A delegate from University of Sulaimani including Professor Dr. Ridha hussein – President, Dr. Abid Khalid- Dean of College of Political Sciences and member of Bologna process implementation committee, Dr. Ayser Abdul Rahman- IT Director and member of Bologna process implementation committee and Dr Ava Fatah- Director of Quality Assurance and member of Bologna process implementation committee participated in an intensive training week at the University of Oslo on 9-13 May, 2022 under the framework of Erasmus+ APPRAIS Project.

The training week is the first step of the activities planned in WP3 Strategic Planning, Management and Quality Assurance: Capacity Building Action. Representatives from the 8 Kurdish partner universities and Ministry of Higher Education have travelled to Norway to attend the training week and discuss together the main practices of the Bologna process implementation, to learn how to implement major changes at their institutions following the examples of European universities, learning from their experiences and moving forward in their path towards modernization and renovation through the exchange between peers.

The programme of the week was as follow: Day 1 “The Bologna Process and its implications“. Day 2 “Governed or self-governed? Policies for governance of higher education in Norway“. Day 3 “University Social Responsibility, Student Services“. Day 4 “Quality Assurance in Research“. Day 5 “Strategic Planning in Higher Education“.

The University of Oslo has welcomed the Kurdish colleagues with a greeting from Hanna Ekeli, the Director of Studies, and will feature a wide number of experts along the week. Kurdish universities are willing to advance in their institutional processes of adaptation to modern governance practices in Higher Education.