KICK-OFF: FIRST STEERING GROUP MEETING AND WORKSHOPS

MARCH 9TH – 12TH, 2014

Sustainable Agrarian Management Studies for

Uzbekistan

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SAMUz Kick-off Meeting: Welcome and Round of Introduction

EU Partners Uzbek Partners

P1 – JLU, CoordinatorJustus-Liebig University Giessen (Germany)

P7 – SAI, Uzbek coordinatorSamarkand Agricultural Institute

P2 - MLUMartin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (Germany)

P8 – TSAU Tashkent State Agrarian University

P3 – HSWTUniversity of Applied Sciences Weihenstephan-Triesdorf (Germany)

P9 – TIIMTashkent Institute of Irrigation and Melioration

P4 – USCUniversity of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

P10 – AAIAndijan Agricultural Institute

P5 - AUTHAristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece)

P11 – TerSU Termez State University

P6 – WrittleWrittle College (UK)

P12 – MHSSEMinistry of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education of Uzbekistan

P13 – FCUFarmers council of Urgut region

P14 – PfAAFarm “Asilbek Alibek”

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Programme (I)

Sunday, March 9th

9.30 – 12.30 Kick-off Meeting • Welcome and round of introduction• Agenda of the meeting and the workshops• Project objectives, expected results, and deliverables• Work plan, responsibilities, and main activities

14.00 – 18.00 Workshop 1: Curricula development Bachelor and Master• Objectives: BA “Farm Management”, MA “Agrarian Management”• Presentation of status quo and desired target qualifications:

• Current BA "Farm management": critical analysis (O. Murtazaev, SAI)• UZB legislation for curriculum development (B. Nosirov, AAI) • Situation on ECTS / Bologna in UZB (F. Ahrorov, SAI)• Survey on qualification needs in UZB (A. Korun, JLU)

• Examples and experiences from EU partners: • Intern. MBA “Agricultural Management” at HSWT (R. Schlauderer, HSWT)• Intern. MSc “Transition Management” at JLU (M. Schmitz, JLU)

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Programme (II)

Monday, March 10th

9.00 – 9.30 Meeting with President of JLU• at Senate Hall, main university building

10.00 – 12.30 Continuation of Workshop 1 (curriculum Bachelor, Master)• Summary of first day and continuing discussion• Agreement on main characteristics of BA and MA programmes considering

UZB regulations• Next steps and time table for detailed curricula development

14.00 – 18.00 Steering Group Meeting (Administration and Management)• Constitution of the Steering Group• Project management and administration• Mobility plan• Quality control plan• Signing partnership agreements• Any other business, Date and place of next meeting

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Programme (III)

Tuesday, March 11th

9.00 – 12.30 Workshop 2: Development of PhD school• Objective: new cross-university PhD school “Agrarian policy and economics”• Information on current PhD education in UZB• Examples and experiences from EU partners

• German PhD colloquium “Agricultural Economics” (M. Grings, MLU)• Discussion of form and content of new PhD school, feasibility• Next steps for development and implementation

14.00 – 18.00 Workshop 3: Quality assurance scheme of education • Background and objectives• Presentation of current quality assurance systems in higher education in UZB

• National standards and requirements • Existing systems at universities

• Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (E. Lopez, USC)• Discussion on characteristics of an appropriate and feasible system for UZB• Next steps for development and implementation

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Programme (IV)

Wednesday, March 12th

9.00 – 12.30 Workshop 4: Update of “hard and soft ware”• Objectives: enhancing teaching infrastructure and competences• Development of teaching materials for BA, MA, PhD (books, scripts)• Technical infrastructure of PhD school• E-learning platform

• The use of Moodle (A. Aristakesyan, HSWT)• Application and technical requirements for UZB (e.g. for multiplier and

PhD lectures by EU partners)• Training workshops for multiplier-lecturers (train the trainers): Time and topics• Knowledge sharing workshops of multipliers in UZB: Time and form• Hospitation visits of UZB teaching staff at EU partners: Number and hosts

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Sunday, March 9th

9.30 – 12.30 Kick-off Meeting • Welcome and round of introduction• Agenda of the meeting and the workshops• Project objectives, expected results, and deliverables• Workplan, responsibilities, and main activities

