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Republic of Serbia
Capital: Belgrade
Area: 77.484 km²
Polulation: 7.498.001 (2002)
This number includes approx. 490.000 refugees from former war areas (180.000 from Croatia, 90.000 from Bosnia and Herzegovina and 220.000 from Kosovo).
Official Languages: Serbian, recognized regional languages: Croatian, Romanian, Russian, Slowakian, Hungarian.
Webtips:
Government
Ministry of Education and Science
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Social Incusion and Poverty Reducation Unit, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration
Belgrade
In close cooperation with the Serbian Ministry of Education and Science, KKA is implementing projects in Serbia to support ongoing education reforms as well as the international exchange of experience. The current projects focus on vocational education and training, inclusive education and the exchange of experience in the area of education policy.
Key Focuses:
Support of reforms in tourism training
Practice-oriented business training through the introduction of the training firm learning method
Round table discussions with Serbia’s National Education Council on topical themes in the context of European developments in the field of education
Examples
Round Tables: "Latest Trends in Education Development - International Exchange of Experience with Policy Makers and experts".
Since the autumn of 2010, in cooperation with the Serbian National Education Council and international experts, a series of round table discussions have been held on topical subjects related to developments in education in Europe. The target groups of the discussion series are the staff of Serbia’s National Education Council, National Vocational Education Council, Ministry of Education and international educatoin experts and policy makers.
In-Service Teacher Training at Primary Schools
In the autumn of 2010, at the recommendation of the Serbian Ministry of Education, the project partner “Education Forum” conducted in-service training for teachers in 20 financially weak municipalities of Serbia. Altogether, approximately 600 teachers received training in "Modern Methodology and Didactics / Active Learning" in the context of this project.
Strengthening the Serbian Network on Inclusive Education (Special Educational Needs/SEN)
In 2010, the Serbian Ministry of Education established a support network on inclusive education for the nation’s teachers and schools. The network was conceived as an open system aimed at promoting an exchange of experience between the members. In cooperation with KKA, a project was developed, the central focus of which is to develop a sustainable cooperation structure. Exchange is to be cultivated through regular meetings, at which international experts will also share their experiences.
tour.reg Serbia
Since April 2007, the project “tour.reg” has been implemented at twelve tourism schools in Serbia. The objective is to support the development of practice-oriented tourism education and training in accordance with international standards of quality. In cooperation with the Serbian Ministry of Education, the following focuses were set for the current and final phase of the project (2010-2012): school management for principals, training of multipliers in theoretical and practical subjects, publication of a teacher’s handbook on the subject of “tourism and marketing”, and the preparation of a manual for summer traineeships.
The project “tour.reg” is funded by the Austrian Development Agency (ADA) in the context of Austrian Development Cooperation and by the Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture.
ECO NET Serbia
The project “ECO NET” was begun at five Serbian commercial schools in March 2005. The objective of ECO NET is to introduce the new, practice-oriented “training firm” teaching/learning method on a widespread basis in order to promote the development of labour-market-relevant key qualifications. An additional aim is to promote trade and exchange between schools at both the national and international levels through a training firm network. In the context of ECO NET Serbia, a service centre and a virtual bank were established in 2005, with which a total of 160 training firms at some 30 commercial schools are already registered. In cooperation with the Serbian Ministry of Education, the following focuses were set for the current and final phase of the project (2010-1012): further training of teachers by multipliers trained during the project, quality assurance of the training firm system, and the provision of support in establishing the training firm method sustainably in the school system.
The project “ECO NET” is funded by the Austrian Development Cooperation and by the Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture.
Contact:
Christian Ellensohn (Educational Coordinator)
