Re@WBC project presentation Prof. Dr Dragana Cvetkovi - Ili Faculty - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Co-Funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union

Program: Erasmus+Capacity Building in Higher Education Project Title: Enhancement of HE research potential contributing to further growth of the WB region

Re@WBC project presentation

• Prof. Dr Dragana Cvetković-Ilić

Faculty of Science and Mathematics University of Nis 11-12 September 2017, Kragujevac

Motivation

• Low adoption of human research principles in the region and the need to

enhance them

• Lack of transparency and corresponding low competitiveness
• Lack of clear criteria for career advancement
• Low quality of the researcher training coming from the uncertain status of

PhD researchers

• Very low level of professional development of transversal skills
• Lack of cooperation with industry

Basic idea

Excellent university for the researchers and Excellent researchers for the community

Partners

Programme country institutions Partners country institutions

• Politecnico di Torino

University of Montenegro

• Coventry University

University of Sarajevo

• University of Liege

University of East Sarajevo University of Vlora ’Ismail Qemail’ University of Tirana University of Niš (project coordinator) University of Novi Sad University of Kragujevac University of Belgrade Center for promotion of science

Expected impact of the project

The basic target group are researchers, besides administrative staff and members of Ethical Boards: – improving the promotion procedures – the average time of diploma recognition process will be reduced – more transparent all job vacancies and other information important to researchers – rearchers’ email databases will be established at each of the WBP universities – university centres and offices dealing with researchers will be reinforced and improved through appropriate bylaws and some training seminars, organized by EU partners.

• Ethical Committees will be reinforced by making appropriate legislative

changes and trainings which will be organized for EC members by EU experts

• Appropriate plagiarism monitoring tools will be installed for use by Ethical

Committee members, supervisors, reviewers, etc.

• Cooperation with scientific diaspora will be improved through creation

and expansion of Alumni networks

• Trainings of researchers on various subjects, at which about 5000

researchers will be trained by WBC and EU experts

• A pilot mentoring system will be introduced intended to aid the newly

promoted assistant professors, and young researchers after completion of their PhD studies

• Guidebook in English with the purpose of providing young researchers

with answers to many questions typically asked at this early stage of their careers

Inovations

• Mentoring System for junior professors
• Trainings in non-formal education transversal skills
• System of Awards for excellent research achievements
• HRS4R adoption by all WBC partner universities
• Guidebook for Young Researchers

Trainings

• Training for the trainer by EU partners – best practices in HR strategies and

policies

• Trainings for administrative staff on research services (min 60)
• Trainings for ethical committee members
• Trainings for young researchers (min 5000)

– Research methodology – Soft skills and Enterpreneurship – Multidisciplinary approach to research

• Trainings for young teachers

– Teaching methodology

Work packages

Preparation WP1: Preparation for the HR research management reform Leader: University of Nis Development WP2: Excellent university for the researchers Leader: University of Novi Sad Development WP3: Excellent researchers for the community Leader: University of Kragujevac Quality WP4: Project quality management at Re@WBC Leader: University of Montenegro Dissemination & exploitation WP5: Dissieminaton and exploitation at Re@WBC Leader: Center for promotion of science Management WP6: Management at Re@WBC Leader: University of Nis

Management

• Project Consortium Board (PCB) – all members of the project
• Steering Committee (SC) – only some of the WBC members
• Quality Assurance Committee (QAC)
• WP leaders
• Project website and project management platform
• Each activity must be followed by a report
• Regular quality reporting by WP leaders (every six months) to QAC
• Each partner institution reports on progress once a year to QAC

Budget

Total: 866.820 EUR Budget categories:

• Staff costs
• travel costs
• costs of stay
• equipment costs
• subcontracting costs

Thank you for your attention!