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• NEWS
  

  18-02-2010 Development of the Strategy and Action plan for Quality Assurance in Higher Education A further meeting of the University of Montenegro Quality Assurance Strategy and Action Plan Working group was held on the 5th February. This was a training event focusing on the European Standards and guidelines for Quality Assurance. Mitar Misovic PhD, director of the Quality Studies and Control Centre of the University, presented the current national quality assurance framework in Montenegro. Patricia Georgieva PhD, Quality Assurance expert on the IPA-funded NQF and Quality Assurance in Education project, gave a presentation and answered questions about this important topic. Members of the working group had the opportunity to form some initial ideas about how the Guidelines should influence their work. Proposals for a series of meetings, training and small group consultations in support of the development of the Strategy were explained by the Rector, Predrag Miranović, PhD. The group will meet again on the 25th and 26th February for a two-day residential session to continue with their work on the development of the University's Quality Assurance Strategy and Action plan.  The session, which will be held at the Hotel Residence, Miločer, will be supported by two members of the NQF and Quality Assurance in Education project team.

  09-02-2010 Montenegrin Qualifications Framework awareness raising event A further series of awareness raising events about the Montenegrin Qualifications Framework (MQF) started on Wednesday, 3rd February when representatives from the higher education faculties in Podgorica attended a half-day session in the Ministry of Education and Science.  Participants were introduced to the concept of the developing Montenegrin Qualification Framework and had an opportunity to discuss the concept and its implications.  The session was led by Janet Swainger and Slavica Raičević from the EU-funded IPA "NQF and Quality Assurance in Education" Project. Four more sessions will take place during February: 8th February - for representatives of international donor organizations 10th February in the Ministry of Education and Science, Podgorica - for Directors from schools in the Central region of Montenegro; 17th February at the Hotel Residence, Miločer - for Directors from schools and representatives from Employment offices in the Southern region of MOntenegro 25th February in the Ministry of Education and Science, Podgorica - for representatives of higher education faculties in the central and southern regions A broader Communication strategy aimed at wider awareness raising about this important governmental initiative is being prepared for implementation from April 2010 onwards. Further information about the events or about the MQF developments can be obtained from the project team - email info@montqual.eu, telephone 020 414 251.

  03-02-2010 Montenegro Qualification Framework Working Group addressed areas in need of development The Working Group of the Montenegro Qualification Framework recently addressed areas in need of development that were identified by a recent Training Needs Analysis (TNA) conducted on the Group. Workshops were delivered in the latter part of January 2010 by the qualification experts on the IPA Project. Attendance at the workshops were good and averaged about half of the Group participating in any one workshop. Topics addressed included: Leveling of qualifications on a national framework; Specifying a qualification; Transforming aims and standards into learning outcomes; Credit rating a qualification; Recognizing non- and informal learning; and Classifying qualifications and occupations. The next stage in the Group's work is to develop methodologies for these areas so that the deliberations of the group can become reality. To that end, an intensive workshop will be arranged in March so that Group members can produce these methodologies. Subsequently, the Group will identify and train colleagues to put these methodologies into practice in at least two pilot areas of Tourism and Construction.

  11-12-2009 The first meeting of a working group for the development of a Quality Assurance Strategy for the University of Montenegro will take place on Tuesday, 15th December 2009 in the Rectorate of the University of Montenegro. The event will be attended by representatives of the University staff and management, employers,  students, professional associations and unions.  the event will be facilitated by Mrs Patricia Georgieva, the quality assurance consultant on the IPA-funded NQF and Quality Assurance in Education project, funded by the European Union.

  

• ABOUT THE PROJECT
  
  
  National Qualifications Framework and Quality in Higher Education

  A new project commenced on 15th September 2009 and will run for 20 months until May 2011. The project is being implemented by a consortium comprising WYG International and the University Strathclyde (Scotland) in conjunction with the Ministry of Education and Science and the University of Montenegro.  The project is financed through the IPA (Instrument for Pre-Accession) Fund managed by the Delegation of the European Commission in Montenegro. 

  Purpose of the project

  The project has two main purposes:

  • to develop institutional arrangements and undertake capacity building in order to create a National Qualification Framework;
  • to enhance the University's efforts to establish a quality assurance system in higher education.

   Main project activities

  1. a variety of activities linked to capacity building of staff in key institutions concerned with the establishment and administration of a national qualifications framework
  2. information and awareness raising activities targeted at both the HRD sector and the wider public, aimed at increasing public awareness about the NQF developments;
  3. Further work on classifying occupations and qualifications in support of an NQF;
  4. an overhaul of qualifications for the tourism and construction sectors as a starting point for further development;
  5. support to address the regulatory requirements for a national qualification framework;
  6. capacity building and other measures to promote recognition of non-formal and informal learning, including arrangements for certification;
  7. cooperation and exchange on qualifications’ development with EU partners including support for the introduction of a credit-transfer system for vocational qualifications  
  8. institutional capacity building of the higher education sector, including development of a national quality assurance strategy and consideration of  financing perspectives;
  9. training of university staff responsible for quality assurance;
  10. development of an improved information management system to support quality assurance in the University of Montenegro.

   Impact

  As a result of the project’s activities, it is anticipated that progress will have been made towards the establishment of a high quality system of nationally-recognised qualifications.  Information about the quality of higher education should also have been improved and the quality of higher education itself should have increased as a result of a more comprehensive quality assurance system.

  
  
  Attachment: About the project.pdf

  

• PROJECT TEAM
  

  Team Leader	Janet Swainger
  National Qualifications Framework	Tom Kelly
  Quality Assurance in Higher Education	Patricia Georgieva
  Information Management Systems	Zoran Nikolovski
  Office Manager	Irena Lakovic
  Interpreter	Vesna Popov
  Project Director	Sally Kelly

  

• CONTACT US
  
  Project offices

  Ministry of Education and Science
  Room 17, second floor
  Vaka Djurovica bb
  Podgorica

  Telephone:  020 410 170

  University of Montenegro
  Rectorate building, second floor
  Cetinjska 2
  Telephone:   020 414 251

  Email:   Office manager - office.manager@montqual.eu
  Team leader –    janet.swainger@montqual.eu