Erasmus+ SMARTI CBHE Project has Kicked Off

Erasmus+ CBHE “Support for Innovative Methodology, Approaches and Tools for Teaching through the Medium of English in order to improve Educational Field, Sustainability and Internationalization” Project (“SMARTI”) was launched on 31 March -1 April 2021.
The event was organized with the participation of the representatives from the European project partner Universities: Technical University Dresden (coordinator, Germany), Riga Technical University (Latvia), Catholic University of Portugal (Portugal) and Liverpool John Moores University (UK); from Armenian project partner organizations: Public Administration Academy of RA, Vanadzor State University, Armenian National Agrarian University, Shirak State University, Goris State University, National Center for Professional Education Quality Assurance Foundation; and from Russian project partner organizations: Ogarev Mordovia State University, Irkutsk National Research Technical University, Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education, Petrozavodsk University, Certification Association Russian Register.
Under the coordination of Gerard Cullen from Technical University Dresden, the representatives of 15 organizations came together to get acquainted with all members of the consortium and discuss the opportunities offered by the project and the expectations of the participating universities.
During the opening ceremony, the participants were greeted by Carlo Imaricio, Project Manager from the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA), the coordinators of the Erasmus + National Office in Armenia Lana Karlova and that of Russia Olga Oleynikova. In her speech Lana Karlova emphasized the importance of being very precise, goal-oriented in the implementation of the project and added that following all the tasks and objectives will make it easy to solve all the problems and to have a successful project.
During the three-day event the goals, objectives, expected outcomes were defined, the teams responsible for each WP were represented, the upcoming activities within the project were discussed, the timelines of the activities adjusted and the requirements for the presentation of financial and technical reports clarified.
The agenda of the kick off meeting can be found in the attached file.

The Department of External Relations and Cooperation of GSU











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