Cro4Bologna

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Cro4Bologna

• Prof.dr.sc. Aleksa Bjeli
• Prof.dr.sc. Blaenka Divjak
• Sandra Kukec, dipl. oec.

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Tempus Bologna Call

• Call for projects which contribute to realization
  of European Higher Education Area (EHEA)
• Joint Call SOCRATES - TEMPUS (SCM)
• Deadline April 16, 2004
• Establishment of the National Teams of Bologna
  Promoters

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CRO4Bologna

• Project duration
• 1 year
• 1st December 2004 31st November 2005
• Financials
• 107 500 total grant
• Ministry of Science, Education and Sports 5
  travel costs Italy - Croatia

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Partners

• Coordinator
• University of Zagreb
• Prof.dr.sc. Aleksa Bjeli
• Contractor
• Österreichischer Austauschdienst, Austria
• Mr.sc. Ulrich Hörmann

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Partners and contacts from Croatia

• Ministy of Science, Education and Sports
• Prof.dr.sc. Mirjana Polic-Bobic
• University of Rijeka
• Prof.dr.sc. Pero Lucin
• University of Split
• Prof.dr.sc. Ivan Slapnicar
• University of Dubrovnik
• Prof.dr.sc. Vjekoslav Damic
• University of Zadar
• Doc.dr.sc. Danica kara
• University of Osijek
• Prof.dr.sc. Ksenija Culo

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Partners and contacts from EU

• Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports Czech
  Republic
• RNDr. Vera Stastna
• Ministry of Education, Science and Culture,
  Austria
• OR Mag. Gottfried Bacher
• University of Udine, Italy
• Prof.dr.sc. Franca Battigelli

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Project goal

• To meet the Bologna requirements and demands of
  The Act on Higher Education and Research in
  Croatia in order to join EHEA and to intensify
  the cooperation in the field of higher education
  in the region.

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Specific goals

• Establishment of the National Bologna Promotes
  Team 10 members
• 150 professors, teachers, students, staff and
  management at 6 Croatian universities trained in
  Bologna requirements and best practice exchange
  in order to make the transformation of the system
  feasible
• The Ministry will be provided with expertise on
  the theoretical and practical foundations for
  reform polices and development strategies
• The EU partners will exchange their know-how with
  us

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Outcomes

• 1. 10 Bologna Promoters retrained
• 2. 150 Croatian university teachers , staff and
  students retrained
• 3. Seminar material (handouts, visuals, readers,
  best practice)
• 4. Croatian Bologna Guidelines publication
• 5. Recommendations for Ministry
• 6. Progress review and report

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Activities

• 1. Kick off meeting Promoters team selection,
  General promotion program
• 2. Preliminary seminar program
• 3. Participant selection
• 4. Special request questionnaire for participants
• 5. Construction of seminar material, final
  program and web page
• 6. Writing the Croatian Bologna guidelines
• 7. Seminars at the universities 4-6
• 8. Writing Recommendations for Croatian Ministry
  of Science, Education and Sport
• 9. Counseling of individual institutions
• 10. Participation of Promoters in training
  seminars and other events abroad at European
  level
• 11. Analysis, report writing and final meeting

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Activities

• 1. Kick off meeting -R UZg P all partners
• 2. Preliminary seminar program - R UZg P all
• 3. Participant selection - R URi P all
• 4. Special request questionnaire for
  participants- R URi P all
• 5. Construction of seminar material, final
  program and web page - R UZg P all
• 6. Writing the Croatian Bologna guidelines- R
  UZg P all
• 7. Seminars at the universities 4-6- R USt P
  all
• 8. Writing Recommendations for Ministry- R
  Austrian Ministry P all
• 9. Counseling of individual institutions- R Os
  P all
• 10. Participation of Promoters in training
  seminars and other events abroad at European
  level- R MSES P UZg, URi, UOs, USt, UDu
• 11. Analysis- RCz, report writing -R UZg, ÖAD,
  and final meeting -R I P all

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PERT - CPM
Project approval
HR-HR 5 1d
Construction of seminar material and final
program
Croatian Bologna Guidelines
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2
6
Endorsement letters
Preliminary seminar program
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4
4
E-W 20 p 4d
2
Seminars 4-6 2 days each 10 w
HR-HR 10 3d W-E 4 4d
Promoters seminars abroad
Kick-off Meeting 3 d
2
Participant Selection Special request
questionnaire
6
HR-HR 10 3d W-E 33d
6 weeks
8
HR-HR 10 1d W-E 4 3d E-W 43d
Travel organization
3
Recommendations for Ministry
Report and Analysis Final meeting
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Croatian Team of Bologna Promotes

• Bologna Promoters Team ? Bologna Follow-up Group
• Will cooperate with the National Authorities
• Advising their colleagues on how best to
  introduce Bologna reforms
• Do not replace the work done by Ministries,
  Rectors Conferences, Quality Assurance Agencies,
  ENIC/NARIC centres, Socrates-Erasmus National
  Agencies etc.
• Embedded in the national higher education
  environment and cooperate closely with National
  Bologna Committees where these committees exist.

