1. HERE report 2015 – good practices and recommendations
Piia Heinämäki
HERE annual conference
Barcelona, December 2016

2. HERE activities in 2015
New HERE teams & new service provider from January 2015
5 international events:
Conference in Istanbul on linking HE and VET
Study visit in Berlin on internationalisation and mobility
Study visit in Ghent/Brussels on international credit mobility
Seminar in Petra on ICT based learning
Conference in Tbilisi on innovating learning and teaching
261 "HERE participations" by 169 individual HEREs

3. HERE activities in 2015 Local activities: Around 200 local events
30 Technical Assistance Missions (with more than participants)
More than 80 articles in newspapers / journals
Several publications
Contribution to ~30 national legislative drafts

4. Management of the HERE teams

5. Management of the HERE teams
Good practices:
All individual HEREs in Russia submit an activity plan and report on their activities using a reporting template.
The Serbian HERE team uses a Template for suggesting events. Use of virtual task board (Trello) for planning of activities.
Document "Rules and Procedures" defines the responsibilities of the chair and other HEREs in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

6. Management of the HERE teams
Recommendations
The activities should be based on a common planning and agreed with the national authorities
HERE teams should meet regularly and minutes should be systematically circulated (also to relevant stakeholders outside HERE group)
The role of the chair should be clearly defined
Transparent principles for awarding compensations should be produced and communicated to HEREs

7. Local HERE activities

8. Local HERE activities Good practices:
Series of 10 training seminars in Jordan to present results of international events (5 focused on ICT in teaching and learning)
Tempus exhibition and HERE Master Classes in Kazakhstan – topics of Master Classes defined through survey among HEIs
Survey on student governance in Moldova - contributed to the drafting of institutional regulations on student governance at one of the state universities

9. Local HERE activities Recommendations:
Local activities should be designed as part of an annual work plan, in consultation with the Ministry of Education
Proper visibility should be ensured (inviting media, posting presentations on NEO website, etc.)
Each international event should be followed-up with dissemination activities in the Partner Countries
TAMs should be goal-oriented and based on practical examples / case studies

10. Dissemination and communication

11. Dissemination and communication
Good practices:
Annual publication by Uzbek HEREs "Perspectives of higher education development"
Armenian brochure to present HERE team and its members
Israeli NEO website presenting the HEREs and their activities in a user-friendly way

12. Dissemination and communication
Recommendations:
All NEO websites should contain a HERE section with information on the HEREs and their activities (including link to SPHERE website).
Articles and publications by HEREs should include a reference to their role as Higher Education Reform Experts for the Erasmus+ programme (see NEO grant agreement I.10.3)
More use could be made of social media for promoting HERE activities.

13. HERE support to National Authorities

14. HERE support to National Authorities
Good practices:
Contributions by HEREs in Kyrgyzstan to the Action Plan of Education Development Strategy, involvement in updating of ECTS Guidelines, production of documents for National Qualifications Framework
Substantial contribution of the Kosovo HERE group to the draft law on Higher Education
Active involvement of Albanian HEREs in the reform of the law on Higher Education

15. HERE support to National Authorities
Good practices:
Research report on plagiarism in the Georgian Higher Education system produced by HERE team (on request of the Ministry of Education and Science)
Ukrainian HEREs involved in the preparation of 17 legislative acts and in the development of a quality assurance system for higher education

16. HERE support to National Authorities
Recommendations:
National authorities should be made aware of the potential of the HERE group and the support that it can provide
A structured cooperation between the HERE group and the national authorities is strongly recommended (regular meetings, annual workplan)
HEREs should report to the Ministry and other relevant stakeholders on the international events they attend

17. HERE participation in international events

18. HERE participation in international events
Recommendations:
The NEO should aim for a fair/balanced participation of all HEREs (not sending the same HERE several times per year)
NEOs should pay attention to the selection and preparation of participants ( ensure relevant profile and experience)
Dissemination / follow-up activities should be agreed planned in advance

19. HEREs participation in international events
Recommendations:
Dead-lines for nominations and for registration need to be respected
Cancellations / replacements have to be managed in a more coordinated manner:
HEREs must inform their NEO and the SPHERE team in advance in case of cancellation
Replacements possible only if accepted by SPHERE team
Evaluation forms must be filled in via the SPHERE website following each event

20. HERE reports 2016

21. HERE progress report 2016 Deadline Progress report 31 December 2015
Focus on actual HERE activities, planned and organised by the team
Not only a list of meetings / events – include your analysis of the activities and highlight good practices
Include some pictures (to be used in EACEA reports, website etc)

22. Thank you for your attention!