Sustainable University - Enterprise Cooperation for Improving Graduate Employability

Western Balkan countries are on their way for integration to European Union. Besides the harmonization of law, improvement of institutional capabilities is another important agenda in this process. Considering this, establishment of EU model university-enterprise cooperation is crucial for WBC.The main objective of SUCCESS is to establish of university-enterprise cooperation by forming a partnership in the areas of education and knowledge transfer based on the market needs, as well as creating wide university-enterprise cooperation network in Western Balkan countries. These goals are aimed to be achieved through a steady collaboration among WBC universities and enterprises from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania and Montenegro, and EU universities from, Poland Spain, Serbia and Germany. Considering this, main activities foreseen within the project are as follows: Exploring the partnership models in EU and WBC, university – enterprise partnership, modernization of curricula by introducing practice-oriented teaching and learning, introducing internship programme in cooperation with business sector, reinforcing of existing structures and establishing start-up services. Successful implementation of those activities will lead to the increasing graduates employability. The results of the project are: university – business network established at each WBC, Regional network cooperation platform set-up and implemented, 4 common projects between partner universities and business sector created at each WBC HEIs, new updated courses/programmes implemented at WBC universities in cooperation with business sector, start-up services at WBC universities established and functional, academic staff trained in the practice-oriented teaching, internship programmes developed and introduced at 8 WBC universities. All of the activities and results of the project will be disseminated through the network established within the project.