The project objectives
- Enhancing good governance, by strengthening the definition and development of HEIs roadmap.
- Improving HEIs capacities on quality assurance mechanisms, strategic planning, management and accountability practices.
- Supporting the implementation of Bologna Process within HEIs in Kurdistan region of Iraq by improving knowledge on recognition of credits and learning mobility.
- Adopting the university reform on good governance and Bologna process at each HEIs, through the definition and validation of institutional action plans.
Work Packages
- WP1 Update Needs assessment
- WP2 Definition of a roadmap for a better university governance and implementation of bologna process at KRI HEIs
- WP3 Strategic Planning, Management and Quality Assurance: Capacity Building action
- WP4 Bologna process implementation at KRI Universities: Recognition of credits and learning mobility
- WP5 Restitution and harmonization phase towards a Shared Strategic Plan for University Reform
- WP6 Project Quality and Evaluation
- WP7 Dissemination and Exploitation
- WP8 Management
Key Results expected
- State of the art on governance and quality assurance in the universities of Kurdistan region of Iraq.
- University roadmap for better university governance and implementation of Bologna process in the HEIs of Kurdistan region of Iraq.
- 56 university leaders (presidents, vice-presidents, heads of IROs and QA responsibles) upskilled on strategic planning, quality assurance and credits recognition.
- 80 administrative staff upskilled on university administrative management, quality assurance and internationalization strategies.
- Further 160 university staff (20 people from each HEI) benefit from the institutional ToTs during the harmonization phase.
- 8 shared strategic institutional plans validated by the KRI Ministry and adopted by the HEIs in Kurdistan.
Facts
Programme
European Commission, Erasmus+, KA2 – Capacity-building in the Field of Higher Education. The project has been funded with support from the European Union.
Duration
From 15 January 2021 to 14 January 2024.
Mission statement
The overarching goal of APPRAIS is to support, through the cooperation with European institutions, the rebuilding and modernisation of the governance system of higher education institutions (HEIs) in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, with a specific focus on strategic planning, quality assurance and Bologna process implementation.