Tempus & Erasmus+ CBHE FP7 & Horizon 2020 ISU Experience Ketevan Darakhvelidze Office of Development IliaState University development@iliauni.edu.ge
GRANTS & DEVELOPMENT Structure Office of Development provides support to secure external funding for university development Acts as a central office for development and outreach of key initiatives Grant application writing & facilitation processes are centralized office reviews and approves applications for external funding Administration of grants and contracts to ensure compliance with the donor regulations Liaison services between donors and project teams Training and information services to the teams of funded projects 2015 www.iliauni.edu.ge 2
GRANTS & DEVELOPMENT Over 300 registered externally funded projects at ISU since 2006 Over 70ongoing projects 1st grant holder in TEMPUS from Georgia Partner in 27 Tempus projects, 10 current projects out of which in two projects as a grant holder 4 Erasmus+ CBHEprojects funded in 2015 4 FP7 funded partnerships 2 Horizon 2020 successful projects 2015 www.iliauni.edu.ge 3
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Tempus & Erasmus+ CBHE Since 2009 8 7 6 5 4 3 N of Funded Projects 2 1 0 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 No Call 2015 CBHE 2015 www.iliauni.edu.ge 5
SALiS KEY HIGHLIGHTS Student Active Learning in Science (SALiS) The Student Active Learning in Science (SALiS) aims at promoting science teaching through a better inclusion of student active experimental learning in science classes. Project will promote inquiry-type lab-work as one of the foundations of modern curricular and methodological approaches in science teaching in order to reach high cognitive skills, a better learning of science concepts, and to promote the understanding of the nature of science itself. http://salislab.org/ Project Coordinator: IliaState University Partner institutions from EU, Georgia, Moldova and Israel SALiSTraining Labs in 2 Georgian HEIs, 1 in Israel, & 2 in Moldova 2015 www.iliauni.edu.ge 6
ASPIRE KEY HIGHLIGHTS Access to Society for People with Individual Requirements Access to Society for People with Individual Requirements (ASPIRE) aims to promote and develop access to inclusive education, to social integration and to non-discrimination treatment of those with special needs in education in accordance with Bologna Process criteria and UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. www.aspire-tempus.eu Project Coordinator: IliaState University Curriculum and Higher Education and Society Project Raising public awareness and acceptance of people with special needs in Armenia & Georgia 2015 www.iliauni.edu.ge 7
Erasmus+ CBHE 4 Projects Developing programs for Access of disadvantaged groups of people and Regions to higher Education (DARE) - University of Haifa (Israel) Higher Education interdisciplinary Reform In Tourism management and Applied Geoinformation curricula (HERITAGE) -UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE VALENCIA (Spain) Investing in Entrepreneurial Universities in Caucasus and Central Asia (EUCA- Invest) - Magdeburg University (Germany) Creation of the Graduate Curricula in Peace Studies in Georgia (PESTUGE) -Dublin City University (Ireland) 2015 www.iliauni.edu.ge 8
Tempus Projects & Impact IMPACT ON ISU Modernization of teaching, curricula and management New Programs & Professions: library science, energy and environmental law, environmental studies education management, tourism management, addictology; Tempus-based study programsare attractive and prestigious; may lead to joint master s programs Improved links with the EU and beneficiary countries, other local HEIs, national authorities, & society at large Participation in the Tempus programmeboosted the prestigeof the university, faculties, and involved units 2015 www.iliauni.edu.ge 9
Tempus Projects & Impact Cont d IMPACT ON ISU New Science Labs (SALiS, i-cop) Modernized training and student labs Infrastructure and Equipment Special softwareand rare equipment Significant upgrading in librarystocks and necessary books purchases, including electronic resources 2015 www.iliauni.edu.ge 10
Tempus Projects & Impact Cont d IMPACT ON STAFF ISU Staff exposure to the EU working environment Cooperationwith EU and beneficiary partner HEIs Capacity building trainings & study visits New skills and practices Enhanced experience in managing international and consortiumprojects 2015 www.iliauni.edu.ge 11
Tempus Projects & Impact Cont d IMPACT ON STUDENTS Enhanced quality of students qualifications and employability through promoting quality assurance systems New quality programs designed and developed through the programmeand cooperation with the EU and top quality universities Student mobilitiesand involvement in projects 2015 www.iliauni.edu.ge 12
Tempus Projects & Impact Cont d IMPACT ON INTEGRATION & BOLOGNA PROCESS Coming closer to the EU Higher Education Area & applying Bologna principles such as curriculum development and quality assurance ECTS system improvement and strengthening Visibility enhancement and integration with the EU higher education area 2015 www.iliauni.edu.ge 13
Tempus Projects & Impact Cont d Thank you! IMPACT ON INTEGRATION & BOLOGNA PROCESS Coming closer to the Bologna principles such as curriculum development and quality assurance ECTS system improvement and strengthening Visibility enhancement and integration with the EU higher education area Office of Development development@iliauni.edu.ge 2015 www.iliauni.edu.ge 14