COLIANI

CONSORTIUM OF LEADING INTERNATIONAL
ACADEMIES, NETWORKS & INSTITUTIONS

Consortium of Leading
International
Academies, Networks & Institutions

Connecting Excellence and Enabling Global Collaboration

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Our Vision

To create a globally connected academic cum professional sustainable ecosystem where educational academies, networks and institutions collaborate in a WIN-WIN ownership and partnership mode within, between, and across nations, regions and disciplines to advance top-quality education, research, training and innovation through 4 pillars of Capacity Development: Capacity Searching; Capacity Sharing; Capacity Strengthening and Capacity Sustaining (4Cs) replacing the conventional capacity building mode.

Our Vision

Our Mission

  • Promote international cross-border academic and professional cooperation
  • Enable interdisciplinary collaboration
  • Support transnational education initiatives
  • Facilitate knowledge, research, and skills development exchanges
  • Connect academia with industry and emerging technologies
  • Expand access to global learning and training opportunities
Our Mission

Our Implementation Strategies

Connecting Excellence and Enabling Global Collaboration

Collaborative Platform

The Consortium of Leading International Academies, Networks & Institutions – COLIANI located in the Republic of Mauritius, is a unique international collaborative platform dedicated to advancing global cooperation through Capacity Development across higher education, research, professional training, and industry collaborative engagement.

Structured Framework

In an increasingly interconnected world, leading academies, networks, and institutions often operate in SILOS across, between, and within national, regional, institutional, geographic or disciplinary boundaries.

The Consortium COLIANI provides a structured framework that brings together academies, universities, professional bodies, and global networks to collaborate, share expertise, and extend impact across institutions, nations, regions and beyond, through its targeted Capacity Development implementation strategies.

Trusted Partnership

Through trusted ownership and partnership, COLIANI facilitates and empowers the co-development of top-quality academic and professional programs, research initiatives, and training pathways while maintaining ownership through partnership and independence.

Successful Capacity Development models that are developed in one institution, country, and/or region can be expanded and adapted to new international contexts.

Strategic Bridge

Headquartered in Mauritius — a strategic bridge connecting Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, the Middle East and Latin America — the Consortium COLIANI acts as a facilitator and promoter of cross-border Capacity Development through academic engagement, knowledge and skills exchange.

Global Ecosystem

We invite forward-looking top-quality academies, networks and institutions to join us in developing a collaborative global education, research, and training ecosystem based on Capacity Development with shared growth and mutual trust through a WIN-WIN implementation strategy.

MEMBERSHIP

Membership Benefits

International Visibility

Institutional promotion on a global academic stage

Joint Programs

Certification partnerships and co-developed curricula

Mobility Opportunities

Student and faculty exchange across member institutions

Research Collaboration

Innovation initiatives and joint research projects

Strategic Alliances

Facilitation of MOUs and formal partnerships

Industry Connections

Multi-sector engagement and professional networking

Best Practices

Sharing of academic methodologies and frameworks

Global Expansion

Support for scaling educational impact internationally

CONNECT WITH US

SECRETARIAT

Our Consortium Secretariat will be pleased to explore partnership opportunities aligned with your goals and priorities.

office location

Our Office

One Exchange Square
Office No. 36, Ground Floor
Ebene, Quatre Bornes
Mauritius

phone contact

Phone

Local: +230 5796 2695
Intl: +46 73 460 4906

email contact

Email

info@coliani.com

v.chinapah@sicda.se

lotunb@gmail.com

dowlut.saazia@gmail.com

CONSORTIUM Invited Partners and Governing Board Members

UNESCO Chair of Entrepreneurship Network China Chapter – Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P.R. China: jyx01@zju.edu.cn
UNESCO Office for GCC and Yemen, Higher Education – Doha, Qatar: a.bouhlal@unesco.org
UNESCO International Centre of ASPnet – Sanya, China – ICUA, Sanya, P.R. China: zhangwei@icua.org
UNESCO-TEC (Teacher Education Centre) – Shanghai Normal University, P.R. China: zhuxiaohu@shnu.edu.cn
EU-CHINA Higher Education Research Center, Vrijie Universiteit, Brussels, Belgium: Chang.Zhu@vub.ac.be
Swedish International Capacity Development Academy (SICDA), Stockholm, Sweden: v.chinapah@sicda.se
Amigo Academy, Mumbai, India: info@amigoacademy.in
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P.R. China: kanyue@zju.edu.cn
Association of Arab Universities, Amman, Jordan: secgen@aaru.edu.jo
Association of African Universities, Accra, Ghana: info@aau.org
LIFE Academy, Karlstad, Sweden: info@life.se
Educational Technology Management Academy (ETMA), Gurgaon, India: etma.india@gmail.com
Rahul College of Education, Mumbai, India: Rahul_bed@rahuleducation.com
University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa: info@uwc.ac.za