EMBRACE - the new era of digital higher education cooperation project responds to the Latin American partners' needs to develop and implement institutional reforms by offering a strong input in higher education modernization. Education is seen as means to respond to both regional and global challenges.The projects main objectives are to•Develop HEI teachers’ digital and pedagogical competence to plan, implement and assess student-centred and competence-based online education•Support educational management in managing impactful pedagogical change and organisation of the innovative learning ecosystem with all the relevant stakeholders. •Build innovative collaboration between HEIs and work life/society partners resulting in stronger learning ecosystem and more robust economic and social development.Project supports teachers’ (25) professional development by organizing joint online learning modules, badge-driven competence development process, MOOC (300 teachers), open access learning materials and guidelines. Educational managers (15) define guidelines for teachers’ digital and pedagogical competence development and assess sustaining educational change and project goal achievement in the learning ecosystem of HEIs and their industry partners. Project creates, in co-creation with different stakeholders (students, teachers, managers, minimum of 10 industry and society partners), transferable models for innovative education-industry collaboration. Over 250 students in 5 Latin American HEIs will participate in new pedagogical practises during the project timeline gaining relevant competences and concrete experience with the world of work. The EMBRACE project result is modern and resilient HEIs in Latin America with capacity to utilize digitalization for creating inclusive and student-centered learning experiences. New co-creation models involve variety of different stakeholders and contribute towards robust and sustainable learning ecosystem.