Projects
In the last 25 years CEPS has participated, as a coordinator or as a partner, in more than 30 domestic and international projects.
NEAR-EU project – Bologna Resource Center (2016 – 2019)
The overall aim of the NEAR-EU project is to broaden the field of European integration studies by incorporating the domain of higher education in the research and activities of European Study Centres. The project will develop an inter-regional, collaborative academic...
DIGI.DR: Strengthening Digital Citizenship in Slovenian Educational Institutions (2024 – 2026)
Digital citizenship encompasses a range of competencies that enable individuals to actively, safely and profitably use digital technologies and services. Informed digital citizenship includes ethical and social aspects of using digital technologies, understanding the...
Systemic Aspects of Educational Strategies and Encouraging Social Inclusion in Education (2024 – 2027)
The program is based on theoretical knowledge about the need for an interdisciplinary approach to issues of education strategies and the promotion of social inclusion in education (the group includes experts from the following disciplines: psychology, social pedagogy,...
Dare2see: Training programs for teaching and support professionals in primary schools and kindergartens in child abuse cases (2020 – 2022)
The Dare2see project was created as part of an effort to raise awareness of the phenomena of violence against children and, above all, to better detect and prevent them within the educational system. Violence against children (mainly in the family environment) is a...
POGUM (2017 – 2022)
The purpose of the project is the development of didactic approaches and strategies as well as a supportive environment and thus a model of promoting entrepreneurship in primary schools, aimed at implementing an open and flexible transition between education and the...
Mastermind Europe (2014 – 2017)
The Mastermind Europe project is a three-year ambitious initiative coordinated by the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VUA), and involving nine other European partners, namely the German Rectors’ Conference (HRK), the Catalan Association of Public Universities (ACUP),...
Modernising Teacher Education at University of Prishtina (2013 – 2016)
The main feature of the project is to modernize teacher education at the University of Prishtina in line with the legislation demands and good EU practices in the frame of Bologna process actions of developing curricula (programs) in three cycles. The main outcomes of...
University in the Knowledge Economy (2013 – 2016)
The aim of UNIKE project is to train a networked group of critical researchers who will examine the changing roles and scope of universities in emerging global knowledge economies. They will also compare developments in Europe and the Asia-Pacific Rim. Description of...
Quality – University of Ljubljana (2012 – 2015)
The first value of the University of Ljubljana is achieving academic excellence and ensuring the highest possible quality. This value is also reflected in the Strategy of the University of Ljubljana 2012-2020, which clearly defines the development of the field of...
Towards Sustainable and Equitable Financing of Higher Education in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia (2012 – 2015)
The project Towards Sustainable & Equitable Financing of Higher Education Reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia - FINHED aims to contribute to ensuring a more efficient, effective and equitable financing of higher education in the Western...
Towards a Central Asian Higher Education Area: Tuning Structures and Building Quality Culture (2012 – 2015)
TuCAHEA's broad aim is to contribute to building a Central Asian Higher Education Area [CAHEA], aligned with the European Higher Education Area [EHEA], able to take into account and valorise the specific needs and potentials of the Region and of the partner countries,...
Differentiation, Equity, Productivity: the social and economic consequences of expanded and differentiated higher education systems – internationalisation aspects (2010 – 2012)
The project explores how internationalisation affects modern, post-elite higher education systems in Europe, and in particular how it affects the relationships between differentiation, social equity, and performance of graduates in the world of work. The main aims of...
Enhancing Access through a Focus on Equity (2009 – 2012)
The project aims at increasing access to Higher Education for all marginalized and non-traditional groups based on a principle of equity. The best and worst practices will be highlighted in the project, together with the focus on understanding the barriers to entry to...
Education Policy Study Programme in Serbia and Montenegro (2009 – 2012)
The overall project objective is to establish a modern, flexible and internationally recognised programme of education policy studies (at Master and PhD level), relevant with respect to the national needs and market demands underlined in the previous project section...
The development of a standard-setting instrument on academic freedom and institutional autonomy: the role of public authorities (2009 – 2010)
Feasibility Study for the Steering Committee for Higher Education and Research, Council of Europe. Open in English, French. 2009 - 2010
How should Europe handle the globalisation? An educational perspective (2009)
Project in cooperation with FEPS (Foundation of European Progressive Studies) in Tankesmedjan, Sweden. Skills and human capital are of great importance for prosperity and social cohesion. All over the world, policy-makers have realised this and invest heavily in...
Enhancing the Student Contribution to the Bologna Process (2008 – 2010)
In the past few years, important steps have been made forward to the recognition of students as a key actor in higher education reform. As members of commissions on national reform such as the Bologna Follow-Up Group or quality assurance mechanisms, or also as members...
