We are pleased to inform you that today, at the initiative of the National Erasmus+ Office in Montenegro, a meeting of the Montenegrin Higher Education Reform Experts was held at the premises of the Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation of Montenegro.
Under Key Action 3: Policy Support – Support to European policy tools, the EU supports national teams of Higher Education Reform Experts (HEREs) in the third countries non-associated to the programme. HEREs provide a pool of expertise, promoting and enhancing progress toward further modernization of the higher education sector. The Bologna process is a source of inspiration, in the light of national needs and aspirations.
HERE are invited to devise Bologna development strategies with peers, as well as non-academic bodies such as industrial, cultural or social organizations, as long as they are in line with national strategies. HEREs also provide guidance to higher education institutions in the area of quality assurance, curricular reform, national and European Qualification Frameworks, tuning and international recognition (e.g. ECTS, Diploma Supplement).
The purpose of this meeting was to review the achievements of the HERE team over the last year and to plan the upcoming activities of the mentioned team. The focus was also on identifying various additional mechanisms for the effective dissemination of the results and outcomes of the HERE team’s events and activities, and increasing the visibility of the team’s results to a higher level, especially regarding the organization of HERE seminars and other team activities significant for the reform of the higher education system in Montenegro.
It is important to note that in the upcoming period, the Montenegrin HERE team will actively work on the process of overcoming the identified challenges related to the accreditation process in higher education, resulting from the extremely demanding local procedures.