14.00 – 18.00 Workshop 1: Curricula development Bachelor and Master• Objectives: BA “Farm Management”, MA “Agrarian Management”• Presentation of status quo and desired target qualifications:

• Current BA "Farm management": critical analysis (O. Murtazaev, SAI)• UZB legislation for curriculum development (B. Nosirov, AAI) • Situation on ECTS / Bologna in UZB (F. Ahrorov, SAI)• Survey on qualification needs in UZB (A. Korun, JLU)

• Examples and experiences from EU partners: • Intern. MBA “Agricultural Management” at HSWT (R. Schlauderer, HSWT)• Intern. MSc “Transition Management” at JLU (M. Schmitz, JLU)

SAMUz Kick-off Meeting

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The specific project objective is the establishment of a modernised and

Bologna aligned three level higher education system in the area of farm

management and agricultural economics through:

i)adjusted and newly developed curricula on BA and MA level and a newly

created PhD school,

ii)improved teaching competences and materials,

iii)enhanced university-business cooperation, and

iv)implemented quality assurance policies and procedures according to

European Quality Standards

at all Uzbek Agricultural Universities by the end of the project.

SAMUz Kick-off Meeting: Project Objective

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WP1 (DEV1): Curricula development of revised BA course “Farm management” and new MA course “Agrarian Management” at all agricultural universities in UZ

WP2 (DEV2): Creation of cross-university PhD school “Agrarian policy and economics”

WP3 (DEV3): Up-date of “hard and soft ware” at developed study courses (i.e. teaching materials, technical infrastructure for PhD school, e-learning environment, improved teaching competences)

WP4 (DEV4): Set-up of quality assurance scheme for educationWP5 (EXP): Sustainability of modernised education (i.e. pilot phase,

accreditation of revised BA and new MA at leading agricultural university and transfer to other agricultural universities in UZ)

WP6 (QPLN): Quality control & evaluation of projectWP7 (DISS): Dissemination of results WP8 (MNGT): Project management and administration

SAMUz Kick-off Meeting: Workpackages and expected results

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SAMUz Kick-off Meeting: Deliverables (I)

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SAMUz Kick-off Meeting: Deliverables (II)

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SAMUz Kick-off Meeting: Deliverables (III)

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SAMUz Kick-off Meeting: Expertise and Experience of Partners

1. Professional expertise with regard to agricultural sub-disciplines: • agric. policy JLU, AUTH• environmental/resource economics JLU• agric. market analysis MLU• business/farm management HSWT, Writtle• crop/animal production Writtle• agric. technology AUTH

2. Focus on qualification/degree level: • practical orientation/emphasis on BA/MA HSWT, Writtle• scientific orientation/emphasis on MA/PhD JLU, MLU, AUTH

3. Quality assurance scheme of education and teaching USC, TerSU 4. Enhanced University-Business cooperation USC, Writtle

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SAMUz Kick-off Meeting: Responsibilities of Partners

WP Content WP Leader

WP Co-leader

WP Monitor

WP1 Curricula development BA, MA TSAU MLU AUTH

WP2 PhD school SAI JLU USC

WP3 Up-date of “hard and soft ware” TIIM, TerSU HSWT Writtle

WP4 Quality assurance scheme USC TerSU MLU

WP5 Exploitation SAI TSAU

WP6 Quality plan JLU SAI

WP7 Dissemination SAI JLU

WP8 Management JLU SAI

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SAMUz Kick-off Meeting: Workplan

WP Type

Deliverable / Activity Ref.

N°Activities (as indicated in the LFM) Duration

(weeks)

Month

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36

1 DEV1 1. / 1.1 Conducting in-depth analysis of courses, qualifications, labour market needs 6 X X X X                                                                

  1. / 1.2 Concluding new/adjusted qualifications and learning objectives 2     X X X X                                                            

  2. / 2.1 Organising and conducting workshop on BA revision and MA development 2     O                                                                  

  2. / 2.2 Organising and conducting BA/MA verification conference with all stakeholders 2           X X                                                          

2 DEV2 3. / 3.1 Defining objectives, structure, content of PhD school 4   X X                                                                  

  3. / 3.2 Conducting workshop on structure and programme 1     O                                                                  

  4. / 4.1 Assigning responsibilities to Uzbek partners 1       X                                                                

  4. / 4.2 Organising PhD verification conference with all stakeholders 1             X                                                          

