13th ACRU Annual Conference

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13th ACRU Annual Conference

• Oradea, Romania
• 23-25 September 2004

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Program

• 23 September 2004
• Arrival of participants
• Welcome Party

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Program (2)

• 24 September 2004
• Opening of the ACRU Annual Conference - prof.
  T.T. Maghiar, prof. A. Nagy
• Current issues of higher education and research
  in Romania, repr of Ministry of Education and
  Research
• Introductory statement. President of ACRU - prof.
  A. Nagy
• Report of ACRU activities since Annual Conference
  2003
• Financial report. Secretary General.
• Discussion
• Approval of reports of ACRU activities since
  Annual Conference 2003

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Program (3)

• 24 September 2004
• Presentations of member universities - brief
  reports on changes at the member universities
  (change of a contact person, ), projects
  ongoing, under preparation
• Topics for discussion
• Experience exchange referring to the Bologna
  system on three levels
• Rapporteur Prof. Dr. Mircea Pop
• ACRU facing the challenges of Europass
  overcoming the obstacles
• Rapporteur Prof. Dr. Ioan Horga
• ACRU facing the promotion of Lisbon Agenda
  towards a European Area for High Scientific
  Performance and Research
• Rapporteur Prof. Dr. Cornel Antal

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Program (4)

• 24 September 2004 (contd)
• Suggestions for future ACRU activities joint
  projects. Discussion - ALL
• Approval of the Conference declaration, planned
  activities
• Farewell Party

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Program (5)

• 25 September 2004 (Saturday)
• Sightseeing tour of Oradea
• Visit to the Bears Cave in Chiscau lunch at the
  Gaudeamus University Chalet, Stana de Vale
• Departure of participants

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Activity ReportOctober 2003 - September 2004

• Tomas Sabol
• Tomas.Sabol_at_tuke.sk
• Erna Beres
• Erna.Beres_at_tuke.sk

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Activities

• Letter of prof. A. Nagy, new ACRU President to
  all rectors of the ACRU universities, 13 November
  2003
• Sylvia Meloche - info on fellowships (7 January
  2004)
• Hungarian, Polish, Romanian and Slovak scholars
  in the humanities and allied social sciences to
  carry out research at institutes of advanced
  study in other countries.
• short-term residencies funded in Austria,
  England, France, Germany, Greece, India, Israel,
  Italy, Jordan, the Netherlands, Norway, Scotland,
  Spain, Turkey, and Yemen
• http//www.caorc.org/mellon/

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Activities

• NATO Environmental and Catastrophy Defence
  Conference
• Approved by ACRU AC 2003
• April 4 - 7, 2004, Godollo, Hungary
• Organisers
• Szent Istvan University, Godollo
• ACRU
• University of Rzeszow, Rzeszow
• US Embassy, Budapest
• Main patron Dr. Arpad Goncz, former President of
  Hungary

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Activities (2)

• The Parliament Magazine
• Issue 169, 20 October 2003
• on Research and Education
• Sent to MEP, all governments,
• Information on ACRU
• 1/3 of A4 page
• 1,500 EUR

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Activities (3)

• International Conference Geotour 03 - Tourism
  development perspectives
• Organised by
• Technical University of Kosice
• ACRU
• Kosice Self-governing Region
• 30-31 October 2003, Herlany, SR
• Exchange of information and knowledge on a
  number of issues related to tourism development
  in the wake of EU membership
• 73 participants from 4 countries

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Activities (4)

• Geotour 03 (contd)
• ACRU member organisations present
• University of Oradea
• Petrosani University
• TU Kosice
• bilingual Proceedings, 200 pages(ISBN
  80-8073-094-6)
• Grant from ACRU 473 EUR (editing and printing of
  the Proceedings)
• Approved by Annual Conference 2002
• The GEOUTOUR 2004 will be held in Herlany (21-22
  October 04)

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Presentations In progress During GEOTOUR 03
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Activities (5)

• 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
• Grant from ACRU 750 EUR (editing and printing of
  the Proceedings)
• Infrastructure in the peripheral areas associated
  within the Carpathian Euroregion
• Approved by Annual Conference 2002

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Activities (6)

• PhD mobility Program
• Ms. Kneisz Ildiko, University of Miskolc
• participation in the international  Seminar
  Regional and Rural Development Interface, May
  2004, organised by Babes-Bolyai University
• One week
• 110 EUR
• Supporting mobility between ACRU member
  universities
• Not used for conferences organised by home
  universities
• Under-utilised

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Membership

• Changes
• Air Force Academy of General Milan Rastislav
  Stefanik, Kosice, Slovakia ceased to exist
  (joined with TU Kosice) should be dropped out
  from the list of members
• University of P.J. Safarik, new contact person
  prof. Eva Cellarova, Vice-rector
• Application for membership Karol Adamiecki
  University, Katowice, Poland

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Other

• Members of the Auditing Committee have to be
  nominated
• Events organised can be published/promoted at
• http//acru.tuke.sk/ , item New
• Check and update your data contact person,
  telephone/fax/email/Web address !
• Update of the ACRU Web site
• Any new university interested to join?
• Place of the Annual Conference 2005? Ukraine,
  Poland?
• 2005 election of the ACRU President, country?

