The Erasmus+ CBHE project INITIATION aims to strengthen the capacities of higher education institutions in Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina for a digital and green transformation. The project provides stakeholder-based recommendations, training for academic staff and higher education leaders on digital and green competences, as well as support for learning design and flexible eLearning opportunities. Capacity building is complemented by virtual and physical mobility activities, job shadowing formats, and hackathons. The expected impacts include strengthened leadership capacity to design and implement future-oriented digital and green strategies, improved capacity of faculties to develop interdisciplinary and labour market-relevant educational offers, and enhanced employability of students through integrated digital and green competence development.
Objectives:
The project pursues the following objectives:
- Strengthen the digital and green competences of academic staff and academic decision-makers.
- Promote innovative teaching and learning concepts that integrate digital and sustainability-related competences.
- Improve students’ employability through the targeted development of future-oriented competences.
- Support international knowledge and experience exchange through mobility activities, job shadowing, and joint innovation formats.
- Develop long-term strategies and structures that support higher education institutions in their digital and green transformation.
Consortium:
- Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje (North Macedonia) (Coordinator)
- University of Nicosia (Cyprus)
- University of Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- European University of Tirana (Albania)
- University of New York Tirana (Albania)
- University of Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- CARDET – Centre for the Advancement of Research & Development in Educational Technology (Cyprus)
- FH JOANNEUM Gesellschaft mbH (Austria)
