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CREATING THE NETWORK OF KNOWLEDGE LABS FOR SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT ENVIRONMENTS – KLABS

The project Creating the Network of Knowledge Labs for Sustainable and Resilient Environments is capacity building action in the field of higher education, co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union. KLABS is an educational platform that addresses two current and equally important challenges of urban and rural built environments in Western Balkan – sustainability and resilience to climate change, by developing and offering the following

book series

REVIEWS OF SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT FOR EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND DESIGN

Project aim and objectives

The overall aim of the project Creating the Network of Knowledge Labs for Sustainable and Resilient Environments is to support the modernisation of higher education in Western Balkan Region by implementing strategic approach in the development of innovative platform for the delivery of knowledge about sustainable and resilient environments.

Specific project objectives are the following:

• To develop, validate and implement innovative curricula in Western Balkan consortium institutions, adjusted to European and national standards and priorities, and realistic potentials,
• To introduce virtual mobility of students and staff in WB institutions,
• To produce, validate the quality and put into use the innovative educational material,
• To develop innovative tools, methodologies and approaches to education, including the studies of real-life cases, creation of virtual learning platforms and open educational resources,
• To develop innovative institutional capacities by founding and equipping the knowledge labs - Centres for Sustainable and Resilient Environments,
• To upgrade knowledge and skills of teaching/IT staff in order to ensure high quality exploitation of project outcomes, and
• To promote KLABS work and achievements.

More about project: klabs.pr.ac.rs

 - Learning materials of KLABS

State University of Novi Pazar is a partner on an international project

INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE THIRD MISSION OF UNIVERSITIES IN SERBIA

which will be implemented over a period of time from 15thOctober 2015 to October 2018.

The project is co-funded by Erasmus+EU programme, with 966.510 EUR, and implemented by consortium of 18 partners from Serbia, Great Britain, Austria, Portugal, Italy and Slovenia, which consists of five European universities (Brighton, Krems, Lisboa, Bari, Maribor), six universities from Serbia (Kragujevac, Belgrade, Novi Sad, Nis, Novi Pazar, Metropolitan), The Ministry of Education, Science and Technologycal Development, Intellectual Property Office, Technical College of Applied Sciences in Zrenjanin, three business incubators (Kragujevac, Belgrade, Novi Sad) and one company (Intranea).

The primary aim of the project, along with the two existing missions regarding education and research at universities in Serbia, is the development and implementation of the third mission which encompasses three dimensions: technology transfer and innovation, continuous education and social engagement of universities.

Apart from the improvement of legal and policy framework, with the objective of motivating professors, researchers and students at universities, their greater involvement in innovation activities and knowledge transfer, activities on the project will be oriented towards the development of:

a targeted training programme for capacity improvement,

a programme for raising technology readiness level,

an annual competition for the best students idea,

recommendations for faculties regarding the modification of study modules, through the introduction of topics in the area of entrepreneurship, innovations, intellectual property management, etc.

five Creativity centres

numerous mobility activities towards European institutions.

Find out more about the project on  http://www.if4tm.kg.ac.rs/.