12th ACRU Annual Conference

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12th ACRU Annual Conference

• Godollo, Hungary
• 16-18 October 2003

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Program

• 16 October 2003
• Arrival of participants
• Welcome Party in the Rectors Council Hall

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Program (2)

• 17 October 2003
• Opening of the ACRU Annual Conference
• Introductory statement. President of ACRU - prof.
  A. Korbel
• Report of ACRU activities since Annual Conference
  2002
• Financial report. Secretary General.
• Current issues of higher education and research
  in Hungary

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Program (3)

• 17 October 2003
• Presentations of member universities - brief
  reports on changes at the member universities,
  ongoing projects, projects under preparation.
  Suggestions for future ACRU activities joint
  projects. Discussion. ALL
• Election of new ACRU President
• Approval of the Conference declaration, planned
  activities.

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Program (3)

• 18 October 2003
• Social program
• Departure of participants

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Activity ReportOctober 2002 - September 2003

• Tomas Sabol
• Tomas.Sabol_at_tuke.sk

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Activities

• NATO Environmental Protection Conference
• Approved by Annual Conference 2002
• Organised by Szent Istvan University, Godollo
  Military University of Technology, Warsaw ACRU
• 13-16 April 2003
• Patron of the Conference Dr. Arpad Goncz, former
  President of Hungary
• Topics, attendance, conclusions,
• Information on International Conference MteM
  2003 Modern technologies in Manufacturing,
  organized by Dept. of Manufacturing Engineering
  of the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, 2 4
  October 2003, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

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Activities (2)

• Sylvia Meloche (our individual member and
  supporter) U.S. ambassador to the Slovak
  Republic, Ronald Weiser along with the President,
  Rudolf Schuster were visiting the University of
  Michigen, Sylvia informed them about ACRU. T.
  Sabol sent email to Ms. Weiser, no response ?,
  but keep making PROMOTION.
• Brian Rosenblum, librarian at the University of
  Michigan, has been awarded a Fulbright grant for
  research/lecturing in the Czech Republic for the
  2003-2004 academic year, in the field of digital
  libraries. Contact brianlee_at_umdl.umich.edu
  (contact Fulbright office in your country and
  invite Brian to come over)

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Activities (3)

• International Conference 55th Congress of
  chemical societies
• Organised by
• Technical University of Kosice, Faculty of
  Metallurgy
• ACRU
• 8 - 12 September 2003, Kosice, SR
• Approved by Annual Conference 2002
• Grant from ACRU 1,027

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Activities (4)

• International Conference Development of
  Transport Infrastructure Within the Carpathian
  Euroregion and Its Impact on the Regions
• Organised by
• Association Region Karpaty Carpathian
  Euroregion
• Kosice Self-governing Region
• ACRU
• 23 24 October 2003, Zemplínska írava Kalua,
  SR
• Infrastructure in the peripheral areas associated
  within the Carpathian Euroregion
• Approved by Annual Conference 2002

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Activities (5)

• International Conference Slovakia Tourism
  Development Perspectives
• Organised by
• Technical University of Kosice, FBERG
• Kosice Self-governing Region
• ACRU
• 30-31 October 2003, Herlany, SR
• Strategies of sustainable tourism development in
  Slovakia. To share the best practice of tourism
  development in candidate countries.
• Approved by Annual Conference 2002

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Activities (6)

• Info on 5th EUA Conference Universities Working
  Together in Europe Integrated Programmes and
  Joint Degrees a Hallmark of the European Higher
  Education Area
• Organised by
• Babes-Bolyai University, Clij-Napoca, Romania
• 24 - 25 October 2003, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• http//eua.ubbcluj.ro

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Activities (7)

• Project Eastern Policy of Innovation and
  Technology Transfer, Capability in Visegrad
  Countries
• Funding International Visegrad Fund
• Knowledge infrastructure and innovation and
  technology transfer capabilities
• Partners
• University of Technology Rzeszów, Association for
  Innovation and Technology Transfer HORIZONS
• Faculty of Economics Technical University of
  Kosice
• IRC Hungary, Budapest University of Technology
  and Economics
• Technology Transfer Centre, Brno University of
  Technology, Czech Republic

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Activities (8)

• 2003 Special Request for Applications
  Institutional Partnerships in Higher Education
  for International Development.
• RFA may be downloaded from ALO's website
  http//www.aascu.org/ALO/RFPs/RFPMain.htm.
• Deadline for receipt of applications is 4
  November 2003, 500 p.m. (info sent by email in
  early October).

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Activities (9)

• Priorities
• 1) higher education leadership and administrative
  transformation
• 2) workforce development and community colleges
• 3) agriculture and environment
• 4) management of private and public sector
  institutions in countries severely affected by
  HIV/AIDS
• 5) improving the quality of teacher training
  colleges and institutions
• 6) MBA programs and private sector development
• 7) higher education partnerships that address
  other critical development needs targeted towards
  the strategic objectives of USAID missions or
  that reflect emerging policy and technical
  solutions to development problems.

