A lot of
people in Armenia, especially
representatives of universities,
have heard about the TEMPUS
project. It is over 14 years
that this projects sponsored by
the European Union is trying to
adapt the education system to
European standards.
The TEMPUS (Trans European
Mobility Program for University
Studies) is a project of the
European Commission with the
purpose of supporting the
countries of Eastern Europe,
Central Asia, North Africa and
Middle East to implement reforms
in the sector of education and
modernize it. It has the goal to
establish efficient cooperation
of the EU and project countries
in the sectors of education,
especially development of
multilateral ties and
cooperation between the
universities of Europe and the
countries covered in the
project. It also has a goal to
create new education programs,
materials and methods, modern
methods of education management,
etc. The project was adopted in
1990 in the EU council of
ministers and has been prolonged
for 4 times since that time.
Currently the project is in the
phase of implementing the Tempus
IV, which will last till 2013.
TEMPUS in Armenia
Armenia is participating in the
TEMPUS since 1995. From the
point of view of reaching the
goals stimulated by the Bologna
process it is hard to evaluate
the role of the TEMPUS. It gives
an opportunity to the Armenian
universities to improve their
programs, carry out effective
management, improve the
institutional capacity, etc. Due
to the TEMPUS the Armenian
universities can develop closer
cooperation with many European
universities and increase the
mobility of students and
lecturers. The coordinator of
the Armenian office of Tempus
Lana Carlova says that there are
good examples of cooperation,
which continue till now, many
years after the termination of
the projects. The Tempus
projects, the quantities and
capacities are really very
impressive. The Tempus takes
into consideration the national
and regional characteristics
priorities of the partner
countries. The national
priorities are approved as a
result of joint discussions on
part of the European Commission
delegation and the education
ministers of the partner
countries. As for the regional
priorities, these are based on
the EU’s cooperation policy with
the partner countries.
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Երևանի Գեղարվեստի Պետական Ակադեմիա
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TEMPUS: Path to European education
On the 30th of September, 2009,
within the frames of TEMPUS IV project, ECESIS
(Educational centers' network on modern
technologies of management), a delegation led by
the grant holder institution, Koblenz-Landau
University paid a visit to the Yerevan State
Academy of Fine Arts. The delegation included
all the representatives of the consortium
members from Ukraine (Dnepropetrovsk, L'viv, and
Sumy), Russia (Tambov, Moscow), Moldova (Komrat)
and EU countries (Germany, Poland and Spain). Within the frames of the project, a Life-Long Learning Center for training in-service administrative staff will be established. The project will enable preparation of managers capable of functioning in the ever-changing environment. |
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