Higher Education–Enterprise platform for fostering, modernisation and sustainable growth in natural stone industry in Western Balkans

• To test new HE possibilities of Tertiary VET levels in partner countries • To contribute to National/regional innovation strategies for specialization in the natural stone sector with project outputs • To create a Stone Sector network platform involving stakeholders in programme & partner countries.
The project aims at Higher Education, and this is the reason why most partners are HEIs, but it includes also a VET tertiary level and a stone technologic centre, Marble, Natural Stone and Materials Technology Centre (CTM), Several associated partners will be involved in the project, mainly city halls and SMSE’s.
Main products of the project are training content for university courses, a training programmes for VET tertiary level, an Online Resource Centre and multimedia handbooks. The project will last for three years and involve partner from Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kosovo and Montenegro, as partner countries. From programme countries, partners from Spain, Italy, Romania and Greece.

ASOCIACION EMPRESARIAL DE INVESTIGACION CENTRO TECNOLOGICO DEL MARMOL Y LA PIEDRA (ES)

C.P.I.P.E. (IT)

IES Ribeira do Louro (ES)

NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS – NTUA (EL)

UNIVERSIDADE DA CORUNA (ES)

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA (IT)

UNIVERSITATEA TRANSILVANIA DIN BRASOV (RO)

UNIVERSITET ALEKSANDER XHUVANI ELBASAN (AL)

UNIVERSITETI “EQREM ÇABEJ” I GJIROKASTRËS (AL)

UNIVERSITETI I PRISHTINES (XK)

UNIVERSITETI NDERKOMBETAR PER BIZNES DHE TEKNOLOGJI UBT SHPK (XK)

University of Mostar (BA)

UNIVERZITET MEDITERAN PODGORICA PRIVATNA USTANOVA (ME)

UNIVERZITET U SARAJEVU (BA)