3 DEV3 5. / 5.1 Reviewing and adjusting suitable teaching materials at EU partners 6     O O O           O         O             O                          

  5. / 5.2 Developing (and translating) text books/ scripts 35             X X X X X X                   X X X                        

  5. / 5.3 Up-dating the libraries 5             X X                       X X X                            

  6. / 6.1 Installing purchased equipment for PhD school and teachers' training 3             X X                                                        

  6. / 6.2 Installing and running e-learning platform 125             X O X O X O X O X O X O X O X O X O X O X O X O X O X O X O

  7. / 7.1 Conducting training workshops for multiplier-lecturers (train the trainers) 8             X X X                                                      

  7. / 7.2 Conducting knowledge sharing workshops of multipliers at home 10                 X X X X               X X X X                          

  7. / 7.3 Hospitation visits of Uzbek teaching staff at EU partners 8     O               O         O             O                          

4 DEV4 8. / 8.1 Assessing official standards, HEIs’ autonomous options, objectives 3   O X                                                                  

  8. / 8.2 Defining procedures, responsibilities, feedback mechanisms of quality assurance 7     O       X                                                          

  8. / 8.3 Hospitation of Uzbek partners at EU partners 4     O               O                                                  

5 EXP 9. / 9.1 Enrolling and teaching students for pilot year 55                 X X X X X X X X X X X X X                              

  9. / 9.2 Evaluating the pilot year, creating future development plan 4                                       X X                              

  10. / 10.1 Preparing / conducting accreditation process at TSAU 10                                   X X X X X                            

  10. / 10.2 Transferring curricula to other agric. universities 62                                           X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

6 QPLN 11. / 11.1 Conducting cross-workpackage appraisals (DEV 1-4) 4           O X           X O                                            

  11. / 11.2 Collecting and assessing activity reports of mobilities, training reports 150 O X O X O X O X O X O X O X O X O X O X O X O X O X O X O X O X O X O X

  12. / 12.1 Conducting mid-term evaluation 3                                   X O                                  

  12. / 12.2 Annual reports to EU 6                       O                       O                       O

7 DISS 13. / 13.1 Carrying out fundamental dissem. (website, flyers, PR, networking) 150 X O X O X O X O X O X O X O X O X O X O X O X O X O X O X O X O X O X O

  13. / 13.2 Conducting wrap-up conference with all stakeholders 2                                                                   X    

  14. / 14.1 Participating in educational fairs in Uzb 3                     X                       X                       X  

  14. / 14.2 Conducting “Open Day” and “Job Exchange Day” 6                   X             X                       X              

8 MNGT 15. / 15.1 Creating standard management and communication forms 2 O O                                                                    

  15. / 15.2 Management of project 150 O X O X O X O X O X O X O X O X O X O X O X O X O X O X O X O X O X O X

  16. / 16.1 Purchasing equipment and literature 32             X X X X X                 X X X                            

  17. / 17.1 Conducting steering group meetings 4     O       X                       O                             X    

  18. / 18.1 Conducting final financial audit 1                                                                       O

                                                                               

Project duration: 01.12.2013 – 30.11.2016

WORKSHOP 1: CURRICULA DEVELOPMENT

ON BACHELOR AND MASTER LEVEL(WP1-DEV1 AND WP5-EXP9,EXP10)

Sustainable Agrarian Management Studies for

Uzbekistan

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WP leader: TSAUWP co-leader: MLUWP monitor: AUTH

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Workshop 1: Curricula development BA, MA

Sunday, March 9th

9.30 – 12.30 Kick-off Meeting • Welcome and round of introduction• Agenda of the meeting and the workshops• Project objectives, expected results, and deliverables• Work plan, responsibilities, and main activities

14.00 – 18.00 Workshop 1: Curricula development Bachelor and Master• Objectives: BA “Farm Management”, MA “Agrarian Management”• Presentation of status quo and desired target qualifications:

• Current BA "Farm management": critical analysis (O. Murtazaev, SAI)• UZB legislation for curriculum development (B. Nosirov, AAI) • Situation on ECTS / Bologna in UZB (F. Ahrorov, SAI)• Survey on qualification needs in UZB (A. Korun, JLU)

