KLABS

Creating the Network of Knowledge Labs for Sustainable and Resilient Environments – KLABS

The project Creating the Network of Knowledge Labs for Sustainable and Resilient Environments is a capacity building action in the field of higher education, co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union. KLABS is an educational platform that addresses two current and equally important challenges of urban and rural built environments in Western Balkan – sustainability and resilience to climate change.

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Project Aim and Objectives

The overall aim of the project is to support the modernisation of higher education in Western Balkan Region by implementing a strategic approach in the development of an innovative platform for the delivery of knowledge about sustainable and resilient environments.

Specific project objectives are the following:

• To develop, validate and implement innovative curricula in Western Balkan consortium institutions, adjusted to European and national standards and priorities, and realistic potentials,
• To introduce virtual mobility of students and staff in WB institutions,
• To produce, validate the quality and put into use the innovative educational material,
• To develop innovative tools, methodologies and approaches to education, including the studies of real-life cases, creation of virtual learning platforms and open educational resources,
• To develop innovative institutional capacities by founding and equipping the knowledge labs – Centres for Sustainable and Resilient Environments,
• To upgrade knowledge and skills of teaching/IT staff in order to ensure high quality exploitation of project outcomes, and
• To promote KLABS work and achievements.