Second mission within Activity 4.5 “Assess the university governance system in three pilot universities with a view to ensuring the best approaches that support the development and review of student-centered curricula, in particular through the participation of students in university governance, and develop proposals to enhance the system” took place within the Twinning project on 10-14 February 2019. 

Ms. Jurgita Šiugždinienė, professor of Kaunas Technology University paid a visit to Baku within the afore-mentioned mission.

The purpose of the mission was to follow up the work started within the Twinning project to redevelop strategic development plans of three pilot universities.

Please be advised that the first mission within the component took place in late 2020, and thus, the work started on updating the existing strategic development plans of Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University, Azerbaijan Technical University and Sumgait State University, as well as development of new plans in line with the best practices in Europe.

The expert reviewed the draft versions of the strategic plans, as well as different growth area-specific indicators developed by the universities. Lithuanian expert paid a visit to each university, met with the working groups in charge of updating strategic plans and gave recommendations on further improvement of the drafted plans.

It is planned to have a follow-up mission within the component in the forthcoming months.