BKSTONE PROJECT
Higher Education -Enterprise Platform for Fostering, Modernisation and Sustainable Growth in Natural Stone Industry in Western Balkans
BKSTONE PROJECT HAS The Main Objective of Fostering the Modernization and Development of the Stone Sector in Western Balkans Partner Countries Through Stretening the Relationship the Higher Education Institutions, and Internationalization Curriculum and Methods.
To meet the requirements of Current International Demand of Natural Stone Products Accounting to Eu Standards, the Partner Countries industry has to perform imported Changes in Quarrying Methods, Processing Methods, Quality Following European and International Standards (PE CE MARKING, ASTM, ETC. , Marketing Strategies, International Trade, E-Commerce ETC. These Changes Require the Participation of All Local Agents, Including the Higher Education Institutions (HEI) and Vocational Education and Training (Vet) Organizations, Which Should Develops Their Training Strategies to Met the Challenges Explained in the Rationale Project of Quality, Delivery and especialy relevance, in response to the industry need.
The specific objective of the project to Achieves the main goals are:
- to controltit through the outputs of the project to development national/regionalies for specialization in the natural stone sector.
- to put in value each Country/Region's Strengths, Competitive Advantages and Potential for Excellence in the Stone Sector Through Benchmarking Existing Training Initiatives and Incorporating Educational Materials to Be Developed in the Project.
-to Support Technological, as well as Practice-Based Innovative Training Based on the Approach and Forms of the Courses to Be Developed.
- to control to get stakeholders in the stone industry full involved, encuraging their participation in the concession and testing phases of the Development of Materials.
- To promote Among Students Active and Constructive Learning As a Necessary Means to work in the stone sector, testing new possessibilities in partner Countries Like Tertiary own Levels.
- to create a Network platform Involving Stone Sector Representatives, High Education Institutions (HEI) and Organizations of EU Programs and Partners Based on the Full Implementation of the Project
List of Partners:
1. Polytechnic University of Tirana (Coordinator of the Project)
2. University of Elbasan "Alexander Xhuvani"
3. University of Gjirokastra "Eqrem Çabej"
4. University of Sarajevo
5. University of Mostar
6. University Mediterranean Podgorica
7. University of Pristine
8. International College for Business and Technology
9. University of Coruña
10. Ies Ribeira will Louro
11. Associación empressarian de investigación centro tecnológico del mármol y la piedra
12. Universita degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza
13. CPIE - Escuola Edile di Padova
14. National Technical University of Athens
15. Transylvania University of Brasov
For more information, please follow the web site: Project website: https://bkstoneProject.com/