The capacity building of Kurdish university staff on strategic planning, quality assurance and Bologna process continues at the University of Sulaymania

Following the first 1st Training Week of the project APPRAIS hosted by the University of Oslo, Norway, from May 9th to May 13th 2022, a series of training workshops was organised at the University of Sulaymania in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, from June 13th to June 16th 2022. The training workshops saw the participation of 40 participants among academic and administrative staff representing the responsibles of Bologna Process […]
36 Kurdish university members took part in the 1st Training week in at the University of Oslo

The 1st Training Week of APPRAIS hosted at the University of Oslo, Norway, was held from May 9 to 13th, 2022 and was targeted the internal staff of 8 Higher Education Institutions from the Kurdistan region of Iraq and the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research KRG. The training week aimed to increase participants’ skills and capacities in terms of quality assurance, strategic planning, […]
The training week in Oslo just started!

According to the project workplan, a training week hosted by the University of Oslo has just started. The training week is the fist step of the activities planned in WP3 Strategic Planning, Management and Quality Assurance: Capacity Building Action. Representatives from the 8 Kurdish partner universities have travelled to Norway to attend the training week […]
The University of Pisa welcomed Kurdish Universities and the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research to explore possible collaborations between HEIs, local authorities and stakeholders

On March 15-16-17, 2022, the University of Pisa welcomed representatives from European HEIs, from 8 Kurdish Universities and the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of the Kurdistan region of Iraq for a three-days of work in the framework of the APPRAIS project. On March 16th the University of Pisa hosted a public conference titled “Priorities and […]
European-Kurdish Cooperation in University Reform Is Seen as a Model for Iraq, Al-Fanar Media

Reposting of the article of Gilgamesh Nabeel on Al-Fanar Media, 1 Feb 2022 (link to the original article) Leaders of universities in Europe and Iraqi Kurdistan met in Erbil in November to discuss ongoing efforts to improve higher education in the region. (Photos: Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Kurdistan Region in Iraq) Kurdish […]
Autonomy, good governance and quality assurance: a Roundtable with Kurdish Universities in Erbil on November 29th, 2021

Erbil, November 29th, 2021 For the first time since the APPRAIS project started in January 2021, the Partners meet in Erbil on November 29 and 30, 2021. Following the willingness of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, a Roundtable has been organized with the Presidents and staff […]
Terms of Reference External Evaluation // APPRAIS project

In the framework of the project APPRAIS – “governAnce, quality, accountability: a Piloting Reform PRrocess in kurdistAn regIon of Iraq”, we are looking for an External Evaluator. The overall aim of the project is to support HEIs in Kurdistan region of Iraq in order to make them capable of establishing a modern governance framework through the adoption […]