Modernization Courses in Field of Geoinformatics Based on Business – Academia Cooperation

Based on the results of the three-year ERASMUS + projects GEOWEB and BESTSDI, which relate to the countries of the Western Balkans and Moldova, the current GEOBIZ project aims to address the issue of building a model of business - academic cooperation in modernizing curricula and developing geoinformatics study courses. The target groups of the project include students, teachers, and companies from the geoinformatics sector in the beneficiary countries. As one of the results of the project, courses with a special focus on practical parts were designed using cases of problem-based learning to modernize existing curricula. Modernization courses have been selected and detailed case descriptions have been prepared for implementation in the teaching process for I and II study cycles, as well as lifelong learning at participating universities from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Moldova, and Montenegro. The paper describes the approach used for the design, localization, and implementation of practical parts of the courses, through the cooperation of business and academic partners, and geoinformatics companies from individual countries.