OTHER INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS

OF BURGAS FREE UNIVERSITY

 

NAME OF PROJECT

TYPE OF PTOJECT

CODE

DURATION

PARTNERS

AIM OF PROJECT

‘Advanced Multimedia System Architectures and Applicatins for Educational Telematics - ARCHIMED’

INCO COPERNICUS

PL 961060

1998-2000

Lab. of Distributed Multimedia Information System and Applications – Greece, Maison Des Sciences De L' Homme – France, Copmuter Center - University of Wiena – Austria, Computer and Automation Institute  - Hungarian Academy of Sciences – Hungary, Institute of Information technologies - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences – Bulgaria, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences – Bulgaria, Computer Center - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences – Bulgaria, Centro de Copmudacad Grafica - University of Coimbra - Portugal

Development of modern architectures for multimedia telematics, web-based training, modeling and data control, communication, multimedia databases, educational models

Building Bourgas in Partnership

Know-How Fund

TRAIL

1998-2000

University of Surrey-UK, Guildford Chamber of Commerce -UK, Municipality of Guildford, Guildford Consortium, Municipality of Burgas, Burgas Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Fostering the economic development in the region of Burgas through establishing partnership between business and education, creation of an English-Bulgarian Qualification Centre for providing education to managers of SMEs, and local administration

ESCARE

Leonardo da Vinchi Programme

BG/03/A/F/PL-166074

2003-2004

NGO “Generation Health” - Burgas

Placement of students in Social Work in houses for orphans and old people in Germany and the Slovak Republic

The Knowledge Shop

Grundtvig

GRU-2/20/2003-2004

2003/2004

Akademie Uberlingen - Germany; FBI Institute - Austria; NGO "Speha Fresia" – Italy; VHS Wuppertal, Germany

Analyzing the function “knowledge shop” as a part of a house of learning, developing the knowledge shop, new culture of learning

The Knowledge Shop

Grundtvig

GRU-2/2005-1019/017

2004/2005

Akademie Uberlingen - Germany; FBI Institute - Austria; NGO "Speha Fresia" - Italy; NGO "Facepa" – Spain; Kuldiga Vocational School, Latvia; VHS Wuppertal, Germany

Analyzing the function “knowledge shop” as a part of a house of learning, developing the knowledge shop, new culture of learning

My place, Your Place, Our Place

US Department of State

 

2003-2005

The University of Tennessee in Knoxville, USA, American and Bulgarian elementary and high schools

Developing a prototype of an educational model called My Place, Your Place, and Our Place Learning Model (MYOP), and a course to train educators how to use it. My Place is the local culture, economy and environment. Your Place is the culture, economy and environment of a specific foreign partner. Our Place is the collection of diverse world cultures, the global environment, and the international marketplace in which today’s students will live and function regardless of their home address.

The Social Services as a Model of Intervention in the Educational System

Socrates Programme, Erasmus programme

Intensive programme

2005/2006

Oporto Higher Education Institute for Social Work, Portugal; 5 higher schools in Belgium, France, Rumania

Carrying out an intensive programme by students and lecturers in the area of social work

PARMENIDE

Leonardo da Vinchi Programme

2005-I/05/I/PP-154064

2005/2007

Universita Telematica “Guglielmo Marconi”, Rome, Italy; Universidad Nacional de Educatiob a Distanca, Spain; Universitatea Politechnica di Bucuresti, Romania; Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, Greece; Gesellshaft fur angewandte Informatik, Germany; SOLUS INF, Italy

Designing and spreading out an innovative learning system with the purpose to match the eLearning training modalities already used with an advanced knowledge acquisition system based on Intelligent Agents.

The Knowledge Shop

Grundtvig

gru-2/2005-1019/0017

2006/2007

Akademie Uberlingen - Germany; FBI Institute - Austria; Kuldiga Vocational School, Latvia; VHS Wuppertal, Germany

Analyzing the function “knowledge shop” as a part of a house of learning, developing the knowledge shop, new culture of learning

EILC

Socrates Porgramme, Erasmus – Activity 2.2

SOC-EILC-2006/002

2006/2007

Students from France, Spain, Poland, Czech Republic, Germany

Carrying out intensive language course in the Bulgarian Language

Intensive Programme Erasmus

Life-long Learning Programme, Erasmus programme

2007-ERA-IP-1

2007/2008

Oporto Higher Education Institute for Social Work, Portugal; Haute Ecole de la Province de Liege Leon-Eli Troclet, Belgium; Universitatea “Alexandru Ioan Cuza”, Romania

Carrying out an intensive programme by students and lecturers in the area of social work

KeyShopa new culture of learning

Life-long Learning Programme, Grundvig

134022-LLP-1-2007-1-DE-GRUNDTVIG-GMP

2007/2009

VHS Wuppertal, Germany; Institut fur Gesellschaftwissenschaftliche Forschung, Austria; Speha Fresia, Italy

A meeting point especially for elderly people, a learning space where self-organised learning and key skills are learned as a cross curricular competence, foundation of a New Culture of Learning

