Tempus Project 517119 -TEMPUS-1 -2011 -RS-TEMPUS-SMGR DEVELOPMENT OF

Tempus Project 517119 -TEMPUS-1 -2011 -RS-TEMPUS-SMGR DEVELOPMENT OF CAREER GUIDANCE AIMED AT IMPROVING HIGHER EDUCATION IN SERBIA Coordinator – Grant holder: UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE, SERBIA

PROJECT OBJECTIVES Wider objective: DEVELOPMENT OF CAREER GUIDANCE AIMED AT IMPROVING HIGHER EDUCATION IN SERBIA Specific objectives: Development of Services for Career Information, Guidance and Education aiming to increase youth employability Enabling wider accessibility and variety of programs in Career guidance at Higher Education Institutions (HEI) Raising the level of recognising importance of Career Guidance by the policy makers and other stake holders Development of Career Guidance and Counselling (CGC) Programme for Young People between the Ages of 19 and 30 (students) and Мethodology for CGC Centres of HEI

Type of the project: NATIONAL PROJECT – STRUCTURAL MEASURES Duration: 36 months /15 October 2011 – 14 October 2014/ Project focuses on creation of strategic frameworks for development of career guidance, university administration, student services, quality of education, information services, relations with industry and distance learning.

PROJECT COORDINATOR University of Belgrade Centre for Career Development and Student Counselling

EU partners: PARTNERS University of Swansea, Great Britain University of Padova, Italy University of Silesia, Poland Ministries – partners at the project: Ministry of Education and Science Ministry of Youth and Sport Student Conference of universities of Serbia Academic partners from Serbia: University of Novi Sad University of Kragujevac University of Niš University Singidunum Non-academic partners in Serbia: Infostud Belgrade Open School “ELEKTROMREŽA”Serbia

Through project activities we tend to build the System of career guidance at university level in Serbia, according to the priorities that define the new paradigm of career guidance – lifelong guidance: - the centrality of the student in the provision of career services, the need to refocus provision to develop the skills of individuals to manage their career and learning, widen the access to services and improve their quality Our approach / idea: To advance Career Guidance at the higher education institutions on both strategic and operational level.

Strategic level: Measures and activities from the Action plan of the National Strategy for Career Guidance and Counselling of the Republic of Serbia, which are directly related to development of the system of career guidance at the higher education, are present in the more elaborated form in the work packages– groups of activities in this project: • Professional development and training in career guidance and counselling for teaching staff in universities • Training students to master skills for active career management • Strengthening existing university centres for career development at universities • Monitoring and evaluation of the work of existing university career centres • Innovation and modernisation of websites for career guidance and counselling • Creation of a part of the National Program / document / for Career Guidance and Counselling and accompanying standards – for the age group 18+

Operational level: At the operational level it is expected to ensure advancement of the work of university centres for career development which would correspond to the needs of target groups, that is, of students in the first place, but also of employers and academic community. The focus is on development of larger number and variety of programs of career information, counselling, education and connecting with business community, and on the upgrading resources for career advisers from career services, but also for the members of academic staff and management (student parliament, vice-deans and student-deans). Larger extent of participation of business community and other social partners in creation and implementation of various programs for career education and counselling is also very important component which will be developed.

Development of the mentioned programs (services and activities of career guidance) would enable deepened and extensive information of youth about possibilities to apply knowledge, skills and capabilities gained during their studies as well as about trends and motions on the labour market, perspectives for employment and opportunities for further training and professional development, development of positive attitude towards the lifelong development, gaining over-needed skills necessary for work in the contemporary labour market and business environment, mastering skills for job hunting and skills for one’s managing career.

Target groups / beneficiaries Beneficiaries of the project outcomes are: Ø students, Ø universities, Ø academic staff, Ø employers and Ø policy makers

WORKPACKAGES

University of Belgrade • UB is coordinating institution and leading partner for work package for development of system of organized and accessible career information relevant for university students, work package for dissemination and work package for management of the project. • Together with other domestic universities UB will have important role in: organizing education market analyses focusing on information relevant for employers, creating the plan for cooperation with the academic staff and students representatives, creating team of associates – representatives of academic staff and students for including career guidance into the work with students, creating careers info points at the faculties, organizing promotion for student population, piloting various programs in cooperation with employers for improving graduates employability, assisting EU partners to create most suitable trainings, creating the National Program and Methodology for CGC at HEI, and coordinate EU monitoring.

