1. Dr. Drini Imami Agricultural University of Tirana
GRaduates Advancement and Development of University capacities in Albania GRADUA
Dr. Drini Imami
Agricultural University of Tirana

2. Structure of the presentation
Partners
Project objectives
Project work packages overview
Up-to-date progress

3. National Workshop: Support to the Erasmus + GRADUA
Partners
Tirana, April 2018
National Workshop: Support to the Erasmus + GRADUA

4. National Workshop: Support to the Erasmus + GRADUANr
List of Partners
Status
ALBANIAN
Partner Country 1
Agricultural University of Tirana
Public 2
Catholic University
Private 3
European University of Tirana 4
Polytechnic University of Tirana 5
University of Tirana/ Faculty of Law 6
POLIS University 7
Albanian University 8
University of Medicine 9
University of Arts 10
Ministry of Education and Sports
Goverment 11
Chamber of Commerce and Industry
INTERNATIONAL
Programme Country 12
University of Siena 13
University Institute of Lisbon 14
University of Barcelona 15
UNIBO 16
Inrter- University Consortium Alma Laura
Tirana, April 2018
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5. National Workshop: Support to the Erasmus + GRADUA
Project objectives
&
outputs
Tirana, April 2018
National Workshop: Support to the Erasmus + GRADUA

6. National Workshop: Support to the Erasmus + GRADUA
Project objectives
to build Albanian universities' capacities by transferring EU best practices on graduates' monitoring and employability
to enhance the empowerment of Albanian universities accordingly to the ongoing reform of Albanian higher education system
to strengthen universities-enterprises links
to increase the collaboration among universities at local level
to support an open market for high qualified human capital in Albania
to improve the quality of the higher education system in Albania according to international standards.
Tirana, April 2018
National Workshop: Support to the Erasmus + GRADUA

7. National Workshop: Support to the Erasmus + GRADUA
Project outputs
collection and analysis of data on graduates performances and universities, issuing reliable, continuous and updated documentation for assessing the HE system at support of the ongoing reform process;
facilitation of the cooperation between higher education institutions and business world (IT based online services are developed and made available to both graduates, and university staff and firms);
Tirana, April 2018
National Workshop: Support to the Erasmus + GRADUA

8. National Workshop: Support to the Erasmus + GRADUA
Project outputs
facilitation of the placement of graduates in the labour market (ensuring a better match between education and employment);
development of monitoring tools for university enterprise-cooperation and enlarge such cooperation;
improvement of internal and external efficiency of the higher education system.
Tirana, April 2018
National Workshop: Support to the Erasmus + GRADUA

9. Project work packages overview
Tirana, April 2018
National Workshop: Support to the Erasmus + GRADUA

10. Work Package 1
The preparatory activity (WP1 – data) will systematize relevant information on Albanian HE – 9 educational decoding tables, one per each partner university
Labour market structure, to map the educational supply, legislation regarding treatment of personal data (that students are expected to share filling-in the questionnaire on their academic experience).
Tirana, April 2018
Erasmus + GRADUA

11. Work Package 2
The 1st development activities (WP2 – tool) consists of the build-up of the supply of/demand for labour web platform for students and firms.
The WP1 outputs will be taken into consideration so to tailor the web platform accordingly.
The database population will run since the release of the web platform 1st module and will continue throughout project lifetime and beyond since the platform will be migrated to MoES premises and kept open for continuous registration by graduates and firms.
Tirana, April 2018
Erasmus + GRADUA

12. Work Package 3
The 2nd development activities (WP3 – competencies) concern the starting trainings addressed by WP3 leader experts to beneficiary staff on how to manage the web platform (2 IT per partner)
Aim to properly disseminate its benefits to students in order to maximize the response rate to the graduates’ profile survey (2 students’ secretariats staff per partner),
Exploit its related outputs, i.e. running of graduates’ profile survey and design of graduates’ employment condition survey (2 researchers per partner).
Tirana, April 2018
Erasmus + GRADUA

13. Work Package 4
The 3rd development activities (WP4 – recommendations) will contribute to better match supply for and demand of labour in Albania
Direct involvement of career offices from Albanian partners, students and firms in a seminar where EU partners will share their best practices on traineeship development.
Tirana, April 2018
Erasmus + GRADUA

14. Work Package 5
The main exploitation activities (WP5 – tool) concern the capitalization of the information provided by the students close to graduation (by filling-in the questionnaire on their academic experience and skills acquired) through the running of the survey on Albanian graduates’ profile.
The administrative information (degree obtained, date of graduation, thesis, final note, etc.) will be certified by the students’ belonging universities and matched with the information provided by the students so to obtain the final dataset to be analyzed in the framework of the survey.
The release of the survey report, which will include quality assurance measures to be taken to enhance the academic supply.
Tirana, April 2018
Erasmus + GRADUA

15. Work Package 6
The 4th development activities (WP6 – competencies) will contribute to improve the competences and skills of the students for their effective orientation and guidance on the labour market, as a priority for the country.
Direct involvement of career offices from Albanian partners in a workshop where EU partners will share their best practices on career office enhancement and formulate recommendations for improving the current skills of the beneficiary staff (2 career office staff per partner are expected to attend the workshop).
Tirana, April 2018
Erasmus + GRADUA

16. Work Package 7-9 The following activities/work packages consist of:
dissemination (WP7) (GRADUA website, the draft of the dissemination plan and the promotional materials will stand for outreach communication, dissemination events),
sustainability (WP8) (platform tutorials, long-term sustainability analysis and system centralization in Albania under MES control)
management/quality control (WP9), through a well-organized project management platform.
Tirana, April 2018
Erasmus + GRADUA

17. National Workshop: Support to the Erasmus + GRADUA
Up-to-date progress
Tirana, April 2018
National Workshop: Support to the Erasmus + GRADUA

18. Up-to-date progress
Contract signed and amended with EC (long, complicated procedure)...
Bank account opened (again, long... ).
Agreements with partners prepared and signed (in most cases).
Participation in the grant-holders meeting (January, Brussel).
Draft study on labor market and education.
Preparation of decoding tables
Tirana, April 2018
Erasmus + GRADUA

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