Resourcing Education: Fund for Innovations and Networking (RE:FINE)

Organization: Center for Education Policy Studies (CEPS), on behalf of SEE Education Cooperation Network (SEE-ECN)

Countries involved: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, and Albania

SEE-ECN intends to establish country teams of experts, which will (through the network of SEE-ECN country nodes), implement a survey to gather information about pre- and in-service teacher education and training.

The project aims to develop a study on how the system of teacher education and in-service training works in practice at faculties and schools. This will lead to preparing recommendations on how the current good practices and experiences could be sustained further, and what needs to change. Eleven country teams will carry out the survey on current practices in teacher education and will produce country reports, which will serve as a basis for the development of a regional overview on teacher training issues. The regional overview will contain recommendations to national governments, donors, and relevant EU bodies for future work in this area. The overview will be translated into regional languages and published in hard copy. Teacher academies/universities and schools in which the education and training takes place will be involved in the project.

Slovenia |  $87,330 |  January 2005 – December 2006 |