THE COOPERATION BETWEEN
ALBANIAN HEREs AND
NATIONAL AUTHORITIES
NEO/HERE meeting
Brussels
May, 10, 2016
Name
Edit DIBRA, National coordinator
Albanian NEO
Education
and Culture
Education
and Culture
A good relation
HERE –NA?
Albania has 7 (seven) HEREs: (5 from HEIs, out of them 1 from a regional
HEI, 2 from the MES)
Is there any good recipe????
Good coincidences
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2 HEREs held prominent positions in MES hierarchy;
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2 HEREs members of the National Commission for Higher
Education Reform (responsible for reform policy papers in
HE);
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One HERE member of the MES’ Task Force responsible to
define the drivers of the future bylaw acts in compliance with
the new Law.
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2015- Time of a deep reform in HE which culminated with the
approval of the new Law in HE”;
Serious commitment
of HEREs
 The HEREs have driven the HE Reform through :
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National workshop 1 on ‘Raising capacities of Albanian universities
for internal governance” at the University of Elbasan, (June 2015);
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National workshop 2 on ‘Financing Higher Education Institutions in
the framework of the new Law of Higher Education” at the University
of Korca, (November 2015)
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The aims: to disseminate the draft of the new law in the regions,
then the Law
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to enhance discussion on current and hot topics in higher education
reform among academics, experts, ministerial representatives,
students;
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Direct output: Recommendations papers addressed to the National
authorities
HEREs struggle
Each HERE has been struggling by all his means to have the
Recommendations embedded in
the new Law:
Some main HERE’s contributions to the new law comprised:
•
autonomy conditioned only to the performance, the achievement of an
adequate level of management quality and accountability;
•
the allocation of funds, based on indicators of quality of institutions for
teaching, research, innovation etc;
•
the right to seek private funding and the right to receive loans for their
institutional and infrastructure development ;
•
The HEI right to generate legitimate incomes from teaching activities, scientific
research activities and by other economic incomes;
Other factors
key to success
-HERE’s chairperson played a pivotal role in ensuring the
coordination of the HERE team meetings, activities and tasks, as
well as holding the communication with other actors and partner
institutions;
• - Regular meetings in MES at least twice a year in order to find
synergy with national priorities for the plan of the activities, the
national workshops themes, TAM etc
• -Support of the NEO: regular communication with HEREs
(monthly meetings for monitoring ongoing activities, planning the
upcoming events, organizational issues etc)
Other factors
key to success
•
- High level Ministry representatives (Minister/Deputy minister)
attended all HERE national workshops (greetings speech, etc)
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-Media coverage ensured;
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-HEREs involved as members in the BFUG group, the National Quality
Assurance Board, the National Excellence Board and the NQF working
group;
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-HEREs active in other activities related to the Reform of Higher
Education organized by the MES or other HE bodies in the country ;
•
- HERE’s good will for additional activities other than planned (2
additional activities organized at university level by HEREs last year with
their own resources)
Some does for
a successful
cooperation
-An active and committed HERE chairperson;
-At least one HERE from National Authorities;
-Effective planning in synergy with national priorities, plans for reforms;
-Regular meetings in the Ministry of Education;
-High level NA representatives (Minister/Deputy minister) approached
in HERE activities/events;
-Active lobbying to embed recommendations into policy, law, by law acts;
Some does for
a successful
cooperation
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HERE’s activities with tangible and public results (ex.
Recommendations)
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A strong regional dimension of the activities for broader impact;
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Additional activities with additional sources;
- Presence of HEREs in national bodies, reform boards,
• commissions;
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Regular communication of NEO with HEREs;
A good relation
HERE –NA?
Was this presentation a good recipe????
3. Madame Benoit says:
4. “a recipe is only a theme, which an intelligent cook can play
each time with a variation."