You have entered the official website of the project "COMPETENCE - Matching competences in higher education and economy: From competence catalogue to strategy and curriculum development" funded by the European Commission (Tempus program). The aim of the ongoing project is to contribute to the effective implementation of the European Qualifications Framework by bridging the gaps between the worlds of higher education and work/society by reducing the mismatch between learning outcomes and the requirements of the labor market.
Project goals
From 2009 to 2011 project partners are cooperating for the achievement of the following main goals:
- Development of an applied methodology to match competences offered by higher education study programs and those which are needed by the labor market
- Foundation of 4 Competence and Observation Centers: National knowledge transfer, training & service centers for universities, companies and other stakeholders
- Conducting 8 pilot studies (2 per partner institution from the Western Balkans)
- Development of "Competence Catalogues" – a tool to clearly analyze the match between competences
- Dissemination of project philosophy, approach and results to academic, business and political stakeholders
- Assurance of sustainability of the project outcomes and quality control
| Project duration: | 15.01.2009 - 14.01.2012 |
| Project budget: | € 681.050,00 - (total project budget) |
| € 649.153,00 - (financed by Tempus) |
Partner country universities
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University of Zenica |
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Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje |
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University of Montenegro |
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University of Novi Sad |
European Union universities
Further project partners
Individual expert
Oliver Vettori Mr. Vettori is director of the Department for Evaluation and Quality Management in Teaching at the Vienna University of Economy and Business Administration. |
Official support
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This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. |
The project supporting team will be happy to provide you with any further detailed information!
In case of any questions with regard to contents of the project, if you need any organizational support or if you have questions related to project management, please contact:
| World University Service (WUS) Austria Nina Taso and Markus Neuherz, Project Coordinators |
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| address: Lichtenfelsgasse 21, A-8010 Graz, AT | |
| phone: +43 316 38 22 58 | |
| fax: +43 316 93 17 51 | |
| email: nina.taso@wus-austria.org markus.neuherz@wus-austria.org |
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In case of any questions on financial issues, please contact:
| World University Service (WUS) Austria Financial Manager |
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| address: Branilaca Sarajeva 51, 71000 Sarajevo, BA | |
| phone: +387 33 258 790 | |
| fax: +387 33 258 792 | |
| email: finance.competence@wus-austria.org | |
In case of any questions related to a specific project partner, please contact the respective partner university directly:
| University of Zenica Nino Serdarevic |
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| address: Travnicka 1, 72000 Zenica, BA | |
| phone: +387 32 201 230 | |
| fax: +387 32 201 231 | |
| email: nino.serdarevic@ef.unze.ba | |
| University of Applied Sciences FH JOANNEUM Bernadette Frech |
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| address: Eggenberger Allee 11, 8020 Graz, AT | |
| phone: +43 316 545 368 18 | |
| fax: +43 316 545 396 818 | |
| email: bernadette.frech@fh-joanneum.at | |
| KaHo Sint-Lieven (Catholic University College Gent) Geert De Lepeleer |
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| address: Gebroeders Desmetstraat 1,B-9000 Gent, BE | |
| phone: +32 9 265 86 45 | |
| fax: +32 9 265 86 46 | |
| email: geert.delepeleer@kahosl.be | |
| University of Girona Josep Juandó Bosch |
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| address: Plaça Sant Domènec, 3 Girona 17820, ES | |
| phone: +34 972 419 602; +34 638 027 709 | |
| fax: +34 972 418 031 | |
| email: josep.juandobosch@udg.edu | |
| University of Novi Sad Jonjaua Ranogajec |
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| address: Bul Cara Lazara 1., 21000 Novi Sad, RS | |
| phone: +381 21 485 37 57 | |
| fax: +381 21 450 413 | |
| email: janjar@uns.ns.ac.yu | |
| Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Radmil Polenakovik |
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| address: Karpos II bb, 1000 Skopje, MK | |
| phone: +389 230 994 81; +389 703 329 30 | |
| fax: +389 230 99 482 | |
| email: radepole@mf.edu.mk | |
| University of Montenegro Aleksa Vucetic |
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| address: Stari Grad 320, 85 330 Kotor, ME | |
| phone: +382 69 304 354 | |
| fax: +382 32 325 049 | |
| email: aleksav@ac.me | |
Editorial details, publisher
| World University Service (WUS) Austria |
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| address: Lichtenfelsgasse 21, A-8010 Graz, AT | |
| phone: +43 316 38 22 58 | |
| fax: +43 316 93 17 51 | |
| email: nina.taso@wus-austria.org | |
Liability
The contents of this website were reviewed by the editors in all conscience and with regard to accuracy, though the editors assume no liability for any material or imaginary damages and harms caused by the use or disuse of the provided information, the use of wrong, obsolete or incomplete information, respectively.
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.
This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

















