Transcript Kosovo Interdisciplinary Knowledge Triangle Center

Project is funded by:
“Supporting and Developing the
Structures for the Q&A at the
Private Higher Education
Institutions in Kosova”
Structural Measures 2009
Project number: 159051- AT - SMGR
The objective of the project
• The goal of the project is the establishment and
strengthening of quality assurance centers at the
ten Private Higher Education Provides in Kosova.
• The main long term objective is the improvement
of the quality assurance aspects of the Higher
Education System in Kosova in accordance to the
goals of the Strategy for the High Education and
Bologna principles and to contribute in reaching
the recommendations of the British Accreditation
Council regarding the organization of the Quality
Assurance
Partners of the Project
1. University of Salzburg, Austria - Contractor,
2. University College Cork, Ireland
3. University POLITEHNICA from Bucharest,
Romania
4. Ministry of Education, Science and Technology,
Department of the Higher Education
5. Kosova Accreditation Agency
6. WUS Austria
Private Higher Education Providers of
Kosova (PHEP)
1. AAB – RIINVEST
2. BIZNESI
3. DARDANIA
4. EVOLUCIONI
5. FAMA
6. ILIRIA
7. PJETËR BUDI
8. TEMPULLI
9. UBT
10. UNIVERSUM
Outcomes/outputs of the Project
1. Awareness-raising and deep need analysis
regarding the Quality Assurance at the Private
Higher Education Institutions;
2. Capacity building;
3. Developing the Q&A system at the Private Higher
Education Institutions in Kosova;
4. Dissemination;
5. Sustaininability;
6. Quality Control and Monitoring;
7. Project Management.
1. Awareness-raising & 2. Capacity building;
1.1. Organization of the Information Days
1.2 Development of questionnaires
1.3.Distribution, collection and analyzing of the
questionnaires
2.1Training of the university management and
teachers;
2.2. Training for students;
2.3 Training for administration.
2.4 Stakeholder meeting.
3. Developing the Q&A system at the PHEP
3.1 Staff recruitment;
3.2 Q&A centres establishment/upgrading;
3.2.1 Equipment purchase;
3.3 Manual development for managers;
3.4 Development of the guidelines for selfevaluation -first workshop
3.5. Development of the guidelines-second
workshop
3.6. Finalisation of the guidelines-third workshop
4. Dissemination
4.1 Seminars
4.2 Printing and distribution of the guidelines
4.3 Awareness raising in all Q&A sectors at the private HE
institutions
4.4 Development of the webpage/networking
4.5. Developing/advancing webpages of the private HE
Institutions
4.6 Publishing and distribution of the survey results
4.7 Printing and publishing
4.7.1 Flyers, posters
4.7.2 Manuals, guidelines
5. Sustainability
5.1. Takeover of the Q&A centres by the private
HE Institutions.
5.2. Yearly meetings about QA trends and
developments;
5.3. Joint stakeholder meetings
6. Quality Control and Monitoring
6.1. Self-evaluation during the Consortium
Meetings
6.2. Questionnaire distributions
6.3. Quality control and monitoring of the
project implementation and management
plan of the project
7. Project Management
7.1. Coordination of partners and activity
implementation
7.2. Legal issues and contracting
7.3. Budgetary issues and controlling
7.4. Reporting to the EU
Realized activities:
• Staff recruitment (where there was no QA
officer employed)
• QA status quo analysis (questionnaire
distribution)
• Study visits at the University of Salzburg
• Organization of the Information Days during
October 11th – 15th , 2010 at ten PHEP
Upcoming activities.
• Tender announcement on equipment purchase for
QA offices
• Trainings for:
– Students
– Teacher
– Management & Administration
• Tender announcement on equipment purchase for
QA offices
• Organization of workshops
• Preparation of Manual for Managers
• Preparation of guidelines for internal self-evaluation
Thank you for your attention!