Comenius University in Bratislava
Faculty of Natural Sciences
Department of Landscape Ecology
TEMPUS
Environmental Governance for Environmental Curricula
EC Tempus Joint Project 511390-TEMPUS-1-2010-1-SK-TEMPUS-JPCR
ERASMUS MUNDUS a TEMPUS, Informačný seminár 6. 12. 2012, Bratislava
Skúsenosti s realizáciou projektu Tempus
Mária KOZOVÁ, kozova@fns.uniba.sk
The project is funded by the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA)
TEMPUS 511390 – Environmental Governance for Environmental Curricula
TEMPUS project: Environmental
Governance in Environmental Curricula
 Agreement number: 2010 – 3153 / 001 001
 Project No.: 511390-TEMPUS-1-2010-SK-TEMPUS-JPCR
 Project acronym:
EnGo
 Project duration:
Oct 15, 2010 – Oct 14, 2013
 Sub-programme:
Joint projects
 Action:
Curriculum Reform
 Total project finance: 1.266.090,44 €
 Partnership:
17 partners from 9 countries
 Coordinator:
Comenius University in Bratislava
TEMPUS 511390 – Environmental Governance for Environmental Curricula
Co-ordinator:
Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia
with its 13 faculties and several specialised centres
is the largest university in Slovakia
Slovak Republic
Austria
Comenius University in
Bratislava, established in 1919
Poland
Ukraine
Czech
Republic
Hungary
TEMPUS 511390 – Environmental Governance for Environmental Curricula
Outline
 General and specific objectives of the EC
Tempus Joint Project No. 511390 EnGo
 EU and non-EU partners of the project
 Management of the project
 Aims of Work Packages (WP1-WP7)
 Outputs and outcomes
 Activities - examples
 Perceived problems and their solution examples
 General comments and recommendation
TEMPUS 511390 – Environmental Governance for Environmental Curricula
General project objective
The key objective of the project is to increase the
competitiveness of environmental professional
and research education in partner country
universities in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine using
principles and methods of the Bologna process
Proposed indicators of progress:
a) courses updated with environmental governance context
b) new Joint MSc. program „Environmental Governance“
introduced and accepted by competent authorities /
universities
c) introducing of new institutional mechanisms
TEMPUS 511390 – Environmental Governance for Environmental Curricula
Specific project objectives
 To revise and upgrade curricula of three major areas
of environmental education in partner countries (PC)
universities
in
Belarus,
Russia
and
Ukraine
(environmental policy, management and science)
 To transfer the best Bologna practices from EU to PC
universities and advocating Bologna principles in Belarus
 To build capacity for pro-active, innovative and
competitive universities, including the development of
an interactive platform for educators and employers,
exchange teachers and teaching expertise
 To channel the transfer of EU best practice to PC
universities and to strengthen professional networks
TEMPUS 511390 – Environmental Governance for Environmental Curricula
EU and non-EU partners of the project
6 EU partners
P01: Comenius University in
Bratislava (Slovakia)
P02: Central European
University (Budapest,
Hungary)
P03: Vrije University
Amsterdam
(the Netherlands)
P04: Warszaw University of
Life Science (Poland)
P05: University Klagenfurt
(Vienna, Austria)
P17: Median S.C.P.
(Valldoreix, Spain)
11 non-EU partners
Belarus
P06: Belarus State Technological Univ., Minsk
P07: International A. Sakharov Envir. Univ., Minsk
P08: Joint Univ. of Belarus and Russia, Mahilyow
P09: Central Research Inst. for Water, Minsk
P10: Ecoproject (NGO), Minsk
Ukraine
P11: Kharkiv State Academy for Munic. Manag.
P12: Odessa State Environmental University
P13: Institute of Carpathian Ecology. Lviv
Russian Federation
P14: Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk
P15: Indepen. Envir. Chamber of Krasn. krai
P16: Pskov State Pedagogical University
TEMPUS 511390 – Environmental Governance for Environmental Curricula
P16
P4
P3
P1
P5
P2
P6, P7, P9, P10
P8
P13
P11
P14, P15
6 117 km (Bratislava – Krasnoyarsk)
P12
P17
EU Countries – P01 (Slovakia), P02 (Hungary),
P03 (the Netherlands), P04 (Poland), P05 (Austria),
P17 (Spain)
Partner Countries – Belarus (P06, P07, P08,
P09, P10), Ukraine (P11, P12, P13), Russian
Federation (P14, P15, P16)
Mobility
UA
EU
RU
BY
TEMPUS 511390 – Environmental Governance for Environmental Curricula
Project management and supporting
tools for partnership
 At the first beginning, all partners signed a Cooperation Agreement
between their institutes and the grant holder institution including budget
allocation (December 2010 – January 2011)
 A Kick-off-Meeting had been held in Febr/March 2011 for all partners to
conduct an easy way for flow data, to create necessary committees and
working groups and to propose a system of project management
 A contact person was appointed for each partner institution
 Dividing responsibilities - all partners were involved to project activities
 Regular communication and appropriate dissemination
 Initial and specialised trainings and thematic workshops for
partners
 Continuous self-evaluation (questionnaires, round-table discussions...)
