About project

Tempus project title: Higher Education System Development for Social Partnership Improvement and Humanity Sciences Competitiveness
Project number: 159338-TEMPUS-1-2009-1-LV-TEMPUS-SMHES
Acronym of the project (short project title): HESDeSPI
Project duration: January 2010 – January 2013
EU funding instrument: TEMPUS
Target group: Administrative, teaching staff, students of partner universities and region universities, social partners, official authorities

The main objective of the project is to develop a joint, accessible and successful system of methodological recommendations that will increase the competetivess of humanity sciences and involve the social partners into it.

Specific objectives:

To establish co-operation in area of humanity sciences including culture and art sector between Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia, Georgia and European Union universities and social partners for modernization of educational approach
To assist partner countries in evaluating existing situtation, in pointing new directions and making necessary adaptations in their curricula and methodologies according to best practices of EU universities and social partners
To elaborate methodological reccomendations regarding educational approach for improvement of social partnership in competitiveness of humanity sciences
To elaborate occupational/profesional standard – Culture Manager for sector Culture and update related study programme in order to ensure usability of methodological recommendations
To prepare the material for involvement in European Qualifications Framework
To provide participation of line ministries, sector employer organisations and non-governmental organizations in implementation of elaborated methodology of educational approach
To dissiminate the project experience via partners academical and professional networks

Grant holder: Information Systems Management Institute, ISMA, Latvia

Coordinator: Sniedze Joma
Contacts: phone: +371 67100602
E-mail: Sniedze.Joma@isma.lv