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Tempus CARDS SCM-C009B04:

Implementation of ECTS at Universities in Serbia

 

SCM project C009B04 “Implementation of ECTS at universities in Serbia” was submitted in October 2004 (15 October 2004) and approved in April 2005.

The main goal of this one-year project is to initiate a comprehensive implementation of one of the most important principles of the Bologna process, the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) at universities in Serbia. In order to achieve this main objective, there are varius interim goals that have been presented in a number of stages within this project:

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Establishment of ECTS coordinator teams and networks among Serbian universities involved in the project, with the support of the Ministry of Education and Sports of the Republic of Serbia

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Training of ECTS coordinators

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Analysis of current study programmes based on ECTS principles and gaining experience of credit system application in the local environment

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Identification of the challenges and chances that the mechanism of ECTS brings into the system of higher education in Serbia

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Development of ECTS promotional strategy and strategy of ECTS implementation at universities in Serbia

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Exchange of “know-how” in the field of ECTS implementation

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Promotion of ECTS principles among wider public by making all stekeholders (professors, students and administrative staff) more involved and better informed about the significance, necessity and benefits of ECTS implementation

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Initiation of long-term activities that would enable ECTS assistance and consultancy in concrete cases regarding the application of ECTS within study programmes.

The above-mentioned objectives would significantly contribute to the strenghtening and revitalization of the national strategy for Bologna process realization, which would place Serbia in the European Area of Higher Education. In this process, ECTS application plays a very important role, since it is a mechanism that will greatly contribute to the revision and harmonization of curricula according to European trends, as well as identification of their core elements, increase of student mobility and recognition of degrees, comparison of student work-load and their knowledge aquired at European universities.

ECTS application in Serbia has just begun at certain universities, that is at some university departments, which represents a positive improvement towards integration of Serbia into the European Area of Higher Education. Therefore it was necessary to make a detailed analyis of what has been done in the area of ECTS application in higher education at universities in Serbia up to that moment, so as to get an overview of current state and, depending on it, to work out a strategy for ECTS promotion among teaching and non-teaching staff and students, as well as its implementation at all departments and faculties.

 
 
 

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