As part of Work Package 1 (Project Management and Quality Assurance), the ECoGREEN consortium convened its Year 2 Project Consortium Meeting on 3 June 2025, bringing together 27 representatives from eight partner institutions across Indonesia and Europe in an online plenary session. The meeting served as an important strategic milestone, providing a collective platform to review achievements accomplished during the second year of the project (March 2024 – May 2025) while aligning consortium partners on priorities and implementation strategies for the final year of the programme.  

The meeting highlighted the collaborative and transdisciplinary nature of ECoGREEN, reaffirming the consortium’s shared commitment to integrating sustainability into higher education, green campus initiatives, and MSME development. Through presentations from the primary coordinator, Work Package leaders, and partner institutions, participants reflected on the project’s cumulative progress—including curriculum development, educator capacity building, international collaboration, sustainability reporting initiatives, and entrepreneurship-based sustainability programs. This plenary reflection provided a consolidated understanding of how individual work packages collectively contribute to the project’s broader sustainability mission.  

A key outcome of the meeting was the articulation of Year 3 priorities, which include the final assessment of newly developed courses and modules in Surabaya, continued industry-based guest lectures, sustainability reporting competitions, MSME mentoring programs, and international academic dissemination through conferences and student forums. These activities position the final year of ECoGREEN as a phase focused on implementation, measurable impact, and long-term institutional embedding of sustainability practices.  

Participant feedback reflected a 74% overall satisfaction rate, indicating strong appreciation for the consortium’s direction and achievements while also identifying opportunities for improvement. Suggestions emphasized the importance of more frequent coordination meetings, extended discussion sessions, better integration across work packages, and greater emphasis on translating project outputs into tangible actions for communities and MSMEs. This feedback demonstrates a consortium culture grounded in reflective practice, continuous improvement, and shared accountability toward meaningful sustainability outcomes.  

Overall, the Year 2 Consortium Meeting reinforced ECoGREEN’s momentum as it transitions into its final implementation stage. Beyond operational coordination, the meeting strengthened collective ownership of the project vision—highlighting that sustainability transformation requires not only educational innovation, but also sustained collaboration, practical impact, and institutional commitment across borders.