Presentation of CB projects on Governance in MENA Region by Marcello Scalisi - UNIMED Director @UNIMED Week in Brussels 2019 Day 1: 19 March 2019 - DG EAC

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Capacity Building: Overview on
University Governance challenges
Perspectives from current projects on Governance:
ESAGOV (Algeria), INSPIRE (Iraq), SAGESSE (Tunisia),
UNIGOV (Palestine)
Brussels, 19 March 2019
Marcello Scalisi
UNIMED Director

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Agenda of the presentation
 Introduction to the concept of University
Governance
 Cooperation for Governance in Higher education
 Examples from capacity building projects on
university governance

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Why University Governance?
• One of the key elements that have been the recent
focus in Higher Education reform worldwide is indeed
University Governance.
• This concept addresses how Universities and Higher
Education systems, define their goals, implement
them, manage their institutions and monitor their
achievements.
• A key element in defining university governance is the
overall framework of the system and the interaction
between the institution and the state.

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Cooperation for Governance in Higher
Education
✓ There is no ‘one best way”: the art of reform lies in adaptation (often very
extensive) to fit local contexts
✓ General vs tailored solutions
✓ Support for self evaluation diagnosis and clear definition of dimensions and
main concepts
✓ Support for the identification of specific priorities
Different higher education governance arrangements across Europe according
to different contexts
Different contexts beyond Europe and in MENA region
How to cooperate for an effective support for governance
improvement?

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HIGHER
EDUCATION
GOVERNANCE
L’Enseignement Supérieur
Algérien à l’heure de la
Gouvernance Universitaire
Amélioration de la Gouvernance
dans le système de
l’Enseignement Supérieur en
Tunisie
Improving Governance Practices
of Higher Education Institutions
in Palestine
Innovative governance Practices
for Higher Education Institutions
in Iraq
INsPIRE
ESAGOV

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Key features of the Project
All the 13
public
Tunisian
universities
Structural
dimension:
participation of the
MESRS and
National Agency
on QA in the
project
❑ KoM, Tunis, 9-11 January 2018
❑ Paris, 1st mid-term meeting 10-
12 July 2018
❑ Sousse, 2nd mid-term meeting
5-6 March 2019
The project seeks
to accompany the
HEIs in their
reform process on
university
governance

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Main pillars of SAGESSE project
Needs Analysis and State of Art on Governance
practices and Quality assurance at the Tunisian
HEIs
Capacity Building activity in favour of university
leaders, academic and administrative staff on
strategic planning, creation of the “projet
d’établissement”, follow –up on the action plan
implementation
Recommendations (livre blanc) towards national,
regional and international stakeholders to make
awareness on the process of decentralisation of
universities

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ESAGOV, L’Enseignement Supérieur
Algérien à l’heure de la Gouvernance
Universitaire
Erasmus + CBHE: New project with 12 Algerian
universities, together with the Algerian Higher
Education and Scientific Research Ministry and the
CIAQES (Commission for the Implementation of Quality
Assurance in Higher Education in Algeria) aims at
improving and strengthening the quality assurance
mechanisms in the Algerian higher education system
through the fulfillment of the university strategic plan

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ESAGOV structure and objectives
Analyzing the state of the
art of the quality assurance
reform in Algerian HEI
Strengthening the
evaluation and self-
assessment method
through the rapprochement
of the Quality Assurance to
teaching
Reinforcing the strategic
skills of universities
academic and
administrative staff

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Why INsPIRE project (led by UNISI)?
Iraqi Higher Education System
• Two decades of
underinvestment and isolation
• Isufficient and damaged
infrastructures
• Limited capacity in terms of
planning and management
• Brain drain
Current scenario
• Improving the education
system to create and support
an inclusive environemnt, civic
values and sustainable
development (Iraqi National
Development Plans)
• Introdcuing innoative
governance practices in HEIs
to cope with emerging
pressures
Needs

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INsPIRE main concept
• Particularly:
• to enhance good governance, management and accountability practices in the HEIs
• to establish a clear governance framework, well-defined mission and goals through the
definition and implementation of action plans
• to strengthen the capacity of HEIs to develop their own specific strategies and to implement
them effectively and efficiently by means of programming systems
• to strengthen the international relations management within the HEIs
• to improve the participation in strategic planning and development activities of non-
university actors and non-state actors

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✓Erasmus+ - Capacity building project UniGov: Improving Governance
Practices at Palestinian Higher Education Institutions led by An Najah
National University in Nablus
✓5 Palestinian institutions and 4 European Partners
DIAGNOSTIC TOOL:
Careful
diagnosis
Tailored
training
Remediation
Actions
Self evaluation for diagnosis of current
governance practices
and
identification of specific priorities

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Thank you for your attention!
Contacts:
• SAGESSE Project
• INsPIRE Project
• UniGov Project
Silvia Marchionne, UNIMED Project Manager
s.marchionne@uni-med.net
ESAGOV project
Silvia Marchionne, UNIMED Project Manager
s.marchionne@uni-med.net
Anne-Laurence Pastorini, UNIMED Project Manager
Al.pastorini@uni-med.net