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TEMPUS Environmental Governance for Environmental Curricula EC Tempus Joint Project 511390-TEMPUS-1-2010-1-SK-TEMPUS-JPC

Comenius University in Bratislava Faculty of Natural Sciences Department of Landscape Ecology. TEMPUS Environmental Governance for Environmental Curricula EC Tempus Joint Project 511390-TEMPUS-1-2010-1-SK-TEMPUS-JPCR. ERASMUS MUNDUS a TEMPUS, Informačný seminár 6. 12. 2012, Bratislava.

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TEMPUS Environmental Governance for Environmental Curricula EC Tempus Joint Project 511390-TEMPUS-1-2010-1-SK-TEMPUS-JPC

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  1. Comenius University in Bratislava Faculty of Natural Sciences Department of Landscape Ecology TEMPUSEnvironmental Governance for Environmental CurriculaEC Tempus Joint Project 511390-TEMPUS-1-2010-1-SK-TEMPUS-JPCR ERASMUS MUNDUS a TEMPUS, Informačný seminár 6. 12.2012, Bratislava Mária KOZOVÁ, kozova@fns.uniba.sk Skúsenosti s realizáciou projektu Tempus The project is funded by the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA)

  2. TEMPUS 511390 – Environmental Governance for Environmental Curricula TEMPUS project: Environmental Governance in Environmental Curricula • Agreement number: 2010 – 3153 / 001 001 • Project No.:511390-TEMPUS-1-2010-SK-TEMPUS-JPCR • Project acronym:EnGo • Project duration: Oct 15, 2010 – Oct 14, 2013 • Sub-programme:Joint projects • Action:Curriculum Reform • Total project finance: 1.266.090,44 € • Partnership: 17 partners from 9 countries • Coordinator: Comenius University in Bratislava

  3. TEMPUS 511390 – Environmental Governance for Environmental Curricula Co-ordinator: Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakiawith its 13 faculties and several specialised centres is the largest university in Slovakia Slovak Republic Poland Czech Republic Ukraine Austria Hungary Comenius University in Bratislava, established in 1919

  4. TEMPUS 511390 – Environmental Governance for Environmental Curricula Outline • General and specific objectives of the EC Tempus Joint Project No. 511390 EnGo • EU and non-EU partners of the project • Management of the project • Aims of Work Packages (WP1-WP7) • Outputs and outcomes • Activities - examples • Perceived problems and their solution - examples • General comments and recommendation

  5. TEMPUS 511390 – Environmental Governance for Environmental Curricula General project objective The key objective of the project is to increase the competitiveness of environmental professional and research education in partner country universities in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine using principles and methods of the Bologna process Proposed indicators of progress: • courses updated with environmental governance context • new Joint MSc. program „Environmental Governance“ introduced and accepted by competent authorities / universities • introducing of new institutional mechanisms

  6. TEMPUS 511390 – Environmental Governance for Environmental Curricula Specific project objectives • To revise and upgrade curricula of three major areas of environmental education in partner countries (PC) universities in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine (environmental policy, management and science) • To transfer the best Bologna practices from EU to PC universities and advocating Bologna principles in Belarus • To build capacityfor pro-active, innovative and competitive universities, including the development of an interactive platform for educators and employers, exchange teachers and teaching expertise • To channel the transfer of EU best practice to PC universitiesand to strengthen professional networks

  7. TEMPUS 511390 – Environmental Governance for Environmental Curricula EU and non-EU partners of the project 6 EU partners 11 non-EU partners Belarus P06:Belarus State Technological Univ., Minsk P07:International A. SakharovEnvir. Univ., Minsk P08:Joint Univ. of Belarus and Russia, Mahilyow P09:Central Research Inst. for Water, Minsk P10:Ecoproject (NGO), Minsk Ukraine P11: Kharkiv State Academy for Munic. Manag. P12:Odessa State Environmental University P13:Institute of Carpathian Ecology. Lviv Russian Federation P14:Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk P15:Indepen. Envir. Chamber of Krasn.krai P16:Pskov State Pedagogical University P01:Comenius University in Bratislava (Slovakia) P02:Central European University (Budapest, Hungary) P03:Vrije University Amsterdam (the Netherlands) P04:Warszaw University of Life Science (Poland) P05: University Klagenfurt(Vienna, Austria) P17:Median S.C.P. (Valldoreix, Spain)

  8. TEMPUS 511390 – Environmental Governance for Environmental Curricula P16 P14, P15 P6, P7, P9, P10 P4 P3 P8 P13 6 117 km (Bratislava – Krasnoyarsk) P1 P11 P5 P2 P12 P17 Mobility EU Countries – P01 (Slovakia), P02 (Hungary), P03(the Netherlands), P04 (Poland), P05 (Austria), P17 (Spain) Partner Countries – Belarus (P06, P07, P08, P09, P10), Ukraine (P11, P12, P13), RussianFederation(P14, P15, P16) UA EU RU BY

  9. TEMPUS 511390 – Environmental Governance for Environmental Curricula Project management and supporting tools for partnership • At the first beginning, all partners signed a Cooperation Agreement between their institutes and the grant holder institution including budget allocation (December 2010 – January 2011) • A Kick-off-Meeting had been held in Febr/March 2011 for all partners to conduct an easy way for flow data, to create necessary committees and working groups and to propose a system of project management • A contact person was appointed for each partner institution • Dividing responsibilities - all partners were involved to project activities • Regular communicationand appropriate dissemination • Initial and specialisedtrainingsandthematicworkshopsforpartners • Continuous self-evaluation (questionnaires, round-tablediscussions...) • A problem solving approach

  10. TEMPUS 511390 – Environmental Governance for Environmental Curricula Management of the project supported by The general management is the task of: • The General Assembly– the consortium of all partners, which facilitates appropriate coordination and integration of key project results • Steering Committee (SC) was approved on March 1, 2011 during the Kick-off-Meeting (KoM). SC consists of 12 members (coordinator, coordination team leaders, selected WP leaders and co-leaders, and 2 external advisors • Contact personsfor individual partner institutions • Project and financial manager + Centre for Project Co-operation (P01) • Leads, co-leads and working groups for individual work packages (WP1 – WP7) • Four external advisors (Austria, Czech Republic, the Netherlands and Sweden) supported by and

  11. TEMPUS 511390 – Environmental Governance for Environmental Curricula Aims of Work Packages (WP1-WP7) • WP1 Revision and upgrading of BSc. /specialist degree programs according action plan, introducing new updated courses with environmental governance (EnGo) context, transfer EU expertise • WP2EnGo curriculum development (MSc) and course syllabuses, coordination and development 4 textbooks, training, lecturing • WP3 Establishment of Joint MSc program according the results of WP2, developing mechanism for the quality assurance, training • WP4Revision and updating PhD programs and integration of EnGo dimensions into core courses, training, lecturing, guests visits • WP5Dissemination, web-portal, training seminars, Alumni conf. • WP6Monitoring of the project implementation, quality control • WP7Project management tools, setting up communication tools Important outputs: laboratories modernised and equipment installed

  12. TEMPUS 511390 – Environmental Governance for Environmental Curricula Specific project objectives and the aims of Work Packages W1-W7 WP4 (NEW title): Integration of EnGo di-mensions into PhD prog.

  13. TEMPUS 511390 – Environmental Governance for Environmental Curricula Outputs (tangible) and outcomes (intangible) • to revise BSc courses in environmental sciences in partner universities, upgrading them in general and introducing environmental governance context • to set up at partner universities joint MSc programs in Environmental Governance and to integrateEnGodimensionsintoPhDprogrammes*** • to create a set (four) of textbooks covering multidisciplinary issues of environmental studies, especially emerging and rapidly developing fields *** • to set-up national permanent seminars of environmental educators and employers and a web-portal • to introduce new mechanisms of evaluation and self-evaluation ***Points 2) and 3) include development of curricula and syllabuses, re/training of teachers and short mobility periods for faculty and students, especially in support to international network-building.

  14. TEMPUS 511390 – Environmental Governance for Environmental Curricula Project web page http://iseu.by/index.jsp?resID=117067

  15. TEMPUS 511390 – Environmental Governance for Environmental Curricula Project web page http://iseu.by/index.jsp?resID=117067

  16. TEMPUS 511390 – Environmental Governance for Environmental Curricula Consortium meetings, workshops, seminars, trainings, lecturing, mobility, summer / autumnschools, monitoring days Monitoring dayin Kharkiv(UA, 5/2011) Working meeting in Krasnoyarsk (RU, 9/2012) Kick-off-Meeting in Bratislava (SK, 2/2011) Consortium meeting in Mahilyow(BY, 11/2011 Summer School in Vorochta (UA, 7/2012) Autumn School in Bratislava (SK, 10/2012) Left: Consortium meeting in Amsterdam before completing intermediate report (NL, 3/2012) Photos: Kozova M. and archive Tempus project No. 511390 Mahilyow(11/2011)

  17. TEMPUS 511390 – Environmental Governance for Environmental Curricula Perceived problems and their solution Example (1)

  18. TEMPUS 511390 – Environmental Governance for Environmental Curricula Perceived problems and theirsolutionExample (2)

  19. TEMPUS 511390 – Environmental Governance for Environmental Curricula Perceived problems and their solutionExample (3)

  20. TEMPUS 511390 – Environmental Governance for Environmental Curricula General comments and recommendations • To elaborateand base a project proposal on of previous cooperation and practical experience with partners • To construct realistic goals in the project (see WP4 our example, where we overestimated the real possibilities) • To familiarize with the legislation, accreditation processes and expected changes in the partner countries • To avoid formal "partners" and create partnership, good management and enthusiastic atmosphere from the beginning • To find a good balance for the division of responsibilities between partners • To initiate a way for sustainability of project - further prospects (Erasmus Mundus, EU Framework programs) • To be prepared to solve all problems

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