Coordination meeting in the framework of the project DUALBEL «Promoting Development of DUAL Study in Belarusian Higher Education»
On February 17-18, 2021 in the framework of DUALBEL project «Promoting Development of Dual Study in Belarusian Higher Education» 618513-EPP-1-2020-1-DE-EPPKA2-CBHE-SP an online coordination meeting was being held, the representatives of Belarusian employer institutions and associations alongside the reps of the universities of Germany, Latvia, Slovakia, Finland took part in the meeting.
The presentations of each partner-institution were on February 17. The Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus, the National Institute of Higher Education, 11 higher education institutions, 3 employer associations participate in the project from the Republic of Belarus.
Dr. Guido Kaufmann, Technische Hochschule Deggendorf (DIT, Federal Republic of Germany) presented the review of project work packages, the content of the first working year, the peculiarities of project financial management.
Dual education is highly developed in European countries. Professor, Dr. Wolfgang Fuchs, Dual High School of Baden-Wurtenberg (DHBW, Federal Republic of Germany), Professor,
Dr. Marcus Herntrei, Technische Hochschule Deggendorf (DIT, Federal Republic of Germany) shared German experience of dual education in their presentations. Professor, Dr. Biruta Sloka, Dr. Ilze Buligina, the representatives of Latvian University (LU, Latvia); Dr. Sanna-Mari Renfors, the representative of Applied Sciences Satakunt University (SAMK, Finland), Professor, Dr. Jan Celko, the representative of Zhilina University (UNIZA, Slovakia) also shared their experience.
The second meeting day was dedicated to financial aspects of the project implementation on the territory of the Republic of Belarus taking into account new regulations of the program ERASMUS+.