Thematic review of Tempus Structural Measures (2007 – 2008)
The main objective has been to review all Tempus SM projects financed under Tempus III, to analyse them by leading policy themes as well as by their contents and to draw conclusions on their particular impacts. The report relates them to the current higher education...
Advancing Educational Inclusion and Quality in South-East Europe (2007 – 2010)
The project Advancing Educational Inclusion and Quality in South East Europe is a international research project supported by Open Society Institute Education Support Programme. The project will take three years, divided into two phases of approximately 18 months...
Promoting Bologna Process in Kosovo (2006 – 2007)
CEPS’ was grant-holder of the project. Other members of project consortium were: University of Prishtina, Minsistry of Education, Science and technology Kosovo, and University of Peloponnese, Greece. Main achievement affecting the sustainability of the project...
Tuning information point (2006 – 2007)
CEPS performs the tasks of the Tuning Information Point in Slovenia. TUNING project website (in English and Spanish): http://www.unideusto.org/tuning/
Six years of the Enhanced Graz Process: developments, current status and future prospects of education in South-east Europe (2005)
A Report on the Contribution of the Task Force Education and Youth/Enhanced Graz Process to the Development of Education in South-east Europe commissioned by the Task Force Education and Youth/EGP to CEPS – Centre for Educational Policy Studies, University of...
Analysis of trends in the structure of students and graduates of tertiary education: 1981-2004. Research for the preparation of Slovenia’s development strategy (2004)
The main goal of the research was the collection, selection and editing of data and the analysis of trends in the enrollment and structure of students or graduates, or in the success of their studies, as well as the analysis of some other processes in tertiary...
Mapping of European Social Sciences and Humanities (2003 – 2005)
Mapping of Research in European Social Sciences and Humanities (MORESS) is a joint project of EUA (European University Association) and 24 universities from different European countries under the auspices of the 5th OP. The basic goal of the project is to connect...
Education for Democratic Citizenship: From Policy to Effective Practice through Quality Assurance (2003 – 2005)
The EDC-QA project is a project of the Stability Pact (Extended Graz Process) and UNESCO. The goal is to develop a quality assurance system for civic education in Southeast Europe. The strategy of the project is to connect with the Ministries of Education in the...
Teachers’ education and the Bologna Process: a survey on trends in learning structures at institutions of teachers’ education (2003)
Needs of national development in all countries, progressing European co-operation and association as well as globalisation have caused in last few years a particular challenge (also) to higher education systems and institutions. 2003 P. Zgaga: A Survey on Trends in...
School systems, textbooks and the knowledge society: the limits of market regulation in small language communities (2002-2003)
The starting point of the research is that after the liberalization of the textbook market in the 1980s, Slovenia failed to establish sufficiently effective market regulation in this area, which is why, after the end of the 1990s, many textbook publishers found...
Bologna Process between Prague and Berlin – General Report (2002 – 2003)
The Bologna Follow-up group, an international body that monitors progress in the field of national higher education systems on their way to a common European higher education area, which was inspired by the Bologna Declaration (1999) and the Prague Communiqué (2001),...
The concept of citizenship and the construction of the subject and content of civic education for interdisciplinary teaching (2001 – 2004)
The research will carry out a theoretical analysis of concepts and an analysis of the current situation in the teaching of civic education and upbringing in elementary school, and will prepare conceptual bases for the subject and for cross-curricular civic education...
Educational policies in the modern European context (2001 – 2004)
The research is related to current international debates in the field of education policies. In the last decade, research and development work in this field has greatly increased, and governmental and non-governmental institutions are showing a growing interest in it....
Evaluation of descriptive assessment in the first educational period (2000 – 2001)
Subject: descriptive assessment in a nine-year primary school, the first three years of compulsory education. Target group: students of nine-year primary school: first and second grade of nine-year primary school. Content areas: knowledge; teaching staff, students...
South East European Educational Cooperation Network (2000 – 2006)
2000 – 2006 The South East Europe Education Cooperation Network (SEE-ECN) is a broad-based, low-cost regional initiative that supports the exchange of information, ideas, and know-how for the reform and quality improvement of education in 11 countries in South East...
Concept of quality in education and possible factors of quality in kindergartens, primary and secondary schools (2000 – 2001)
Collaborators of the Center from the Faculty of Education and the Faculty of Arts of the University of Ljubljana carried out the research project "Perception of quality in education and possible factors of quality in kindergartens, primary and secondary schools",...
Support to OECD Thematic Reviews (2000 – 2001)
In cooperation with the European Training Foundation from Turin and the National Observatory for Slovenia at CPI, Ljubljana, CEPS provided expert support to the thematic reviews of education systems in South-Eastern Europe, which were carried out in 2000-2001 by the...