CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
8th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
CONTEMPORARY ACHIEVEMENTS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING 2021 , 2021.y., pp. 49-56
NEW FORMS OF ACADEMIA-BUSINESS COOPERATION FROM ERASMUS+ CBHE PROJECTS| |
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| DOI: 10.14415/konferencijaGFS2021.04 |
| UDC: 378.3 |
| CC-BY-SA 4.0 license |
| Author : Bačić, Željko; Poslončec-Petrić, Vesna |
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| | Summary: |
| | The presumption of any modernization of study programs in higher education
is to understand the needs of the community and conduct intensive consultations with
community stakeholders, representatives of the businesses, public administration,
professional associations and citizens. The success of any study program in the
community is therefore largely related to the level of networking, i.e. the achieved
cooperation and understanding with the stakeholder representatives. European Union
Erasmus+ Capacity Building in the field of Higher Education (CBHE) projects support
the modernisation, accessibility and internationalisation of higher education in partner
countries. In addition to the main goal, CBHE projects are focused on ensuring the
sustainability of new educational content and forms in teaching at academic institutions
in partner states. Sustainability assurance is linked to the networking of academic
institutions in partner countries with business, public administration and professional
association subjects and their inclusion in educational processes at these institutions.
Participating in the implementation of several CBHE projects, whether as leaders
(BESTSID and GEOBIZ) or partners (SEED4NA and UN4DRR), we have paid special
attention to the issue of cooperation between academic institutions and business and
public administration subjects, finding new forms of cooperation that will result in a
more successful modernization of study programs and ultimately qualifying academic
experts who will be better prepared for inclusion in the businesses and public
administration by contributing to overall development and prosperity. Conducted
research and surveys, elaboration, testing and implementation of new or modified forms
of cooperation, as well as new levels of communication were applied in these projects.
The intention of this paper is to present activities and solutions aimed at achieving new
levels of cooperation and understanding of academia with representatives of the
businesses and public administration, as well as to point out obstacles in the realization
of this cooperation. |
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| | Keywords: |
| | modernisation of study programmes, business-academia cooperation, Erasmus+ CBHE projects |
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