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Croatian Team of Bologna Promotes

• Consists of 12 promoters
• Knowledge and experience to provide counseling to
  HEIs on the three Bologna priorities as defined
  by ministers in Berlin
• Quality Assurance (Internal and External)
• The Three Cycle System (Curricular Reform,
  Qualification Frameworks, Tuning)
• Recognition (ECTS, Diploma Supplement, EUROPASS,
  Lisbon Recognition Convention)

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Croatian Team of Bologna Promotes

• Promoters should be able to present and explain
  the other Bologna Action lines
• Promotion of mobility
• Promotion of the European dimension in higher
  education
• Lifelong learning
• Higher education institutions and students
• Promoting the attractiveness of the European
  Higher Education Area
• European Higher Education Area and European
  Research Area two pillars of the knowledge
  based society

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Croatian Team of Bologna Promotes

• A National Team of Bologna Promoters would
  normally consist of persons holding the following
  positions (or a combination thereof)
• (Vice-)Rectors
• Deans
• Senior Academics
• Directors of Study
• International Relations Officers
• Higher Education Experts
• Student representatives

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PERT - CPM
Project approval
HR-HR 5 1d
Construction of seminar material and final
program
Croatian Bologna Guidelines
8
2
6
Endorsement letters
Preliminary seminar program
1
4
4
E-W 20 p 4d
2
Seminars 4-6 2 days each 10 w
HR-HR 10 3d W-E 4 4d
Promoters seminars abroad
Kick-off Meeting 3 d
2
Participant Selection Special request
questionnaire
6
HR-HR 10 3d W-E 33d
6 weeks
8
HR-HR 10 1d W-E 4 3d E-W 43d
Travel organization
3
Recommendations for Ministry
Report and Analysis Final meeting
8
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What we have to decide upon at the kick-off
meeting?

• Areas of expertise of each promoter
• Description of the area
• Expertize of the promoters in each area
• Group leader for each area (group of areas)
• Identification of problems regarding Bologna at
  each university and the Ministry
• Based on the reports
• Conclusion at the end of the kick-off meeting
• Program of seminars and Guidelines
• Responsible
• Deadline March
• Guidelines for dissemination and workshop
  material April

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What we have to decide upon on kick-off meeting?

• Plan of workshops/seminars
• 4-6 seminars
• Duration of each 2 days
• Experts from EU partners
• From April until July
• Recommendations for MSES
• Responsible
• Deadline October
• Involvement of EU partners
• Additional education of the promoters

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PERT - CPM
Project approval
HR-HR 5 1d
Construction of seminar material and final
program
Croatian Bologna Guidelines
8
2
6
Endorsement letters
Preliminary seminar program
1
4
4
E-W 20 p 4d
2
Seminars 4-6 2 days each 10 w
HR-HR 10 3d W-E 4 4d
Promoters seminars abroad
Kick-off Meeting 3 d
2
Participant Selection Special request
questionnaire
6
HR-HR 10 3d W-E 33d
6 weeks
8
HR-HR 10 1d W-E 4 3d E-W 43d
Travel organization
3
Recommendations for Ministry
Report and Analysis Final meeting
8
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Organization of the seminar/workshop at an
university

• Main organizer host university
• Put emphasis on 2-3 themes
• Based on the reports and questionnair
  
• 4-5 promoters
• paid from the Tempus
• Expert from EU partner
• paid from the Tempus
• About 30 participants from host university
• Additional participants from other universities
• paid from other sources MSES/University

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PERT - CPM
Project approval
HR-HR 5 1d
Construction of seminar material and final
program
Croatian Bologna Guidelines
8
2
6
Endorsement letters
Preliminary seminar program
1
4
4
E-W 20 p 4d
2
Seminars 4-6 2 days each 10 w
HR-HR 10 3d W-E 4 4d
Promoters seminars abroad
Kick-off Meeting 3 d
2
Participant Selection Special request
questionnaire
6
HR-HR 10 3d W-E 33d
6 weeks
8
HR-HR 10 1d W-E 4 3d E-W 43d
Travel organization
3
Recommendations for Ministry
Report and Analysis Final meeting
8
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Organization of the seminar/workshop at an
university

• Administration Ms Arijana Mihalic
• Financials contractor
• Travels inside Croatia for seminars/kick-off
  meeting
• 3 days x 65 Euro
• Equipment
• Printing and publishing
• Web site

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Costs 107,500

• Staff costs (academic administrative) 44,000
• Travel stay costs 30,000
• HR-HR 20p3d 15p1d
• W-E 7p3d 4p4d
• E-W 4p3d 20p4d
• Equipment 11,500 - University of Zagreb
• Books and periodicals
• Notebooks 5
• Color printer
• Projector
• USB memory sticks
• Printing and publishing 13,000
• Guidelines, Progress reports, Recommendations,
  Seminar material
• Other costs 1,500
• Indirect costs 7,500