Tempus Srbija

National Tempus info day

12/30/09

Tempus info day for Serbia was held at Faculty of Organizational Sciences of Belgrade University on December 16th 2009.

On this conference Tempus and Erasmus Mundus projects, with previously approved fundings, along with new applying opportunities and Jean Monnet programme were discussed. The pp presentations and the workshop conclusions are now available here:

Management of the Tempus programme by EACEA

• Ms. Antonella Giorgio, The Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA), Brussels      

Overview of the projects selected in the second Tempus IV Call

• Mrs. Marija Filipovic-Ozegovic, National Coordinator, National Tempus Office, Serbia

Contribution of the selected National Tempus projects to the reform of Higher Education and Implementation of the Bologna process

• Prof. Dr. Radmila Marinkovic-Neducin, project “Governance and Management Reform in Higher Education in Serbia”, University of Novi Sad 
• Prof. Dr. Ivan Milentijevic, project “National Platform for Knowledge Triangle in Serbia”, University of Nis
• Mr. Bogoljub Mazic, project “New Library Services at Western Balkan Universities”, University library "Svetozar Markovic", Belgrade
• Prof. Dr. Matija Sokola, “Occupational Safety and Health – degree curricula and lifelong learning”, Technical  College of Applied Sciences in Novi Sad

hird Tempus IV Call for Proposals

New opportunities within the Third Call for proposals of Tempus IV

• Ms. Antonella Giorgio, Project Officer, the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA), Brussels

National and Regional Tempus Priorities for the Third Call

• Ms. Sofija Dukic, National Tempus Office, Serbia      

Role of the Ministry of Education in applying for new projects

• Dr. Tinde Kovac-Cerovic and Prof. Radivoje Mitrovic, Ministry of Education

 Erasmus Mundus and Jean Monnet

• Ms. Jasmina Gajic, National Tempus Office, Serbia

A. Modernization of curricula – double and joint degrees; interdisciplinary study programmes – experiences acquired within Tempus and recommendations for the ongoing call for proposals

Moderator: Ms Sofija Dukic, National Tempus Office

• Introductory words: Prof. Dr. Vera Dondur, Commission for Accreditation and Quality Assurance
• Good practice examples:

1. Cooperation of Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade with University of Nice «Sophia Antipolis» for the establishment of double degree Bachelor and Master programmes, Prof. dr Aleksandra Prascevic and Prof. Dr. Miomir Jaksic 
2. Project “Child Rights Education Development- Moldova and Serbia", Ms Danijela Cekicevic, University Union
3. Experiences of Tempus in Croatia with interdisciplinary studies, Ms Gordana Cukar, National Tempus Office Croatia 

B. Cooperation with stakeholders - experiences acquired within Tempus and recommendations for the ongoing call for proposals

Moderator: Ms.Jelena Brankovic, student of European Master in Higher Education

• Introductory words: ‘’Working Together to Put Lifelong Learning Into Practice’’,                    
  Prof. Dr. Verica Babic HERE team, and ‘’ New Approaches to Educational Innovation’’ Prof. Dr. Søren Ehlers, University of Aarhus, Denmark
• Good practice example: project “Ecological Training Courses for Capacity Building of Local Communities in Serbia”, Mr Goran Boskovic, University of Kragujevac

C. Participation of professional colleges in Tempus and networking with guests from EU

Moderator: Mrs. Marija Filipovic Ozegovic, National Tempus Office

• Introductory words: Mr. Geert De Lepeleer, International Relations officer, Ka-Ho Sint-Lieven University college, Flanders, Belgium
• Technical University Dresden, Prof. Dr. Horst Lazarek

D. Erasmus Mundus – how to prepare applications for student exchange networks and joint degree programmes

Moderator: Ms. Jasmina Gajic, National Tempus Office

• Good practice example: Erasmus Mundus Master programme in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Conclusions of the workshop