The main goals of the project are:

• Enhancing the student learning experience in Armenia, Georgia and Belarus by promoting development and innovation in teaching and learning (T&L), supporting the integration of technology and research, as well as disseminating good practice. 
• Modernising higher education in Armenia, Georgia and Belarus in line with the Bologna agenda and establishing cooperation in education and training between partner and EU countries by promoting virtual mobility of teachers and students, and enhancing lifelong learning capabilities.

Project objectives

The abovementioned goals will be achieved through the fulfilment of the following specific objectives:

• To strengthen Teaching Staff Development Centres (TSDC) in the PC universities by enhancing capacities of staff and trainers, modernizing infrastructure and introducing innovative teacher training and academic leadership programmes. 
• To build up capacities of the partner universities’ teaching staff by developing their innovative and technology-enhanced teaching and learning (T&L) skills and abilities of competency- and research-based teaching.
• To establish a Virtual Academy of Teaching and Learning (VATL) as an international community of teachers, staff and students interested in using and sharing Open Educational Resources (OER) for the improvement of technology-enhanced T&L.
• To promote greater awareness of the types and methods of innovative and technology-enhanced T&L and to disseminate best practices within and between universities in the partner and EU countries.