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DIUS Kick-Off Meeting Management Aspects

Prof. Dr. Serge Chernyshenko Prof. Dr. Klaus G. Troitzsch Universitt Koblenz-Landau

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DIUS: DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION OF UNIVERSITY SELF-ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS

University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany ASIIN e.V., Germany Campus University of Malta - Italy Wroclav University of Technology - Poland Universit du Maine (Le Mans University) - France

Yerevan State University (YSU) State Engineering University of Armenia (SEUA)

Vanadzor branch of State Engineering University (VbSEUA) Yerevan State Academy of Fine Arts (YSAFA) Yerevan State Medical University (YSMU) Gyumri State Pedagogical Institute (GSPI) National Center For Professional Education Quality Assurance (ANQA) Republic of Armenia Ministry of Education and Science (AMES)

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Work packages
WP 1 WP 2 WP 3 WP 4 WP 5 WP 6 WP 7 WP 8 WP 9 WP 10 WP 11 Fact-finding at partner institutions Development of self-assessment methods and tools University quality assurance infrastructure Training materials Trainings Integration of the newly developed self-assessment system Quality plan Dissemination Sustainability Quality control and monitoring Project Management 15/10/2010-14/02/2011 15/02/2011-14/10/2011 15/08/2011-14/10/2011 15/10/2011-14/01/2012 15/01/2012-14/02/2012 15/02/2012-14/10/2012 15/07/2011-14/08/2011 15/04/2011-14/10/2012 15/08/2011-14/10/2012 15/10/2010-14/10/2012 15/10/2010-14/10/2012
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Workplan and Timeline

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Workplan and Timeline First Year

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Deliverables (of WP 1-3)

1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 2.1 Kick-off meeting Assessment of extant mechanisms Results analysed, benchmarking planned Project website Tools and methodology developed EN HY, EN EN EN HY, EN EN, HY HY, EN HY, EN HY, EN HY, EN 2011-01-17 2011-02-01 2011-04-25 2011-03-01 2011-05-02 2011-08-01 2011-10-03 2011-10-24 2011-11-14 2011-12-12 Intl Inst Intl Loc Inst Inst Inst Inst Inst Inst

2.2 Self-assessment conducted 2.3 Site visit by ANQA and EU partners 2.4 Gap analysis, final benchmarking 2.5 Redevelopment of standards, tools etc. 3.1 Recruiting necessary staff

3.2 Providing legitimate background 3.3 Purchasing the equipment

HY, EN HY, EN

2011-12-26 2011-11-15

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Immediate tasks WP 1
fact-finding at the target universities through selfassessment of their extant mechanisms. the project work group (WG: KLU, ASIIN and ANQA) and local management groups (LMG) are formed at the kick-off meeting fact-finding will be conducted through document analyses and questionnaire based on which partner country (PC) universities will conduct a survey. The results will be analyzed by the work group (now including MoES) and the areas in need of improvement will be identified.
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Deliverables (of WP 4-7)

4.1 5.1 6.1 Designing the training Training the newly recruited QA staff Developing individual integration plans EN, HY EN, HY EN EN HY, EN EN EN EN EN EN 2012-01-05 Inst 4.2 Preparing teaching material 5.2 Training local staff and students 6.2 Implementing individual work plans 6.3 Pilotoning the newly established model 6.4 Analysis and refinement of the meodel 7.1 Design of audit by ANQA and EU experts 7.2 Conducting the audit 2012-02-06 Inst 2012-04-09 Inst 2012-04-23 Inst 2012-05-07 Inst 2012-06-01 2012-06-18 2012-08-14 2012-09-10 2012-10-22 Inst Inst Inst Inst Inst

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Deliverables (of WP 8-11)

8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 10.1 Final conference Final report Publication of brochure In-house conferences at partner institutions Establishment of the Natl HE QA network Validation of the network by the Ministry Formalisation of Ministry regulation Establishing formal relations w/ organisations Internal monitoring HY, EN HY, EN HY, EN EN HY HY HY EN, HY EN EN 2012-08-27 2013-01-16 2012-10-14 2012-10-14 2011-11-01 2012-05-15 2011-08-15 2012-10-24 Natl Natl Natl Natl Natl Natl Inst Dept

2012-03-05 Natl 2012-08-05 Intl

10.2 Financial audit

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Local management group meetings Co-ordination of the project

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2011-02-01 2011-01-17

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Reports due
Intermediate Report Report on implementation of the project Summary report for publication Statement of the costs incurred and request for payment Final Report Final report on implementation of the project Summary report for publication Financial statement and request for payment No external audit, as grant is below 750,000 2011-10-14 (or when 70 per cent of the prefinancing = 309,694.87 has been disbursed) 2012-12-14

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Budget
I. PROJECT COSTS Direct costs 1 Staff costs 3 Equipment 4 Printing and Publishing 5 Other costs Total Eligible Direct Costs Indirect Costs TOTAL ELIGIBLE COSTS Tempus Grant Requested Co-financing TOTAL PROJECT FINANCE (A+B) 210,971.00 Cannot exceed 40% of the total eligible direct costs 132,050.00 Cannot exceed 30% of the total eligible direct costs 21,550.00 16,570.00 768,260.50 53,778.23 822,038.73 737,368.74 Cannot exceed 90% of the total eligible costs 84,669.99 Must be at least 10% of the total eligible costs 822,038.73 739,834.86 82,203.87 Flat rate funding of 7% of the total eligible direct costs. 53,778.24 307,304.20 230,478.15 CONDITIONS

2 Travel costs and Costs of Stay 387,119.50

II. PROJECT FINANCE

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Travel costs and costs of stay

Travel costs are reimbursed at full scale, given the travel documents can be produced (all travel documents must be made available for the financial report, including boarding passes) Cost of stay covers accommodation, meals, local travel, visa and insurance; part of these costs will be incurred by the hosting institution, only the rest is paid to the travelling persons (into their bank accounts or, exceptionally, in cash)
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