ARARAT Armenian Coordination Agency ‘UNIVERSITY – EMPLOYER’ www.ararattempus.org Objectives: The wider objective of the project is to ameliorate the relevance of higher education to ever-changing labor market needs through establishment and operationalization of universities-employers cooperation nexus in Armenia. The specific objectives target the building on capacity of universities to effectively manage the units promoting university-market cooperation and facilitating an active dialogue between universities and labour market around qualifications offered through establishment of a database and relevant tools Activities: * Establishing a National University-Labour Market Network (NULMN) in Armenia to promote cooperation between the partner universities and regional employers * Operationalizing ANQF and keeping the programme level generic learning outcomes up-to-date thus enriching academic learning with the recent developments in the labor market environment Follow the project IN ACTION Results: * ARARAT – Institutional Survey Report, Armenian Universities * ARARAT – Capacity Building – TRAINING KIT * Capacity Building for Armenian Universities, students and employers at CESIE Partners: * Coordinator: Armenian State University of Economics (Armenia) * Universität Koblenz-Landau (Germany) * Information Systems Management Institute (Latvia) * World University Service - Austrian Committee (Austria) * University of Alicante (Spain) * Universitet Marii Currie-Sklodowskiej (Poland) * Armenian State Pedagogical University named after Kh. Abovyan (Armenia) * Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University (Armenia) * State Engineering University of Armenia (Polytechnic) (Armenia) * Vanadzor Branch of State Engineering University of Armenia (Armenia) * Gyumri State Pedagogical Institute named after M. Nalbandyan (Armenia) * Gavar State University (Armenia) * Goris State University (Armenia) * National Center For Professional Education Quality Assurance (Armenia) * Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia (Armenia) * Union of Banks of Armenia (Armenia) * Synopsys Armenia CJSC (Armenia) * Armenian National Student’ Association (Armenia) * Republican Union of Employers of Armenia (Armenia) * Republic of Armenia Ministry of Education and Science, MoES (Armenia) * CESIE (Italy) Date of project: 15/10/2012 - 14/04/2016 DG of reference: DG EAC Tempus IV – Action 2. Structural Measures, Higher Education and Society Contact: CESIE: [email protected] The European Commission support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. CESIE - Via Roma, 94 - 90133 Palermo, Italy - C.F.97171570829 Tel: +39 0916164224 - Fax: +39 091 6230849 www.cesie.org .