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Activities (10)

• Parliament Magazine
• Sent direct, by name to the following MEPs of
  European Parliament, All Secretary-Generals and
  senior press officers of the nine political
  groups, EU President and Presidency officials,
  Council of Ministers, European Commission, EU
  National Parliaments, All Presidents, Prime
  Ministers and Ministers in the EU member states
  and 13 enlargement states, USA - The President,
  The Vice-President, The Secretary of State and
  members of the US Cabinet, Library of Congress

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Activities (11)

• 20th of October 2003 edition This issue will
  focus on Education and Research. Editorial
  contributions will come from commissioner
  Philippe Busquin, Kurt Konig, Head of Cordis,
  Rolf Linkohr MEP, Dr Peter Stern, Science
  Magazine Editor
• The aim of the publication is to highlight
  priorities, present the forthcoming policies,
  answer the most important questions on research
  and co-operation, promote the best examples,
  funding research, creating an Action plan for
  Europe
• One promotional position for ACRU To introduce
  the Association, to promote its priorities,
  projects and needs. 1/3 A4 page for 1,500 EUR

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Other Projects - BEEP

• IST-2000-26224 Best eEurope Practices (BEEP)
• Financed within FP5, IST Program
• Cases (Best practices) applications of ICT in
  four domains
• Work and Skills
• Digital SMEs
• Social inclusion
• Regional development
• BEEP page www.beep-eu.org (including reports
  etc.)
• BEEP Knowledge System (access to cases)
  http//www.beepknowledgesystem.org/

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Other

• Events organised can be published/promoted at
• http//acru.tuke.sk/ , item New
• Student exchange program/PhD mobility program?
• Management of Continuing Education any
  spin-offs at ACRU member universities?
• MBA program
• Other projects

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Members (SK, HU)

• Technical University of Kosice
• University of P.J. afárik in Koice (?)
• University of Veterinary Medicine, Kosice
• Military Aviation Academy of General Milan
  Rastislav tefánik, Kosice (Passive)
• University of Miskolc
• Debrecen University
• College of Nyíregyháza
• Szent Istvan University

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Members (PL)

• Rzeszow University of Technology
• AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow
  - new name
• Technical University of Lublin new ACRU
  representative (Prof. Witold Stepniewski)
• Military University of Technology, Warsaw

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Members (UA)

• Lviv Polytechnic State University
• Lviv Academy of Commerce
• Uzhgorod State University
• Uzhgorod Institute of Information Science,
  Economics and Law
• Kolomiya College of Law and Business
• Ivano-Frankivsk State Technical Oil and Gas
  University

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Members (RO)

• Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca
• University "Politechnica" of Bucharest
• University of "Aurel Vlaicu" din Arad
• University of Oradea
• University of Petrosani
• 23 Members

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Members - Issues

• Check and update your data contact person,
  telephone/fax/email/Web address !
• Update of the ACRU Web site
• New members/Interest to join ?

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Proposals for the future

• 6th Framework Programme Integrated Projects,
  Network of Excellence, Supplementary Support
  Actions, http//www.cordis.lu/fp6
• Areas Regional Development, Regional policy,
  Knowledge infrastructure, Innovation, Technology
  transfer,
• Cross Border Cooperation projects
• Impact of EU enlargement, surveys, studies,
• Joint projects with partners from the Ukraine,
  Romania

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Proposals for the future (2)

• Visegrad Fund, http//www.visegrad.org/
• Carpathian Foundation, http//www.carpathianfounda
  tion.org/
• Cross-border Cooperation in the Carpathian
  Euroregion, Carpathian Research Program,
  Preserving Carpathian Cultural Heritage
• The Association Liaison Office for University
  Cooperation in Development (ALO),
  http//www.aascu.org/ALO/
• Open Society Institute, Budapest,
  http//www.osi.hu/, national foundations
  (www.osf.sk, )

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Other - activities mentioned in 2002 (ideas for
future)

• Workshop Development of Tourism in Carpathian
  region. TU Kosice. DONE
• Workshop Regional Development in Carpathian
  Region. TU Kosice. DONE
• Workshop Challenge of Bologna Declaration,
  University of Miskolc.
• Results of European study centers, University
  of Miskolc.

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Other - activities mentioned in 2002

• Experience in organization/preparation of MBA
  courses, Szent István University.
• Workshop Environmental protection, Szent István
  University, Military University of Technology.
  DONE
• Workshop Creation of Regional network of
  life-long learning, Szent István University.
• 55th Meeting of Chemical Societies. TU Kosice.
  DONE
• Summer language camp - English, French, Spanish,
  German, Szent István University. DONE(?)

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Other

• Members of the Auditing Committee Update?
  (nominated in 1996?)
• To switch from USD to EUR (membership fee 750
  EUR?)
• Place of the Annual Conference 2004? Ukraine,
  Poland?

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• Looking forward to the further cooperation!