The project is aimed to enhance quality of HE with employment focus in content by enhancing internal QA for teaching/learning & improving teaching staff performance at BY Universities for them to respond to the increased demands of society/economy. It has objectives to enhance QA policy-making & procedures for work with teaching staff to ensure quality in HE through the establishment of Centres for Academic Development & Teacher Training (CADTT) at each BY partner; optimise pedagogical performance of teaching staff via the development of an in-service university teacher training programme for university staff who need pedagogical training; increase quality of students’ performance at University & at work places through application of innovative education methods to ensure transition to student-centred practice-based & market-oriented education; apply QA system at BY Universities for identifying staff in need of pedagogical training; & introduce new regulations on teaching staff employment at BY Universities. Managerial, academic staff & students are the target groups in the project. Labour market, the other Universities in the country are the major stakeholders.The major outcomes & outputs achieved in the project – CADTTs, internal system of QA, innovative methods of education, In-service University Teacher Training Programme, & regulation for staff employment, will be the tools for producing impact on the target groups & stakeholders. An important aspect of the project is the development of pedagogical interaction & networks for staff in the EU, TK & BY. The main impact will be on the university management system in what concerns QA for teaching/learning & teaching staff performance-staff & students will be the target group. Innovative education methods will expand the impact. The society's stakeholders-other BY universities & labour market will be final beneficiaries of the wider impact – graduates’ enhanced skills for better employment & performance at work.

The DUALBEL project aims to support the Belarusian partner institutions (Ministry of Education, National Institute of Higher Education, Universities and Enterprises) in the development and implementation of the dual study model including the legal and organisational framework in the Belarusian higher education system. In this way, the project provides modernization impulses for the Belarusian higher education system by taking into account the interests of the Belarusian labor market, creating the framework for labor-market-adequate study programs at Belarusian higher education institutions and thus increasing the employability of university graduates.In the first half of the project period, a study will be carried out to survey existing approaches to dual studies in Belarus. The study, in connection with further training measures for Belarusian project partners on dual studies at EU universities, will provide the necessary contribution to the development work and creation of the Belarusian model of dual studies. Parallel to this, dual model curricula for academic and in-company training will be developed and examined by the Belarusian Ministry of Education and released for implementation. In the second half of the project period, the new dual curricula in defined fields of study will be tested and evaluated as pilot projects in cooperation with partner companies in Belarus and disseminated to other Belarusian universities. The project is coordinated by Deggendorf Institute of Technology. From the EU, Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University, Satakunta University of Applied Sciences Pori, Latvian University Riga and University of Zilina are participating. In Belarus, the consortium consists of 11 universities, the National Institute of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Republican Institute of Vocational Education and 19 partner companies. The project is scheduled for a duration of 3 years.

The project seeks to further develop & enhance lifelong learning in Belarus with effective use of distance education & Bologna instruments for the development of regional labour market through development of an inter-University LLL network (ILN); design, development, & piloting 5 new on-line or blended LLL study courses to the general public; evaluation of the piloting & making further developments of the ILN. The following outcomes will be achieved to hit the specific objectives: enhanced management of Institutes for Continuous Education at the 6 Belarusian partner Universities; trained managerial & academic staff; developed study materials for the 5 new on-line or blended LLL courses (Moodle-based); developed ILN networking; enhanced collaboration between the 6 Belarusian Universities & cooperation with the EU partners; 5 piloted on-line or blended LLL courses at the 6 Belarusian partner Universities; dissemination & advertising leaflets (printed and electronic), project brochures on the project & its results. The planned outcomes/outputs will be achieved through the following main activities.In Year 1: Preparation for the developments will take place at the kick-off meeting in Rezekne. Later, the ILN creation, staff appointment & teachers selection will take place. The staff appointed and the teachers selected will undergo the 2-week internship to learn & practice the structuring, management, applications, the course design & teaching/learning modes in using the web-based educational platform. In Year 2: Up to 100 students will be enrolled at each Belarusian partner on the 5 LLL courses. The ownership of the programme and developed courses will belong to the consortium according to the future Consortium Agreement, students will be enrolled territorially - in their geographical regions for the reason of attending 2 initial & 2 finalising face-to-face classes at the respective University. The courses will be piloted & students will get certificates.