Societal changes and poor situation of elderly, chronically ill and disabled people in Kosovo and Russia require the latest know-how of social rehabilitation, which aims at improvement of social capability and possibilities to cope with everyday life.The aim of this project is to enhance education in social rehabilitation and management through lifelong learning, in line with the Bologna process and in collaboration with partners of education, rehabilitation practice and ministries. The program countries are long-term partners from HEIs in Belgium, Finland, the Netherlands and Portugal. They have complementary high-level and wide special expertise in modern pedagogy and rehabilitation. The partner countries are Kosovo and Russia (5 HEIs, 3 ministries, 1 NGO and 4 rehabilitation centers).The outputs and results are:- Clear and practical definitions of the competences of rehabilitation professionals working in different cultural contexts in the field of social rehabilitation.- Six continuous professional development (CPD) courses: one top-up course for teachers and five for rehabilitation professionals on EQF levels 5, 6 and 7, and a digital platform to support the implementation of the courses.- Teacher and student handbooks, course plans and other relevant teaching and learning material.- Regional, national and international networks for collaboration and sustained development of education as well as practice and management of social rehabilitation.The key pedagogical strategies to achieve the results are co-construction and blended learning. The project reaches its goals through the built courses activating professionals and students in the field of rehabilitation.The main impact of the project is the enhanced level in rehabilitation services and management skills resulting in higher client satisfaction and quality of life in PA societies.

Health and well-being of citizens is of high priority on the social political agenda in Kosovo and Russia, as it is in the EU. However, the quality of health and social care systems in the two regions is often insufficient and, equally as in most European countries, jeopardized for sustainability.This leads to a pressing need to change the underlying systems and improve the quality. An important part of this change encompasses the manner of current education, the collaboration of health and well-being professionals, and research and innovation strategies to bridge this gap.The SUSWELL project modernizes health curricula of higher education institutes (HEI) from Pristina, Gjakova, Perm, St. Petersburg and Belgorod. It builds capacity through social innovation in order to improve and sustain health and well-being at community level.For it, SUSWELL is determined by an open, impact-driven multi-sector and multi-stakeholder approach of communities of practice (COP). These local COP seek for learning partnerships between HEI, non-for-profit representatives, businesses, public authorities, students and citizens. The outcomes of the local COP are co-created new solutions and practices that determine and lead to the development of innovative continuous professional development courses. These are aligned with European qualification standards and sustainably implemented in 5 HEI in Kosovo and Russia.SUSWELL is composed of 9 HEI and 6 social stakeholder organisations from 7 European countries who are embracing the complexity of health systems and accepting the need of co-creation to allow for social change. Other than traditional health initiatives, the consortium recognise the need for interaction of stakeholders across systems, professions and disciplines.SUSWELL will build increased institutional capacity of the targeted HEI, enhanced individual capacity of (future) health and well-being professionals, and greater social capacity in the related 5 local communities.