TERTIARY EDUCATION SYSTEM & NEWEST DEVELOPMENTS IN TEMPUS IN CROATIA : TERTIARY EDUCATION SYSTEM & NEWEST DEVELOPMENTS IN TEMPUS IN CROATIA A presentation by:
Gordana Cukar,
National TEMPUS Office Coordinator,
Croatia TEMPUS Info Day, Rome, Oct 13 2006
BASIC INFORMATION ON CROATIA : BASIC INFORMATION ON CROATIA Population: 4.442.000 (2003 estimate)
Population density: 78 inhabitants/km2
Capital: Zagreb
Official language: Croatian
GDP per capita: 6.220 Euros (2004)
Labor force: 2.800.000
Population over 15 with a tertiary education: 11.9%
Internet access: 39% of population aged over 15 (2004)
TEMPUS Info Day, Rome, Oct 13 2006
CROATIA : CROATIA
OVERALL
DESCRIPTION
OF
THE TERTIARY EDUCATION
SYSTEM TEMPUS Info Day, Rome, Oct 13 2006
Types of Tertiary Institutions : Types of Tertiary Institutions Tertiary education is conducted through university and professional studies.
University studies qualify students for carrying out activities in science and tertiary education, in business, and in public sector and society. Such studies allow students to successfully develop and apply scientific and professional knowledge;
Professional studies offer students the appropriate level of knowledge and skills in order for them to perform professionally and qualify for immediate employment; TEMPUS Info Day, Rome, Oct 13 2006
Types of Tertiary Institutions : Types of Tertiary Institutions Universities are expected to integrate functions of their constituent units (particularly faculties, academies and departments). In this way an university is expected to ensure its uniform and harmonized operation in concert with strategic and developmental decisions on academic issues and scientific research.
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Types of Tertiary Institutions : Types of Tertiary Institutions Universities are also expected to ensure:
the internal and external mobility of students and teachers;
the rational use of human and material resources;
the development of multidisciplinary studies;
fostering the constant growth of high-quality and competitive educational, scientific, artistic, and professional work;
conducting of scientific, artistic and developmental research, particularly to carry out research programs of strategic interest to the Republic of Croatia; TEMPUS Info Day, Rome, Oct 13 2006
Types of Tertiary Institutions : Types of Tertiary Institutions Polytechnics and schools of professional higher education are expected to offer high-level professional education, and artistic and professional training;
Public science institutes conduct scientific research. Their primary task is to carry out scientific programs of strategic interest to the Republic of Croatia, and to establish, together with universities, the scientific infrastructure for the whole system of science and tertiary education; TEMPUS Info Day, Rome, Oct 13 2006
Number of tertiary education institutions : Number of tertiary education institutions There are 85 public tertiary education institutions in Croatia. They include:
6 universities (Dubrovnik, Osijek, Rijeka, Split, Zadar,
Zagreb) (Pula just established)
58 faculties
There are also:
17 accredited private schools of professional tertirary education
27 public research institutes
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Challenges Ahead : Challenges Ahead Further alignment with the EU acquis on the mutual recognition of professional qualifications includes:
Further harmonization of the Act on Recognition of Foreign Qualifications with EU standards, including the simplification of administrative procedures of the ENIC/NARIC Office;
A medium-term priority is to design a strategy for the incorporation of general EU directives for regulated professions (Directives 89/48/ EEC, 92/51/EEC, 99/42/EC);
Another strategy is to incorporate special directives for particular professions into national legislation.
A new financing model has been introduced: the new lump sum model allocates public funding to the universities, and not to faculties/departments, as it had been the case before; TEMPUS Info Day, Rome, Oct 13 2006
Challenges Ahead : Challenges Ahead Croatia has adopted a selective approach in deciding which Community programs to enter in the (near) future.
The TEMPUS program is running very successfully + the VET sector is currently implementing several CARDS VET projects Croatia should not apply for full membership in Socrates and Leonardo before 2007.
Therefore, TEMPUS is currently still a priority, altough preparations for entering Socrates and Leonardo are being conducted. TEMPUS Info Day, Rome, Oct 13 2006
Slide11 : NEWEST
DEVELOPMENTS
IN
TEMPUS
IN CROATIA TEMPUS Info Day, Rome, Oct 13 2006
Slide12 :
33 Curriculum Development;
10 University Management ;
8 Institutional Building;
51 total JEPs in Croatia since 2000 TEMPUS Info Day, Rome, Oct 13 2006
GRANT HOLDERS : GRANT HOLDERS From various EU countries:
Austria
Belgium
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Italy
The Netherlands
Portugal
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
United Kingdom
... etc.
