The project is foreseen for 36 months. Its activities are aimed to creation of specialized courses dedicated to laboratory practice for specialists of agro-food sector. Four specialized courses will be created at faculties: veterinary medicine, agronomy, animal husbandry and food technologies. One transversal course will be developed as well. The courses will be also developed for the post-diploma training.Project activities iclude: Consultations, round tables for definition of needed competences.; Elaboration of references for specialization “laboratory practice” in collaboration between HEIs and laboratories.; Elaboration of curricular and training plans: Elaboration of special courses for post-diploma courses; Students mobility among partner and programme institution. For this teachers teams will be created. Universities teachers and laboratory specialists will be members of these teams; their training will be done through six training sessions in EU and in partner countries; Pilot courses will be launched; At every faculty the group specialized on laboratory practice will be create -Creation of pedagogic support: guides, manuals, films, e-learning. The MOODLE platform for distance learning will be used for launching distances courses. The organizational innovation hub Lab TECH for coordination of innovative academic and post-diploma training will be created. The tools for collaborative teaching between universities and laboratories will be implemented.

The COMPASS project addresses the process of integration of an inclusive and responsive University Lifelong Learning (ULLL) as the one that requires immediate national and institutional response and joint action in in Moldova. Enabling national HE bodies and HEIs to strategically manage integrated LLL in the provision of higher education are regarded to be the project’s overall objective and the main underpinning of the Moldovan’s accountable and complementary role in EHEA.The target groups: representatives of the Ministries of Higher Education; Bologna promoters at national level; senior managers of universities, directors of ULLL, ULLL operational staff. The project's main outcomes:1. Creating and implementing national legislative that has been lacking to date in Moldova: National LLL Roadmap; Regulation for validation of prior learning, including formal and informal (VPL); Regulation on application of the existing ECTS tools and procedures to LLL; etc.).2. Developing and implementing effective university strategies on integrated LLL along with coherent institutional measures capable of lifelong guidance and VPL, improving institutional capacities for increasing widening participation in LLL.The impact of this project on the national HE bodies and Bologna follow-up group (BFUG) in Moldova and Belarus will be enable them to review more effectively the progress on topics they have identified; to develop future strategies and to formulate targets for ULLL in the next phase of the HE reforms.At institutional level, universities will be more effective in judging and improving their own performance in the use of the Bologna tools (flexibility, ECTS, VPL). In addition, they will learn from case studies of best EU practices and details of institutions that have successfully innovated in this field and be better able to create new pilot actions on national, regional and European levels.

The aim of the QFORTE project is to contribute to deeper integration of Moldova into EHEA through the enhancing of quality assurance in higher education system.Specific Objectives:OB1: To promote and strengthen the QA culture in Moldova and to build national consensus of the key-actors on the development issues by Nov, 2023.OB2: To develop and advance a national legislative framework and stimulate regulatory changes on QA in HEIs in Moldova by Nov, 2023.OB3: To enhance the QA management of HEIs in Moldova through International institutional accreditation by Nov, 2023 OB4: To build the institutional capacities of HEIs in Moldova for efficient and effective implementation of QA reform by Nov, 2023.The project's key target groups are the representatives of the Ministries responsible for higher education; representatives of the Agencies for Quality Assurance, Bologna promoters at national level; heads and senior managers of universities. The secondary target groups are directors of QA departments, Bologna co-ordinators in HEIs, QA operational staff.QFORTE seeks to ensure that the views of the university sector are taken into account at national-level policy discussions on internal and external quality assurance. It also will support its members in developing internal quality systems and aims to promote institutional quality cultures.

Promoting Continuing Professional Education in Moldova (MD) in the sense of fostering Lifelong Learning is one of the priorities stated in the national Strategy Education 2020 and Code of Education. As a consequence thereof, teaching staff should be well prepared to these pedagogical challenges, which increasingly require the implementation of innovative and participative learning-teaching approaches enabling teachers to provide their courses more efficiently in different socio-pedagogical contexts, if primary, VET, HE, or LLL.Since pedagogy becomes more interdisciplinary, especially with a view to introduction of web & ICT technologies in teaching & learning, appropriate skills are increasingly required from teacher educators. Due to the lack of trainers both in MD, who can teach other to design and implement e-learning courses as well as to create learning situations in which trainees are encouraged to outline their own objectives and to operate with increasing autonomy, the present project proposal aims at developing and introduction of two new modules “e-teaching for teacher educators” and “Innovative pedagogical approaches”. These modules will be tested, accredited by National Agency of Quality Assurance in Professional Education, and integrated into the learning programs of CPE for teachers at participating Moldavan PU. To facilitate wider implementation of e-technologies in CPE, 5 existing CPE courses will be selected, redesigned according to the blended learning approach, tested, and serve as references for further modernization of curricula.Appropriate technical, didactical, methodical, and organisational support of teaching staff and trainees by creating and utilizing eLearning-based courses will be ensured by Centres of CPE (CCPE), which will be established and networked during the project life at MD PU. Network will be supported by e-platform to facilitate open exchange of e-learning/e-teaching experiences.

Background and project objectives:The wider objective of the project was to enhance the quality and relevance of six existing Master (MA) programmes in Finance in Armenia and Moldova through targeted reforms. The subject of Finance was chosen, as it is a crucial factor for economic development and skilled graduates in this field are coveted by the business community and the public sector alike. At the same time studies evidenced a need for reforms with regard to contents, teaching methodologies and the labour market relevance of study programmes. Against this background the specific project objectives were: 1) To reform six existing MA curricula in Finance taking into account the latest international developments in the subject area; 2) To promote the quality and relevance of the MA programmes through the development of updated and new course materials; 3) To further develop the competences and skills of teaching staff through training courses in innovative teaching methodologies and current topics in Finance; 4) To increase the alignment of the MA programmes with labour market requirements. The following core outputs and results were produced during the implementation:- 6 specific guidelines for the reform of the MA programmes; - 6 reformed curricula in Finance (for 109 students in the first cohort and 110 students in the second cohort); - Updated and newly developed teaching materials (48 courses); - 2 intensive training courses for university teachers (48 trained teachers); - 6 career guidance events for students (in cooperation with labour market representatives); - Regular internal and external quality control reports on the outputs/results; - 6 sustainability strategies for the reformed MA programmes; - A project website; - 4 local dissemination workshops (in total 122 participants); - 2 final exploitation conferences (in total 184 participants); - 16 follow-up cooperation arrangements among the consortium HEIs; - 15 follow-up cooperation arrangements between the Partner Country HEIs and industry representatives from the financial sectors in Armenia and Moldova. Selected impacts of the project:- The quality and labour market relevance of 6 MA programmes in Finance in Armenia and Moldova was increased; - The latest international trends in the subject area were incorporated in the programmes (curricula, courses); - The use of teaching methodologies was diversified (trained teachers, new course materials); - The profile of graduates is better aligned with labour market demands (developed competences, skills); - Enhanced competitiveness of the Partner Country HEIs through reformed MA programmes and outreach activities; - Closer ties between HEIs and industry representatives; - Sustainable cooperation among the consortium HEIs (follow-up cooperation agreements and spin-off initiatives).