The current social environment and high youth unemployment afflicting Europe, has led European policy to favour education seeking to promote the employability of young people. The crisis and the effect it has on the high unemployment rates, especially among the youth, has led some countries to give great importance to dual education at all educational levels and to speed up policies and reforms for the development of this system of education.The key feature of Dual (cooperative and work-integrated) Higher Education (DHE) is the unique combination of theory and practice. The university's curriculum combines higher education and on-the-job training at numerous partner companies, aiming to provide both academic skills and work-related expertise. In that regard, the academic content conveyed in classroom is complemented with workplace experience, so that real-life situations immediately test the effectiveness of classroom theory and vice versa.The project aim is to integrate Dual Higher Education (DHE) in the Partner countries in general, and to improve individual employability and development, increase suitability and continuity between the demands of the professional world and the initial training of university students, and achieve of greater economic efficiency and social integration, in particular.
The COOPERA aims to integrate Dual Higher Education (DHE) in the Partner countries (PCs) in general, and to improve individual employability and development, increase suitability and continuity between the demands of the professional world and the initial training of university students, and achieve of greater economic efficiency and social integration, in particular. Furthermore, to develop and pilot DHE models and to propose changes to legislation to adapt DHE.
The COOPERA project has been elaborated as a response to combat high youth unemployment rate in Moldova and Ukraine. COOPERA project promotes integration of Dual Higher Education (DHE) as an effective strategy to increase employability of young generation by combining theory in order to provide both academic skills and work-related expertise for HEIs’ students and speed-up the institutional and national policies and reforms for the development of this system of education in both countries.
<< Background >> The COOPERA project has been elaborated as a response to combat high youth unemployment rate in Moldova and Ukraine. COOPERA project promotes integration of Dual Higher Education (DHE) as an effective strategy to increase employability of young generation by combining theory in order to provide both academic skills and work-related expertise for HEIs’ students and speed-up the institutional and national policies and reforms for the development of this system of education in both countries. << Objectives >> The COOPERA aims to integrate Dual Higher Education (DHE) in the Partner countries (PCs) in general, and to improve individual employability and development, increase suitability and continuity between the demands of the professional world and the initial training of university students, and achieve of greater economic efficiency and social integration, in particular. Furthermore, to develop and pilot DHE models and to propose changes to legislation to adapt DHE. << Implementation >> The COOPERA project partnership capitalises on the expertise of 5 EU partner institutions, 7 PC HEIs and 2 HE authorities (Ministries). Beyond project’s primary target groups comprising 7 PC HEIs’ students, academic communities and representatives of industrial and business sector at large, the project engaged with a wide range of external stakeholders outside the consortium, employers, and representatives of local communities with diverse backgrounds. << Results >> As a result of the COOPERA project, the needs and requirement of the employers have been identified and report published, 5 PC HEIs have elaborated flexible and generic DHE Models, elaborated and piloted 10 DHE programs. On national level, elaborated the white paper on DHE, Recommendations and amendment to Law on Higher Education developed, Regulation on the organization and conduct of dual education within higher undergraduate studies approved.