Wider objective is to enable Ukraine and Moldova to face the challenges of dealing with Human Rights policies in accordance with EU and international standards through capacity and institutional building measures. By developing and introducing new Bologna-compliant case-oriented master and doctoral curricula, intensive capacity building mechanism and establishing Offices of Student Ombudsman supported by Code of Academic Integrity the project will bring the following positive challenges in a short term:1. Improving of academic quality of Human Rights studies in Ukraine and Moldova;2. Society demand on promoting, facilitating and assurance of human rights concept and practices will be satisfied by comprehensive training services;3. Urgent necessity on qualitative legal support of internally displaced persons and refugees from zones of military conflict and occupied territories of Donbass and Crimea (Ukraine) and unrecognized territories of Transnistria (Moldova);4. Professional, language and personal skills of programme graduates allow them successfully extend their career on the preferred public or private law sector.Innovative character of the project:1. The project breaks the current stereotypes in the content of available academic HR curriculum in UA and MD and contributes to the fight against xenophobia and homophobia in society2. Students will be directly engaged in monitoring of human rights in their universities (identifying cases of discrimination, corruption, breach of privacy, etc.)3.) Some of human rights competences (rights of refugees, migrants) were not required by the market of legal services - now the situation has changed dramatically. The aggression of Russia led to the fact that 1.5m people have fled their homes and they have long would need support at different levels. The project provide the direct output for targeted Group - Internally displaced persons and refugees from occupied territories of Donbass and Crimea (Ukraine).

"The SMART Caffes project was concrete response to the challenges that address HEIs in Armenia, Moldova, Belarus.Its objective was to encourage students’ entrepreneurial intent and support open innovation approach in collaboration between companies and universities in creative, supportive and motivating environment - SMART Caffes. The core idea was to motivate students and young researchers to actively use their intellectual potential to generate innovative ideas. During this process student teams have had the opportunity to be mentored, guided and advised by company representatives and university staff.The following project outcomes are expected to be sustainable long after the end of the EU funding:7 SMART Caffes(SCs) and their network;4 new training modules elaborated for the teaching staff of SCs8 new trainings elaborated for students enrolled in SCsIT multifunctional platform SMART_CHANNELRevised curricula in 7 HEIsBook: ""From Idea to running business"" in EN, RO, RU, AM, BLRMarket for Ideas in EN and RO/or RU/or AM/ or BLRStart up competition and annual regional conference of EaPC students’ EXPECTED IMPACT is envisaged on:Institutional level: new teaching approaches implemented, teaching staff skills increased, entrepreneurial skills of students fostered, improved quality of education.Regional level: new model of a public-private-people partnership fits to EaCP created, strong Network of motivating environment for students (SMART Caffes) created, contact-building between entrepreneurs -students –HEIs improved.National level: the role of HEIs in society in each EaCP extend, different perspectives crossed, interactions between technologies & market fostered.European level: fostering the integration process of EaCP HEI into the European Higher Education Area, built as an area which using common tools. Thus, EaCP update their higher education systems making them more compatible with EU standards."

This project addresses the extant problem of student’s diminishing competiveness and diminishing employability rate as reflected in priorities of the Moldovan Government. This project responds to these needs by introducing innovative teaching methods: Problem Based Learning (PBL), Enquiry Based Learning (EBL) and Simulations (S). These innovative teaching methods contribute substantially to enhancement of students’ competitiveness and employability as witnessed in various universities across Europe. Each partner country university chose a study program to be re-designed based on these innovative teaching methods: MSc in Business Administration (AESM); MSs in Information Technology (TUM); MSc in Human Rights (MSU); MSc in European Policy and Public Administration (USARB); MSc in Entrepreneurship and Business Administration (USC); BA in Medicine (SUMPh). The following key outputs are envisaged: work plan; consortium agreement; training materials; roadmaps for change; training of trainers; roadmaps for content change; PBL/EBL/S based study programs/curricula; semester 1 and 2 learning outcomes; evaluation reports; project website; progress and final reports. The following impacts are expected: (1) short term - improved ability for academic staff to draw roadmaps for program and curricula modernization; improved skills of staff working with PBL/EBL/S teaching methods; improved support and access for disadvantaged students; improved participation of business communities; improved knowledge and competences expressed as learning outcomes; (2) long term – at involved Moldovan universities: improved available teaching methodologies that can be applied in other study programs; improved quality of education; improved participation and performance by disadvantaged students; improved cooperation with business communities; improved integration into the EU based excellence networks; at system level - improved quality of educational policy and modernized HE system in Moldova.

