About the project
Boosting digital and green skills for a resilient and sustainable Western Balkan society 2025-2028
The project aim and objectives
The project aim
To mainstream a holistic approach towards digitalization and green transition action, by creating effective, contemporary and sustainable education ecosystem – study programmes and certified LLL programmes for twin green and digital transition.
Specific project objectives
SO1: Establish Research and Education Centres (RECs) for green and digital transition within each WBC HEIs.
SO2: Raise awareness of staff and student community on the needs for green and digital skills within HEIs.
SO3: Promote green transition and digitalization culture within WBC HEIs.
SO4: Increase Synergies between academia and stakeholders for implementing joint initiatives for green transition and digitalization.
SO5: Reinforce networking and collaboration between staff and student communities of WBC and EU about digitalization and green transition actions.
Work plan
Working Packages and Timeline
| ACTIVITY | YEAR 1 | YEAR 2 | YEAR 3 | YEAR 4 | ||||||||||||
| Q 1 | Q 2 | Q 3 | Q 4 | Q 1 | Q 2 | Q 3 | Q 4 | Q 1 | Q 2 | Q 3 | Q 4 | Q 1 | Q 2 | Q 3 | Q 4 | |
| Task 1.1 – Establish Project Management Framework and Procedures | * | * | ||||||||||||||
| Task 1.2 – Identify Risks and Develop Mitigation Strategies | * | * | ||||||||||||||
| Task 1.3 – Organize Project Meetings | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||||
| Task 1.4 – Manage all project activities and monitor their execution | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||||
| Task 2.1 – State-of-the-Art Analysis of Digital and Green Education in Academia in EU | * | * | ||||||||||||||
| Task 2.2 – Organise Study Visits to HEIs in EU and Third Countries associated to the Programme | * | * | * | * | ||||||||||||
| Task 2.3 – Provide needs assessment for WBC Digital and Green Education in Academia | * | * | * | |||||||||||||
| Task 2.4 – Identify Stakeholders’ needs for Green and Digital skills | * | * | * | |||||||||||||
| Task 2.5 – Formulate Digital and Green Initiative for WBC Education in Academia | * | * | ||||||||||||||
| Task 3.1 – Procure, install and activate equipment | * | * | * | * | * | |||||||||||
| Task 3.2 – Establish RECs for green and digital transition | * | * | * | * | * | |||||||||||
| Task 3.3 – Establish network of RECs | * | * | ||||||||||||||
| Task 3.4 – Organize Workshops for Stakeholders | * | * | ||||||||||||||
| Task 4.1 – Transfer knowledge, experience and skills in digital and green education on WBC staff | * | * | * | * | ||||||||||||
| Task 4.2 – Develop new study programmes at CEPS | * | * | * | * | * | |||||||||||
| Task 4.3 – Modernize existing academic study programmes at UBL | * | * | * | * | * | |||||||||||
| Task 4.4 – Design certified LLL programmes at UOM, UT and UPT | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||||||||||
| Task 4.5 – Develop new blended learning material | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||||||||
| Task 5.1 – Enrol students/professionals to new and modernized study and LLL programmes | * | * | * | * | ||||||||||||
| Task 5.2 – Deliver new and modernized study programmes | * | * | * | * | * | |||||||||||
| Task 5.3 – Deliver certified LLL programmes | * | * | * | * | * | |||||||||||
| Task 5.4 – Evaluate the 1st cohorts’ progress and satisfaction of students, professionals and staff and fine tuning | * | * | * | * | ||||||||||||
| Task 6.1 – Develop Quality Assurance mechanisms and procedures | * | * | ||||||||||||||
| Task 6.2 – Create and conduct polls for different types of activities | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||||
| Task 6.3 – Organize inter project coaching | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |||||||||
| Task 6.4 – Conduct peer review of new learning material | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||||||||
| Task 6.5 – Subcontract External Evaluator of the project | * | |||||||||||||||
| Task 7.1 – Develop dissemination, communication and exploitation plan | * | * | ||||||||||||||
| Task 7.2 – Develop, maintain and promote the SKILL2SUSTAIN website and features | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||||
| Task 7.3 – Perform promotional campaigns | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||||
| Task 7.4 – Organise SKILL2SUSTAIN Symposium | * | * | * | * | ||||||||||||
| Task 7.5 – Publish the Special Issue of UBL Journal | * | * | * | * | * | |||||||||||
