Cooperation Strategy Serbia 2010 - 2013 - Deza - admin.ch

SWISS COOPERATION
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Sub-domain: education system
development
SDC will provide further institutional support
to the MoE in building a system to improve
the quality of compulsory schooling in Serbia.
Within the framework provided by the new law
on basic education and the general education
strategy, the MoE is being supported in its
drafting and coordination of reform initiatives
related to capacity building, the integration of
quality standards and the decentralization of
the education system, as well as planning, budgeting
and monitoring.
In compulsory education, SDC will continue to
support the institutionalization of a nationwide
in-service teacher training system at the regional
and national levels. Main activity lines are (i)
consolidating the network of regional centres,
(ii) finalizing the relevant legislative frameworks
and support for their full application, (iii)
designing a system for professional teachers’
career development, and (iv) the vertical and
horizontal strengthening of system monitoring
and evaluation.
Key context variables to be monitored are the
political willingness to start decentralizing education
systems to a certain extent and to adhere
to key principles such as quality and efficiency in
education and lifelong learning.
Furthermore, an existing programme of scholarships
for Serbian students will be expanded,
thereby contributing to improve Serbia’s international
integration and access to international
good practice.
Sub-domain: Roma education
The inclusion of minorities in general and the
Roma in particular in the public education system
is a recurring challenge in most countries of the
region. In Serbia, SDC can build on substantial
experience and expertise. As part of the government’s
Roma action plan, models for pre-school,
primary and secondary levels have been successfully
developed and tested, and are now being
implemented in 50 municipalities. The time is
thus right to institutionalize and mainstream the
system nationwide.
Main activity lines are: (i) the strengthening of