Sustainable University – Enterprise Cooperation for Improving Graduate Employability Erasmus Project

Project Title

Sustainable University – Enterprise Cooperation for Improving Graduate Employability

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 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

Western Balkan countries are on their way for integration to European Union. Besides the harmonization of law, improvement of institutional capabilities is another important agenda in this process. Considering this, establishment of EU model university-enterprise cooperation is crucial for WBC.The main objective of SUCCESS is to establish of university-enterprise cooperation by forming a partnership in the areas of education and knowledge transfer based on the market needs, as well as creating wide university-enterprise cooperation network in Western Balkan countries. These goals are aimed to be achieved through a steady collaboration among WBC universities and enterprises from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania and Montenegro, and EU universities from, Poland Spain, Serbia and Germany. Considering this, main activities foreseen within the project are as follows: Exploring the partnership models in EU and WBC, university – enterprise partnership, modernization of curricula by introducing practice-oriented teaching and learning, introducing internship programme in cooperation with business sector, reinforcing of existing structures and establishing start-up services. Successful implementation of those activities will lead to the increasing graduates employability. The results of the project are: university – business network established at each WBC, Regional network cooperation platform set-up and implemented, 4 common projects between partner universities and business sector created at each WBC HEIs, new updated courses/programmes implemented at WBC universities in cooperation with business sector, start-up services at WBC universities established and functional, academic staff trained in the practice-oriented teaching, internship programmes developed and introduced at 8 WBC universities. All of the activities and results of the project will be disseminated through the network established within the project.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 849257 Eur

Project Coordinator

VISOKOSKOLSKA USTANOVA INTERNACIONALNI BURC UNIVERZITET-INTERNATIONAL BURCH UNIVERSITY & Country: BA

Project Partners

• WYZSZA SZKOLA PRZEDSIEBIORCZOSCII ADMINISTRACJI W LUBLINIE
• ASOCIACION OBSERVATORIO DE LAS RELACIONES UNION EUROPEA-AMERICA LATINA(OBREAL-GLOBAL OBSERVATORY)
• UNIVERZITET U ISTOCNOM SARAJEVU
• UNIVERZITET DZEMAL BIJEDIC U MOSTARU SA SUPSIDIJARNOM ODGOVORNOSCU SASJEDISTEM U MOSTARU
• DHOMA E TREGTISE DHE INDUSTRISE VLORE
• JAVNA USTANOVA UNIVERZITET CRNE GORE PODGORICA
• TURGUT OZAL EDUCATION SHA