The present case-study focuses on the SAGESSE project "Improving Governance in the higher education system in Tunisia”, a capacity-building project co-funded by the European Union under the Erasmus+ programme, aimed to modernize the higher education system in Tunisia by strengthening its quality assurance system, governance mechanisms, and results-based funding. Led by UNIMED, it involved together all the 13 public Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Tunisia, the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in Tunisia, the Tunisian External Evaluation Agency and 5 EU partners: Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University from France, Barcelona University from Spain, University of Siena, Sapienza University of Rome, and CESIE, Italian Centre for Research and European Studies, Italy (sagesseproject.eu). UNIMED –Mediterranean Universities Union– is a large university network made of 165 universities from 24 countries of both shores of the Mediterranean basin, founded in 1991 and based in Rome (Italy), aiming at improving the Euro-Mediterranean dimension of university cooperation through promotion of education, research, mobility between and among its university members with the purpose of a better social, economic, political and cultural integration in the Mediterranean region. The specific objectives of the SAGESSE project were: – The creation at the level of each university of an integrated system of evaluation and quality control. – The definition of a good governance framework to promote a more innovative, efficient and autonomous financial management structure. – The commitment of leadership at all levels of the organization and political spheres that will support the decentralization process of management by capitalizing on university expertise in quality assurance, and by promoting the adoption of strategic planning. Recommendations have been prepared pursuant to experiences gained during the implementation of the project by addressing relevant national, regional and international interest groups and political authorities.
Marchionne, S., The SAGESSE Project, Increasing the impact of higher education in developing countries through capacity building projects, Mc Graw Hill, Aravaca, Madrid 2024: 165-181 [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/342039]
The SAGESSE Project
Marchionne, Silvia
2024
Abstract
The present case-study focuses on the SAGESSE project "Improving Governance in the higher education system in Tunisia”, a capacity-building project co-funded by the European Union under the Erasmus+ programme, aimed to modernize the higher education system in Tunisia by strengthening its quality assurance system, governance mechanisms, and results-based funding. Led by UNIMED, it involved together all the 13 public Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Tunisia, the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in Tunisia, the Tunisian External Evaluation Agency and 5 EU partners: Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University from France, Barcelona University from Spain, University of Siena, Sapienza University of Rome, and CESIE, Italian Centre for Research and European Studies, Italy (sagesseproject.eu). UNIMED –Mediterranean Universities Union– is a large university network made of 165 universities from 24 countries of both shores of the Mediterranean basin, founded in 1991 and based in Rome (Italy), aiming at improving the Euro-Mediterranean dimension of university cooperation through promotion of education, research, mobility between and among its university members with the purpose of a better social, economic, political and cultural integration in the Mediterranean region. The specific objectives of the SAGESSE project were: – The creation at the level of each university of an integrated system of evaluation and quality control. – The definition of a good governance framework to promote a more innovative, efficient and autonomous financial management structure. – The commitment of leadership at all levels of the organization and political spheres that will support the decentralization process of management by capitalizing on university expertise in quality assurance, and by promoting the adoption of strategic planning. Recommendations have been prepared pursuant to experiences gained during the implementation of the project by addressing relevant national, regional and international interest groups and political authorities.
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