{"id":1758,"date":"2021-03-05T11:04:29","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T11:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniel.instant.al\/bkstone-project\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T15:42:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T15:42:52","slug":"bkstone-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uniel.instant.al\/sq\/bkstone-project\/","title":{"rendered":"BKSTONE PROJECT"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Higher Education \u201c\u0080\u0093Enterprise platform for fostering, modernisation and sustainable growth in natural stone industry in Western Balkans\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>

BKSTONE project has the main objective of fostering the modernization and development of the stone sector in Western Balkans partner countries through strengthening the relationship between the higher education institutions and the industry, and internationalizing curriculum and methods.
To meet the requirements of current international demand of natural stone products according to EU standards, the partner countries industry has to perform important changes in quarrying methods, processing methods, quality controls following European and international standards (p.e. CE marking, ASTM, etc.), marketing strategies, international trade, e-commerce etc. These changes require the participation of all local agents, including the Higher Education Institutions (HEI) and Vocational Education and Training (VET) organizations, which should develop their training strategies to meet the challenges explained in the rationale of our project in terms of quality, delivery and especially relevance, in response to the industry needs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The specific objectives of the project to achieve the main goals are:
\u2013 To contribute through the outputs of the project to develop National\/Regional innovation strategies for specialization in the natural stone sector.
\u2013 To put in value each country\/region\u2019s strengths, competitive advantages and potential for excellence in the stone sector through benchmarking existing training initiatives and incorporating elements into the educational materials to be developed in the project.
\u2013 To support technological, as well as practice-based innovative training based on the approach and format of the courses to be developed.
\u2013 To contribute to get stakeholders in the stone industry fully involved, encouraging their participation in the conception and testing phases of the development of materials.
\u2013 To promote among students active and constructive learning as a necessary means to work in the stone sector, testing new possibilities in partner countries like Tertiary VET levels.
\u2013 To create a network platform involving Stone Sector representatives, High Education Institutions (HEI) and VET organizations of EU programme and Partner Countries based on the full implementation of the project\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>List of Partners: \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Polytechnic University of Tirana (Coordinator of the project) \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

2. University of\u00a0\u00a0Elbasan “Aleksand\u00ebr Xhuvani” \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

3. University of Gjirokast\u00ebr “Eqrem \u00c7abej\u201d \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

4. University of Sarajevo \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

5. University of\u00a0\u00a0Mostar \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

6. University Mediterranean Podgorica \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

7. University of Pristine \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

8. Kolegji Nd\u00ebrkombtar p\u00ebr Biznes dhe Teknologji\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a09. University of Coru\u00f1a \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

10. IES Ribeira do Louro \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

11. Asociaci\u00f3n Empresarial de Investigaci\u00f3n Centro Tecnol\u00f3gico del M\u00e1rmol y La Piedra \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

12. Universita Degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

13. C.P.I.P.E. – Escuola Edile di Padova \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

14. National Technical University of Athens \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

15. Transilvania University of Brasov \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For more information, please follow the web site: Project website:\u00a0<\/span>https:\/\/bkstoneproject.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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