National Tempus / Erasmus+
Office in Ukraine

We are happy to announce that one Tempus project partnership of selected in 2nd call in 2009 at the later stage include Ukrainian higher education institutions. Our best hearted congratulations to our universities.

Project details are as follows:

Project title: 159352-TEMPUS-FI-TEMPUS-JPHES DEVELOPMENT OF QUALIFICATION FRAMEWORK IN METEOROLOGY (http://qualimet.net/)

The project "Development of qualification framework in meteorology" (QUALIMET) aims to continue the reform of the system of higher education and qualification in the area of hydrometeorology in the Russian Federation to better meet the high and ever changing demands in meteorologal science and profession and to comply with the best international practice. The project is designed for 3 years and addresses the following specific objectives:

1. To develop standards of knowledge, skills and competences for all qualifications up to Doctoral level needed in all possible occupations a meteorology learner can undertake, by July 2011.

2. To develop reciprocally recognized rubrics, criteria, methods and tools for assessing the compliance with the developed standards (quality assurance), by July 2012.

3. To set the network of Centers of Excellence as a primary designer of sample education programs and learning experiences, both in traditional and distant setting of delivery, leading to achievement of the developed standards, by December 2012 .

4. To set a system of mutual international recognition and award of qualifications in meteorology based on the developed procedures, by December 2012.

Grant amount: 890 075 Euro

Grant Applicant:

• UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI, FI

Partnership:

• UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN, DANMARK;

• UNIVERSITY OF TARTU, EE;

• ITALIAN NATIONAL AGENCY FOR NEW TECHNOLOGIES, ENERGY AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, IT;

• ACADEMIC ASSOC. OF RUSSIAN UNIVERSITIES IN THE AREA OF HYDROMETEOROLOGY, RU;

• ROSHYDROMET ADVANCED TRAINING INSTITUTE, RU;

• RUSSIAN STATE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL UNIVERSITY (RSHU);

• TVER STATE UNIVERSITY, RU;

• ROSHYDROMET METEOAGENCY;

• LOMONOSOV MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY, RU;

• VERNADSKY TAVRIDA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (TNU) SIMFEROPOL/SEVASTOPOLER TNU-INSTITUT IN SEVASTOPOL, UA

• ODESSA STATE ENVIRONMENTAL UNIVERSITY (OSENU), UA