• Examples and experiences from EU partners: • Intern. MBA “Agricultural Management” at HSWT (R. Schlauderer, HSWT)• Intern. MSc “Transition Management” at JLU (M. Schmitz, JLU)

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Workshop 1 – curricula BA, MA:Objectives

… to revise/ develop curricula at all 4 Uzbek agricultural universities:

•modern agrarian management studies at farm, sector, and policy level

•explaining sustainable agriculture: productivity and efficiency, business operations, market

analysis, policy effectiveness, natural resource management, and the disciplinary

interrelations of agriculture, economics, and environment

Revision of the existing BA course “Farm management”

Development of a new MA course “Agrarian Management”

… particular attention to:

•Include all 4 universities and the Ministry of Higher and Specialised Secondary Education

(MHSSE) into the process

•implement Bologna structures as much as national standards allow (3 cycle structure,

ECTS, degree recognition).

•enhance cooperation between universities and labour market through clear definition of key

qualifications verified by surveys; higher emphasis on practical aspects in the study courses

(i.e. internships); targeted communication events (e.g. job exchange day)

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Workshop 1 – curricula BA, MA:Deliverables

Work-package

Deliver-able

Title Delivery date

WP 1DEV 1

1(Report)

Status quo - target comparison of qualifications current and desired target situation of BA/ MA curricula defined through in-depth analysis of existing courses, qualifications, workloads, and labour market needs; conclusion of new/adjusted qualifications and learning objectives

30.06.2014

WP 1DEV 1

2(Curri-cula)

New study structure and content according to ECTSstudy programme/curricula/syllabi of BA and MA was defined during workshops and verification conference; fundament for pilot phase at TSAU

31.08.2014

WP 5EXP 9

9(Report)

Pilot phase (BA, MA) accomplished and evaluated curricula introduced at TSAU for pilot phase, students are enrolled; evaluation of pilot phase and compiling future development plan

31.08.2015

WP 5EXP 10

10(Accredi-tation report)

BA and MA courses accreditated and transferred accreditation certificates for the revised BA and new MA at TSAU; courses are transferred to the other 3 agric. universities and students get are enrolled

30.11.2016

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Workshop 1 – curricula BA, MA:Education target BA “Farm management”

• was set-up 2004 by a governmental programme and is running at all 4

agricultural universities

• 4 years’ study course consisting of 62 subjects (29 general subjects/humanities,

others related to agriculture including agricultural economics)

• Indicative revisions (as mentioned in project proposal):

- Streamlining key qualifications towards more effective and informative

decision making and business management of agric. enterprises

- Reducing the proportion of general subjects in favour of professional

subjects

- Emphasizing elementary economic subjects like macro and micro economic

theory, policy and markets in agriculture, agric. business operations (either

insufficient or missing so far)

- Revising general agric. subjects (crop/ animal production, agric. technology)

- Defining learning outcomes and workloads for each subject

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Workshop 1 – curricula BA, MA:Education target MA “Agrarian management”

• To be established as a new programme of 2 study years

• Key qualification is to understand and evaluate economic, agro-political, and

social decisions of various bodies, like business operations, function of agric.

markets, role of agric./environ. policies, structures of cooperation, etc.

• Special attention is paid to (as mentioned in project proposal):

- Emphasizing professional subjects at the cost of general subjects

- Adjusting the proportion towards more optional subjects (MA as a

postgraduate study)

- Developing new subjects, e.g. agro-economic analysis (economic statistics,

sector analysis, econometrics), managerial economics, internat./ EU agric.

policy, environ. economics

- Including an internship as obligatory subject

- Defining learning outcomes, teaching forms, workloads for each subject…

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Workshop 1: Curricula BA, MA

Sunday, March 9th

9.30 – 12.30 Kick-off Meeting • Welcome and round of introduction• Agenda of the meeting and the workshops• Project objectives, expected results, and deliverables• Work plan, responsibilities, and main activities

14.00 – 18.00 Workshop 1: Curricula development Bachelor and Master• Objectives: BA “Farm Management”, MA “Agrarian Management”• Presentation of status quo and desired target qualifications:

• Current BA "Farm management": critical analysis (O. Murtazaev, SAI)• UZB legislation for curriculum development (B. Nosirov, AAI) • Situation on ECTS / Bologna in UZB (F. Ahrorov, SAI)• Survey on qualification needs in UZB (A. Korun, JLU)

• Examples and experiences from EU partners: • Intern. MBA “Agricultural Management” at HSWT (R. Schlauderer, HSWT)• Intern. MSc “Transition Management” at JLU (M. Schmitz, JLU)

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Workshop 1: Curricula BA, MA

Sunday, March 9th

9.30 – 12.30 Kick-off Meeting • Welcome and round of introduction• Agenda of the meeting and the workshops• Project objectives, expected results, and deliverables• Work plan, responsibilities, and main activities

14.00 – 18.00 Workshop 1: Curricula development Bachelor and Master• Objectives: BA “Farm Management”, MA “Agrarian Management”• Presentation of status quo and desired target qualifications:

• Current BA "Farm management": critical analysis (O. Murtazaev, SAI)• UZB legislation for curriculum development (B. Nosirov, AAI) • Situation on ECTS / Bologna in UZB (F. Ahrorov, SAI)• Survey on qualification needs in UZB (A. Korun, JLU)

• Examples and experiences from EU partners: • Intern. MBA “Agricultural Management” at HSWT (R. Schlauderer, HSWT)• Intern. MSc “Transition Management” at JLU (M. Schmitz, JLU)

www.samuz.org

Workshop 1: Curricula BA, MA

Monday, March 10th

9.00 – 9.30 Meeting with President of JLU• at Senate Hall, main university building

10.00 – 12.30 Continuation of Workshop 1 (curriculum Bachelor, Master)• Summary of first day and continuing discussion• Agreement on main characteristics of BA and MA programmes considering

UZB regulations• Next steps and time table for detailed curricula development

14.00 – 18.00 Steering Group Meeting (Administration and Management)• Constitution of the Steering Group• Project management and administration• Mobility plan• Quality control plan• Signing partnership agreements• Any other business, Date and place of next meeting

WORKSHOP 2: DEVELOPMENT OF PhD-SCHOOL

(WP2-DEV2 AND WP5-EXP9)

Sustainable Agrarian Management Studies for

Uzbekistan

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WP leader: SAIWP co-leader: JLUWP monitor: USC

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Workshop 2: PhD school

Tuesday, March 11th

9.00 – 12.30 Workshop 2: Development of PhD school• Objective: new cross-university PhD school “Agrarian policy and economics”• Information on current PhD education in UZB• Examples and experiences from EU partners

• German PhD colloquium “Agricultural Economics” (M. Grings, MLU)• Discussion of form and content of new PhD school, feasibility• Next steps for development and implementation

14.00 – 18.00 Workshop 3: Quality assurance scheme of education • Background and objectives• Presentation of current quality assurance systems in higher education in UZB

• National standards and requirements • Existing systems at universities

• Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (E. Lopez, USC)• Discussion on characteristics of an appropriate and feasible system for UZB• Next steps for development and implementation

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Workshop 2 – PhD school:Objectives

… to establish a cross-university PhD school that promotes inter-university cooperation, reduces the threat of academic inbreeding, and brings scientific research closer to international standards.

… particular attention to:•involve all 4 universities into the process of development and implementation•orientate on Bologna structures•consider cooperation between universities and labour market , e.g. through applied PhD research

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Workshop 2 – PhD school:Deliverables

Work-package

Deliver-able

Title Delivery date

WP 2DEV 2

3(concept)

Structure and programme of PhD school defineddefined objectives, structure, and content during workshop and exchange; defined programme structure and time table at verification conference

31.08.2014

WP 2DEV 2

4(UZB coop. agree-ment)

Institutional set-up of PhD school definedfixed programme; assigned responsibilities (tasks and hosts) to Uzbek partners and training needs to EU partners

31.08.2014

WP 5EXP 9

9(Report)

Pilot phase (PhD) accomplished and evaluated One year pilot phase of PhD school; evaluation of pilot phase and compiled future development plan

31.08.2015

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Workshop 2 – PhD school:Education target PhD school

• Strengthening analytical skills and research methodologies in agric. economics

• Linking universities with each other and with international scientific community