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ALL OUR UNIVERSITIES PARTICIPATE : ALL OUR UNIVERSITIES PARTICIPATE Zagreb (coordinates 28 projects)
Rijeka (coordinates 3 projects)
Split (coordinates 2 projects)
Zadar (coordinates 1 project)
Osijek
Dubrovnik
Newly established University: Pula TEMPUS Info Day, Rome, Oct 13 2006
VARIOUS FIELDS COVERED: : VARIOUS FIELDS COVERED:
Agronomy
Biology
Economics
Engineering
European Studies
Informatics
Linguistics
Medicine
Law
Sociology, etc.
TEMPUS Info Day, Rome, Oct 13 2006
8 JEPs APPROVED IN THE LAST SELECTION: : 8 JEPs APPROVED IN THE LAST SELECTION:
Advanced Ship Design for Pollution Prevention;
Capacity Building for Research in Croatia;
Courses for Institution Building in Croatia - eGovernment;
Cleaner Production Center Rijeka;
Establishment of PR Offices at Croatian Universities;
Foreign Languages in the Field of Law;
Learning for Europe – CD and counselling in education;
Know-how Transfer and Capacity Building for Participation in EU Community Programs in Croatia by Using Certified EU Project Manager Skills Scheme; TEMPUS Info Day, Rome, Oct 13 2006
JEP_40037_2005 : JEP_40037_2005
ADVANCED
SHIP DESIGN
FOR
POLLUTION PREVENTION TEMPUS Info Day, Rome, Oct 13 2006
JEP_40037_2005: : JEP_40037_2005:
3 years
Curriculum Development (CD)
Grant Holder:
Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa, Portugal
Coordinator:
University of Zagreb, Croatia
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JEP_40037_2005 : JEP_40037_2005 Project Objective(s):
To provide support for development and implementation of set of optional courses on Advanced Ship Design for Pollution Prevention;
The program should help in unifying the educational practice of studies of naval architecture of 3 Croatian Universities (Rijeka, Split & Zagreb);
The implemented courses will offer updates and new elements to the existing curricula; there will be lecturers from the EU countries;
Croatian academic staff will be trained in order to hold newly developed courses independently once the project is over;
TEMPUS Info Day, Rome, Oct 13 2006
JEP_40086_2005 : JEP_40086_2005
CAPACITY BUILDING
FOR RESEARCH
IN CROATIA TEMPUS Info Day, Rome, Oct 13 2006
JEP_40086_2005 : JEP_40086_2005 3 years
Upravljanje sveučilištima (UM)
Grant Holder:
University of Bristol, United Kingdom
Coordinator:
University of Split
TEMPUS Info Day, Rome, Oct 13 2006
JEP_40086_2005 : JEP_40086_2005 Project Objective(s):
The establishment of Research Offices in Croatian higher education institutions, at the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports, and at the National Foundation for Science in order to enable them to participate fully in the European programs;
The Development and implementation of research strategies;
Training of academic and administrative staff in the newly established research offices;
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JEP_40042_2005 : JEP_40042_2005
COURSES FOR
INSTITUTION BUILDING
IN CROATIA
- eGOVERNMENT TEMPUS Info Day, Rome, Oct 13 2006
JEP_40042_2005 : JEP_40042_2005
3 years
Institutional Building (IB)
Grant Holder:
Universite Pantheon-Sorbonne, France
Coordinator:
University of Zagreb, Croatia TEMPUS Info Day, Rome, Oct 13 2006
JEP_40042_2005 : JEP_40042_2005 Project objective(s):
Creating and carrying out training courses to train civil servants in Croatia to develop their skills for working in the e-environment;
Raising awareness on e-government competences among public and civil servants;
TEMPUS Info Day, Rome, Oct 13 2006
JEP_40006_2005 : JEP_40006_2005
CLEANER
PRODUCTION
CENTER
RIJEKA TEMPUS Info Day, Rome, Oct 13 2006
JEP_4006_2005 : JEP_4006_2005 3 years
Institution Building (IB)
Grant Holder:
Cork Institute of Technology, Ireland
Coordinator:
Cork Institute of Technology, Ireland
TEMPUS Info Day, Rome, Oct 13 2006
JEP_40006_2005 : JEP_40006_2005 Project objective(s):
To establish cooperation between university of Rijeka and the Croatian administrative, industrial and consulting sector;
Introduce the Adult Learning Center at the University of Rijeka;
