TEMPUS in Syria The national priorities for Tempus

TEMPUS in Syria The national priorities for Tempus IV third call Dr Rami Ayoubi Coordinator National Tempus Office-Syria ntosyria@scs-net. org 1 National TEMPUS Office- Syria 3/17/2018

35 Projects • Mainly 25 projects directed towards curricula development • and 10 projects towards university management and governance • Approximately, 3. 5 million Euros were spent to buy equipments for the HE institutions • 3. 5 million Euros were spent on staff costs and salaries • and 4. 5 million Euros were spent for mobility from and to EU • More than 300 academics and higher education administrators from Syria went to Europe, and the same number of EU academics came to Syria. All for more than 1000 mobility 2 National TEMPUS Office- Syria 3/17/2018

Distribution of projects in Syrian universities and HE institutions (coordinators) Damascus University Aleppo University Al-Bath University Tishreen University HIAST Ministry of Higher Education 3 National TEMPUS Office- Syria 3/17/2018

Distribution of projects in EU countries (grant holders) France Germany Italy UK Greece Sweden Spain Czech Austria 4 National TEMPUS Office- Syria 3/17/2018

The strategic priorities of the higher education sector (general) • The establishment of new institutions, faculties and programmes within existing institutions • New admissions policy relevant to potential students need, and national development needs • Developing existing curriculum and implementing dynamic flexible rules for their continuous revision in response to social and market needs • Continuing the process of the establishment of quality assurance and accreditation system 5 National TEMPUS Office- Syria 3/17/2018

• Upgrading of vocational and educational training institutes • Sector restructuring to enhance governance and introducing updated management information systems • Establishment of effective statistical matrix which is important for planning at the strategic and policy level • Charting executive plans for the purpose of upgrading the skills of academic staff • Upgrading the enabling environment through the provision of the needed tools such as: labs, modern libraries, network connectivity, etc • Revamping academic research and graduate studies programmes 6 National TEMPUS Office- Syria 3/17/2018

The main Syrian National Priorities for Tempus IV third call For JP Curricular reform in research methods and methodology For SM Equal and transparent access to higher education Training courses for public services (ministries, regional/local authorities) Qualifications frameworks Development of lifelong learning in society at large Knowledge triangle: education-innovation-research 7 National TEMPUS Office- Syria 3/17/2018

The main Syrian National Priorities for Tempus IV third call (ideas for projects) For JP Projects that support the national efforts of raising awareness and dissemination of the culture of research methodologies at universities (curricula development) 8 National TEMPUS Office- Syria 3/17/2018

The main Syrian National Priorities for Tempus IV third call (ideas for projects) For SM • Projects of technical and new criterion to admission policy at Syrian universities • Projects that support the ministry efforts of establishing a national center for evaluation and assessment (developing a national center for statistics in HE) • Projects that aim at supporting the quality of distance education • Projects which support the Ministry efforts in providing training to other ministries • Projects of developing the culture of research: – Supporting the current infrastructure of research – Supporting the current leaders of research at universities – Developing thematic networks of multidisciplinary subjects and researchers – Raising the awareness of international quality research 9 National TEMPUS Office- Syria 3/17/2018

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National Tempus Office in Syria • Our website www. tempus-nto. org. sy • Address: – – 11 Ministry of Higher Education, Syria. Floor 4, Rooms 5 and 6. Tel: +963 -11 -2139970, Fax: +963 -11 -21499690 Email: ntosyria@scs-net. org National TEMPUS Office- Syria 3/17/2018