Business driven problem-based learning for academic exellence in geoinformatics

GEOBIZ is the European Union Erasmus+ Key action 2 funded project gathering 23 university and business partners from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Moldova, Montenegro Belgium, Croatia, Germany and Serbia. The project was launched on November 15th, 2019, and will be implemented over 36 months.

Erasmus+ program

Erasmus+ is the EU’s programme to support education, training, youth and sport in Europe. Its budget of €14.7 billion will provide opportunities for over 4 million Europeans to study, train, and gain experience abroad. The aim of Erasmus+ is to contribute to the Europe 2020 strategy for growth, jobs, social equity and inclusion, as well as the aims of ET2020, the EU’s strategic framework for education and training. Erasmus+ also aims to promote the sustainable development of its partners in the field of higher education, and contribute to achieving the objectives of the EU Youth Strategy.

Project objectives

The main objective of the GEOBIZ project is to strengthen the capacity of academic institutions better to respond on the needs of the emerging geoinformatics industry in involved partner countries focusing on the following aspects:

establishment of new and innovative forms of business-academia cooperation to support interaction in teaching/learning processes in geoinformatics,
setting up business-academia platform supporting excellence in geoinformatics,
development of innovative programs for teacher training, practical teaching/learning methodologies and content of technology-based courses in geoinformatics taking into account the requirements of the geoinformatics businesses,
implementation of the state-of-the-art techniques in the process of teaching technology-driven courses in geoinformatics.

GEOBIZ expected results

Project planned activities and the expected results for target groups are:

HEI students – modern and on real business-driven problem-based cases designed geoinformatics courses will be implemented,
HEI teachers – more than 50 teachers will undercome advanced geoinformatics training and education in specific geoinformatics topics. Purchased equipment will allow teachers to implement designed courses,
HEI’s providing geoinformatics (and related) studies – will strengthen their internal capacities and gain the higher attraction of the scholars for inscription in geoinformatics and related study programmes,
Geoinformatics companies – will improve cooperation with the academic sector and influence HEI’s curriculum design,
Geoinformatics and related professionals – the bidirectional communication, supported from side of governmental and public institutions, will foster the growth of geoinformatics and related sectors,
Governmental authorities, public administration and agencies – will enable delivering geoinformatics products and services in a higher quality for society.

GEOBIZ coordinator:

University of Zagreb

GEOBIZ project partners:

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
University of Split
Bochum University of Applied Sciences
University of Belgrade
University of Novi Sad
Gilab Ltd Belgrade
Polytechnic University of Tirana
University of Tirana
Land & Co Ltd Tirana
University of Banja Luka
University of Sarajevo
Gauss Ltd Tuzla
University of Prishtina “Hasan Prishtina”
Univestiy for Business and Technology
Technical University of Moldova
The Tiraspol State University
University of Montenegro

Associated partners:

Federal Administration for Geodetic and Real Property Affairs of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Real estate administration of Montenegro
Agency for Land Relations and Cadastre of the Republic of Moldova
State Authority for Geospatial Information
Kosovo* Cadastre Agency

In case you are interested in more details, please visit GEOBIZ website http://geobiz.eu/ or this link.

The European Commission support for the production of this publication does not constitute endorsement of the contents which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

With the support of the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union.