Tabriz Islamic Art University took part in the Kick off Meeting within the Erasmus+ International project "Capacity Building in Sustainability of Architectural Heritage" (SAH)
On February 16 - 17, 2021 the first online meeting of the Erasmus + project SAH «Capacity Building in Sustainability for Architectural Heritage» was held with the project consortium. The Rector of Universita degli Studi dell'Aquila Edoardo Alesse made a welcoming speech. The representatives of the Erasmus National Offices from the participating countries took part in the meetings with a detailed report on what the project participants should pay attention to in the process of its implementation, taking into account also the peculiarities of resolving issues in each individual country; representatives of the European Commission with recommendations for the successful implementation of the project, as well as representatives of international departments of participating universities and academic staff responsible in each university for the development of new master courses in the field of sustainable development of architectural heritage, made short presentations about the university, their professional competencies and experience in theme of the project.
The main objectives of the project are as following:
- To update and improve the quality of educational programs for specialists in the field of sustainable development of architectural heritage in accordance with best EU practice to increase awareness and responsiveness to environmental and economic changes,
- create innovative facilities in conditions of growing interest in architectural heritage,
- and to Transfer knowledge, experience and latest technologies to partner countries.
This project is very important and relevant not only for our University, but also for Russia as a whole. The use of European experience will make it possible to train specialists capable of solving modern strategic tasks of sustainable development of the architectural heritage.The Project partners are the Universities in Italy (the University of L'Aquila), Germany, Greece, Armenia, Iran (Tehran and Tabriz) and Russia (Kazan, Moscow, Samara, Arkhangelsk). During the two days of the Kick off Meeting, all stages of the project implementation, project management issues, the quality of the master courses developed within the project in each university, as well as the necessary reporting documentation for each partner within the project were discussed in detail.
Tabriz Islamic Art University was represented by Prof. Farhad Akhoundi the Head of International Affairs and the Associate Professor at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism. In conclusion, the entire work plan for the current year was discussed in this valuable online session.
