Consortium

EU HEI partners

	UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA Short name: UNIRI RITEH Country: Croatia
	ETHNIKO KAI KAPODISTRIAKO PANEPISTIMIO ATHINON Short name: NKUA Country: Greece
	TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MADRID Short name: UPM Country: Spain
	TECHNICAL UNIVERISTY OF OSTRAVA Short name: VSB-TUO Country: Czech

WB HEI partners

	AKADEMIJA STRUKOVNIH STUDIJA KOSOVSKO METOHIJSKA LEPOSAVIC Short name: AASKM Country: Kosovo* UN 1244
	UNIVERSITY OF MITROVICA Short name: UPKM Country: Kosovo* UN 1244
	UNIVERSITY OF EAST SARAJEVO Short name: UES Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
	UNIVERSITY OF MOSTAR Short name: SUM Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
	SINERGIJA UNIVERSITY BIJELJINA Short name: USB Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
	LUARASY UNIVERSITY Short name: LRS Country: Albania
	UNIVERSITETI METROPOLITAN TIRANA Short name: UMT Country: Albania
	FACULTY OF APPLIED SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF DONJA GORICA Short name: FPRN Country: Montenegro

The EU associated HEI partners

THE ACADEMY OF APPLIED TECHNICAL AND PRESCHOOL STUDIES

Short name: AATPS
Country: Serbia

ACADEMY OF TECHNICAL AND ART APPLIED STUDIES BELGRADE

Short name: ATUSS
Country: Serbia

In general:

EU HEI partners will provide academic expertise, transfer innovative and newly developed technologies and know-how best practices to WB HEIs in field of the EM, expertise for implementation of the Bologna system based on ECTS and mobility, monitoring and peer review. The roles of EU HEIs will be more significant in the development phase of the project activities due to their experience and skills in education, on one hand, and project experiences on the other hand.

WB HEIs will improve the level of student competences and skills through modernization/development of Undergrad/Master studies curricula, increase the level of teaching staff expert and language skills, increase aims to substantially increase the awareness and understanding of target groups on EM issues thus creating favorable conditions for rapid improvement of EM education quality in WBC and to raise public awareness about the potential benefits of EM through popularization events (Green weeks etc.).

7.7
Title	Promotion at scientific conferences.
Description	Project results will be promoted at scientific conferences in the form of scientific and research papers. Presentation of the papers is planned at the scientific conference INFOTEH in Bosnia and Herzegovina (M33). The participation of representatives of all WB HEIs at the conference is planned, with the support of researchers from EU and AP HEIs.

7.6
Title	Promotion of e-knowledge platform.
Description	Established the e-knowledge platform will be created with thematic units that will promote the application of ICT in energy and synergy with the Green Agenda. The platforms will contain the most common questions and answers and knowledge quizzes. The promotion of the platform will be carried out on TV shows and through social networks.

7.5
Title	Promotion of training programs aimed at the economy and the wider community
Description	Promotional info events will be organized at all WB HEIs, two for each WB HEIs. These events will be organized in the second and third year of the project's life cycle, with the aim of promoting digitization in energy (rational energy consumption) and the green agenda. Promotional events will be of different types: announcements on TV stations and on billboards, brochures, and leaflets where details of the application of digitization in the energy sector will be presented. Business partners will also participate in the promotion of the application of ICT in energy and green weeks.

7.4
Title	Info days.
Description	In order to promote established study programs and enroll in them, 16 info days will be organized, two per each WB HEIs. Info days will be realized in the second year of the project. Promotional materials of WB HEIs will be printed to inform students about the developed bachelor's/master's degree programs.

7.3
Title	Promotion of study programs in media and on social networks
Description	Results and activities related to NEST4WB will be promoted on social networks such as: Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Lindekin, Twitter... All WB partners will participate in the promotion and place hyperlinks on their websites to pages on social networks. Special attention will be devoted to the promotion of new/innovated study programs, through NEST4WB, and the enrollment of students in these study programs.

6.3
Title	Cooperation agreements between Western Balkans Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and interested parties from the economy.
Description	Agreements will be signed on long-term cooperation between WB HEIs, the economy, and the economic community on popularizing the rational use of energy in light of the energy crisis caused by the war in Ukraine.

6.2
Title	Improvement of cooperation among Western Balkans Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) community.
Description	Communication channels will be created between WB HEIs, which will aim at regular exchange of information and examples of good practice. The goal of the community is to expand to other WB HEIs outside of NEST4WB partners.

6.1
Title	Creation of a sustainability plan
Description	The sustainability plan will pay particular attention to academic sustainability and financial sustainability. The sustainability plan will determine the procedures and recommendations for long-termmonitoring and improvement of the developed and innovated master's/basic studies plans and programs.

WP6
Start Month	1	End Month	36
Objectives	Creating a sustainability plan. Enhancing WB HEIs community cooperation. Agreements on cooperation between WB HEIs and interested parties from the economy

UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA

AKADEMIJA STRUKOVNIH STUDIJA KOSOVSKO METOHIJSKA LEPOSAVIC

SINERGIJA UNIVERSITY BIJELJINA

THE ACADEMY OF APPLIED TECHNICAL AND PRESCHOOL STUDIES