University of Padua UNIPD will be responsible for training on gathering and organizing career related information important (CRI) for students and seminar on gathering and organizing CRI important for employers contributing to development of system of organized and accessible career information relevant for students and for employers. UNIPD will work on comparative analysis; give expert feedback on Draft and review of the National Program and Methodology for CGC. UNIPD will work at the package for greater participation of employers in the activities of universities aiming to improving graduates employability and their CMS, and on strengthening capacities of career centers and motivating academic staff to include CGC in work with students. UNIPD will promote Forum for career guidance; participate at International Conference in Serbia and at official Establishing of Mentoring Network in Poland. With a member in the Steering Committee it will participate in management of project

University of Swansea (SWAN) is leading partner for work package for strengthening capacities of career centers at Serbian universities. SWAN will design and organize the most suitable program for training of staff of university career centers and delivery of know-how on improving relations and enhancing cooperation of policy makers and practitioners (once in UK and once in Poland). They will regularly visit Serbia to monitor development. SWAN will present examples of best practices of cooperation of university career services with employers in UK and will help with expertise in this area. SWAN experts will be involved in almost all phases of making National Programmed for Career Guidance and Counseling and the Methodology for the age group 19 to 30. SWAN will promote the Career. S Forum for Career Guidance and Counselling internationally and will be a founding member of Career. S Mentoring Network. With a member in the Steering Committee it will participate in management of the project.

University of Silesia (US) will have an important role in Development of cooperation within academic community for greater coverage and accessibility of career information, counselling and education (CICE) and will assist Serbian academic partners to develop plan and establish effective cooperation within academic staff with suggesting materials and methods to be included into Career. S-kit for academic staff to integrate CICE in their work with students. US will organize training and study visit for key staff from Serbia in Poland contribute to strengthening capacitates of career centers. US experts will be involved in almost all phases of making National Programme for Career Guidance and Counselling and Methodology, help with establishing University network of Career Centers, promote the Career. S Forum for Career Guidance and Counselling and be a founding member of Career. S Mentoring Network. With a member in the Steering Committee it will participate in management of the project.

University of Novi Sad (UNS) UNS Is leading partner in WP 4 which aims to achieve greater participation of employers in activities of universities for improving graduates employability and career management skills. It will be in charge for analyzing examples of best practises of cooperation of career services with employers, preparing a package of services for employers, piloting various programs in cooperation with employers, organising workshop for exchange of experiences. Together with other domestic universities UNS will have important role in education market analyses, creating cooperation plan and team of academic associates for including career guidance into the work with students, creating Career. S-points, organising promotion for students. UNS will also contribute to work of National university network of career centres, Forum for career guidance and counselling and creating Strategic plan for further development. Also NS will have a very important role in WP 6, DISS and MNGT.

University of Nis (UN) as a lead partner in work package for Quality Control, will be responsible for coordination between all partners in order to ensure quality of all project outcomes. It means that UN will choose representative for Internal Quality Review Committee, participate in orientation and training of the external reviewer, select external reviewer and develop the quality assessment format together with him. UN will also be responsible for creating web-site of the project and creating mailing lists to distribute relevant information. Together with other domestic universities UN will have important role in education market analyses, cooperation with academic associates for including career guidance into the work with students, creation of Career. S-points, organising promotion for students. UN will also contribute to work of National university network of career centres, Forum for CGC and specially on creating Strategic plan for further development.

University of Kragujevac (UNIKG) will participate in developing activities in all work packages. Together with other universities it will have the key staff trained in UK and Poland. Together with other domestic universities UNIKG will have important role in education market analyses, cooperation with academic associates for including career guidance into the work with students, creation of Career. S-points, organising promotion for students, and contribute to work of National university network of career centres, Forum for career guidance and counselling and specially on creating Strategic plan for further development. With inter-Tempus coaching with DELFIS project UNIKG will contribute to connecting the implementation of both projects results.

University Singidunum USGD is leading partner in package for development of cooperation within academic community for greater coverage and accessibility of career information, counselling and education. Their role will be to coordinate other universities in order to gain outcomes of this WP. USGD will also contribute to work of National university network of career centres, Forum for career guidance and counselling and creating Strategic plan for further development. Together with other domestic universities USGD will have important role in education market analyses, creating cooperation plan and team of academic associates for including career guidance into the work with students, creating Career. S-points, organising promotion for students. USGD will prepare a paper and presentation about the work of the career services and present it at two national workshop for presenting the current state and perspectives of CGC. Also USGD will have a very important role in WP 6, DISS and MNG.