Higher awareness for cleaner production and resource efficiency in Croatian administrative sector;
Application of cleaner production technologies increases in industry; TEMPUS Info Day, Rome, Oct 13 2006
JEP_40095_2005 : JEP_40095_2005
ESTABLISHMENT
OF
PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICES
AT
CROATIAN UNIVERSITIES TEMPUS Info Day, Rome, Oct 13 2006
JEP_40095_2005 : JEP_40095_2005
2 years
University Management (UM)
Grant Holder:
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Coordinator:
University of Zagreb, Croatia
TEMPUS Info Day, Rome, Oct 13 2006
JEP_40095_2005 : JEP_40095_2005 Project objective(s):
Establishment of PR Offices at the Universities of Dubrovnik, Zagreb and Zadar;
Development of communication strategy that would support universties’ activities, services and cooperation on national an international level; TEMPUS Info Day, Rome, Oct 13 2006
JEP_40090_2005 : JEP_40090_2005
FOREIGN
LANGUAGES
IN
THE FIELD OF LAW TEMPUS Info Day, Rome, Oct 13 2006
JEP_40090_2005 : JEP_40090_2005 3 years
Curriculum Development (CD)
Grant Holder:
Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium
Coordinator:
University of Zagreb, Croatia
TEMPUS Info Day, Rome, Oct 13 2006
JEP_40090_2005 : JEP_40090_2005 Project objective(s):
To set up an interdisciplinary Foreign Language Center for Law at the Law Faculty, University of Zagreb that will be in charge of the following activities;
Provide foreign language teacher training for law;
Update and develop foreign language curricula and teaching methodology at Croatian law faculties at BA and MA levels integrating linguistics and legal topics;
Introduce intensive language training courses for legal practitioners within the framework of lifelong system; TEMPUS Info Day, Rome, Oct 13 2006
JEP_40109_2005 : JEP_40109_2005
LEARNING
FOR EUROPE
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
AND COUNSELLING
IN EDUCATION TEMPUS Info Day, Rome, Oct 13 2006
JEP_40109_2005 : JEP_40109_2005 3 years
Curriculum Development (CD)
Grant Holder:
Westfaelische Wilhems-Universitaet Muenster, Germany
Coordinator:
University of Zagreb, Croatia
TEMPUS Info Day, Rome, Oct 13 2006
JEP_40109_2005 : JEP_40109_2005 Project objective(s):
Curriculum Development and testing of postgraduate Master’s course ‘Management and Counselling in European Education’;
Creation of the International Center for European Teacher Education, Education Research and European Studies in Zagreb;
TEMPUS Info Day, Rome, Oct 13 2006
JEP_40032_2005 : JEP_40032_2005
KNOW-HOW TRANSFER AND
CAPACITY BUILDING
FOR PARTICIPATION
IN EU COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
IN CROATIA
BY USING
CERTIFIED EU PROJECT MANAGER
SKILLS SCHEME TEMPUS Info Day, Rome, Oct 13 2006
JEP_40032_2005 : JEP_40032_2005 3 years
Institution Building (IB)
Grant Holder:
University of Maribor, Slovenia
Coordinator:
University of Rijeka, Croatia
TEMPUS Info Day, Rome, Oct 13 2006
JEP_40032_2005 : JEP_40032_2005 Project objective(s):
Improvement of the qualification of teaching and administrative staff of University of Rijeka in the area of ‘Management of EU projects’;
Establishment of a knowledge transfer center for management of European projects at University of Rijeka, for further help for preparation of administrative structures in Croatia for cooperation in EU community programs;
Definition of an unique trial course for the topic ‘Management of EU Projects’ at the University of Rijeka and the University of Maribor;
Improvement of the cooperation among teaching and administrative staff of the consortium members;
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National TEMPUS Office in Croatia : National TEMPUS Office in Croatia Contact details:
gordana.cukar@azvo.hr (program coordinator)
vlatka.derencinovic@azvo.hr (program assistant)
bjanka.mlinaric@azvo.hr (financial assistant)
Phone: +385(0)16274850 (Gordana)
+385(0)16274851 (Vlatka)
Postal address: Savska 41/VIII
10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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Slide42 : KIND
THANKS
FOR
YOUR ATTENTION TEMPUS Info Day, Rome, Oct 13 2006