A Step Toward the Light

Life-long Learning Programme, Leonardo da Vinci

LLP-LdV-TOI-2007-TR-067

2007/2009

Goren Kalpler Ozel Egitim Aile Dernegi, Turkey; MGK Danismanlik, Turkey; Brailcom, Czeck Republic; Berufsorderungswerk Duren GGMBH, Germany

Integration of seeing disabled people into the society, transfer of profession training modules and adapting them for seeing disabled people in Turkey

EILC

Life-long Learning Porgramme, Erasmus programme

2008-ERA—EILC-3

2008/2009

Students from France, Spain, Poland, Czech Republic, Austria, Italy, Turkey, Finland

Carrying out intensive language course in the Bulgarian Language

Professionalism in the education in Journalism through establishing partnership between BFU and the regional media

Operational Programme “Human Resouces Development”

 

2008/2009

„TV MIX” ÀD, Publishing House „Chernomorski Far” LtD, „Glarus R” LtD

Development of a Technology for Student Placements in the are of Journalism

Innovation and Creativity in the Management and Operational Activity of the staff in IT organizations

Operational Programme “Human Resouces Development”

ESF-2101-02-02006

2008/2009

Information Management AD

IT training of 120 employees of Information Management AD

Training Safety and Security in Tourism

Life-long Learning Programme, Leonardo da Vinci, Transfer of Innovation

LLP-TOI-BG1-09-LEO-05-00437

2008/2010

Sunstory Ltd, Ñâåòè Âëàñ; Tempo Training & Consulting, ×åõèÿ; Latvia Culture College, Ëàòâèÿ; Óíèâåðñèòåò íà Êðàéîâà, Ðóìúíèÿ

 

Elaborating new vocational training products, improving the skills and knowledge in safety and security of employees and managers in the SMEs in the tourism industry operating in hotels, restaurants, and indoor places of entertainment

Effective Placements of Students in Social Work in Partnership with NGOs

Operational Programme “Human Resouces Development”

BG051PO 001-3.3.03

2009/2010

NGO “Demetra” Association, Bulgarian Red Cross, NGO “Doza Obich” Association

Developing joint programmes between BFU and NGOs for practical training of students in social work

EILC

Life-long Learning Porgramme, Erasmus programme

2009-ERA—EILC-3

2009/2010

Students from France, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Austria, Italy, Estonia.

Carrying out intensive language course in the Bulgarian Language

Ethnopsycholinguistic and Sociolinguistic Aspects of Media Language of the Bulgarian Press

National Science Fund, Ministry of Education and Culture

TK02-122(TK_09_0313)

2010/2012

Triera Communications Ltd

Collecting and studying a wide corpus of press materials; developing an innovative methodology that will be used to form sociocultural competence in relation to the application of ethnopsycholinguistic and sociolinguistic approach; writing a fundamental monograph on the formation of sociocultural competence.

AVATAR

Life-long Learning Porgramme, Comenius programme

AVATAR 502882-LLP-1-2009-1-IT-COMMENIUS-CMP

 

2009/2011

Consorzio FOR.COM. Formazione per la Comunicazione Italy; FH Joanneum University of Applied Sciences Austria; University of Southern Denmark Denmark; UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA; University of Hertfordshire Higher Education Corporation United Kingdom; SOPHia In Action Consulting, Italy

Comparative analysis of existing virtual world platforms; conduction of pilot training course for secondary school teachers on virtual world teaching and didactic methodology; manual concerning the guidelines for Virtual World teaching; development of the E-learning platform and construction of the V-learning platform

Assistive Computer Interface For Visually Impared

 

National Science Fund, Ministry of Education, Youth and Science

ID_09_0044

2010/2012

Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, BFU

A concept for development, design and manufacture prototype of combined tactile-voice interface facilitating and allowing visually impaired people to work with computers regardless of the user interface or operation system and oriented to graphical surfaces

 

Establishment of a Centre for Research and Development of Embedded and Mobile Devices

 

National Science Fund, Ministry of Education, Youth and Science – Development of Scientific Infrastructure

RFN_09_00373

2010/2011

BFU, TU – Sofia, Todor Kableshkov University of Transport - Sofia

Establishment of infrastructure basis for conducting research and developments in the area of embedded and mobile devices – apparatus, system software, application software, wired and wireless networks in real time, safety and protection of information

EILC

Life-long Learning Porgramme, Erasmus programme

2010-ERA—EILC-1

2010/2011

Students from Italy, France, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Latvia, Turkey.

Carrying out intensive language course in the Bulgarian Language

E-MENTORING: New skills and competencies for new jobs

LLP KA3 ICT

 

2010/2013

Social Innovation Fund - Litva, Vytautas Magnus University Distance study centre and European Partnership - Litva, Merseyside Expanding Horizons Ltd. - UK, ANNANET: Pertti Vihonen Oy Ltd. - Finnland, Volkshochschule Göttingen e.V - Germany, Speha Fresia SocietaCooperativa Italy and VentureQuest Ltd, LLCCourtney Price - USA

To identify and use ICT-enabled learning solutions (web 2.0, Moodle, etc.) to develop and implement e-Mentoring