The Water Harmony Erasmus+ project developed improved learning and teaching tools, methodologies and pedagogical approaches focusing on 6 water-related subjects: Water resources management, Water treatment, Wastewater treatment, Industrial wastewater treatment, Innovation and entrepreneurship, Academic writing.In course of the project, HEIs from Partner and Program Countries developed new study programs, online quality surveys, improved eLearning resources, established credits recognition practices, learned to pay attention to gender balance issues and transparency in awarding scholarships. The project introduced innovative approach to curricula development based on co-creation, detailed needs and stakeholders analysis, best practices.The project developed 6 new water-related courses, supported with generic curricula, teaching materials, laboratory practicum, teaching methodologies based on blended learning and competence-based approach. The project upgraded laboratories with lab courses and teaching tools. It also developed soft-skills agenda for HEIs from Partner Countries, focused on academic writing, entrepreneurship and collaboration with enterprises, supported with teaching materials and guidelines.Project members from HEIs of Partner Countries learned to think multi-purposely, utilizing resources and the ways to enable financial sustainability in challenging economies, creating opportunities for joint research with industrial partners by demonstrating their capabilities. Participants experiences facilitation techniques for identification of innovations, involving potential investors, guiding to commercialization.The project served as a core for development of national networks of water professionals. It also provided inputs to national standards development and national/international certification/accreditation practices. The project improved positioning of universities, particularly related with international outlook, and helped to strengthen the role of higher education institutions in society at large.

The CRED4TEACH project responds to the needs of higher education institutions and educational decision makers in countries Albania, Montenegro and Ukraine towards providing high-quality, responsive, inclusive, flexible and competence-based training provisions to in-service teachers across the educational sectors. The project’s solution is to establish the MOOC-based micro-credentials for enhancing the opportunities for teacher professional development in target countries. The project objectives are:- to boost staff skills for the development and delivery of MOOC-based Micro-credentials;- to develop and introduce national and institutional frameworks for the delivery, issuing and recognition of Micro-credentials,- to create, deliver and validate 11 pilot MOOC-based Micro-credentials,- to encourage the wider adoption of Micro-credentials for professional development of teachers and other target groups.Target groups: in-service teachers from secondary schools, VET and HEI sectors.Expected results:-46 teaching and research staff members upskilled to micro-credentials and MOOC-designers;-11 MOOC-based Micro-credentials in UA, ALB, MNE, each between 4-6 ECTS, delivered to at least 220 pilot teachers; -3 national and 8 institutional frameworks on the provision and recognition of micro-credentials for teachers;-3 national blueprints on adoption of micro-credentialing.To achieve the project objectives, CRED4TEACH will strengthen institutional capacities for the provision of MOOC-based micro-credentials through providing trainings by partners from program countries, create national and institutional guidelines for offering of micro-credentials, design, deliver and validate 11 MOOC-based micro-credentials, and promote the achieved results through a large-scale dissemination campaign. The project results will be reflected in the scope of 3 blueprints providing recommendations to educational decision makers towards a national-wide adoption of micro-credentials.