Master in European Innovations for a Sustainable Management of Albanian Territories, rural areas and agriculture: Instruments, policies, strategies Erasmus Project

Project Title

Master in European Innovations for a Sustainable Management of Albanian Territories, rural areas and agriculture: Instruments, policies, strategies

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 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

Since 2013, Albania is going through a process of structural reforms on several areas. The reform on territory administration (Law 115/2014) reduced the number of the local units to 64 municipalities. Both rural and urban areas constitute now these new larger and more complex territorial units. The local administration has a limited knowledge on sustainable territory administration of both rural and urban areas and their interactions. Secondly Albania is moving forward on its process of joining the EU. Implementation of the acquis communautaire, requests necessary reforms for Albanian government on national as well as local institutions. Thirdly the reform on higher education and scientific research of 2015 (Law Nr 80/ 2015), created a new type of third cycle degree Master called Executive Master which adapts even more the teaching offer with the job market needs. The main objective of the project is to address new job market needs induced by new and forthcoming Albanian public policies by collectively designing 9 teaching modules on sustainable territory administration, agricultural policy and negotiation, as well as innovation on rural areas.The project tends to improve the classical way of curricula building by proposing adapted teaching modules build up by building blocks that will serve to several teaching level (i.e. professional master, Master of science and executive master). This will increase the possibilities of collaboration among HEI-s (public and non-public) that want to build up master degrees dealing on the same issues without being competitorsThe project is focused on a strong relation with the job providing institutions and the importance of the practical work that will be projected, conducted and evaluated jointly with actors of the sector. The project will capitalize the practical and theoretical findings of their own students and lecturers by using them as theoretical and case studies in master teaching modules.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 758308 Eur

Project Coordinator

CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE HAUTES ETUDES AGRONOMIQUES MEDITERRANEENNES & Country: FR

Project Partners

• UNIVERSITAET HOHENHEIM
• AGRINATURA EEIG
• UNIVERSITETI BUJQESOR I TIRANES
• UNIVERSITETI FAN S NOLI KORCE
• EUROPEAN EDUCATION INITIATIVE
• PANTEIO PANEPISTIMIO KOINONIKON KAIPOLITIKON EPISTIMON
• UNIVERSITE PAUL-VALERY MONTPELLIER3