1 CEENQA AND EU PROJECTS Boris Ćurković, CEENQA Board Member CEENQA ANNUAL WORKSHOP BENCHMARKING AND OTHER BEST PRACTICES IN QUALITY ASSURANCE AND INTERNATIONAL.

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CEENQA AND EU PROJECTSCEENQA AND EU PROJECTS

Boris Ćurković, CEENQA Board Member

CEENQA ANNUAL WORKSHOP

BENCHMARKING AND OTHER BEST PRACTICES IN QUALITY BENCHMARKING AND OTHER BEST PRACTICES IN QUALITY ASSURANCE AND INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVEASSURANCE AND INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE

Bucharest, 31st May 2013

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BIHTEK – BBIHTEK – Benchmarkingenchmarking as a as a TTool for ool for IImprovement of mprovement of HHigher igher EEducation ducation PPerformanceerformanceNo: 530696-TEMPUS-1-2012-1-BE-TEMPUS-SMGR

• QA Project in Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Partners: BiH public universities, agencies and ministries of education EU:

Belgium, Germany, Spain + CEENQA)

• Duration: 36 months (November 2012 – November 2015)

• Total budget: 1,043,242.51 € (EU grant 938,918.25 €)

• CEENQA part: 66,450.00 € (28,690.00 € for staff costs, 32,960.00 € for

mobility, 300.00 € for printing, and 4,500.00 € for ovreheads)

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Ongoing project

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ALIGN – Achieving and Checking the Alignment Between ALIGN – Achieving and Checking the Alignment Between Academic Programs and Qualification FrameworksAcademic Programs and Qualification FrameworksNo: 543901–TEMPUS–1 2013–1–AM-JPGR

• 26 partners in total: Armenia, Russian Federation and Ukraine – universities,

ministries, agencies + EU partners: - universities from Germany, Poland, UK,

Belgium, Ireland + CEENQA

• Duration: 36 months

• Total budget: 1,266,747.00 € (EU grant 1,139,438.79 €)

• CEENQA part: 111,857.80 € (67,118.00 € for staff cost, 36,462.00 € for mobility,

900.00 € for printing and publishing and 7,317.80 € for overheads)

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Projects applications 1

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BHQFHE – Bosnia and Herzegovina Qualification BHQFHE – Bosnia and Herzegovina Qualification Framework for Higher EducationFramework for Higher EducationNo: 544464–TEMPUS–1 2013–1–DE-TEMPUS-SMHES

• Partners: BiH universities, ministries and agency + EU partners: -

universities from Germany, Croatia, UK and Ireland + CEENQA

• Duration: 36 months

• Total budget: 1,139,576.75 € (EU grant 1,025,619.08 €)

• CEENQA part: 25,335.46 € (23,678.00 € for mobility, and 1,657.46 € for

overheads)

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Projects applications 2

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DORHE – Development of Regional Higher Education DORHE – Development of Regional Higher Education PlatformPlatformNo: 544502–TEMPUS–1 2013–1–BA-TEMPUS-SMHES

• 19 partners: universities, ministries and agencies from BiH, Albania and

Montenegro + EU partners: - universities from Spain, Sweden, Austria and

Germany + CEENQA

• Duration: 36 months

• Total budget: 936,912.33 € (EU grant 843,220.33 €)

• CEENQA part: 12,733.00 € (11,900.00 € for mobility, and 833,00 € for

overheads)

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Projects applications 3

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GOFEQ – E-governance framework in HEI's to enhance GOFEQ – E-governance framework in HEI's to enhance quality assurance of strategic management in Western Balkanquality assurance of strategic management in Western BalkanNo: 544102–TEMPUS–1-2013–1–BE-JPGR

• Partners: universities, ministries and agencies from BiH and Montenegro

+ EU partners: - universities from Germany, Belgium, Spain and Croatia +

CEENQA

• Duration: 36 months

• Total budget: 1,171,662.84 € (EU grant 1,054,496.55 €)

• CEENQA part: 50,854.00 € (22,650.00 € for staff cost, 25,004.00 € for

mobility, 200.00 € for printing and 3,000.00 € for overheads)www.ceenqa.eu

Projects applications 4

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ERASMUS FOR ALLthe new EU program for education,

training, youth and sport

New EU policy

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OLD PROGRAMS NEW PROGRAM

International higher education programs: Erasmus Mundus, Tempus, Alfa, EdulinkBilateral Programs:Grundtvig, Erasmus, Leonardo, Comenius Lifelong Learning Program Youth in Action Program

ERASMUS FOR ALL

key action 1

Learning Mobility

key action 2

Co-operation projects

key action 3

Policy Support

ERASMUS FOR ALL (E4A): 19 bilion € over 7 years (2014 -2020), included 1,8 bilion € for external dimension

http://ec.europa.eu/education/erasmus-for-all/

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• DEGREE MOBILITY: Higher education mobility for EU and non-EU students and staff through funding of excellent joint Master degrees and related scholarships. Continuation of current action 1 of Erasmus Mundus, joint Masters and related scholarships based on excellence. Joint doctorates moved to Marie Curie Action. Managed by EACEA. Open to the world. Open for joint calls.

• CREDIT MOBILITY: Credit mobility at all levels based on bilateral agreements between universities. Full integration intra-EU/ international. Incoming and outgoing mobility based on university agreements. For students and staff. Managed by National Agencies. Open to the world, based on EU external policy priorities.

E4A Key Action 1 : Learning mobility of individuals

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• SPECIAL ACTION FOR NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES: Combining capacity building and mobility. Joint projects based on multilateral partnerships between higher education institutions from the EU and Neighboring countries. Joint projects between EU and partner countries for capacity building (curriculum modernization, staff training, modern teaching, governance, etc.) with in-built mobility. Based on integration of Tempus and Erasmus Mundus (action 2)

• CAPACITY BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS WITH HEI FROM ASIA, LATIN AMERICA AND AFRICA: Joint projects between EU and partner countries (incl. Triangular cooperation) for capacity building, based on experience from Alfa and Edulink

E4A Key Action 2 : Cooperation

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• Policy dialogue with selected third countries and international organizations, to i.a. foster exchange between parties on issues of common interest

• Promotion event, international fairs…

E4A Key Action 3 : Support for policy reform

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• EU projects could help in institutional and capacity building of CEENQA on its way from a network to the organization (strengthening the organization by increaseing of activities and networking)

• Professionalization: for dealing with projects, CEENQA need new staff – could be paid from a few projects – synergy effect

• Lessons learned from the BIHTEK: better commitment of member agencies is required

• Participating in CEENQA Project will bring benefits for the member agency and all persons involved (time is paid, mobility costs are paid, new connections and contacts, opportunity for learning, etc.)

CONCLUSIONSCONCLUSIONS

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THANK YOU!

Boris.Ćurković@bih.net.ba