1. Prof. Mihone Kerolli-Mustafa, PhD Project Coordinator
Creating Theory to Practice Centres for Innovation and Employment/ CTPCIE
Employment
Innovation
T2P
Prof. Mihone Kerolli-Mustafa, PhD Project Coordinator
EPP XK-EPPKA2-CBHE-J

2. Intro to the Creation of T2Pc for Innovation and Employment
Priorities
modernization of higher education in Kosovo and the update of its curricula
develop new case studies and apply them in teaching in the following fields: agribusiness, environment and tourism and public administration.
resolving the problem of identified skills mismatches in the long run

3. Aims and Objectives O1 O2 O3 O4 O5
Our aim is to improve the relevance of higher education for the labour market and society in Kosovo by creating sustainable models of interaction between universities and enterprises. O1
To create opportunities for long term partnerships between HEI, enterprises and public sector through established T2Ps. O2
To support professional development of teaching staff based on methodological knowledge and skills transfer. O3
To modernize, update and innovate educational programs through newly developed teaching materials. O4
To provide high-quality, flexible and transparent learning outcomes responding to identified skills mismatches through updating and creating new courses. O5
To promote achievements of university - enterprise cooperation and knowledge exchange through professional dissemination

4. What else ? Capacity Building Knowledge Triangle Research/Innovation
120 local teaching staff
Capacity Building
6 T2Ps
Knowledge Triangle
450 researchers and business professionals
Research/Innovation
135 cases
Book of case study
500 students
Knowledge exchange
20,000 persons engaged
Knowledge transfer

5. Project partners Partner Country Associated Partners Program Country
Preparation 1
Development 2
Quality 3
Dissemination 4
Management 5
Program Country
Salzburg University of Applied Sciences (FHZ)
Bulgaria: University of National and World Economy (UNWE)
Germany: University of Bonn (UB)
Slovenia: University of Ljubljana (UL)
UK: North West Regional College (NWRC)
Partner Country
International Business College Mitrovica (IBC-M)
University of “Haxhi Zeka” in Peja (UHZ)
University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj (UASF)
College of Economics Pec- Leposavic, CEPL
University of Prishtina/UP
University of Prizren „Ukshin Hoti“ (UPZ)
Kosovo Chamber of Commerce (KCC)
Associated Partners
Ministry of Education, Science and Technology-MEST
Regional Environmental Center-REC
Initiative for Agriculture Development in Kosovo-IADK
Tourist Association - Southern Region of Kosovo (TASRK)
EdGuard Think Tank

6. CTPCIE management organigram
Steering Committee (SC)
Project Management Board (PMB)
Quality Assurance Committee (QAC)
Project Coordinator (PC)
Project Office (PO)
PM /T2Ps Coordinators
WP Leader (WPL)
WP Deputy (WPD)
Editorial Committee (EC)
TG Leaders(TGL)

7. Project Management Board (PMB)
IBCM- Mihone Kerolli-Mustafa
UHZ-Florin Peci
UASF-Bujar Pira
CEPL-Nebojsa Milanovic
UP-Hysen Bytyqi
UPZ-Bekim Berisha
KCC-Rrustem Abiti
FHZ-Ulrike Szigeti
UNWE-Diana Kopeva
UB-Nazim Gruda
UL-Majda Cernic
NWRC-Fikri Bronagh

8. Real Costs and Unit Costs
Budget and Duration-Overview
Duration 36 Months
1,164, €
Real Costs and Unit Costs
5 Budget Headings

9. (Annex III of Grant Agreement)
BUDGET MODEL
(Annex III of Grant Agreement)
EUR
I STAFF COSTS
338,881.00
II TRAVEL COSTS
69,970.00
III EQUIPMENT
222,000.00
IV COSTS OF STAY
131,880.00
V SUBCONTRACTING
84,700.00
TOTAL GRANT (total I-V)
847,431.00
B. Additional Grant for Special Mobility Strand
316,517.00
TOTAL GRANT
1,164,002.00

