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.

The MED2IaH initiative stems from the necessity of cover an important aspect of internationalization in Mediterranean countries (Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan) higher education system that has not been tackled adequately until now – Internationalisation at Home (IaH). Within EU funded projects, internationalization at large has been covered by different projects embracing European concepts like Bologna system, ECTS, internationalization of curriculum and cross-cultural issues within a multi-diversity paradigm. Though IaH is a relatively recent concept, it has already been embraced widely, particularly in northern and western Europe. IaH aims to bring internationalisation to all students through the home curriculum. It is therefore primarily about teaching and learning, which implies that lecturers are increasingly becoming prominent players in internationalisation. After all, they are the ones who create learning environments with international and intercultural dimensions. The project thus attempts to develop University Strategy on IoHE and Research and individual Action plans for IaH in 12 PCHEIs after exploring the different EU models available for IaH. A common terminology around the concept of IaH will be needed as well. As a way to reinforce IaH strategies partners will establish specific guidelines and protocols for foreign student services - including those related to safety and security for instance. Other mechanisms like social integration schemes will be developed as well. A particular activity to enhance IaH will be the organisation and delivery of virtual webinars in PC HEI. The project will support the development of a strategic framework for HE and IaH specificially and the enhancement of structured regulations and procedures that facilitate incoming exchange mobilities, creation of support schemes for foreign students coming to PC HEIs and complementing other measures that have been previously put in place through other CBHE projects.

The Project addresses the process of internationalisation of higher Education (IoHE) (focus on Internationalisation at Home - IaH) in Asian countries as the one that requires immediate institutional response and actions. Enabling Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to strategically manage internationalisation in the provision of education, research, mobility and services are regarded to be the project’s overall objective and the main underpinning of Partner countries’ accountable and complementary role in EU-Asia cooperation development.The project's key target groups are academics, researchers, students and administrators who are participating or wish to participate in international collaboration. The qualitative leap in the process of internationalisation they will benefit from stems from the project's main outcomes.Overall Objective:To strengthen PC HEIs' internationalisation capabilities and to develop students' global competence through the integration of intercultural dimensions into PC HEIs' formal and informal curriculum.Results:1) Country profile on IoHE, including research and services issues 2) University Strategy on Internationalisation 3) University Action Plan on IaH4) Storytelling How-to Manual5) Guide for International Students6) Established/ consolidated International Relations Office and Projects Office7) FRIENDs Teahouse (intercultural hub)

The current social environment and high youth unemployment afflicting Europe, has led European policy to favour education seeking to promote the employability of young people. The crisis and the effect it has on the high unemployment rates, especially among the youth, has led some countries to give great importance to dual education at all educational levels and to speed up policies and reforms for the development of this system of education.The key feature of Dual (cooperative and work-integrated) Higher Education (DHE) is the unique combination of theory and practice. The university's curriculum combines higher education and on-the-job training at numerous partner companies, aiming to provide both academic skills and work-related expertise. In that regard, the academic content conveyed in classroom is complemented with workplace experience, so that real-life situations immediately test the effectiveness of classroom theory and vice versa.The project aim is to integrate Dual Higher Education (DHE) in the Partner countries in general, and to improve individual employability and development, increase suitability and continuity between the demands of the professional world and the initial training of university students, and achieve of greater economic efficiency and social integration, in particular.