Transcript Helene SKIKOS - Contact Seminar with the Western Balkans

WB Strategies, Priorities
&
Support of Erasmus+
Helene Skikos
DG Education & Culture
Date: in 12 pts
Enlargement Strategy
 Fundamentals First
 Rule of Law
 Public Administration Reform
 Economic Governance and Competitiveness
 Examples:
 Improve judiciary, assure independence, improve
efficiency and accountability; freedom of speech, etc.
 Good governance and management, transparency,
meritocracy, depoliticalisation, profesionalism
 Upgrading skills, economic reform, job creation, fiscal
consolidation, investment climate, good management
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SEE 2020 Strategy
(based on EU 2020)
 5 Pillars
Integrated growth (cooperation)
Smart growth
Sustainable growth
Inclusive growth
Governance for growth (reduce corruption)
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SEE 2020 Strategy
 Sectors for smart growth
 Education and competences
 R&D and Innovation
 Digital Society
 Cultural and Creative Sectors
 Basic and transversal skills, 8 key competence, Linking
education with the labour market; Modernising and
rationalising VET
 Developing capacity for research and innovation
 Preparing for the digital society
 Contribution of culture and creative sectors to economy
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SEE 2020 Strategy
 Sectors for sustainable growth
Energy
Transport
Environment
Increase efficiency, renewable resources &
infrastructure
Improve infrastructure, efficiency, improve rail &water
transport
Reduce pollution, irrigation, climate change,
forestation, water resource management, awareness5
raising, natural resources
SEE 2020 Strategy
 Sectors for Inclusive growth
Employment
Health
Promote employment creation, enhance labour
market governance for employment, stimulate
social economy initiatives
Improve capacity of health sector and health
services
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WB Platform on Education
http://ec.europa.eu/education/international-cooperation/western-balkans_en.htm
 Multilateral cooperation on Education and Training
 Annual Ministerial meetings between EU and WB Ministries
 Stakeholder consultations; evidence gathering/ surveys; sharing
good practices (2013 & 2015 studies)
 To support reform efforts, link with EU strategies and programmes
 Identified priorities:
Higher Education (relevance; quality)
Teacher Training (methods; competences)
Research & Innovation (build capacity in HE)
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Economic Reform Programme

Individual priorities set by country then peer reviewed by
the Commission and the ECOFIN Council
 Priorities for Albania:
 Adopt and start to implement the law on higher education, as well
as the new strategy for higher education.
 Establish an independent accreditation system for all public and
private universities.
 Continue the restructuring of the VET system with a view to
improving the relevance of the training for the needs of the labour
market.
 Adopt a strategy on the land cadastre and concrete measures to
increase momentum in agricultural land consolidation
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Economic Reform Programme

Individual priorities set by country then peer reviewed by
the Commission and the ECOFIN Council
 Priorities for Bosnia and Herzegovina:
 Develop a more strategic approach to tackle the deficiencies in the
training and education system by effectively prioritizing measures
based on a mapping of the skills gap taking into account the needs
of industry, especially SMEs.
 Harmonise legislation and standards related to education and
training at state and entity level, as well as at cantonal level, since
the competence on education in FBiH is at cantonal level.
 Develop a transport policy and strategy and an energy strategy at
each level of government according to competencies.
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Economic Reform Programme

Individual priorities set by country then peer reviewed by
the Commission and the ECOFIN Council
 Priorities for Kosovo*:
 Advance in securing a reliable energy supply / comply with EU
environmental standards in the production of energy
 Improve quality of education, quality assurance measures, quality
of higher education, access to pre-primary and primary school;
accelerate modernization of VET; align the education system to be
more responsive to the labour market.
 Continue to improve the business environment, fight against
informal economy, provide targeted support for SMEs, step up the
fight against corruption
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Economic Reform Programme

Individual priorities set by country then peer reviewed by
the Commission and the ECOFIN Council
Priorities for Montenegro:
 Actively continue education reform with a view to better aligning
education and skills with labour market needs.
 Strengthen cooperation between education and business.
 Make further progress with a comprehensive and strategic
approach in the field of EU food safety and sanitary and
phytosanitary standards to receive accreditation for exporting
agricultural and food products to the EU
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Economic Reform Programmes
 Individual priorities set by country then peer
reviewed by the Commission and the
ECOFIN Council
 Priorities for Serbia:
 Upgrade skills, enhancing the human capital
 Finalise National Qualifications Framework
 Reform of the education system, improving the outcomes,
 Stimulate private investment, support lending to SMEs and
research activities in companies
 Improve energy production, construction of gas interconnectors
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Role of Education

Foundation upon which to build capacity in all sectors

Provides basic and transversal skill needed in all jobs and
for flexible labour market

Advanced and professional skills and qualifications
provided in higher education respond to identified needs:
 Education of teachers, managers, engineers and other
professionals in priority sectors; education of public
officials, health workers; building research capacity via
PhD programmes; international cooperation, etc.
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Priorities in Erasmus+ CBHE

Modernisation of curriculum by developing new and
innovative courses and methodologies; curriculum
development, modernise teaching, revise content, etc.

