Within the frames of «Promoting Internationalization of HEIs in Eastern Neighborhood Countries through Cultural and Structural Adaptation» - PICASA Tempus project coordinating institution - Yerevan State University is holding project dissemination event – an international conference “University Internationalization: strategic vision and quality assurance” on April 19-20, 2017.
You are cordially invited to attend the event that will take place at YSU, 1 Alex Manoogian Street, Main building. Registration starts at 9.30 on April 19,2017 at YSU. Conference starts at 10.00 at YSU Academic Council Hall – YSU, Main building, 5th Floor. Please see below the draft agenda of the event.
Within the frames of the conference the results achieved through the lifetime of the project to be presented by partner institutions from Armenia, Belarus, Georgia and Ukraine. Project partners – Michael Joris (UCLL, Belgium)- will also share the Handbook for Internationalization developed within the project and present it to wider audience.Bridget Middlemas from the University of Roehampton (UK) will be presenting on the impact of the PICASA project on institutional changebased on externalevaluation and an accomplished survey. We also expect to have discussion on the quality assurance of internationalization by the representatives of the Ministries of Education from project partner countries and ANQA representatives. In addition to PICASA project other EU funded projects devoted to internationalization of HE - BOOST and HARMONY- supported within the frames of the Erasmus+ will be presented.
PICASA is a TEMPUS project funded by the European Union, active in Armenia, Georgia, Belarus and Ukraine. PICASA was created to promote recognition of Eastern Neighboring Area HE systems through development and integration of internationalization dimensions into structural and cultural components of HEIs management.
Specific project objectives include:
- Integration of international dimension into teaching, learning and research functions of universities through developing and implementing respective policies and procedures;
- Development of internationalization elements for operationalization of curricula, scholar and student exchange and technical cooperation of the universities;
- Identification and development new skills, attitudes and knowledge in students, faculty and staff to promote internationalization;
- Promotion development of ethos and culture that values and supports intercultural and international perspectives, initiatives and their quality assurance
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University Internationalization: strategic vision and quality assurance
International conference and presentation of the
Handbook for Internationalization
Within the frames of the «Promoting Internationalization of HEIs in Eastern Neighborhood Countries through Cultural and Structural Adaptation» - PICASA Tempus project’s dissemination event
Yerevan State University
1 Alex Manoogian Street,
Academic Council Hall, 5th Fl.
April 19 - 20, 2017
Yerevan, Armenia.
April 19, 2017
9.30 – 10.00 Registration YSU Academic council hall, Main building 5th fl.
10.00 – 10.20 Welcome by Project coordinator Alexander Markarov YSU, Armenia and
presentation of the PICASA project main outcomes
10.20 – 11.20 Michael Joris, UCLL, Belgium
Presentation of the Handbook for Internationalization
11.20- 11.30 QA session
11.30 – 12.10 Bridget Middlemas, University of Roehampton, UK
Revisiting MINT - the impact of the PICASA project on institutional change
12.10 – 12.30 Coffee-break
12.30 – 12.45 Alexander Rytov, BSU, Belarus
Internationalization and its Quality Assurance in BSU
12.45- 13.00 SergiyLukanyuk and AndriiVerstiak, CHNU, Ukraine
PICASA WP Implementation at ChNU: achievements, current position and future work
13.00 – 13.15Salome Bilanishvili, ISU, Georgia
Internationalization and PICASA outcomes at ISU
13.15- 13.30 Kristina Tsaturyan, ASPU, Armenia
Internationalization through BOOST: project developments, results and targets
13.30 -14.30 Lunch
14.30- 15.30Round table with the representatives of the Ministries of Education and Science of Armenia, Belarus, Georgia and Ukraine and National Center for Professional Education Quality Assurance on quality assurance of internationalization and internationalization priorities and action plans
15.30 – 15.45 Break
15.45- 16.00AndriyPetrenko, NMAU, Ukraine
Internationalization of university: why and how to become internationalized
16.00 -16.15 EkaterineBasilaia, TSU, Georgia
Internationalization and PICASA outcomes at TSU
16.15– 16.30 Suzanna Shamakhyan, RAU, Armenia
Internationalization through HARMONY: project developments, results and targets
16.30 – 16.45 IrynaAliabyeva,BSUIR, Belarus
Issues of Quality Assurance of Internationalization
16.45 – 17.15QA session and closing remarks
April 20, 2017
9.30 – 10.00 Registration YSU Academic council hall, Main building 5th fl.
10.00 -10.15Angelo Musaio, University of Genoa, Italy
European Dimension of HE and EUR-ACE Accreditation: a Good Marriage
10.15- 10.30Elena Bakunova, BSUIR, Belarus
PICASA Project outcomes at BSUIR
10.30-10.45Mikhail Lebed, ONPU, Ukraine
Internationalization and PICASA Outcomes at ONPU
10.45- 11.00 BelaMosia and TamrikoLukava, ZSSU, Georgia
Internationalization, achievements and innovation for regional universities
11.00 – 11.15YekaterinaKashina, YSAFA, Armenia
Development of Academic Programs through Organizing Staff Capacity Building and Embedding International Dimension
11.15 -11.30QA session
11.30 – 12.00 Coffee break
12.00 – 12.15 Elena Belokoz, Elena Opekun, GrSU, Belarus
Internationalization and its Quality Assurance at YankaKupalaGrSU
12.15.- 12.30 Naira Stepanyan,YSAFA, Armenia
Partnerships and Mobility at YSAFA
12.30 – 12.45 NodarPhutkaradze, and LilitMeloyan-Phutkaradze. BSU, Georgia
The Role of Internationalization in BSU.
12.45- 13.00Luisa Ardizzone and Noemi De Luca, CESIE, Italy
Quality assurance and internationalization