1. Tempus Programme SHESPSS
STRENGTHENING HIGHER EDUCATION FOR SOCIAL POLICY MAKING AND SOCIAL SERVICES DELIVERY

2. Summary The University of Catania contribution to the project Tasks
Deliveribles (divided in WP)

3. The University of Catania contribution will:
provide sustainable human rights and political philosophy education;
focus upon curriculum development at Ph.D. level at University of Belgrade and assist the curriculum work at B.A. and M.A. level amongst the other universities.;
develop and establish human rights and legal society's networks (virtual and real) among the partner universities, developing multi-disciplinary courses and programs.

4. Tasks
The University of Catania tasks are dedicated to social policy making and how to work with principles of human rights and social justice as fundamental aspects to social work and social service delivery. To further develop curricula, the University of Catania will introduce working with international recommended qualification standards for social work in study programs at Higher Education institutions.

5. Deliveribles
WP1: Baseline studies, mapping and knowledge-transfer in the field of social policy making and social services delivery; sub activities from D1.1 to D1.4 (months 1-12).
Baseline study plus
transferring the research-knowledge about the social and labour market needs, existing study programs, as well as helping in highlighting the qualification standards and linkage between educational profiles of students and jobs classification.

6. Deliveribles
WP2: Curriculum development in social policy making and social service delivery at 3 Serbian universities at all levels of study; sub activities from D2.1 to D2.3 (months 1-15).
Supporting the University of Nis, the University of Belgrade and the University of Novi Sad in the development of new study programs, restructuring of existent study programs and courses (B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. level).

7. Deliveribles
WP5: Quality control of the SHESPSS project (months 1-36).
Monitor implementation of project activities and achievement deliverable's in accordance with defined indicators and report on progress in accordance with defined procedures through work in Steering Committee. Performing peer review of the project result to ensure that they are contributing to high level of quality assurance of the project.

8. Deliveribles WP6: Dissemination of the project results (months 1-36).
Delivery of material to the project website and other visual communication (publications, press releases, advertising material etc.).
UNICT Proposal: restructure some of the budget costs in order to publish a common research/publication.

9. Deliveribles WP7: Exploitation of the project results (months 1-36).
The University will assist the University of Nis and University of Novi Sad in preparing all the necessary documentation for the accreditation process and participating in the documentation of expanded diversity of Serbian educational programs for social policy making and social service delivery.

10. Deliveribles WP8: Management of the project (months 1-36).
Management of project activities through established structures and procedures. UNICT will be participating on TEMPUS Project Representatives Meetings together with the UNI and the other representatives of EU partners

11. your kind attention. Thank you for The University of Catania Team
Prof. Fabrizio Sciacca (coordinator)
Vincenzo Maimone (assistant professor)
Mariagiovanna Laudani (assistant teacher – management support)