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Project overview


HURBE is a National Joint Project that aims, over 3 years (2018-2021), to develop the curricula in Higher Education Institutions in the field of Healthy URBan Environment in the Faculties of Architecture and Construction in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). The project involves 6 Universities - Dzemal Bijedic University of Mostar; University of Sarajevo,University of Zenica; Sapienza University of Rome, Italy (coordinator); University of Zagreb, Faculty of Architecture, Croatia; University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy, Bulgaria -  and 5 Associate partners from Italy, Bulgaria, Croatia and BiH and it works on the modernisation of curriculum by developing new and innovative courses and installing new facilities. The motivation behind the project is the criticality of the topic on an international, European and national scale.

The target groups are HEI staff members that work on the preparation of future architects and engineers. The project builds a Consortium, which sets up a complete teaching Programme - creates academic courses and MOOC modules - for students, teachers and trainers, and installs laboratories that ensure a real sustainability after the project lifetime. This improves the teaching skills and integrates the healthy urban environment topic, through a project that puts the credit  transfer - reform degree programmes - into practice and turns the European Higher Education Area into reality on the ground. 


Specific Objectives


- Analysis and introduction of credit transfer in Architecture and Civil Engineering Faculties in Bosnia Herzegovina.

- Increase cooperation and exchange between academic staff, students and policymakers in Bosnia Herzegovina and Europe.

- Integrate innovative educational approaches by focusing on decisive content in the disciplinary sectors of Architecture, Construction, Urban Planning, Landscape Architecture, Technology of Architecture and Civil Engineering.

- Develop new courses in the field of Healthy Urban Environment and install laboratories to enhance relevance with labour market and society.

Work Packages


The HURBE project is divided in 7 Work Packages (WP).
- WP1. Startup: needs on degree programmes and credit transfer (Lead Partner: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Architecture - HR)
- WP2. Training of Trainers on Healthy Urban Environment (Lead Partner: University of Sarajevo - BIH)
- WP3. Permanent laboratories (Lead Partner: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Architecture - HR)
- WP4. Educational modules on Healthy Urban Environment (Lead Partner: University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy - BG)
- WP5. Quality Assurance, monitoring service and Sustainability (Lead Partner: Sapienza University of Rome - IT)
- WP6. Dissemination and exploitation (Lead Partner: Dzemal Bijedic University of Mostar - BIH)
- WP7. Management of project activities (Lead Partner: Sapienza University of Rome - IT)

Work Packages Aims


WP1. Startup: needs on degree programmes and credit transfer
 - Analysing the programmes in the HEIs of the Partner Country to facilitate credit transfer and course accreditation.
 - Analysing how the HURBE topic is dealt with in the teaching courses in the Consortium Faculties, to contribute in the exchange of experience and expertise and analyse how the content is perceived by the students.

WP2. Training of Trainers on Healthy Urban Environment

 - Increasing the competences of local trainers (professors, assistants, PhD students) in the Healthy Urban Environment topic. The training aims to prepare the trainers of the future in an intercultural, international and interdisciplinary dimension.

WP3. Permanent laboratories
 - Upgrading facilities by installing permanent laboratories of HURBE that support the implementation of innovative practices  for the teaching methods and the development of new services - for HEI and other institutions - in the Bosnian Universities. This creates a sustainable funding resource by offering services to external clients even after the project lifetime. The WP installs one permanent laboratory dedicated to Healthy Urban Environment in each Bosnian University (total 3 laboratories).

WP4. Educational modules on Healthy Urban Environment
 - Designing the education modules for students, prepared according to the International Quality Standard for HEIs. The module of n. 8 ECTS will be an elective course and it will be provided in classroom and with students’ attendance at UNSA, UNZE and UNMO. They will ask for the accreditation of the second module, if necessary, or its inclusion in existing teaching programs, according to the National and European regulations.
 - Designing the 1 ECTS MOOC module for a large number of students to the Healthy Urban Environment topic be delivered online through the HURBE Platform.

