Engaging Students for eNhancing internationalization practices in the Adriatic-Ionian Region – ESN-AIR
STRAND 1
Duration: 36 months
Budget:
Keywords: Active citizenship, Common values, civic engagement, participation, Internationalization of Higher Education system’s practices
Summary: The main purpose of the project is to favour the involvement of students, especially students’ associations, in the institutional life of Universities in the Adriatic-Ionian region, with the objective of enhancing internationalization practices in higher education. The activities are aimed at offering young people the proper means to shape the future of higher education in the Western Balkans, by contributing to the development of internationalization for their benefit and for the benefit of future generations. The most relevant beneficiaries of the project activities are young people, including students from primary school to higher education, who will be trained on the opportunities offered by international programmes like Erasmus+ and on the importance of accessing the university, with a focus on STEM subjects as a possible career for female students. The Universities of Countries not associated to the Programme (Albania, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina) will be the protagonists of the action and will host most of the project activities: they will improve the quality of their services, especially in terms of international cooperation and mobility programmes, through the training of their students and staff with the support of ESN – Erasmus Student Network. The Universities from Italy, Croatia and Serbia will represent an example of best practice to build stronger universities in Albania, Montenegro and Bosnia-Herzegovina and to reinforce regional cooperation. ESN sections will contribute to the creation of new sections in Albania and Montenegro, as well as to the training of ESNers from existing sections in Countries not associated to the Programme. In the long term, the project will produce the following outcomes in the region: a) improvement of cultural and regional cooperation, b) Universities interconnected and capable of offering quality education, c) young people open to interculturality and mobility, d) more active and participative citizens.
| Coordinator | UNIVERSITA POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE Italy |
| Project partners: | UNIVERZITET DZEMAL BIJEDIC U MOSTARU SA SUPSIDIJAR Bosnia and Herzegovina
UNIVERZITET DONJA GORICA PODGORICA Montenegro UNIVERSITETI I TIRANES Albania QENDRA ESN AL Albania UNIVERSETI SHKODRES LUIGJ GURAKUQI Albania ERASMUS STUDENT NETWORK ANCONA – ETS Italy UNIVERZITET U NOVOM SADU Serbia SVEUCILISTE U SPLITU Croatia JAVNA USTANOVA UNIVERZITET CRNE GORE PODGORICA Montenegro ESN Mostar Bosnia and Herzegovina JAVNA USTANOVA UNIVERZITET U ZENICI UNIVERSITAS STBosnia and Herzegovina UNIADRION Italy Associated |
