From 2009 to 2011 project partners have cooperated for the achievement of the following main goals:

• Development of an applied methodology to match competences offered by higher education study programs and those which are needed by the labor market
• Foundation of 4 Competence and Observation Centers: National knowledge transfer, training & service centers for universities, companies and other stakeholders
• Conducting 8 pilot studies (2 per partner institution from the Western Balkans)
• Development of "Competence Catalogues" – a tool to clearly analyze the match between competences
• Dissemination of project philosophy, approach and results to academic, business and political stakeholders
• Assurance of sustainability of the project outcomes and quality control

Project budget: € 681.050,00 - (total project budget) € 649.153,00 - (financed by Tempus)

Further information and documentation:

General documents

	COMPETENCE - General presentation
	Activities timetable

Methodology

	Competetence methodology
	Competences - Methodology development
	Questionnaires - Alumni and Employers

Survey Results

	Survey report
	Survey results
	Executive summary

Competences – Practical implementation

	Competence catalogues
	Competences into practice
	Competences - Assessment
	Competence assessment tools
	Competence based higher education illustrated
	Competence based assessment tool for final project

Competence Observation Centers (COC)

	COC business plan
	Business plan workshop
	Project dissemination

Competence – Teaching Kit

 

	Teaching kit introduction
	E0: World café
	E1: Defining general competences
	E2: Defining specific competences
	Adapting the curricula and convincing the academic community

COMPETENCE Manuals

 

	Competence Manuals
	Manual 1: Competence based thinking
	Manual 2: Matching competences between higher education and the labour market
	Manual 3: Developing competence catalogues
	Manual 4: Strategy and curricula development
	Competences: Relations Between Competences Needed by the Society and those Thaught at University (in Spanish)
	COMPETENCE-Guide to adaptation to the European Higher Education Area  (in English/Bosnian/Macedonian)

Declaration

	Declaration (long version) - Lessons learned from and recommendations for the implementation of the matching of competences between higher education and the work field and the implementation of competence-based education
	Declaration (short version) - Recommendations for the implementation of competence-based education and the matching of competences between higher education and the work field
	Declaration (in Serbian)

Sustainability and quality management

Recommendations for future graduate surveys

 

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Contacts: 

World University Service (WUS) Austria Nina Besirevic and Ines Suh, Project Coordinators A: Schmiedgasse 40/3, A-8010 Graz P: +43 316 38 22 58 20 F: +43 316 93 17 51 E: ines.suh@wus-austria.org; nina.besirevic@wus-austria.org W: www.wus-austria.org