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The first WP aims to create the unified framework for the quality assurance of Ukrainian higher education system. To achieve this several study visits to EU Universities are planned. Several groups consisting of governmental officials, university managers and operative staff will study and analyze the European and national trends, priorities and cultures in higher education quality assurance. After the learning visits experts will develop the new knowledge-triangle-based concept for national QA system based on the best EU practices and experience which can be applied to the Ukrainian context and qualified ontology designers will formalize it. The unified picture will be documented in a text-book and manuals. The corresponding decree of MESU will give official role to the new QAS and serve as indicator of performance of this WP.

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WP2 provides technical implementation of QA Ecosystem based on shared, transparent and formal framework of quality assurance developed in (WP1) and National Semantic Ontology-Driven Portal. New technology will be developed to support QA processes to collect external data (portal based surveys and questionnaires to different groups) to QA purposes. Developed functionalities will be integrated into the pilot portal. The developed and updated QA portal will be piloted in 4 Ukrainian universities on relevant information about university education and scientific resources which represent QA data needed in various internal and external QA processes which will be collected, processed and formalized in the above mentioned universities. Functionality of the piloted portal supporting the new QA System will be documented in the manuals which will be published both in print and in electronic form at the portal in Ukrainian and English. All the developed Manuals will be approved .

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New QA practices based on peer learning among the partners, European experience and data collected at the portal are developed together with needed new decision making schemas for HEI management making use of the Portal. Aspects that limit adoption of the international standards are identified and drafts of the changes to laws and statutes are developed in tight cooperation with governmental officials and under support of Parliament Committee on Science and Education Issues. The new developed approaches with new tools and with nationally approved practices and regulations are important indicators of the performance and quality of the project. These are augmented by well prepared key-personnel in Ukrainian HEIs, Ministry and education policy-makers; consensus of coordinating body/actions and a model for coordination at national level in collaboration with WP5.
The results will be piloted, presented during dissemination and trainings. To elaborate appropriate trains will be approved .

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As major organizational changes are foreseen in Ukrainian HEIs the project team will promote the idea of essentiality of common concepts and processes as a precondition to reforms already during the selection process. Project kick off meeting and various quality control meetings will be used to draw attention to high officials of MESU to the approach and its implications.

During the project the dissemination WP aims to provide up to date information of projects approach, goals, progress and results to stakeholders and potential users. During the first phase the emphasis is in the partner organizations to ensure wide local commitment. Later more stakeholders and general public will be included to the target audience. Once the portal is launched it is promoted through partners` networks and visits to the portal and project web site are monitored. Before MESU decrees related to the main outcomes of WP1-3 a series of regional seminars is arranged supported by actie appropriate trains will be approved .

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To support the sustainable exploitation of the project outcomes specific actions are foreseen to three different targets: to ensure that the operational benefits of the developed solution are widely understood and exploited in balanced way; to ensure that main QA actors see the benefit of collaboration and are committed to invest to it and to support staff in HEIs and other organizations in getting over the learning curve when changing the approach.

For operational sustainability three basic levels of maturity (use of common data models, coordinated processes and common services) can be foreseen requiring different levels of commitment (MESU, national QA organizations, HEIs). The governance models needed on different maturity levels will be developed by HEI partners under supervision from UC based on data from WP 1 and portal pilot. MESU commitment is expected through approval of the basic deliverables. For higher levels of commitment supportive actions (roundd supported by actie appropriate trains will be approved .

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The quality control WP aims to ensure that the outcomes are timely, technically sound and fit for purpose. To achieve this the plans, checkpoints and deliverables are documented systematically and audited on a regular basis by activity leader, WP leader and the project coordination team.

Timeliness and technical quality of the deliverables is on the main responsibility of the HEIs of the project team lead by TUKE whereas the fitness to purpose is of interest to all the partners with MESU having a decisive role with its regulative mandate.

For timeliness the key instrument is the preparation and assessment of detailed work plans. Plans, checkpoints and main resources are approved by coordinating meetings. Methods of agile development are utilized in technical parts so that activity leader can see the problems in progress immediately (in 2 weeks).

To ensure the required technical maturity all major technical deliverables are prepared in agile/incretive actions (roundd supported by actie appropriate trains will be approved .

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The WP aims to manage project so that project internal plans and decisions are prepared in time, project teams have the skills to fulfill their tasks, administrative procedures related to all project events are coordinated and enable painless and reliable reporting of activities when needed. JyU and KNURE have leading roles in the WP and develop the needed practices. CHNU and NAMPCA contribute to administration and reporting and all partners participate in planning and coordination.

Project management is based on detailed preliminary planning to which the partners have been committed beforehand, systematic project internal processes (supported by project intranet) that cover all project related reporting needs and have interfaces to partner`s internal administrative processes and regular contacts between partners. Formal coordinating meetings are organized, partly virtually, in the beginning of each project year to agree on mobility schedules, persons (and theared in agile/incretive actions (roundd supported by actie appropriate trains will be approved .

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