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CHALLENGES FOR EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES IN THE ERA OF GLOBALIZATION

“Today more than ever the world is only one. The interrelation of trends is so close that the mining crisis in Central Asia, the floods in South America or the war in Sub-Saharan Africa may influence our daily life. It may be because of a virus like Aids or a pandemic caused by prions; water pollution or the danger of nuclear proliferation; uncontrolled emigration or drug-trafficking, the fate of every man and woman – of any race, culture or religion – is inextricably linked to all inhabitants of the globe.”

Federico Mayor ZaragozaUNESCO General Director (1987-1999)

STRATEGIES

• INTERRELATION

OF EDUCATION & RESEARCH

WITH SOCIETAL PRACTICE

• INTERNATIONALISATION

REFLECTING THE REALITY

OF THE GLOBALISED WORLD

R A T I O N A L E AND

G E N E R A L O B J E C T I V E

Δ EDUCATION - RESEARCH - INNOVATION = „Knowledge triangle“

Δ DIALOGUE - KNOWLEDGE - COOPERATION = Relations EU-LAC

WE WANT TO ACHIEVE ...

sustainable relationship between participating universities from EU-LAC (4 EU countries + 1LA country – Mexico)

based on “knowledge triangle”

supporting dialogue, knowledgem cooperation between stakeholders/universities from both regions

M O D E L

OF STUDENTS´ PERIOD ABROAD

- Applied-research projects

- Interdisciplinarity (technology + economics/marketing/management)

- International teams

- Support to international cooperation between stakeholders from both regions

- Area studies courses – „discovering the partner region“

SPECSPECIIFIC OBJEFIC OBJECCTIVES AND TIVES AND RELATED ACTIVITIESRELATED ACTIVITIES

1. TO RAISE AWARENES ON THE EU HIGHER EDUCATION Promotional kit Road show 2. EXPLOIT POTENTIAL SYNERGIES BETWEEN HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH AND BETWEEN UNIVERSITY – BUSINESS SPHERES

Students´ creative workshops = testing a model of students’ periods abroad

Workshops with businesses3. TO SECURE THE ACCESIBILITY TO EDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH PROCESSES BETWEEN EU-LAC UNIVERSITIES AND EXCHANGE OF STUDENTS AND EXPERTS BETWEEN PARTNERS FROM BOTH REGIONS Model cooperation agreement

Portal for sustainable cooperation

ACTIVITY 1 PRESENTATION AND PROMOTION KIT

CONTENT: EU Higher Education Sector Programmes for

internationalisation Participating universities and

related countries Messages of EU-LAC dialogue Knowledge triangle

FORMS: Booklets Videos Roll-ups Fliers Posters

ACTIVITY 2ROAD SHOW TO MEXICO

EXHIBITION (MEXICO CITY + PUEBLA)

INTERACTIVE PRESENTATION EVENTS

(Uni Austria, UniCzech Republic, UniSlovakia, Uni Spain)

PROJECT PRESENTATION to the decission – taking bodies of TEC MONTERREY

ACTIVITY 3 STUDENTS´ CREATIVE WORKSHOPS

12 STUDENTS FROM TECMONTERREY:

Applied research period combining technology +

economic aspects (together with local students)

Visits to Prague, Bratislava, Vienna

Area study courses

RESULTS OF THE STUDENTS´RESEARCH PROJECTS WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE FINAL EVENT IN BRATISLAVA

ACTIVITY 4 WORKSHOPS WITH BUSINESSES

DISCUSSING

FEASIBILITY ISSUES AND POSSIBILITIES OF FURTHER COOPERATION

Workshop 1: MEXICO CITY

Workshop 2: BRATISLAVA

(including the presentation

of students´projects)

ACTIVITY 5 P O R T A L

A TOOL

for futher communication and

cooperation during and after

the project´s life

Using experience

from previous cooperation:

HITEC + TRIANGLE projects

ACTIVITY 6MODEL AGREEMENT ON SUSTAINABLE COOPERATION

Multilateral agreement on cooperation based on knowledge triangle –

after the project life

To be signed at the Final event in Bratislava

PUBLICATION ON PROJECT´S

RESULTS

F I N A L E V E N T

Presentation of students´

research projects

Interactive presentations

to a wide audience

Using synergies from previous international cooperation

PROJECT CONSORTIUMPROJECT CONSORTIUM

Coordinating institution:

University of Economics in Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Partner institutions:EU: Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria Vienna University of Technology, Austria Slovak University of Technology, Slovak Republic University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic University of Granada, Spain

Mexico:

Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico

LAST BUT NOT LEAST: LAST BUT NOT LEAST: WHY LATIN AMERICA?WHY LATIN AMERICA?

- Challenges of EU-LAC SUMMITS

- Opportunities for cooperation and innovation transfer: health-care, education, environment, ICT, HITEC, infrastructure

- Educational reasons

KICK-OFF MEETING