Program Erasmus Capacity Building in Higher Education Project

Program: Erasmus+ Capacity Building in Higher Education Project Title: Enhancement of HE research potential contributing to further growth of the WB region Re@WBC Dr. Saša S. Nikolić Faculty of Electronic Engineering University of Niš 09 -11, November 2016, Niš

Partners Programme country institutions • Politecnico di Torino • University of Coventry • University of Liege Partners country institutions • • • University of Montenegro University of Sarajevo University of East Sarajevo University of Vlora ’Ismail Qemail’ University of Tirana University of Niš (project coordinator) University of Novi Sad University of Kragujevac University of Belgrade Center for promotion of science

Budget Total: 866. 820 EUR Budget categories: -Staff costs -Travel costs -Costs of stay -Equipment costs -Subcontracting costs • http: //rewbc. ni. ac. rs/

Expected impact of the project The basic target group are researchers, besides administrative staff and members of Ethical Boards: – improving the promotion procedures – the average time of diploma recognition process will be reduced – more transparent all job vacancies and other information important to researchers – rearchers’ email databases will be established at each of the WB Universities – university centres and offices dealing with researchers will be reinforced and improved through appropriate bylaws and some training seminars, organized by EU partners.

- Ethical Committees will be reinforced by making appropriate legislative changes and trainings which will be organized for EC members by EU experts - Appropriate plagiarism monitoring tools will be installed for use by Ethical Committee members, supervisors, reviewers, etc. - Cooperation with scientific diaspora will be improved through creation and expansion of Alumni networks - Trainings of researchers on various subjects, at which about 5000 researchers will be trained by WBC and EU experts - A pilot mentoring system will be introduced intended to aid the newly promoted assistant professors, and young researchers after completion of their Ph. D studies - Guidebook in English with the purpose of providing young researchers with answers to many questions typically asked at this early stage of their careers

Trainings • Training for the trainer by EU partners – best practices in HR strategies and policies • Trainings for administrative staff on research services (min 60) • Trainings for ethical committee members • Trainings for young researchers (min 5000) – Research methodology – Soft skills and Enterpreneurship – Multidisciplinary approach to research • Trainings for young teachers – Teaching methodology

Events to date • • • • Training for trainers at Coventry University, 15‐ 16 th December 2016, Coventry National monitoring visit at the University of Sarajevo and University of East Sarajevo 21 st October 2016, East Sarajevo Enhancing of ethical committees through legislative improvements and trainings 10‐ 11 th November 2016, Kragujevac Promotion of Re@WBC project at Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) training 12 th October 2016, Vlora Training of WBC administrative staff related to research services, 22‐ 23 rd September 2016, Novi Sad Meeting: Promotion of the Re@WBC project at the XIX Geometrical Seminar, 29 th August 2016, Zlatibor Meeting: Information day and monitoring visit at University of Vlora “Ismail Qemali”, 7‐ 8 th July 2015, Vlora Meeting: Mapping HR management strategies at EU universities, 20‐ 25 th June 2016, Coventry Seminar on HRS 4 R strategy for Universities management, Belgrade, 8 th June, 2016 Monitoring visit at Faculty of Philology, University of Montenegro, Niksic, 19 th May 2016 Meeting: Mapping HR management strategies at EU universities, 18‐ 22 April 2016, Liège *Meeting: Mapping HR management stategies at EU universities, 21‐ 25 Mart, 2016, Turin *Meeting: CBHE Project Representatives 27‐ 28 January, 2016, Brussels *Kick‐off meeting Nis 10‐ 11 December, 2015

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