Challenges of European Universities New Erasmus project type Helsinki 13' January 2006

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Challenges of European UniversitiesNew
Erasmus project type Helsinki 13. January 2006
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Challenges of HE

• Background
• European Council in Lisbon 2000
•  most competitive and dynamic knowledge based
  economy 
• Modernisation of social welfare and education
  systems

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Changes

• Management of institutions
• Curricula
• Funding
• Attractiveness

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• Communication in 2003
• The role of the universities in the Europe of
  knowledge
• Intensification of cooperation between HE and
  Industry
• Innovation
• Start up fo new companies
• Transfer of knowledge

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How to reach the objectives?

• closing the funding gap
• strengtheneing excellence in research and in
  teaching
• opening up to the outside world industry

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Communication from President Barroso

• Europe is a more attractive place to invest and
  work
• Knowledge and innovation are the beating heart of
  European growth

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Communication

•  Enabling universities to make their full
  contribution to the Lisbon strategy 
• Attractiveness
• Governance
• Funding

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Necessary changes

• Curruicular reforms more out-put oriented and
  skills-oriented curricula
• Increase in lifelong learning opportunities
• New formulas for utilisation of interface
  platforms

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Hampton Court Meeting

• Research and development
• Universities
• Labour market participation and work/life balance
• Energy
• Migration
• security

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ILLP

• Erasmus
• Stimulating mobility (old and new types of
  mobility)
• HE-Industry cooperation

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HE-Industry projects

• Innovation
• Creation of new knowledge by pooling of expertise
• Increase of skills competences
• Knowledge management
• Updating of knowledge within LLL

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11 Stakeholder consultation groups

• Comenius
• Grundtvig
• Erasmus 1 and 2
• Leonardo
• Policy Development
• Europass, ICT,
• Languages
• Valorisation, Jean Monnet

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Areas identified

• ROLES
• TYPES OF PARTNERSHIPS
• BENEFITS
• MOTIVATION
• VALUE FOR ALL
• MAESURING VALUE
• QUALITY
• AWARENESS

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Document

• Partnerships
• The process of Partnership building
• Utilisation of existing partnerships
• Benefits
• Success factors
• Types of Projects
• Merits of sectoral and general appraoches
• Prioritisation

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• HE and LLL
• Mechanisms for setting up partnerships

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Other areas

• Inter-connectedness of new projects with previous
  programmes
• Focus areas of new projects
• Minimum requirements

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Benefits

• Provide adequate supply of skilled graduates to
  the local economy
• Providing research and development
• Fostering entrepreuneuralism

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Benefits

• Business success and university cooperation are
  linked

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Benefits for HE

• Better management methods at HE
• Increase of international attractiveness of HE
• Rapid reaction to new needs

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Benefits for Industry

• Attractive programmes increase competitiveness
• Flexible tailor made training courses increase
  overall efficiency
• Transfer of know how stimulates product design
• Partnerships strengthen

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Benefits

• Cooperation increases levels of excellence
• Creation of culture for further cooperation
• Industry feedback to HE institutions enable HE to
  adapt programmes to real needs

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ILLP

• Strong support for ILLP proposal from Council
• Council reached partial political
• on November 15th 2005
• No discussion of budget before FP

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ILLP

• Strong support for Programme
• First Reading in EP in October Plenary
• Overall budget increase Erasmus
• Simplification

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Preparation in DG EAC

• Stakeholder groups advisory function
• Internal steering group coordination
• Internal documentary group drafting proposals
  for guidelines, application forms etc
• Pre-committe to consider Commission proposals
• Conversion to Programme Committee on adoption of
  Decision

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• Thank you very much for your kind
• attention!
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