Strengthening Master Curricula in Water Resources Management for Western Balkans HEIs

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Basic Information Basic Information 597888-EPP-1-2018-1-RS-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP SWARM Strengthening of master curricula in water resources management for the Western Balkans HEIs and stakeholders 15th November 2018 - 14th November 2021 Erasmus+ Call for Proposals EAC/A05/2017 931,289.00 University of Ni , Serbia Univerzitetski trg 2, 18000 Ni , Serbia www.swarm.ni.ac.rs swarmuni@gmail.com Contract number Contract number Project acronym Project acronym Project name Project name Project duration Project duration Programme Programme Total cost Total cost Coordinator Coordinator Project website Project website Project e Project e- -mail mail Strengthening of master curricula in water resources management for the Western Balkans HEIs and stakeholders www.swarm.ni.ac.rs

Motivation Motivation One of the major environmental and sustainability challenges of the 21st century is preserving preserving and and ensuring ensuring the water water. Water as the basic resource incorporated into functioning of different sectors requires innovative, innovative, interdisciplinary, trans trans- -boundary boundary approach approach - strong coordination and cooperation across countries and across sectors. Carefully manage of this limited resource resource is urgent due to plenty of statistical facts. the most most precious precious resource resource interdisciplinary, structural, structural, and limited WB countries should above all develop education education in this field, to raise creation of more more efficient efficient systems management management. develop new raise technical technical capacity systems in the field of water new or improve improve the capacity and accomplish water resources the existing existing resources Strengthening of master curricula in water resources management for the Western Balkans HEIs and stakeholders www.swarm.ni.ac.rs

Overall Broader Objective Overall Broader Objective Education Education of experts management in the Western Balkans (WB) in line with the national and EU policies in line with the national and EU policies. experts for water resources Strengthening of master curricula in water resources management for the Western Balkans HEIs and stakeholders www.swarm.ni.ac.rs

Specific Objectives Specific Objectives the level level of of competencies competencies and developing new and innovative master programmes in the field of water resources management (WRM) in line with the Bologna requirements and national accreditation standards by October 2021 Improve Improve the and skills skills in in WB WB HEIs HEIs by Design Design and in WB partner HEIs in cooperation with EU project partners by November 2019 and implement implement seven seven new new and and up up- -to to- -date date laboratories laboratories Develop Develop and line with EU Water Framework Directive by January 2021 and implement implement LLL LLL courses courses for for the the water water sector sector in Strengthening of master curricula in water resources management for the Western Balkans HEIs and stakeholders www.swarm.ni.ac.rs

Sustainability Sustainability and improved improved master master programmes partner HEIs that will be improved or developed, accredited and implemented. Four Four new new training training programmes programmes in in W WRM partner country) with training materials for water resources sector developed and conducted. R Retrained etrained teaching teaching staff staff with up-to-date knowledge in WRM to teach on the new/improved master programmes. A Advanced dvanced teaching teaching and and learning learning process I Introduced ntroduced new new laboratory laboratory equipment, equipment, library necessary for the continuation of the master programmes. S Seven even new new and programmes in in W WRM RM at the WB RM (one per each WB process introduced introduced. library units units and and software software Strengthening of master curricula in water resources management for the Western Balkans HEIs and stakeholders www.swarm.ni.ac.rs

Consortium Consortium EU partners EU partners University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU, Austria) Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU, Norway) Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh, Greece) University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy (UACEG, Bulgaria) University of Rijeka, Faculty of Civil Engineering (UNIRIFCE, Croatia) Universidade de Lisboa (UL, Portugal) Strengthening of master curricula in water resources management for the Western Balkans HEIs and stakeholders www.swarm.ni.ac.rs

Consortium Consortium Western Balkan partners Western Balkan partners University of Ni (UNI, Serbia) University of Novi Sad (UNS, Serbia) University of Sarajevo (UNSA, Bosnia and Herzegovina) Dzemal Bijedic University of Mostar (UNMO , Bosnia and Herzegovina) University of Pristina in Kosovska Mitrovica (UPKM, Kosovo*) Technical College of Applied Sciences Urosevac with temporary seat in Leposavic (TCASU, Kosovo*) University of Montenegro (UoM , Montenegro) Public Water Management Company Vode Vojvodine (PWMC VV, Serbia) Strengthening of master curricula in water resources management for the Western Balkans HEIs and stakeholders www.swarm.ni.ac.rs

Consortium Consortium Associated partner Associated partner SOFIYSKA VODA AD Association for Water Technology and Sanitary Engineering Association Resource Aarhus center in B&H Regionalni vodovod Crnogorsko primorje Strengthening of master curricula in water resources management for the Western Balkans HEIs and stakeholders www.swarm.ni.ac.rs

Work Packages Work Packages WP1 1: Analysis of water resources management in the Western Balkan region Leader: University University of of Natural Natural Resources Resources and Preparation Preparation WP and Life Life Sciences, Sciences, Vienna Vienna(BOKU) (BOKU) Development Development WP with EU trends Leader: Aristotle Aristotle University WP2 2: Development of competence-based curricula aligned University of of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (AUTh) (AUTh) Development Development WP sector Leader: University Universityof of Pristina WP3 3: Development of trainings for professionals in water Pristinain in Kosovska Kosovska Mitrovica Mitrovica(UPKM) (UPKM) Development Development WP trainings Leader: Norwegian Norwegian University WP4 4: Implementation of developed master curricula and University of of Life Life Sciences Sciences(NMBU) (NMBU) Strengthening of master curricula in water resources management for the Western Balkans HEIs and stakeholders www.swarm.ni.ac.rs

Work Packages Work Packages WP5 5: Quality assurance and monitoring Leader: Universidade de Lisboa Universidade de Lisboa(UL) Quality Plan Quality Plan WP (UL) Dissemination & Exploitation Dissemination & Exploitation WP Leader: University of University of Ni (UNI) WP6 6: Dissemination and Exploitation Ni (UNI) Management Management WP Leader: University of University of Ni (UNI) WP7 7: Project management Ni (UNI) Strengthening of master curricula in water resources management for the Western Balkans HEIs and stakeholders www.swarm.ni.ac.rs

UNI team UNI team Milan Goci Milan Goci Project coordinator Marija Milenkovi Marija Milenkovi Financial management Sa a Nikolii Sa a Nikolii Financial management Slavi a Trajkovi Slavi a Trajkovi Dissemination and Exploitation leader Ljiljana Jevremovi Ljiljana Jevremovi Design of SWARM visual identity and promotional material; media and social networks Neboj a Jotovi Neboj a Jotovi Website design and maintaining Mladen Milanovi Mladen Milanovi Monitoring of reports creation Dragan Mili evi Dragan Mili evi Development of new laboratory Strengthening of master curricula in water resources management for the Western Balkans HEIs and stakeholders www.swarm.ni.ac.rs