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11 th ACRU Annual Conference. Ko šice , S lovakia 17-18 October 2002. P rogram. 17 October 2002 Grand meeting of the Science Board of TU Kosice, Aula Maxima 5.00pm – 6.30pm: Working session I 8.00pm: Reception with cultural program, Ferrocentrum. P rogram (2). 18 October 2002
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11th ACRU Annual Conference Košice,Slovakia 17-18 October 2002
Program 17 October 2002 • Grand meeting of the Science Board of TU Kosice, Aula Maxima • 5.00pm – 6.30pm: Working session I • 8.00pm: Reception with cultural program, Ferrocentrum
Program (2) 18 October 2002 • 9.00am-11.00am: Working session II • 12.00pm: Sightseeing (optional) • 2.00pm: Lunch with the Rector of TU Kosice • 4.00pm: Grand meeting in the National Theatre, Main street (cultural performance, ...) • 8.00pm: Reception, Hotel Slovan
Program (3) 19 October 2002 • Departure of participants
Activity ReportJune 2001 - September 2002 Tomas Sabol Tomas.Sabol@tuke.sk
Activities Main activity: • Management of Continuing Education, Training Program – Part III. Joint project with Kennesaw State University, USA Part I: • 2-week training in Slovakia – lecturers from KSU (led by Dean of Continuing Education at KSU Barbara Calhoun), September 27 – October 8, 1999 • Certificate from KSU “Manager of CE” • Travel expenses of US lecturers covered by KSU
Activities (2) Part II: • Visits to US partner universities + training at KSU, 24 April 24 – 7 May 2000 • Certificate from KSU: “Senior Manager of CE” • Travel expenses of ACRU participants and stay in US covered by the KSU Part III: • For a new group of ACRU representatives • Originally planned for Autumn 2001, organised by the University of Miskolc
Activities (3) • Date: 13 – 17 May 2002, Kosice • Organised by TU Kosice • Participants: • Dorin Herlo, Aurel Vlaicu University from Arad, Romania • Teresa Chorzepa, Rzeszow University of Technology • Alžbieta Walewska, Rzeszow University of Technology • Gábor Simó, Szent István University • Kornélia Borzsonyi, University Miskolc • Andrea Markušovská, TU Kosice • Danica Klačková, TU Zvolen, Slovakia • Jana Tereňová, TU Zvolen, Slovakia
Activities (4) Lecturers: • KSU: Barbara Calhoun, Teresa Gammill,Joyce Cheshier • ACRU: • Maria Kocsis Baan, University of Miskolc • Eniko Batiz, Babes-Bolyai University • Nataša Urbančíková, TU Kosice • Gejza M. Timcak, TU Kosice • Tomas Sabol, TU Kosice
Activities (5) Program: • Principles of Public Services and Adult Learning • Strategic Planning • Program Development • Program Management • Program Evaluation • Marketing • Staff Selection and Development • Financial Systems • Project Management
Activities (6) Presentations from the training available at: • http://acru.tuke.sk/ , item “New” • Barbara and Joyce after the training visited also Poland – Rzeszow and Krakow • Suggestion for further cooperation in the area of e-learning • Who is interested from ACRU universities?
Activities (5) Program: • Principles of Public Services and Adult Learning • Strategic Planning • Program Development • Program Management • Program Evaluation • Marketing • Staff Selection and Development • Financial Systems • Project Management
Activities (6) Other activities: • AFANET Hermes Project, Szent István University, Gödöllö, Hungary – Workshop on testing language competence in language classes for students of agriculture and related sciences. Contact: Beata Palfalvy, palfalvy@gikk.szie.hu • Project “Intellectual Capacity for Innovation and Technology Management” (2003-2002-IVF), submitted to the Visegrad Foundation, prof. Kazimierz Tuszyñski, partners from PL, HU, SK; result unknown.
