KPI4HE
‘Establishment of National Framework of Key Performance Indicators for good governance and quality towards inclusive, digital and green-oriented higher education in Armenia” (KPI4HE)
”Establishment of National Framework of Key Performance Indicators for good governance and quality towards inclusive, digital and green-oriented higher education in Armenia” (KPI4HE) project aims at improving higher education system governance, university strategic planning and management contributing to quality and inclusive, digital and green-oriented higher education in Armenia through development and implementation of National framework of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for higher education (NF-KPI), operationalization of Institutional Research and Planning Services (IRPS) and revision of State Institutional Accreditation Standards in line with NF-KPI.
Capacity building of national and institutional administrators, decision and policymakers, educators and researchers to integrate the Sustainable Development Goals targeting environmental issues into NF-KPI as a tool for higher education steering and university practices of governance, strategic planning, management and quality assurance will be the core of the project.
The following project outcomes are expected to be sustainable after the end of the Erasmus+ programme funding:
Training Kit on European experience of Institutional Research (IR) for improvement of higher education governance, university strategic planning, management and quality within the context of digitalization and green transition,
Trained staff from involved institutions in charge of strategic planning, management of information systems, quality assurance, educational and administrative management,
National framework of KPIs for higher education (NF-KPI) and its digital platform based on context and supporting the transition to inclusive, digital and green higher education in Armenia
Operations Manuals of IR (OMIR) in the application of NF-KPI fitting the size, mission and objectives of the involved HEIs,
Functional Institutional Research and Planning Services (IRPS) with necessary infrastructures and regulatory framework in involved higher education institutions
Reports on pilot Institutional Research (IR) and strategic planning activities in involved HEIs,
Revised and adopted State Institutional Accreditation Standards in line with NF-KPI.
KPI4HE
The project’s expected impact is foreseen on:
Institutional level: Teaching and administrative staff with increased and reinforced competencies on IR for digitalization and green transition, functional IRPS and set of KPIs for collection, analysis and utilization of relevant institutional data in support of daily management and strategic planning, monitoring and control, quality evaluation and decision making for the sake of university efficient and green functioning and development.
National level: Implementation of National framework of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for higher education (NF-KPI), digital platform supporting NF-KPI and revised State Institutional Accreditation Standards in line with NF-KP as tools for effective steering of higher education system towards inclusive, digital and green-oriented higher education in Armenia.
European level: sparked experience sharing, networking and promotion of long-term cooperation between the involved partners leading to convergence in line with EU developments and standards and towards fostering the integration of the HEIs from Armenia into the EHEA.