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Members (SK, HU)

• Technical University of Kosice
• University of P.J. afárik in Koice new
  contact person
• University of Veterinary Medicine, Kosice
• Military Aviation Academy of General Milan
  Rastislav tefánik, Kosice ceased to exist,
  drop for the list of members
• 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
• Krakow University of Technology
• Technical University of Lublin
• Military University of Technology, Warsaw
• University of Rzeszow
• Karol Adamiecki Univeristy of Economics, Katowice
  application for memberhsip

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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
• 25 Members

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Financial Report
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Membership fees for 2003

• Technical University of Koice, SK 750
• Debrecen University, H 750
• Szent István University Godollo, H 750
• University of Miskolc, H 750
• Rzeszow University of Technology, PL 750
• AGH University of Science and Technology 750
• University of Oradea, RO 750
• University of Petrosani, RO 750
• State Technical Oil and Gas University,
• Ivano-Frankivsk, UA 750
• TOTAL
  6,750

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Membership fees for 2004 (in EUR)

• Technical University of Koice, SK 700
• University of P.J. Safarik, Kosice, SK 700
• Debrecen University, H 700
• Szent István University Godollo, H 700
• University of Miskolc, H 700
• Rzeszow University of Technology, PL 700
• AGH University of Science and Technology 700
• University of Rzeszow, PL 700
• Technical University of Lublin, PL 700
• University of Oradea, RO (organiser of AC!) 700
• TOTAL
  7,000
• Bank interest 675
• GRANDTOTAL
  7,675

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Expenses (October 2003 September 2004) in EUR

• Rent of the office 0
• Honoraria (Secr. Gen., Assistant, Admin.,
• Accountant, web admin.) 1,030
• Travel expense 655
• Consumables 8
• Communication expenses 166
• Printing (Grant to Transport in CE conf.)
  750
• Printing (Grant to Geotour conf.)
  473
• PhD mobility (Grant)
  110
• Parliamentary Magazine (advert.) 1
  500
• Bank fees 32
• TOTAL 4,724

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FINANCIAL REPORT Expenses1 October 2003 20
September 2004

• Balance of the bank account (as of 9/9/2004)
  36,564 EUR
• Membership fee 700 EUR
• Note
• 2003-04 Annual average exchange rate 1 EUR 40
  Slovak crowns

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The Future?
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Areas of activities

• Priority areas pointed out at ACRU AC 2003
• regional development,
• cross border cooperation
• implementation of Bologna declaration
• Joint international courses (Environmental
  protection, )
• To create a structure among member universities
  (e.g. similar to the model of UN University)
  organising international courses, supporting
  mobility and economic development within the
  region

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Proposals for the future

• 6th Framework Programme, http//www.cordis.lu/fp6
  
• Areas Life sciences, IST, Nanotechnologies, Food
  quality safety, Sustainable development,
  Citizens and governance in a knowledge-based
  society
• Marie Curie actions (mobilities), Research
  infrastructures, Research Innovation, Science
  Society
• Cross Border Cooperation projects
• Experience of new EU members states - surveys,
  studies,
• Joint projects with partners from the Ukraine,
  Romania

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Proposals for the future (2)

• Erasmus Socrates Programme
• Eligible countries SK, HU, PL
• Activities student and teacher mobilities,
  curriculum development, intensive programs
• Needed Signed bilaterial agreement between two
  institutions - to submit to institutional
  Socrates Erasmus coordinator
• Deadline end of February 2005

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Proposals for the future (3)

• CEEPUS - Central European Exchange Programme for
  University Studies
• Eligible countries SK, HU, PL, BG, CR, Croatia,
  SL, RO,Austria
• TYPE OF MOBILITY NETWORK for students and
  teachers
• Applications submitted to the National CEEPUS
  Office of the home country, i.e. the NCO of the
  Coordinating Institution
• Deadline 15 January

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Proposals for the future (4)

• CEEPUS - Central European Exchange Programme for
  University Studies
• SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION FORM
• Applications submitted to the National CEEPUS
  Office
• Deadline June 15 for autumn term
• Deadline November 15 for spring
• Period 1 September - 30 August

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Proposals for the future (5)

• e-Learning project ? (UNESCO initiative in
  Ukraine - Technical University of Ukraine "Kiev
  Polytechnic Institute?)
• INTAS programme Ukraine ?

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Funding as usual

• 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, )
• Add some more!

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• Looking forward to the further cooperation!