The project raises Western Balkan (WB) universities´ capacity to deliver applicable knowledge for the modernization and Europeanization of their countries. It aims at reflecting and enhancing standards in EU by regular academic exchange of good practice and sustainable networking. As expertise in the field of European polity, politics and policies is one of the key skills for future elites in any European country, the establishment of European integration as subject of the curriculum and the expected fostering of intercultural competence will strengthen the employability of both, WB and EU students. The concept of multilevel governance as a teaching principle reflects the realities of European politics on all levels (supranational, national and subnational) and helps actors from the WB to integrate expected expertise about European politics into their current or future activities in domestic and regional practice in a preaccession era. The curriculum can be expected to be highly relevant for the labor markets and societies of WB countries, also because of its transfer of well proven and innovative teaching methodologies. On the administrative level, the project contributes to a better understanding of European requirements in the higher education system and helps to reach comparable standards according to the Bologna process. The project therefore will- deliver accredited joint/multiple degree curricula for MA Political Science delivered in cooperative work of EU and WB experts and taught in English.- train teacher of WB universities in new and innovative teaching methodologies.- educate MA alumni with multilevel government approach on the complexity of politics in a globalized world on the standard of the art of Political Science in all fields of the subject with two fields of specialization. In these fields of specialization the topic of MA thesis work and obligatory internship will connect the students to needs of stake holder for WB modernization.

The main objective of the project is a process of apprenticeship and collaboration on the traditional art of weaving. The project develops itself in depth (education, inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities, production) and in breadth (dissemination, creation of educational and productive points in five European countries and an open to everyone, digital platform with educational material). It connects the past with the future by attempting to revive a traditional art in the modern world and to design social cooperative enterprises that will create jobs for people with intellectual disabilities and other vulnerable groups of people from the typical population. A second aim is to provide the material and the expertise to people who wish to lead training weaving workshops.More specifically the project aims to:• To ensure the maintenance of weaving workshops in vocational training centers and set up new ones.• The development of manuals for (a) the trainers and (b) the trainees with intellectual disabilities.• Improve the inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities by giving the chance to local communities to attend in inclusive weaving seminars. • Create job positions related to the field of weaving. The beneficiaries who will participate in the training seminars will be 30 people in total per country. From the 30 people, 15 of them will be of the general population from vulnerable social groups (e.g. long-term unemployed, women) and 15 will be people with intellectual disabilities. The training seminars will last for 600 hours (7 months) and will be divided in two sections one theoretical (150 hours) and one practical (450 hours). Those who complete the training seminar can attend a second part of seminars which will prepare them to become trainers in Weaving Workshops by focusing on the methodology of training but also on the history of weaving, equipment and weaving techniques, its connection with the current era and the current market trends (30 hours). The manuals will be available in digital and paper form. The manuals will be a tool for universities, lifelong learning centers, institutions which promote the Art of Weaving, Weaving Workshops in VET Centers. Intellectual Outputs:1. Analytical Curriculum2. Trainers Manual3. Manual for people with intellectual disabilities (easy-to-read)4. Web Platform – WebinarsThe project aims to contribute to the revival of traditional Weaving Art, an art that is in danger of being forgotten, as the weaving process has been mechanized, the hand loom has been replaced by the weaving machine. The revival of the hand-held loom thus, has a wider reference to intangible cultural heritage. At the same time, it has a great educational value due to its potential for the development of fine and thin motor skills, attention, concentration and psychosocial development, especially for people with mental disabilities.The methodology of the project is based on the balance between the theoretical and the practical training as well as the management of traditional techniques in modern times. Since weaving by its nature requires synergies of different specialties (qualities), which complement each other, the project will attempt to be developed through the principles of collaboration through craft. Finally, it will be governed by the principles of inclusion, giving space to the coexistence of different groups of the population (general population, disabled people, elderly people, immigrants from countries with tradition in the subject, etc.).In terms of impact, the CROSSWARP project aims to strengthen the creation of loom workshops in the Vocational Training Centers in the participating countries at first (across Europe thereafter) by offering integrated training tools.As far as longer term benefits are concerned, the project will highlight training in weaving as a field for the development of social cooperative enterprises in the context of the promotion of KALO, which can ensure employment for people from vulnerable social groups.

The wider project objective was to establish and support quality assurance processes and mechanisms to ensure effective management and enhance teaching and learning at the private higher education institutions in Albania. The Project aimed to support the private higher education institutions in Albania to achieve the priorities of the two key documents: “Increasing the impact of EU Development: an Agenda for Change” and “European Higher Education in the World”. The project addressed the national priority for Joint projects, quality assurance processes and mechanisms, under category C – improving management and operation of higher education institutions. The project comprised the following specific objectives:- To establish / support the quality assurance structures / offices at the private HE institutions in Albania;- To provide capacity building on quality assurance;- To provide trainings on designing study programs based on labour market needs.- To draft action plans supporting the processes of quality assurance and enhancement in teaching, learning and administration.- To modernize the infrastructure of Quality Assurance Offices.- Development of QA guidelines. The principles characterizing the project focused on: knowledge transfer and adaption to local needs, capacity and institutional building, sustainability and local ownership, as well as QA throughout the project.The project delivered the main following results (project documents, templates and research publications): 1. Guidelines for Research Evaluation; 2. Research Evaluation; 3. Final Report on Needs and analysis about QA; 4. Report on Quality Assurance Qualifications Frameworks and recognition with HEIs; 5. Template for QA Manual; 6. Comparative analysis of the accreditation procedures between Kosovo and Albania on implementation of the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area; 7. Challenges on implementation of e-Learning and online evaluation of teaching, learning and research in Kosovo and Albania; 8. QA Action Plans; 9. QA Manuals.