NACAR - “Norwegian-Armenian Cooperation in Admission and Recognition” Project

 

Project aims:

  • To contribute to improvements in university management, including implementation of reforms related to the Bologna Process in Armenia.
  • To foster the cooperation between Armenian and Norwegian universities.

It will contribute to developing strong and lasting institutional partnerships through academic cooperation between the University of South-Eastern Norway and Yerevan Brusov State University of Languages and Social Sciences and Yerevan State Medical University, as well as the National Information Center for Academic Recognition and Mobility and Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education.

Funding:

By Norwegian Agency for International Cooperation and Quality Enhancement in Higher Education (DIKU)

Projcet Duration

3 years / 2018- 2021

Partners:

Norway

  • University of South-Eastern Norway (USN) /Project coordinator
  • Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (NOKUT)
  • Norwegian Agency for International Cooperation and Quality Enhancement in Higher Education (DIKU)

Armenia

  • National Information Center for Academic Recognition and Mobility (ARMENIC)/ project coordinator
  • Yerevan Brusov State University of Languages and Social Sciences (YSULS)
  • Yerevan State Medical University after M.Heratsi (YSMU)

Expected outcomes։

  • Updated, shared and relevant information about the Armenian Higher Education System in Norway and about the Norwegian Higher Education System in Armenia, which will smoothen further cooperating between Armenia and Norwegian HEIs,
  • Development of good practice of admission of international students in accordance with aims in the Bologna Process in Armenia,
  • Development of good practice of recognition in Armenia in accordance with the Lisbon Recognition Convention,
  • Development of good practice of recognition of refugees’ qualifications,
  • Closer cooperation between the HEIs in the project and between ARMENIC and NOKUT,
  • Dissemination of the results in Armenia and Norway achieved at the cooperating partners in the project.