The IDE is a non-profit think-tank that contributes to the development of higher education policy, provides expert support to institutions, connects domestic and international experts and enables individuals in Croatia and Europe to achieve their educational goals. IDE is based in Zagreb (Croatia) and since its launch in 1999, it has succeeded in consolidating its position as the leading Croatian organisation in the field of higher education. IDE currently employs five staff members who are higher education policy experts, educational advisors and project managers.
IDE participates in this project because community engagement in higher education is one of the most important policy areas in which IDE has developed significant expertise. IDE initiated and coordinated two transnational, EU-wide Erasmus+ KA3 project TEFCE – Towards a European Framework for Community Engagement in Higher Education (2018-2021) to propose policy tools that could support community engagement at the university level and at the EU level Erasmus+ KA2 project Steering Higher Education for Community Engagement (2020-2023). Also at the international level, IDE was commissioned by the European Commission’s Network on the Social Dimension of Education and Training to prepare an in-depth analytical report on policies and practices related to “Community engagement in higher education” (2020). The results of the project are available on the new European platform www.community-engagement.eu.
IDE will support all phases of the EngageAll project with expertise on community engagement in higher education. In particular, IDE will co-lead the development of guidelines and an an online tool for service-learning in higher education
Thomas Farnell
Higher Education Policy Expert
Thomas Farnell is an analyst, manager and leader with over 20 years of experience in education policy in an international context. His main area of interest is how education can better respond to societal needs through enhanced equity, modernised curricula and engagement with society.
Project Reference: 2024-1-DE01-KA220-HED-000251679
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