About project

The goal of WP1 is to conduct the necessary surveys and to perform an analysis of collected information aiming to create environment and design in a systematic way the specifications for the SDI and EO (with emphasis on Copernicus) project or baseline curriculum.  For the design of curriculum, the Curriculum Design Tool of GI-N2K will be used. Curriculum design actions include: the design of modules, courses or lectures/assignment; the number of ECTS in case of academic education/training; the workload in case of VET; the definition of pre- and post-requisites; and finally, the desired learning outcomes.

Activities in WP1 are organized in four tasks :

• T1.1 – Current status at partner universities
• T1.2 – Current status of learning material from program countries
• T1.3 – Requirement analysis
• T1.4 – Specification of project curriculum.

The goal of the WP2 is to develop the content of the curricula and the supporting learning material to be included in the project curriculum as specified in D1.4-D1.5 and to prepare the partner universities in providing courses for students at HEI’s and for professionals in the frame of VET initiatives according to their needs and to ensure tools for conducting the courses (equipment) is operational.   

Activities in WP2 are organized in four tasks :

• T2.1 – Deveopment of project curriculum
• T2.2 – Vocational education training courses development
• T2.3 – SDI & EO lab equipmet purchase/installation
• T2.4 – Training of teachers

The goal of WP3 is that each partner university introduces courses (or parts thereof) from the project curriculum developed under T2.1 – T2.4 in its own curricula. In practice, the goal of this WP primarily is to implement and conduct the developed and localized project curriculum at each partner country university/faculty in third year of the project lifetime.

The WP3 is subdivided into four tasks:

• T3.1 – Localisation of curriculum
• T3.2 – Implementation of local curricula
• T3.3 – Running courses to students
• T3.4 – Evaluation of implementation

The goal of Work Package 4 (WP4): Dissemination & Exploitation is efficient dissemination of project results and information about SDI and EO in partner countries. This dissemination should raise the general knowledge about SDI and EO in the target sectors, to increase awareness about the project and its results within its main target groups (students, institutions professionals and external universities) and to assure that the project results will be maintained and further developed after the completion of the project. It has also the goal to define future exploitation models between partners and set-up a model for future projects.

WP4 is organized in the following tasks:

• T4.1 – Development of a Communication and Dissemination plan
• T4.2 – Dissemination of project results
• T4.3 – VET courses execution
• T4.4 – Project exploitation and sustainability

The goal of Work Package 5 (WP5) Management is to ensure efficient and smooth management and coordination, both among the partners and between the project partnership and the EACEA, and of all the project activities leading towards the successful execution of the project in accordance with the defined goals. This will be achieved with the establishment of a Project Office at KU LEUVEN, in charge for the administrative duties/commitments and with the use of the proper tools for an efficient management and monitoring of the project.

Activities in WP5 are organized in following tasks:

• T5.1 – Project management structure establishment
• T5.2 – Project coordination, administration and monitoring
• T5.3 – National stakeholder coordination

The aims of WP6 are: (1) to assure that the project processes and results will meet the specific project objectives and that they contribute to the wider project objectives and (2) to systematically perform quality evaluation of project outputs and outcomes, to answer the questions about the effectiveness and efficiency of the project activities. In addition, the activities will also support the Project Management by providing status reports addressing the expected impact of the project results. The WP also assesses whether the project results (outputs and outcomes) are acceptable in terms of usefulness and usability for reaching the major project objectives, and thus whether the overall quality of the project is high.

Execution of WP6 is organized according to the folowing tasks :

• T6.1 – Development of a Quality plan
• T6.2 – Evaluation of progress and results
• T6.3 – Monitoring success indicators