 A problem solving approach
TEMPUS 511390 – Environmental Governance for Environmental Curricula
Management of the project
The general management is the task of:
and
 The General Assembly – the consortium of all partners, which facilitates
appropriate coordination and integration of key project results
 Steering Committee (SC) was approved on March 1, 2011 during the Kick-offMeeting (KoM). SC consists of 12 members (coordinator, coordination team
leaders, selected WP leaders and co-leaders, and 2 external advisors
 Contact persons for individual partner institutions
 Project and financial manager + Centre for Project Co-operation (P01)
 Leads, co-leads and working groups for individual work packages (WP1 –
WP7)
 Four external advisors (Austria, Czech Republic, the Netherlands and
Sweden)
TEMPUS 511390 – Environmental Governance for Environmental Curricula
Aims of Work Packages (WP1-WP7)
 WP1 Revision and upgrading of BSc. /specialist degree programs
according action plan, introducing new updated courses with
environmental governance (EnGo) context, transfer EU expertise
 WP2 EnGo curriculum development (MSc) and course syllabuses,
coordination and development 4 textbooks, training, lecturing
 WP3 Establishment of Joint MSc program according the results of
WP2, developing mechanism for the quality assurance, training
 WP4 Revision and updating PhD programs and integration of EnGo
dimensions into core courses, training, lecturing, guests visits
 WP5 Dissemination, web-portal, training seminars, Alumni conf.
 WP6 Monitoring of the project implementation, quality control
 WP7 Project management tools, setting up communication tools
Important outputs: laboratories modernised and equipment installed
TEMPUS 511390 – Environmental Governance for Environmental Curricula
Specific project objectives
and the aims of Work Packages W1-W7
WP4 (NEW title):
Integration of EnGo dimensions into PhD prog.
TEMPUS 511390 – Environmental Governance for Environmental Curricula
Outputs (tangible) and outcomes (intangible)
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
to revise BSc courses in environmental sciences in partner
universities, upgrading them in general and introducing
environmental governance context
to set up at partner universities joint MSc programs in Environmental
Governance and to integrate EnGo dimensions into PhD
programmes ***
to create a set (four) of textbooks covering multidisciplinary issues of
environmental studies, especially emerging and rapidly developing
fields ***
to set-up national permanent seminars of environmental educators
and employers and a web-portal
to introduce new mechanisms of evaluation and self-evaluation
*** Points 2) and 3) include development of curricula and syllabuses,
re/training of teachers and short mobility periods for faculty and
students, especially in support to international network-building.
TEMPUS 511390 – Environmental Governance for Environmental Curricula
Project web page
http://iseu.by/index.jsp?resID=117067
TEMPUS 511390 – Environmental Governance for Environmental Curricula
Project web page
http://iseu.by/index.jsp?resID=117067
TEMPUS 511390 – Environmental Governance for Environmental Curricula
Consortium meetings, workshops, seminars, trainings, lecturing,
mobility, summer / autumn schools, monitoring days
Monitoring day in
Kharkiv (UA, 5/2011)
Kick-off-Meeting in Bratislava (SK, 2/2011)
Consortium meeting in Mahilyow (BY, 11/2011
Mahilyow (11/2011)
Working meeting in
Krasnoyarsk (RU, 9/2012)
Summer School in
Autumn School in
Vorochta (UA, 7/2012) Bratislava (SK, 10/2012)
Left: Consortium
meeting in Amsterdam
before completing
intermediate report
(NL, 3/2012)
Photos: Kozova M. and
archive Tempus project
No. 511390
TEMPUS 511390 – Environmental Governance for Environmental Curricula
Perceived problems and their solution
Example (1)
Problem:
After the start of the project the title and content of WP4 „Establishment of
the PhD in EnGo“ had to change
Reason:
The „establishment“ cannot be accomplished during remaining project life
and due to the strict legislation in partner countries.
Recommendation / proposal for solution:
Consortium meeting in Amsterdam (03/2012) approved a new title of WP4:
„Integration of EnGo dimensions into PhD programs“.
TEMPUS 511390 – Environmental Governance for Environmental Curricula
Perceived problems and their solution
Example (2)
Problem:
Very late registration of project in Belarus and actual access to the project
finance by Belarus partners was made possible only in February 2012.
Reason:
Tempus project EnGo started since October 15, 2010 and due to
bureaucratic system of the international project registration in Belarus its
registration was only on 8th December 2011.
Measures for solution of problem:
A portion of Belarus travel budget was retained at the coordinator's (P01)
and during registration period some of the travel expenses were paid
directly by the coordinator or by CEU (P02).
TEMPUS 511390 – Environmental Governance for Environmental Curricula
Perceived problems and their solution
Example (3)
Problem:
Lack of knowledge about requirements in accordance with Bologna
process for development of Master and PhD programs
Measures:
Expert from Curriculum Resource Centre of the Central European
University (P02) gave series of trainings during seminars and consortium
meetings, incl. examples of good practice.
Other supporting actions:
All consortium meetings were very much centred around the problem of
introducing and better understanding the standards and the
implementation of Bologna process in EU countries.
TEMPUS 511390 – Environmental Governance for Environmental Curricula
General comments and recommendations
 To elaborate and base a project proposal on of previous
cooperation and practical experience with partners
 To construct realistic goals in the project (see WP4 our
example, where we overestimated the real possibilities)
 To familiarize with the legislation, accreditation processes and
expected changes in the partner countries
 To avoid formal "partners" and create partnership, good
management and enthusiastic atmosphere from the beginning
 To find a good balance for the division of responsibilities
between partners
 To initiate a way for sustainability of project - further prospects
(Erasmus Mundus, EU Framework programs)
 To be prepared to solve all problems