• Establishing links with enterprises, authorities, or agric. organizations if possible

• Indicative structure (as mentioned in project proposal):

- bloc courses (3x1-week-blocs per year) conducted in rotation

1. general preparatory subjects (planning/designing research, formulating

hypotheses, scientific presentations, academic writing, literature search),

2. empirical research methods (statistics, computation modeling, econometrics),

3. software applications for specific computation models

- approx. 20 PhD students are trained per year

- one seminar room will be equipped at each of the 4 agric. universities with

presentation/computer techniques and necessary software

- courses are given by local teaching staff (trained by EU partners before) plus

regularly guest lecturers from abroad

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Workshop 2: PhD school

Tuesday, March 11th

9.00 – 12.30 Workshop 2: Development of PhD school• Objective: new cross-university PhD school “Agrarian policy and economics”• Information on current PhD education in UZB• Examples and experiences from EU partners

• German PhD colloquium “Agricultural Economics” (M. Grings, MLU)• Discussion of form and content of new PhD school, feasibility• Next steps for development and implementation

14.00 – 18.00 Workshop 3: Quality assurance scheme of education • Background and objectives• Presentation of current quality assurance systems in higher education in UZB

• National standards and requirements • Existing systems at universities

• Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (E. Lopez, USC)• Discussion on characteristics of an appropriate and feasible system for UZB• Next steps for development and implementation

WORKSHOP 3: QUALITY ASSURANCE SCHEME OF EDUCATION

(WP4-DEV4)

Sustainable Agrarian Management Studies for

Uzbekistan

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WP leader: USCWP co-leader: TerSUWP monitor: MLU

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Workshop 3: Quality assurance

Tuesday, March 11th

9.00 – 12.30 Workshop 2: Development of PhD school• Objective: new cross-university PhD school “Agrarian policy and economics”• Information on current PhD education in UZB• Examples and experiences from EU partners

• German PhD colloquium “Agricultural Economics” (M. Grings, MLU)• Discussion of form and content of new PhD school, feasibility• Next steps for development and implementation

14.00 – 18.00 Workshop 3: Quality assurance scheme of education • Background and objectives• Presentation of current quality assurance systems in higher education in UZB

• National standards and requirements • Existing systems at universities

• Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (E. Lopez, USC)• Discussion on characteristics of an appropriate and feasible system for UZB• Next steps for development and implementation

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Workshop 3 – Quality assurance:Objectives

… to set-up a quality assurance system for Higher Education using the “Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area” (ENQA, 2009) and the “State Educational Standards” of Uzbekistan. In practice that means to define several actions in order to provide high quality teaching and systematically evaluate the results obtained, e.g. teachers’ qualification schemes, periodic and systematic evaluations of student and teacher satisfaction.

… particular attention to:•work with the academic councils of the universities that are the responsible bodies•enhancing own initiative at partner universities for reforming their curricula and giving students a voice

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Workshop 3 – Quality assurance:Deliverables

Work-package

Deliver-able

Title Delivery date

WP 4DEV 4

8(metho-dology, hand-book)

Quality assurance system at Uzbek partner universities Compiled quality assurance handbook defining responsibilities, procedures, methods, and timetables that are necessary for ensuring high quality of education Handbook is developed by assessing national and international official standards, autonomous options of universities, objectives. Handbook includes procedures, responsibilities, feedback mechanisms. Hospitation of Uzbek partners at EU partners for information and training.

30.10.2014

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Workshop 3: Quality assurance

Tuesday, March 11th

9.00 – 12.30 Workshop 2: Development of PhD school• Objective: new cross-university PhD school “Agrarian policy and economics”• Information on current PhD education in UZB• Examples and experiences from EU partners

• German PhD colloquium “Agricultural Economics” (M. Grings, MLU)• Discussion of form and content of new PhD school, feasibility• Next steps for development and implementation

14.00 – 18.00 Workshop 3: Quality assurance scheme of education • Background and objectives• Presentation of current quality assurance systems in higher education in UZB

• National standards and requirements • Existing systems at universities

• Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (E. Lopez, USC)• Discussion on characteristics of an appropriate and feasible system for UZB• Next steps for development and implementation

WORKSHOP 4: UP-DATE OF “HARD AND SOFT WARE”

