Ernest Al-Saca
Karmeh Design Studio
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HANDS, is an ERASMUS+ PROGRAMME Project Number: 610238-EPP-1-2019-1-JOEPPKA2-CBHE-JP, approved by the European Commission under grant agreement number 2019-1989/001-001. This project has been funded from the European commission.
The Project Aims To Adopt A Policy Of Traditional Craft Vocational Rehabilitation Of A Qualitative High Level Of Education By Linking Them With University Higher Education Courses, Mainly Architectural Design, Interior Design, Conservation And Preservation Of Architectural Heritage, In Order To Develop The Methodologies, Mechanisms And The Conditions Necessary For Knowledge Transformation And Success And To Enhance The Traditional Craft Working Environment. For That, Establishing This Project In The ME Countries, Will Control And Reform The Education And Training Of Traditional Crafts In The Right Direction Towards The Needs And Requirements Of Labour Markets, Inside And Outside ME.
Review and Network between partners
Establishment of the partner’s network and initiates project benchmark. Introducing the project partners with different models and procedures in EU‐Universities and NGO collaboration, relevant structures and current practices.
READ MOREAssessment studies for the needs of master craftsmen and students
parameters required to achieve the result WP2
1- Determining general skills and competencies desired as mandatory elements of the program.
Employment sector database (traditional craft associations)
parameters required to achieve the results WP3
1- Nominate craft specialists at consortium universities
Purchase of equipment and workshop materials
Definition of tender specifications and procurement procedures. Al list of equipment and workshop materials will be prepared for each of the partner institutions in order to allow them to start their own procurement procedures.
READ MOREMake traditional crafts skills competency development an integrated part in Teaching
Axes required to achieve the result WP5
1- Teaching and learning programs for preserving the traditional processes at the workshop through housing the master craftsmen.
Traditional Craft contemporary design guidance and counseling programs for the career sector
Axes required to achieve the result WP6
1- Programs in the field of traditional craft design criteria, process, and parameters
Quality control and project monitoring
Quality control and monitoring mechanisms in place at all participating institutions. Each participating institution, including EU partners, will have to prepare a short document highlighting in a schematic way which are the main Quality control and monitoring in place at their respective institutions
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Dissemination of the project will be realized in many ways. At the beginning of the project a multi‐lingual website (in Arabic and English) will be launched. It will contain information about the project's aims, participants and plans.
READ MOREExploitation of results and sustainability
Axes required to achieve the result 9
1- Complex analysis of craft vocational training processes.
Management and Operational Structures
Coordinator HANDS is responsible for the overall management of the project and the partnership. ZUJ will be responsible for its implementation according to ERASMUS+ rules, managing the budget, formulating methodology and tools for project implementation, allocating tasks
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