On the occasion of the First Steering Committee of the SmartAL “Sustainable management of Albanian Territories, rural areas and agriculture: Instrument, policies, strategies” Capacity Building-Erasmus+ project, the International Center for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies, Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Montpellier (CIHEAM-IAMM) (Magali Maire, coordinator, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) in collaboration with the Agricultural University of Tirana, the European University of Tirana, the University Fan S. Noli, Korçe, organized a High Level Segment on 22 October 2018 in Tirana, Albania.
A large panel of stakeholders attended and debated on the optimization of the sustainable development of agricultural territories in Albania : the French Embassy in Albania, the Greek Embassy in Albania, the German Embassy in Albania, the UE representative in Albania, the Ministry of Tourism and Environment, the Erasmus+ Agency in Albania, the Regional Environmental Center, the Union of Agro-business in Albania (KASH), the Krop-Agricultural Consulting, the GEOTECHNIKI AIGAIOU, the University of Panteion, Athens, the University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, the Paul Valéry University, Montpellier.
The major issue was to discuss on the appropriate levers to align the needs of the Albanian job market in the sector of agriculture and rural territories with the academic offer in order to enable future public or private managers to answer the needs of this market.
DELIVERABLES
1. Preparation WP1 2. Preparation WP2 3. Development 4. Development WP3 5. Development WP4 6. Quality Plan 7. Dissemination and exploitation 8. Management
Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes –– CIHEAM-IAMM
Partners:
Fan S Noli University Korçë- UNK Universität HOHENHEIM – UHOH European University of Tirana – UET Agricultural University of Tirana – UBT Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences – UPSPS University Paul Valery – UPV
ERASMUS DAYS 2021 at UET
The SMARTAL project was promoted in the Projects' Fair, organized at the European University of Tirana. On Erasmus Days 2021, several promotional materials of the project were made available to the participants.
SmartAL Workshop on “Internationalisation of higher education: a European passport to the Albanian j
On the occasion of the Final Steering Committee of the SmartAL project, the International Center for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies-Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Montpellier (CIHEAM-IAMM), Coordinator, in collaboration with the Agricultural University of Tirana
SmartAL Project Case studies dissemination conference
Moderators: Dr Elena Kokthi, UBT / Ms Elysa Gache, Université Paul Valéry Montpellier
"Cooperation and rural development: what prospect for Albanian rural areas? Case study of Gjirokastra and Puka districts”, Elda Muco, PhD student;
SmartAL Final Steering Committee
The Final Steering Committee of the SmartAL Erasmus+ project took place at the Agricultural University of Tirana, gathering the partners of the Consortium:
The International Center for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies-Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Montpellier as Coordinator,
Work Fair organized by the UET
The SmartAL master was introduced at the Work fair organized by the UET, the main purpose of the project being to address the new labor market needs identified by the new and emerging public policies in Albania. This event promotes new opportunities for students and young people in Albania.
Quality Plan
Two level of quality assurance will be used throughout the entire project duration:
- Quality assurance of the whole project: the aim is to assure the compliance of the project processes and results with the standards agreed among the Partners (identified indicators of progress), and to implement a continuous quality monitoring.
- Quality assurance of the 9 Modules: the Albanian HEI-s have to follow an well-defined procedure for the quality assurance. HEI-s should build up internal quality bodies and respect the quality procedures foreseen by the existing Public Standard. A better quality assurance framework reflecting the Albanian public standards requests, and integrating best Albanian and EU practices will be set up.
Dissemination and exploitation
The dissemination and exploitation strategy enables SmartAL project to optimize its outcomes and impacts (including both theory and methodological processes and educational teaching/material). Dissemination will be an integral part of each activity of the project. This WP activity supports the following objectives : - Provide information about the achievement of the project. - Increase the impact of the project. - Maintain and create contacts with stakeholders of the project. - Generate new partnership. - Create a platform to ensure sustainable dissemination of the project outcomes. This will be achieved through the creation of a website, Open House Days, Two conferences, several ongoing promotional campaings on our social media pages, creation of an Alumnii Assosciation
Management
The main objective of WP8 is to ensure the overall administrative and financial management of the project as well as the coordination and stimulation of all WP. WP8 is an overarching WP designed to support all the activities of the project. In particular by ensuring the smooth exchange of administrative and financial information and data, WP8 will guaranty that the resources are made available on time to each WP leader for them to implement their tasks as foreseen.
The SMARTAL project was promoted in the Projects' Fair, organized at the European University of Tirana. On Erasmus Days 2021, several promotional materials of the project were made available to the participants.
On the occasion of the Final Steering Committee of the SmartAL project, the International Center for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies-Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Montpellier (CIHEAM-IAMM), Coordinator, in collaboration with the Agricultural University of Tirana