This project is concrete response to the problems specified in D1.1. It aims to reinforce university-industry relationship based on smart (tailored) entrepreneurial approach in HEIs from Eastern Partnership countries and enhancement of students’ and graduates’ competitive intelligence (CI) (behaviours, skills, mindsets) and their ability to create jobs.Outputs:- 9 concepts of hubs at EaPC HEIs;- Improved skills of 130 teachers;- CI programme(CIP) based on MOOCs and 3 new course supports on acceleration, art, digital skills; - Implemented the CIP covering course 1.part 1, course 2, 3 for 540 registered learners from 9 EaCP HEIs and at least 135 online learners registered for CIP covering course 1.part 2, course 2, 3;- 162 practical performance activities with students done by trained teacher;- Enrolled in CIP 27 students will develop open innovations with companies;- 18 best students benefited from internships; -100 students participated in all 3 National Bootcamps;- 18 students benefited from mobility to Pitch competition;- 9 action plans to improve collaboration and communication between HEIs-industry;- At least 20 programmes in which students do not automatically come into contact with entrepreneurial studies(ES) will be revised and adapted to include it;Impact: AT LOCAL LEVELs the involved PC HEIs will directly benefit from: Fostered experience of the teaching staff of the HEIs; implemented new technologies and learning approaches; AT NATIONAL LEVEL updated facilities;Competition; fostered students skills, especially those who do not automatically come into contact with ES; improved quality of educationAT REGIONAL LEVEL is foreseen a common participatory, evidence-based processes following the objectives of the Bologna process and guided by EU partners in order to support the modernization of the EaPC HE systems and development of important area of activities with these partner countries. This proj. proposal can be used as precedent for others

Our project addressed one of the key priorities of targeted country (Republic of Moldova) with particular regard to new learning and teaching tools, modern pedagogical approaches and methodologies which facilitated certain changes at partners’ institutions levels toward modernizing master curricula in Business & Administration (B&A). Given the positive impact on direct TGs ( local master students, teachers and academics, business and public bodies, and civil society sector), our project tackled the needs of new skills and competences development, changed minds and mentalities towards greater productivity and a responsible climate in the partner country.The project surveyed entrepreneurship and digital learning needs of a wide range of local stakeholders and equipped local teachers and students with the right mixt of entrepreneurial and digital skills with the aid of 30 new and/or upgraded courses/disciplines in B innovative teaching and learning pedagogies, teachers trainings, career orientation services and development measures, and digital modules.The project fulfilled its wider objective guaranteed by the national accreditation decisions of modernized master programmes in B&A for each MD HEIs, and addressed the needs of students and teachers in B&A area from a wide geographical coverage from the Northern, the Central and the Southern parts of MD, as per following composition:•Involving local stakeholders (67 HE teachers, 203 students, 112 employers) in collecting relevant needs and better adapting the master curricula in B&A. •Upgrading facilities of 5 (five) MD universities that enabled a better exploitation of local ICT potential, online and blended courses, new pedagogical approaches for teaching and learning, and collaborative work ICT-based. •Training and upgrading entrepreneurial and innovation skills, and abilities for real and virtual communication for 60 teaching staff from MD universities. •Exposing 1661 MD master students to the suite of 30 new and upgraded courses in B&A (168 ECTS) covering all phases of entrepreneurial process (pre-start, start-up, and growth), with enriched teaching methods and new pedagogical approaches. •Informing 816 local beneficiaries about the opportunities of entrepreneurial education offers, by which 623 master students and 193 local teachers better aware of the benefits of innovative teaching and learning, and increased their positive attitudes for European projects. •Career guidance for 484 master students who received support from teachers and local business representatives, by which 311 received practical solutions for their professional careers; 247 local representatives were involved in the flow of career orientation sessions and 210 local teachers/academics have increased their capacity for mentoring students for entrepreneurial and business careers. •Engaging 537 local participants from Partner country (students, teachers, private enterprise, professional associations, civil society organizations, public entities) in spreading good practices and cooperation opportunities in entrepreneurship and digital education; by which 367 master students and 98 local teachers/academics with enhanced understanding of new approach in doing business in Moldova Partner country and 72 local business representatives with reinforced capacity of take-up an entrepreneurial culture in local economy. All of these fostered new forms of synergies and exchanges across disciplines through digital learning, increased the critical mass of local beneficiaries skilled in entrepreneurship and digital competences, changed minds and mentalities, and internationalized master program curricula in Business & Administration (B&A).