P3A Programme of Support to the implementation of the Association Agreement Algeria-EU Twinning Project Fiche Project Title : «Support to the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research for the reinforcement of pedagogical skills of teachers & researchers and the managerial capacities of managers» Beneficiary administration : Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MESRS) Twinning Reference: DZ 16 ENI OT 01 18 Publication Reference: EuropeAid/160712/ID/ACT/DZ This project is financed by the European Union TWINNING INSTRUMENT Twinning Project Fiche Support to the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research for the reinforcement of pedagogical skills of teacher & researchers and the managerial capacities of managers Contents List of acronyms (acronyms where details are between brackets have been left in French language for practical purposes) ............................................................................................................................................. 4 1. Basic Information ........................................................................................................................................... 5 1.1 Programme: .............................................................................................................................................. 5 1.2 Sector: ...................................................................................................................................................... 5 1.3 Beneficiary country: ................................................................................................................................. 5 2. Objectives....................................................................................................................................................... 5 2.1 Overall Objective: .................................................................................................................................... 5 2.2 Specific Objective: ................................................................................................................................... 5 2.3 Target elements in strategic documents ................................................................................................... 5 2.3.1. The Association Agreement between Algeria and the European Union .......................................... 5 2.3.2. The Sector Reform Strategy - The BMD ......................................................................................... 6 3. Project Description ......................................................................................................................................... 8 3.1 Context and justification of twinning ....................................................................................................... 8 3.1.1 Background ....................................................................................................................................... 8 3.1.2 Justification ....................................................................................................................................... 8 3.2 Reforms in progress ............................................................................................................................... 10 3.3 Related Activities ................................................................................................................................... 11 3.3.1 Activities funded by EU .................................................................................................................. 11 3.3.2 Other related activities .................................................................................................................... 13 3.4 List of provisions of the EU acquis / applicable standards: ................................................................... 14 3.5 Results by component ........................................................................................................................... 14 3.6 Twinning activities ................................................................................................................................. 14 3.7 Means and contributions of the administration(s) of the partner EU Member State .......................... 16 3.7.1 Profile and Tasks of the Member State Project Leader (PL) ........................................................... 16 3.7.2. Profile and Tasks of the Resident Twinning Advisor (RTA) ............................................................ 18 3.7.3 Profile and tasks of the Component Leaders: ................................................................................. 19 3.7.4 Profile and tasks of other short-term experts (STE) ....................................................................... 19 4. Budget .......................................................................................................................................................... 20 5. Modalities of implementation ..................................................................................................................... 21 5.1 Contracting Authority of the project ................................................................................................ 21 5.2 Institutional Framework ........................................................................................................................ 21 5.3 Counterparts in the beneficiary administration: ................................................................................... 22 5.3.1 Contact person: ............................................................................................................................... 22 DZ 16 ENI OT 01 18 Page 2 / 27 Twinning Project Fiche Support to the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research for the reinforcement of pedagogical skills of teacher & researchers and the managerial capacities of managers 5.3.2 PL Counterpart ................................................................................................................................ 22 5.3.3 RTA Counterpart ............................................................................................................................. 22 5.3.4 Other implementation elements .................................................................................................... 22 6. Duration of the project ................................................................................................................................ 23 7. Sustainability ................................................................................................................................................ 23 8. Cross-cutting issues ...................................................................................................................................... 23 8.1 Equal opportunities ................................................................................................................................ 23 8.2 Environment........................................................................................................................................... 23 9. Conditionality and sequencing ..................................................................................................................... 23 10. Performance Indicators ............................................................................................................................. 24 11. Available infrastructures ............................................................................................................................ 24 Material resources ....................................................................................................................................... 24 ANNEXES TO THE PROJECT FICHE .................................................................................................................... 25 Annex A1: Logical Framework ...................................................................................................................... 25 This is a translation of the official version written in French with the goal of having a wider distribution and in case of discrepancy between the French and the English, the French version shall prevail DZ 16 ENI OT 01 18 Page 3 / 27 Twinning Project Fiche Support to the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research for the reinforcement of pedagogical skills of teacher & researchers and the managerial capacities of managers List of acronyms (acronyms where details are between brackets have been left in French language for practical purposes) AA Association Agreement ACST Cooperation Agreement in Science and Technology AFEQ (Training - Employment Support – Qualification) ANEM (National Employment Agency) BMD (Bachelor's degree, Master's degree, Doctorate) CBA Competency-based approach (Commission for the Implementation of a Quality Assurance System in the Higher CIAQES Education Sector) COPIL (Project Steering Committee) CPND (National Pedagogical Committees of Domains) CREAD (Research Centre for Applied Economics and Development) DNP (Programme National Manager) EACEA European Agency for Education, Audiovisual and Culture EC European Commission ECF European Certification Framework ECTS European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System EES (Higher Education Institutions) ENPI European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument EPSCP (Scientific, Cultural and Professional Public Institution)