About the SmartWB project

• Background

  In this unprecedented era of increasing urbanization and the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Paris Agreement, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and other global development agreements and frameworks, cities should be well-planned and well-managed. Therefore, climate-smart urbanization can be a powerful tool for sustainable development in developing countries. 

  The broader objective of the SmartWB project is to improve the quality of higher education in the climate-smart urban development (CSUD) field, strengthen its relevance for the labour market and society, enhance relations between HEIs in WB partner countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro) and the economic and social environment by establishing a technological platform for cooperation, exchange of knowledge, experience and good practices, modernising universities’ courses in line with EU trends and improving the level of competencies and skills of teaching staff. This broader objective fully complies with the priorities of the Capacity Building projects within the Erasmus+ program, i.e., Green Deal.

• Objective

  Wider objective is improving the quality of higher education in the climate-smart urban development (CSUD) field, strengthening its relevance for the labor market and society, enhancing relations between HEIs in WB partner countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro) and the economic and social environment by establishing a technological platform for cooperation, exchange of knowledge, experience and good practices, modernising universities’ courses in line with EU trends and improving the level of competencies and skills of teaching staff.

  Specific objectives

  • To initiate WB community engagement enhancement by promoting emission reduction approaches and low-carbon technologies.
  • To implement an interactive web-based platform to share knowledge and know-how practical examples among project partners and stakeholders.
  • To improve the competencies and skills of teaching staff in WB HEIs by acquiring best-practice examples and innovations.
  • To modernize university courses in the climate-smart urban development field in collaboration with the industry sector in line with the Bologna requirements.
  • To create technological preconditions for WB HEIs by procuring up-to-date equipment

  To achieve planned wider and specific objectives, the Project Consortium consists of six HEIs from EU Member States and third countries associated to the Programme: Austria, Croatia, Germany, Norway, Spain and Serbia and seven HEIs from targeted countries of Region 1: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro, supported by 5 non-academic partners from the West Balkans region.

• Participants at NMBU

Visit the SmartWB project website to learn more about the project: http://www.smartwb.ucg.ac.me/