Tunisian Network for Employability and Development of Graduates' Skills
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15/01/2018 TUNED Project TUnisian Network for Employability and Development of graduates' skills Laura Marino Placement Officer TUNED Project Researcher Università di Napoli Federico II, SOFTEL Centro per l’Orientamento Outline •General overview •Objectives •Project partnership •Working packages •Where we are 1 15/01/2018 General overview •Programme: Erasmus+, KA2 –Capacity Building in the field of Higher Education •Duration: 36 months Starting date : 15/10/2016 End : 14/10/2019 •Partnership: 8 Tunisian universities; Tunisian Ministry of Higher Education; 5 EU partners •Beneficiary country: Tunisia •Grant awarded: € 688,000 Objectives •Wider objective: To improve the match between university education and labour market requirements inTunisia •Specific objectives: To build Tunisian capacities by transferring EU best practices on graduates' employability and monitoring university performance To enhance the empowerment of Tunisian universities To strengthen university/labour market linkages To increase the collaboration among universities at local level To support an "open" market for highly qualified human capital To improve the quality of the education system in Tunisia in line with international standards. 2 15/01/2018 Target Groups • Tunisian students/graduates • Tunisian firms • Governing bodies of Tunisian universities •Tunisian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research Benefits for graduates • Free access to placement services • Easy access to information on job/internship opportunities • Improve placement opportunities, career guidance and self- entrepreneurship tools • Certification of academic career • Democratic and qualified access to labour market • Opportunity to enhance their university career by assessing their academic experience in the online questionnaire 3 15/01/2018 Benefits for firms • Availability of CVs regularly updated by graduates • CV search facilities for human resource selection and recruitment purposes • Possibility to check and compare profiles of graduates to hire • Opportunity to provide internships/job offers • Promotion of their employer branding Benefits for Tunisian universities and the Ministry of Higher Education . Obtain reliable statistical data useful for improving educational programmes . Have documentary evidence for all decisional processes . Get a comprehensive system of information for assessing efficiency . Only for universities: Facilitate the placement of graduates in labour markets and promote cooperation with the business world with a view to enhancing graduate employability. 4 15/01/2018 Project Partnership 5 EU partners AlmaLaurea Interuniversity Consortium (coordinator) Mediterranean Universities Union University of Cyprus University of Granada University of Naples Federico II 9 Tunisian partners University of Carthage University of Gabes Cyprus University of Gafsa University of Jendouba University of Kairouan University of Monastir University of Sfax University of Tunis Tunisian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research Working packages WP number Title WP Leader WP1 Research, planning, design UGAF WP2 Capacity transfer and web platform integration UM WP3 Monitoring tools for Quality Assurance AL Capacity building on university-enterprise WP4 UGR cooperation WP5 Dissemination UNIMED WP6 Quality control UT WP7 Sustainability UGAB WP8 Management AL 5 15/01/2018 WP 1 Research Planning, Design WP 1 focuses on assessing the existing Tunisian web platform with the support of three user categories: university staff, students already registered in the platform, firms The aim To refine and extend the Tunisian web platform, created under the previous ISLAH project (Instrument to Support LAbour market and Higher education) for better matching of labour demand and supply TOOLS Online questionnaire, filled in by university students about their university experience and skills acquired. The system matches the questionnaire data with the university data to generate graduate CVs, that firms can consult to find the candidate that best fits their recruitment requirements. WP 2 Capacity Transfer and web Platform Integration WP2 focuses on the training of the IT staff in the basic technical requirements for the integration of the web platform within a proper job market place. The Aim integration of the placement system of university newcomers into the upgraded version of the web platform. TOOLS First training of the IT staff of the newcomers by their counterparts from universities of Monastir, Jendouba, Gabes and Gafsa, in collaboration with AlmaLaurea IT staff. Second training module will be delivered by the university staff to the newcomers’ career offices to define the most viable strategies to raise the population of the graduate database. 6 15/01/2018 WP 3 Monitoring tools for quality assurance WP3 concerns setting up the quality assurance tools to support the ongoing reform process of the Tunisian HE system. The Aim To define relevant indicators for the profile questionnaire. Its structure will provide information on graduates’ socio-economic background and the internal efficiency of universities. TOOLS The profile emerging from the questionnaire will provide information on graduates’ professional experiences, university-to-work transition dynamics, professional mobility, employment conditions and perspectives. WP 4 Capacity building on university/enterprise cooperation WP4 concerns the transfer of know-how from EU partners to the Tunisian universities. The aim To endow Tunisian university staff with new skills in order to integrate web platform-related services with further opportunities for students and firms. TOOLS Two training sessions focused on: •the transfer of EU partners’ expertise to empower graduates and support them to prepare CVs and for job interviews •The selection of human capital to be provided to firms •The promotion of employer branding of the firms involved. 7 15/01/2018 Where we are TUNED GANTT YEAR 1 (2017) YEAR 2 (2018) YEAR 3 (2019) WP WP description / Task leader ott-16 nov-16 dic-16 gen-17 feb-17 mar-17 apr-17 mag-17 giu-17 lug-17 ago-17 set-17 ott-17 nov-17 dic-17 gen-18 feb-18 mar-18 apr-18 mag-18 giu-18 lug-18 ago-18 set-18 ott-18 nov-18 dic-18 gen-19 feb-19 mar-19 apr-19 mag-19 giu-19 lug-19 ago-19 set-19 WP1. Research, planning, design Questionnaire distribution to the target groups 1.1 Definition of assessment questionnaire's contents UGAF 1.2 Distribution of the assessment questionnaire to the relevant target groups 1.3 Collection of inputs for the elaboration of the assessment report IT Technical Training for newcomers 1.4 Data collection and analysis on new coming universities' structures and labour market structure WP2. Capacity transfer and web platform integration Staff Training for student’s secretariat 2.1 IT staff training 2 UM 2.2 Students' secretariats staff training 3 2.3 Integration of the new coming universities into the web platform 2.4 Database population WP 3. Monitoring tools for quality assurance 3.1 Definition of the profile survey's indicators and questionnaire 3.2 Dataset cleaning and analysis 3.3 Draft of the graduates' profile reports AL 3.4 Definition of the employment condition survey's indicators and questionnaire 3.5 Definition of survey's scope and methodology 8 3.6 Conduction of CATI field interviews 3.7 Dataset cleaning and analysis 3.8 Draft of the graduates' employment condition report First training WP4. Capacity building on universities/enterprises cooperation session in Granada UGR 4.1 Definition of contents for the training on graduates' career .. 5 7 4.2 Definition of contents for the training on human capital selection……… Next Step WP 4 .1 Training on graduates’ employability Granada, November 22-23, 2017 •Session 1 : Mediterranean best practices on graduates’ employability •Session 2 : Career guidance services •Session 3 : Placement & social media •Session 4 : The annual Job Fair organized by UGR •Session 5 : Placement services related to the TUNED web platform •Session 6 : Human capital selection •Session 7 : Cooperation with University departments for placement 8 15/01/2018 Thank You http://www.tuned-project.eu/ [email protected] 9.