10. T2P model What model suits best to T2P?
T2P Fostering Industry Partnership
T2P Promoting Multi-Disciplinary Learning
T2P Driving Entrepreneurship

11. Building joint facilities
T2P: Fostering Industry Partnership
Building joint facilities
Mutual benefits:
learning experiences for students
Using talents from University to solve challenges facing business and industry
Create new products and services
Create “open lab” initiative for research development

12. Pedagogical approaches to teaching multi-disciplinary teams
T2P: Promoting Multi-Disciplinary Learning
Design the incubator facility and maximize social and intellectual connectivity
Design practices and encourage the entrepreneurial imagination
Developing new courses and new ways of teaching and assessing students
Pedagogical approaches to teaching multi-disciplinary teams

13. Students start and launch companies
T2P: Driving Entrepreneurship
Enhance entrepreneurship and innovation within the society through research and activities
Curricula integration of entrepreneurial thinking development
Entrepreneurship support
Students start and launch companies

14. T2P T2P: IBC-M Center of Excellence IBC-M
Transform BD into T2P structure
Research Center
Training & consultancy Center
Project development and management
Expert Networking
T2P
IBC-M

15. Development of programme based on market needs
T2P: Approches
Institutional
Development of programme based on market needs
Involvement of relevant stakholders
Strong emphasis on dissemination sustainability and generating income
Regional and International networking and contribution to economical impact

16. T2P: Activities
Curricula integration of entrepreneurial thinking development
Entrepreneurship support: Training/coaching, mentoring and project development
Institutional development: Entrepreneurship friendly administration and a comprehensive support infrastructure
Research: Applied Research and entrepreneurship education
Foster regional and international cooperation

17. Example of Activities
Development, testing and adaptation of tools and new teaching methods
Staff Training (academic and non-academic), businesses, students and civil servants
Upgrading facilities necessary to implement innovative practices
Project Development
(based on the core expertise of the institutions)

18. Expected results Fully functional T2Ps
Developed and implemented peer learning capacity building activities for teaching staff
Developed locally relevant teaching materials that use real life examples in teaching
Updated existing curricula and developed and referenced against EQF new lifelong education studies
Disseminated and exploited project results to wider audiences

19. Progress until now 6 T2Ps 1 baseline 65+ companies
5 sectors (tourism, agriculture, environment, public administration, industry)
8 workshops conducted
80+staff participated in capacity building workshops
Website established and functioning (connected to social media)
Case Study methodology developed and translated into local languages
Special Mobility Strand planning in process

20. Workshops

21. T2P Webpage

22. Special Mobility Strand
The aim of mobility strand is ‘to support professional development of teaching staff, support staff and students based on knowledge and skills transfer’.
In total 18 students from Partner countries, 126 staff (teaching and supporting) from Partner countries and 45 staff from Programme countries (in total 189) will be involved in mobility actions.
Mobility actions will be the following: students mobility for study periods of 3 months and 12 months; teaching staff mobility for 5 day and 1 month teaching periods; teaching staff mobility for 5 day training periods and support staff mobility for 5 day training periods.
Special mobility strand is incorporated in the project design, since we expect it will bring an added value to the overall CTPCIE’s objective through mobility of teaching and administration staff, students mobility and traineeship.

23. CTPCIE and involvement of other HEIs in Kosovo
Dedicated to cooperate with all HEIs in Kosovo, Associated partners and Enterprises
CTPCIE experts as well as dedicated specialist consultants retained to support HEIs in WBs
In close cooperation with experts and business
Support for all HEIs, including advice to the development of Theory to Practice model
Dissemination of T2P activities at every stage
Seminar
Experts network
4 Workshops
Pedagogical Model
From Theory to Practice
'Book of case studies'
6 New lifelong education studies
3 Scientific and innovation conferences

24. CBHE Information sources
Erasmus+ website - EACEA
Erasmus+ website – EU Commission
Kosovo Erasmus + Office
CTPCIE website:

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