(WP3-DEV3)

Sustainable Agrarian Management Studies for

Uzbekistan

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WP leader: TIIM, TerSUWP co-leader: HSWTWP monitor: Writtle

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Workshop 4: Up-date of „hard and soft ware“

Wednesday, March 12th

9.00 – 12.30 Workshop 4: Update of “hard and soft ware”• Objectives: enhancing teaching infrastructure and competences• Development of teaching materials for BA, MA, PhD (books, scripts)• Technical infrastructure of PhD school• E-learning platform

• The use of Moodle (A. Aristakesyan, HSWT)• Application and technical requirements for UZB (e.g. for multiplier and

PhD lectures by EU partners)• Training workshops for multiplier-lecturers (train the trainers): Time and topics• Knowledge sharing workshops of multipliers in UZB: Time and form• Hospitation visits of UZB teaching staff at EU partners: Number and hosts

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Workshop 4 – Up-date “Hard and soft ware”:Objectives

… to enhance technical learning/teaching infrastructure and teaching competences of Uzbek lecturers. This is particularly necessary with regard to new subjects of BA/MA curricula and the PhD school.

… particular attention to:•appropriate literature and teaching materials (topics, language, didactical suitability)•technical infrastructure (PC labs, e-learning platform) as a supporting measure with free access to all potential users•High number of trained staff through multiplier effect (first: “train the trainers” of well selected Uzbek teachers by EU partners; second: multiplier trainings by these teachers to others with e-learning support of EU partners)

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Workshop 4 – Up-date “Hard and soft ware”: Deliverables

Work-package

Deliver-able

Title Delivery date

WP 3DEV 3

5(teaching materials)

Updated teaching/ didactic materials teaching materials are up-dated (books, scripts, online journal access) through reviewing and adjusting suitable teaching materials at EU partners; developing (and translating) text books/ scripts; up-dating libraries

30.11.2015

WP 3DEV 3

6(learning resources)

Infrastructure for PhD school and e-learning installed infrastructure and e-learning platform for PhD school and teachers' training including introduction in using the equipment/software

30.11.2016

WP 3DEV 3

7(training)

Teaching competences improved teaching staff is trained (30 multipliers, 60 further staff, 16 teaching visits)

31.10.2015

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Workshop 4 – Up-date “Hard and soft ware”: Education target of trainings (I)

1. “Train the trainers”

• Competitive selection of multiplier teachers from UZB universities

• 8 workshops (approx. 1 week each) for up to 15 people each in second half

2014

• Possible topics:

1. Market theory & analysis

2. Policy interventions & their measurement

3. Business operations & farm management

4. Sustainable agric. technologies

5. Crop production

6. Animal production

7. Econometrics & computation modeling

8. Interactive & new teaching forms (directed to staff of TerSU)

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Workshop 4 – Up-date “Hard and soft ware”: Education target of trainings (II)

2. “Multiplier training”

• Multiplier teachers share their new knowledge (topic 1-7) through multiplying

workshops at their home institution accompanied by online supervision of EU

trainers (platform E-learning, web based training & e-testing)

• The workshop on teaching forms (topic 8) is directed to staff of TerSU who is

responsible for promoting new teaching/learning forms and who will conduct

multiplying workshops at the other four universities

3. Teaching visits of UZB teachers at EU partners

• competitive selection of visiting teachers from UZB universities

• teaching visits of UZB teaching staff at EU partners (4 staff of each UZB

university for 1 week = 20 people)

• visits are also used for reviewing and collecting suitable teaching materials

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Workshop 4: Up-date of „hard and soft ware“

Wednesday, March 12th

9.00 – 12.30 Workshop 4: Update of “hard and soft ware”• Objectives: enhancing teaching infrastructure and competences• Development of teaching materials for BA, MA, PhD (books, scripts)• Technical infrastructure of PhD school• E-learning platform

• The use of Moodle (A. Aristakesyan, HSWT)• Application and technical requirements for UZB (e.g. for multiplier and

PhD lectures by EU partners)• Training workshops for multiplier-lecturers (train the trainers): Time and topics• Knowledge sharing workshops of multipliers in UZB: Time and form• Hospitation visits of UZB teaching staff at EU partners: Number and hosts