WP5. Quality Assurance, monitoring service and Sustainability
 - Ensure that all project activities are carried out with the highest possible standards and that the project objectives are reached efficiently. This will involve the evaluation of project progress, which requires the precise definition of indicators, monitoring procedures and adapted tools by the Steering and Scientific Committee at the beginning of the project. Therefore, throughout the project lifetime, the members will be aware of defined standards that should be met for each task they carry out and the achievement methods of those standards within the allocated time.

WP6. Dissemination and exploitation
 - Put in place necessary tools for the dissemination and exploitation activities of the outcome and the intermediate and final results of the HURBE project. This WP is a key element of the project to guarantee its spread and exposure. The project activities should reach the widest possible public to ensure the sustainability of actions beyond the project’s lifetime, and therefore maximize its impact.

WP7. Management of project activities
 - The WP is conceived and set for assuring the overall operational and financial coordination of the project. All partners will take part in the WP implementation, participating in management structures and being involved in the direct coordination of local activities.

Work Packages and Tasks

The 7 Work Packages are divided in tasks

WP1. Startup: needs on degree programmes and credit transfer 
T1.1 Reform degree programmes: implementation status and needs
T1.2 Training on Reform degree programmes
T1.3 Observation visits: management of Faculties of Architecture and Civil Engineering and their degrees in the framework of internationalization
T1.4 Healthy Urban Environment in the university courses
T1.5 Healthy Urban Environment: the students’ awareness
T1.6 Healthy Urban Environment: the stakeholders’ opinion

WP2. Training of Trainers on Healthy Urban Environment 
T2.1 Healthy Urban Environment documents and best practices
T2.2 Identification of needs in trainers’ competences
T2.3 Preparation of seminars for trainers
T2.4 Providing the seminar for trainers

WP3. Permanent laboratories 
T3.1 Preparation of permanent laboratories
T3.2 Resources for the permanent laboratories
T3.3 Foster the HURBE Network with other laboratories
T3.4 Internship for students

WP4. Educational modules on Healthy Urban Environment 
T4.1 8 ECTS elective course on Healthy Urban Environment
T4.2 Teaching of 8 ECTS course elaborated
T4.3 1 ECTS MOOC module on Healthy Urban Environment
T4.4 Share 1 ECTS MOOC course on Healthy Urban Environment on HURBE Platform
T4.5 8 ECTS Course’s accreditation

WP5. Quality Assurance, monitoring service and Sustainability 
T5.1 Draw up Quality Plan
T5.2 Periodic quality evaluation of results of WPs
T5.3 Sustainability plan
T5.4 Monitoring and evaluation system of training

WP6. Dissemination and exploitation 
T6.1 Preparation of Dissemination and Exploitation Plan
T6.2 Create and update the project HURBE logo and website
T6.3 Creation and update of HURBE’s YouTube channel, Facebook and Twitter pages, and LinkedIn account
T6.4 Prepare promotional materials and publications
T6.5 Diffusion of invitations to join the HURBE Network

WP7. Management of project activities
T7.1 Set up and work of Management Structure
T7.2 Kick-Off meeting
T7.3 Implementation of an Internal Intranet Platform for Project Management
T7.4 Mid-term Project meeting and Virtual Progress meetings
T7.5 Final Project meeting
T7.6 External Independent Evaluator
T7.7 Independent Financial Auditor

Activities

- Academic curricula comparison and elaboration of comparative charts of contents for the different Architecture and Civil engineering teaching methods
- Seminars for academic curricula comparison, credit transfer and degree programmes
- Seminars for trainers on the topic of Healthy Urban Environment
- Educational MOOC module (1 ECTS) and an elective course on Healthy Urban Environment (8 ECTS)
- Internships in the installed laboratories of HURBE for the development of new services to stakeholders and society
- Share the project results in open source to spread the educational MOOC and the results of the classroom course on the online platform of HURBE
- International Conference to share best practices, projects and experiences and disseminate the final results of the project