RE-GRAD: Updates and Outlook for the Future
On 2 May 2024, members of the Erasmus+KA2 RE-GRAD Project Management Team met online to review the recent results and set the future directions of the project. The meeting started with the presentation and discussion of the results of the questionnaire conducted by the Work Package 1 leader, Elena Mandaji from USC. The views and perspectives of the management team on these results were shared and discussed in detail. The project coordinator, Nina Puțuntean (UTM), presented the plans for the study visit scheduled to take place in Strasbourg, France, from 1 to 6 July 2024. D etails of the number of participants were agreed and Sophie Bollinger, representing UNISTRA, presented the detailed agenda of activities planned for this event. According to the agenda, the discussion also focused on equipment procurement, based on information provided by all partners involved. The need to obtain the agreement of the EACEA coordinator of the project, Rosalba NARDELLI, in order to start the procurement as soon as possible was underlined. The meeting also addressed issues related to deadlines and deliverables that have already been uploaded to the platform as well as those to be shipped. The possibility of extending the deadline for certain deliverables was discussed, as well as travel documents from KOM that have not yet been provided. At the end of the meeting, Marika DAngelo (CESIE) distributed the draft document “Training package on integrating the Green Pact and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into the policies and curricula of EU higher education institutions”. It was designed to describe the initial stages of the process, how the implementation was carried out, and how to integrate these practices at institutional, local, regional and national levels and to provide effective recommendations for the implementation of these documents at higher institution level. For more information about the RE-GRAD project, please contact us at nina.putuntean@adm.utm.md or visit our website: www.regrad.utm.md.
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MOLDOVA LAUNCHES ERASMUS+ RE-GRAD PROJECT
The Technical University of Moldova (TUM) hosted the inaugural session for the Erasmus+ KA2 project titled “REFORMING UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION FOR GREEN AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN ARMENIA AND MOLDOVA” (RE-GRAD) on February 15-16, 2024, marking a crucial moment in international collaboration for higher education. The Erasmus+ RE-GRAD project, with reference number 101128817, has a budget of EUR 833 626.00 and will run for 3 years, from 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2026. The project coordinator is Dr., prof. Nina Puțuntean, Head of International Relations Service, TUM. RE-GRAD project aims at supporting reform of the undergraduate education in Armenia and Moldova enabling the shift from traditional to inclusive, digital and green oriented curricula in support of sustainable development The specific objectives of the project include: Fact-funding analysis of current situation of the policy, practices and issues for academic programmes design and teaching approaches in Armenian and Moldova HEIs with a focus on development of green skills and digitalization Capacity building training of the staff from involved PC partner institutions on European experience of Green Deal and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into higher education policy and approaches Training of the staff from PC partner institutions on design of outcomes-based undergraduate programmes integrating SDGs and as outcomes and practice-oriented teaching and learning Revision of SQF for selected undergraduate programmes in Armenia and CESD in Moldova Redesign and piloting of 8 undergraduate programmes (including teaching and learning approaches) at the PC HEIs in line with SQF and CESD Partnership agreements for cooperation activities after lifetime of the project. The project consortium brings together 12 institutions from 5 countries: Moldova: Technical University of Moldova, “Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu” State University of Cahul, Ministry of Education and Research of the Republic of Moldova, Chamber of Commerce and Industry France-Moldova Club France, Armenia: Yerevan State University, National University of Architecture and Construction of Armenia, Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Armenia, Centre for Education Policy and Management of Armenia, Italy: University of Sannio, CESIE France: University of Strasbourg, Romania: Transilvania University of Brasov. The following project outcomes are expected to be sustainable after the end of the Erasmus+ programme funding: 1. Training package on European experience on integration of Green Deal and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into higher education policy and curricula, as well as outcomes-oriented and digital teaching and learning of the educational programmes; 2. Trained staff from involved institutions to design outcomes-based undergraduate programmes integrating SDGs targeting environmental issues and digital dimension, as well as outcomes and practice-oriented teaching and learning; 3. Revised Sectorial Qualification Frameworks (SQF) for selected undergraduate programmes in AM and Concept of Education for Sustainable Development (CESD) in MD; 4. Redesigned selected academic undergraduate programmes: – Technology of wine and fermented products – Mechanical Engineering – Public Administration – Food Industry Engineering and Management – Public administration – Public Policy and Biology – Heat and gas supply and ventilation – Geodesy and Cadastre 5. Revised teaching and learning approaches (including work-based learning) in line with redesigned undergraduate programmes and expected learning outcomes; 6. Partnership agreements for cooperation activities after lifetime of the project