HERE and HE Reform in Georgia National Tempus Office Georgia June, 2010

HERE Consulting Ministry of Education and Science National Center for Educational Accreditation

MoES/NEA National Qualifications Framework Developed and has to be approved by MoES Working meetings conducted Accreditation Criteria Approved by NEA Working meetings/Academic summits New criteria used for current cycle of institutional accreditation New criteria include evaluation of scientific work and funds for Doctorate studies HERE membership in Accreditation Council Irine Darchia Ketevan Gurchiani

Representation & Aims Higher Education Institutions Ministry of Education and Science Previous Experience Guide elaboration on specific issues of HE Reform

HEREs s NameInstitutionBologna Field of Expertise Lali BakradzeMinistry of Education and Science NQF, Tuning, Mobility, Recognition Ketevan GurchianiIlia State UniversityQA, NQF, Mobility Irine DarchiaTbilisi State UniversityQA, Tuning, Curriculum development Tinatin ZurabishviliTelavi State UniversityQA, Curriculum Development Abdul KakhidzeBatumi Maritime AcademyECTS, QA Mikheil BasilaiaTbilisi State University (student) Student mobility, Recognition

Tempus Promotion Activities Tempus information days Tbilisi Kutaisi Batumi EMECW (Lot 6) Georgia Session, , Tbilisi Making Sense of EU, , Telavi Information seminar for students

International Seminars/Conferences  Bologna and HERE events organized by European Commission  Other events according to their importance for HE reform in Georgia (EUA workshops & seminars, CHE seminar, NQF seminar, Bologna summits)

Reporting  Special Template o General info of event – organizer, program, participants o Main message o Relevance for Georgia o Recommendations (on institutional and national level) Obligatory seminars for representatives of HEIs, MoES, NEA and other interested parties Presentations Personal discussions

Participation in HE Reform  Development of new criteria for Institutional Accreditation (NEA)  Development of National Qualifications Framework for Higher Education (MoES)  Capacity Enhancement for Implementing the Bologna Action Lines in Georgia (CEIBAL) (Twinning Project)

Publications  Electronic Publications o Joint Degrees (Guideline) – Lali Bakradze o LLL in Higher Educational Institutions (Guideline) – Irine Darchia  Support development of joint degree programs  Introduction of adult education activities at HEIs  Published online  Sent to all stately recognized HEIs

Outcomes of International Visits & Consultations  ECTS Users Guide translated into Georgian  New assessment criteria for scientific work at Ilia State University and Tbilisi State University  New assessment criteria for scientific work as a part of accreditation criteria  New assessment criteria of PhD programs at TSU  PhD funding as an obligatory precondition for the institutional accreditation  Project on State Funding of PhD programs (Discussion stage)

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