. USN contributes substantial expertise in digital pedagogy, academic mentorship, and innovative higher education practices.

Ukraine

Institute of Food Biotechnology and Genomics (IFBG)

Lead of Open Research Repository and Research Engagement

The Institute of Food Biotechnology and Genomics leads the development of ARIVE's open-access research repository and contributes to activities related to research engagement, grant-readiness, and strengthening participation in European research opportunities. IFBG brings research-intensive institutional expertise and experience in international scientific collaboration.

Georgia

Business and Technology University (BTU)

Lead of Virtual Research Platform Development

Business and Technology University leads the development of ARIVE's digital research infrastructure and virtual learning platform, including AI-enabled functionalities, technical integration, and digital platform scalability. BTU contributes expertise in educational technology, digital innovation, and platform development.

Working Together for Impact

The ARIVE consortium operates through a collaborative and interdisciplinary partnership model in which each institution contributes specialised expertise while jointly shaping the project's strategic direction, implementation quality, and long-term sustainability.

This integrated approach ensures that ARIVE's outputs are not only academically and technically robust, but also institutionally relevant, scalable, and transferable across diverse educational contexts.

Together, the consortium is building a shared vision for the future of research education—one that is digitally enabled, internationally connected, and accessible to a broader and more diverse academic community.