NATIONAL QUALIFICATION FRAMEWORKS: GUIDELINES FOR DEVELOPMENT AND RECOGNITION OF QUALIFICATIONS Erasmus Project

Project Title

NATIONAL QUALIFICATION FRAMEWORKS: GUIDELINES FOR DEVELOPMENT AND RECOGNITION OF QUALIFICATIONS

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Capacity Building in higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2015

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

The NURSLING project is a breakthrough initiative to identify common denominators in the academic sectors in Uzbekistan. The wider objective is to approach the Uzbek higher education to real needs of economic and social development of the country. The specific objectives are the following: – establishing of the National Committee on QF in Uzbekistan, together with the national Ministry of Education; – to improve national General Regulations concerning education standards in particular fields, on the basis of QF ideas, Bologna principles and the EU universities’ experience; – introduction of new national standards on informatics in Uzbekistan and development of a corresponding sectoral QF. The aim of the project is to implement QF ideas in Uzbekistan. During the project realization, a Concept of General Regulations of education standards will be elaborated. General Regulations for Uzbekistan will be formulated and presented for formal approval to the Ministry of Education. A National Committee on QF will be established. The Committee will accompany the Regional CA Network, which is responsible for experience exchange and standards’ coordination. The objectives addressed are in line with top priority of Uzbek educational development by a passed presidential resolution and address also issues related to a lack of graduates and a mismatch of their qualification with labour market needs, as elaborated in special World Bank report 2014.Retraining of the Uzbek universities’ staff in EU is planned as important in capacity building. Especially important is “training trainers”. Teachers, retrained at EU universities, will prepare special courses, devoted to qualification framework issues, and by this way will spread accepted knowledge within colleagues in Uzbekistan.On the base of the approved National General Regulations, retrained teacher will design national standards for informatics curricula and a sectoral QF with support based on the experience of EU partners.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 751046 Eur

Project Coordinator

UNIVERSIDADE DO ALGARVE & Country: PT

Project Partners

• UNIVERSITAET KOBLENZ-LANDAU
• WORLD UNIVERSITY SERVICE-OSTERREICHISCHES KOMITEE VEREIN
• MINISTRY FOR HIGHER AND SECONDARY SPECIALIZED EDUCATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN
• MIRZO ULUG’BEK NOMIDAGI O’ZBEKISTONMILLIY UNIVERSITETI
• TOSHKENT AXBOROT TEXNOLOGIYALARI UNIVERSITETI
• SAMARQAND DAVLAT UNIVERSITETI
• CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT OF HIGHER AND SECONDARY SPECIALIZED PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION