Cooperation with South Caucasus under Tempus & Erasmus Mundus Programmes

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1 Cooperation with South Caucasus under Tempus & Erasmus Mundus Programmes D R. L I K A G L O N T I N T O G E O R G I A w w w. t e m p u s. g e

2 South Caucasus Countries in transition Tempus since 1995 Bologna since 2005 Ongoing reform of HE

3 State of Play (2010) Country Degree System QA Recognition 2 cycles Access NQF External Students Internationa lization Dipl. Supplement Lisbon ECTS RPL Armenia Azerbaijan Georgia

4 Current HE reforms in Georgia Development of NQF-based academic standards Programme accreditation Stratification of HEIs: university teaching university college Changes in legal status of HEIs introduction of nonprofit status

5 Gaps to be filled (Georgia) Institutional management Implementation of NQF Internationalization of accreditation Academia labour market link Curriculum development Focus on joint degree programmes Focus on PhD programmes

6 HEIs /Students & Tempus: General Overview Armenia Azerbaijan Georgia # HEIs Public Private # Students # Tempus projects Ongoing

7 Tempus Projects in Georgia Project / Selection # of submitted projects Projects funded GEO coordination - 1 1

8 Georgian HEIs in Tempus Experienced public HEIs Tbilisi State University 20 Tempus projects (coordinating HEI) Ilia State University 11 Tempus projects (coordinating HEI) Georgian Technical University 9 Tempus projects State Agrarian University 6 Tempus projects State Universities in Batumi, Kutaisi, Telavi and Gori (up to 5 Tempus projects) 38% of projects implemented in regions Very ambitious private HEIs (20% of projects implemented in private HEIs)

9 Regional Priorities for ENPI East (JP) GR & HES University management and student services Institutional and financial autonomy and accountability Equal and transparent access to higher education Development of international relations Development of partnerships with enterprises Development of lifelong learning in society at large Curriculum development Law and good governance (including human rights), health, education, energy, environment (including climate change), transport, information society, business and entrepreneurship, tourism

10 Regional Priorities for ENPI East (SM) Governance reform University management and student services Institutional and financial autonomy and accountability Equal and transparent access to higher education Development of international relations Higher education and society Training of non-university teachers Development of partnerships with enterprises Development of lifelong learning in society at large

11 National Priorities for JP Armenia Introduction of quality assurance Knowledge triangle Qualifications framework Training courses for public services Azerbaijan Introduction of quality assurance Knowledge triangle Qualifications framework Georgia Introduction of quality assurance Knowledge triangle Qualifications framework

12 National Priorities for JP curricular reform Armenia Teacher training and education science, Arts, Humanities, Social and behavioral science, Journalism and information, Business and administration, Law, Life science, Physical science, Mathematics and statistics, Computing, Engineering and engineering trades, Manufacturing and processing, Architecture and building, Agriculture, Forestry and fishery, Veterinary, Health, Social services, Personal services, Transport services, Environmental protection, Security services Azerbaijan Engineering in the fields of oil and gas, electricity and engineering, civil aviation; EU languages, teaching, translation, simultaneous interpretation; Telecommunication and information Technologies; Ecology and environmental studies; Studies on international relations Georgia Arts and Humanities; Social and Behavioral Sciences; Journalism and Information; Life Sciences; Physical Sciences; Mathematic; Computing; Engineering and technologies; Manufacturing; Architecture; Security Services

13 National Priorities for SM Armenia Introduction of quality assurance Knowledge triangle Qualifications framework Training courses for public services Azerbaijan Introduction of quality assurance Knowledge triangle Qualifications framework Georgia Introduction of quality assurance Knowledge triangle Qualifications framework

14 Concrete proposals JP project on LLL in all three countries (regional priority) Follow up of the Summer school on ULLL (2011) JP project on student services in all three countries (regional priority) Development of career services Development of student counseling services

15 Concrete proposals JP projects on curriculum development in: Business Administration Nursing Environmental sciences Psychology mental health Philosophy Marine biology Manufacturing Food processing Communication

16 Concrete proposals SM project on university management (national priority) Involvement of min. 12 Geo HEIs JP project on knowledge triangle (national / multi-country project) SM/JP project of qualification frameworks (national / multicountry project)

17 Concrete proposals: Erasmus Mundus Action 1 (Georgia) full and/or associate membership in consortia for joint master and doctoral programmes in the fields of: Political sciences (including conflict and transition studies) Linguistics Oriental studies Literature Archeology Ethnography/folklore Gender Ecology Mathematics Physics

18 Concrete proposals: Erasmus Mundus Action 2 New consortium for student and staff mobility for South Caucasus Action 3 Open to any kind of collaboration

19 Contact NTO Georgia Dr. Lika Glonti; NTO Armenia Ms Lana Karlova; NTO Azerbaijan Mr Parviz Bagirov;

20 Thank you!!!