SKONUS will be a leading partner for developing a system of organised and accessible career information relevant for employers in WP 2. In WP 1 SKONUS will coordinate round table to present the results of the surveys on employers – what competences and skills are required for the competitiveness of graduates on the labour market. In addition SKONUS will be included in most of activities in DEV 3: Development of cooperation within academic community for greater coverage and accessibility of career information, counseling and education through creating the careers info points at the faculties, delegating the person who will be a part of career teams at faculties in Serbia. Also it will participate in sustainability package through active participation in creating Strategic plan for development of careers services at universities. Its representatives will be present also at 3 Annual conferences.

Ministry of Education (ME) will be leading partner for Sustainability package. ME will participate in expert group and work on develop of the National Programme for Career Guidance and Counselling and the Methodology. ME will have an role in creating Strategic plan for development of careers services at universities and initiating adoption of the National program for career guidance and counselling for the age group 19 -30 and giving same recommendation on piloted programs for CMS. Its representatives will be present also at the 3 Annual conferences. ME will also have opportunity to exchange experiences with expert and colleagues in EU which would serve for reflection and further development of own career guidance structure and policies and be useful for testing new practice and inquire some new strategies about career guidance on national level. Under the auspices of ME questionnaire will be sent to all faculties to collect relevant data (including Diploma Supplement data).

Ministry of Youth and Sport Participation of the Ministry of Youth and Sport (Mo. YS) is extremely important for sustainability of this project as it guarantee that results of project will supported beyond duration of this project. As the inititator of adoption of the Strategy for Career Guidance and Counsellling the Mo. YS has important role in development of CGC system in Serbia. Two Mo. YS representatives will be involved in WP 6, one per each of two working groups, for Program and Methodology. The Mo. YS will support further official adoption of this documents, as stated in Strategy related Action Plan (article 1. 1. 8. ). Mo. YS will also have opportunity to exchange experiences with expert and colleagues in EU which would serve for reflection and further development of own career guidance structure and policies and be useful for testing new practice and inquire some new strategies about career guidance on national level. Together with ME, Mo. YS will have a member at the Steering Committee and have a role in the management of the project.

Belgrade Open School (BOS) BOS will be leading partner for Development of National Programme for Career Guidance and Counselling and the Methodology for the age group 19 to 30. BOS will be charge in Forming teams of experts for this WP, Comparative analyses of existing programs for Career Guidance and Counselling and the Methodology for the age group 19 to 30 in EU and Serbia, Development of the First Draft of Program and First Draft of Methodology, Public Discussion on both Documents, Development of the Final Version of both documents and Presentation of both documents. Also it will participate in sustainability package through active participation in creating Strategic plan for development of careers services at universities. Its representatives will be present also at 3 Annual conferences. According to its previous experience in working with policy makers, practitioners and stakeholders BOS will promote and lobby importance of CGC and this will be its very important and specific role during the project.

Elektromreža Srbije EMS will participate in Developing a system of organised and accessible career information relevant for employers by contributing with advice about the survey /what employers need to know about reformed study programs, degrees and diplomas and find out what information about area of education they would need to receive, in giving feedback on reports on results of the survey and in distribution of information materials to colleagues. EMS will participate in package for developing greater participation of employers in the activities of universities aiming to improving graduates’ employability and their career management skills and participate at round table on best EU practices of university cooperation with employers and at national workshop for exchange of experiences. They will consult university on preparing a package of services to be offered to employers. Beside activities in MNGT, EMS also has very important role in WP 6, EXP, DISS.

INFOSTUD will have important role in developing a system of organised and accessible career information relevant for university students and developing a system of organised and accessible career information relevant for employers through active participation in meetings related to establishing basic principles for labour market analyses, conducting the survey on employers needs of new employees, presenting report on conducted survey at round tables at all universities, assessing employers to evaluate their knowledge about reformed study programs, degrees and diplomas and find out what information about area of education they would like/need to receive, and distributing information materials to employers. Their specific role reflects in analyses of data collected in surveys and conducting relevant surveys among employers. Also, INFOSTUD will participate at 3 annual conferences in Belgrade and will contribute to establishment of Forum for career guidance and counselling.

Thank you! Dejana Lazić Head of the University of Belgrade Center for career development and student counselling University of Belgrade Studentski trg 1, Belgrade +381 (011)3207 463 d. lazic@razvojkarijere. bg. ac. rs