Activities (6) • 22nd Congress of Microbiology to be organized in Kosice by the University of Veterinary Medicine, • Mobility grant to Ms. I. Nowotynska from Rzeszow University of Technology, to international conference • More …
Activities (7) IST-1999-29088 Project PRISMA • IST Programme, 5th Framework Programme • http://www.prisma-eu.net • Partners: D, UK, S, G, A, HU, CR, SL, CY + TU Kosice • Analysis of application of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in: • e-Administration • e-Health • e-Transport • e-Tourism • e-Environment • Persons with Special Needs
PRISMA Objectives: • Mapping overall trends and changes affecting citizen services • Identifying current best practice in the provision of citizen services • Conducting foresight and scenario-building exercises over the next 10 years • Developing future-oriented best practice for these services • Providing practical tools for policy makers, service providers and other stakeholders
PRISMA Objectives: • Mapping overall trends and changes affecting citizen services • Identifying current best practice in the provision of citizen services • Conducting foresight and scenario-building exercises over the next 10 years • Developing future-oriented best practice for these services • Providing practical tools for policy makers, service providers and other stakeholders
PRISMA • Results may be of interest also for you • Please support Dissemination of the Project results – towards academic community, policy makers, service providers, different stakeholder groups, … • All results on: • http://www.prisma-eu.net
Other • ACRU Constitution, Article 11, paragraph 1 to delete the text “excluding the country of residence of the President and the Secretary General” - DONE. • Suggestion of the Secretary General: To award Honorary membership of ACRU to Ms. Barbara Calhoun, Dean of Continuing Education at Kennesaw State University, Georgia, USA for her contribution and long-term personal commitment to ACRU mission. • ACRU leaflet(published in 2000)– still some copies available
Other • Offer of Florida Virtual College (Randy Stein, Rstein@fvconline.com) - offering student marketing agreement in the area • Providing bachelor/master degrees in: • Business Administration • E-Commerce • Business Marketing • Business Finance • Small Business Management • Business Communication Management • Business Communication • Human Resource Management,etc. • http://www.fvconline.com
Other • Not too much traffic on ACRU web site http://acru.tuke.sk/ - Announcement should be published by member universities • Student exchange program/PhD mobility program? Proposal of the Lviv Polytechnic State University? • MBA program (starting also at TU Kosice) … • Other projects …
Other Issues • 2003 – Election of the ACRU President and Secretary General (Hungary) • …
Members (SK, HU) • Technical University of Kosice • University of P.J. Šafárik in Košice • University of Veterinary Medicine, Kosice • Military Aviation Academy of General Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Kosice • University of Miskolc • Debrecen University • College of Nyíregyháza • Szent Istvan University
Members (PL) • Rzeszow University of Technology • Pedagogical University Rzeszow • University of Mining and Metallurgy Krakow • Technical University of Lublin • Military University of Technology, Warsaw
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
Members (RO) • Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca • University "Politechnica" of Bucharest • University of "Aurel Vlaicu" din Arad • University of Oradea • University of Petrosani • 24 members
Members - Issues • Check and update your data – contact person, telephone/fax/email/Web address • Update of the ACRU Web site • How to deal with “non-participating members” – problems with voting at Annual Conferences • New members/Interest to join – Romania Cluj, … • …
Proposals for the future • Workshop on the development of tourism in Carpathian region. Target group: lecturers, senior and PhD students. Organized by TU Kosice. Contact person: Dr. Gejza Timcak, Gejza.Timcak@tuke.sk. Preliminary date: July 2003. Interest? • 6th Framework Programme – Integrated Projects, Network of Excellence, … • Workshop “Regional Development in Carpathian Region. Contact person: Dr. Oto Hudec, Oto.Hudec@tuke.sk (Institute of Regional and Community Development established at TU)
Proposals for the future (2) • Visegrad Fund, http://www.visegrad.org/ • Carpathian Foundation, http://www.carpathianfoundation.org/ • Cross-border Cooperation in the Carpathian Euroregion • Carpathian Research Program • Preserving Carpathian Cultural Heritage • … • Place of the Annual Conference 2003? Hungary?