Modernisation of governance, management and functioning
of higher education: decision-making processes, strategies,
rigorous quality assurance measures, follow-up for improvement,
internationalization, developing research capacity, access to HE
from vulnerable groups, etc.

Developing the Higher Education sector within society at
large: LLL, HE VET, university-business cooperation, NQF,
knowledge triangle, regional cooperation in HE, reform policy
development, implementation and monitoring, etc.
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Regional Priorities in CBHE
Category A: Subject areas for Curriculum development;
 Teacher training and education science;
 Physical sciences;
 Engineering and engineering trades;
 Agriculture, forestry and fishery;
 Health;
 Transport services;
 Environmental protection
Category B: Improving quality of education and teaching
 Learning and teaching tools, methodologies and pedagogical
approaches including learning outcomes
 Blended courses, virtual and real mobility, practical placements etc.
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Regional Priorities in CBHE
Category C: Improving management and operation of higher
education institutions
 Governance, strategic planning and management of higher
education institutions;
 Internationalization of higher education institutions;
 Access to and democratization of higher education
Category D: Developing the Higher Education sector within
society at large
 Non-University sector at tertiary education level;
 University-enterprise cooperation;
 entrepreneurship and employability of graduates;
 Qualification frameworks and recognition of qualifications;
 Definition, implementation and monitoring of the reform policies
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National Strategies and Priorities
Erasmus+ Office websites
For Serbia see http://erasmusplus.rs/important-for-projectcontents/national-documents/
For Montenegro see
http://www.neomontenegro.ac.me/dokumenti.php?p=1&l=en
DG NEAR websites
•http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/publications/occasional_paper/
2015/op229_en.htm (Economic Reform Programmes)
•http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/countries/package/index_en.htm
(2015 Country Reports)
Studies and reports
•WB PET, World Bank, Council of Europe, RCC, etc. (surf the web)
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Horizontal Priorities
Increase quality of educational provision
• Quality assurance implementation
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HE rigorous, transparent accreditation of institutions and
programmes; evaluation of schools; Skills not Just Diplomas
• Fight corruption in education; culture of meritocracy
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Transparent recruitment of staff, de-politisation, measures to
combat conflict of interest
• Long term approach, targeting impact on society and link
to economy and country’s growth
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No quick fixes in education. Steering large ocean liner
• Holistic approach: purpose of education (VET, HE?);
relevance to labour market, employability of graduates
PISA 2009 Math
Reading Science Ranking
PISA 2012 Math
Reading Science Ranking
Hungary
490
494
503
26
Austria
506
490
506
18
Italy
483
486
489
29
Italy
485
490
494
31
Greece
466
483
470
32
Hungary
477
488
494
39
Croatia
460
476
486
36
Croatia
471
485
491
40
Austria
496
470
494
39
Greece
453
477
467
42
Turkey
445
464
454
41
Serbia
449
446
445
43
Serbia
442
442
443
45
Turkey
448
475
463
44
Bulgaria
428
429
439
46
Romania
445
438
439
45
Romania
427
424
428
49
Bulgaria
439
436
446
47
Montenegro
403
408
401
54
Montenegro
410
422
410
54
Albania
377
385
391
60
Albania
394
394
397
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2012 PISA score in Maths and GDP
Score
625
Shanghai
600
575
y = 0.0015x + 429.69
R² = 0.21
Singapore
550
Macao-China
EE
PL
525
FI
SI
500
PT
HU
HR
475
SR
450
RO
NL
DE
504.1507663
DK
UK
IT
ES
LU
SE
EL
TR
BG
CY
425
ME
400
AL
Qatar
375
350
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
GDP per capita (in thousand USD converted using PPPs)
70
80
90
Overall Objective of EU Assistance
 Facilitate growth, development of economy
 Build capacity for competiveness
 Increase employment (youth)
 Convergence with EU acquis
 Prepare for EU membership
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Developing Erasmus+ Projects
What you can do:

Read published strategic documents (e.g. Enlargement
Progress Reports, Economic Reform Programmes, etc)
What we look for:

More demonstrated impact and sustainability of projects
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Build on past results / support o reform efforts
Why?
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Help WB countries on reform process; for EU integration but also
for economic survival
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Help make EU support to WB count, have more impact
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Strategic use of Erasmus+

Mobility of staff and students in priority sectors = help build
capacity of future professionals
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Mobility of staff and students according to PC university's
strategic priorities = strengthen weak programme or build
excellence in strong programme

Capacity-building projects in priority sectors for economic
development = train and educate new professionals in
priority sectors; improve governance issues; strengthen
development of research (PhD prog); prepare teachers, etc.
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Jean Monnet can respond to convergence with EU acquis
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Thank you
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