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DRC 6th Summer University. Workshops 2 and 3 Economic and Social Perspectives of Democratic Change 1989 – as Impetus for R egional C ooperation with special focus on Science and R esearch and for D evelopment of C ivil S ociety in CEE. Participants.
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DRC 6th Summer University Workshops 2 and 3Economic and SocialPerspectives of DemocraticChange1989 – asImpetusforRegionalCooperationwithspecialfocuson Science and Research and forDevelopmentof CivilSocietyin CEE 6th DRC Summer School on Regional Cooperation, Budapest, 5 - 12 July 2009
Participants • SoniaPavlenko, PhD CandidateinHigher Education, Romania - Babeș-Bolyai University: Post 1989 Higher Education: Transition, Reform or Building theCommon? • Herbert Seher, Project Coordinator, Austria – European Office Vienna: An Ongoing Project of RegionalCooperation: EdTWIN • AnamariaNeag, MScstudentin Global Studies, Romania/Sweden – LundsUniversitet: TavesBaxtalo! – Health Policies and theRomanianGypsyCommunities • Maria Velizarova, MScCandidateinSociology, Bulgaria/Austria – University of Vienna: MotivationforMigrationReturn and theSustainablity of ReturnintheCaseofBulgaria • IuliiaDiachenko, BachelorStudent of Economics, Ukraine – Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics: Fears of EconomicChangeinToday’sUkraine • Renáta Anna Dezső, PhD CandidateinSociology of Education, Hungary – University of Pécs: ScapegoatsorVictims: Challenges of the Roma/Gypsy Population during the Transition Years (1989-2009) in Hungary – a BasicConcern: EDUCATION 6th DRC Summer School on Regional Cooperation, Budapest, 5 - 12 July 2009
Structure of OurWorkshops • Overview and comments on plenary lectures: concerning both content and methodology • Presentations of participants and discussions of those • Tips and hints on further study/research publications for the forthcoming DRC issue – structuring our papers further cooperation, both personal and networking 6th DRC Summer School on Regional Cooperation, Budapest, 5 - 12 July 2009
Post 1989 Higher Education: Transition, Reform or Building of the Common? • Premises: • 1989 a turning point for all higher education systems in the CEE region • Which direction? / What result? • Thesis: 1989 – 2009 not an homogenous period, can be subdivided in pre- and during Bologna • Conclusion: no definite solution yet. 6th DRC Summer School on Regional Cooperation, Budapest, 5 - 12 July 2009
The Role of the European Office in Vienna in Cross-border Activities • Successful cooperation needs and intensive exchange of knowledge and experience between national and international experts in the field of education, decision-makers and workers in the field of pedagogy. • Everyone who is working in this field needs to have a lot of specific skills and knowledge (special competences) and willingness to overcome linguistic, cultural and political barriers. • Education has to prepare young people to become active members in the society. Therefore they have to be able to act in everyday life, in the professional and the personal environment. 6th DRC Summer School on Regional Cooperation, Budapest, 5 - 12 July 2009
TavesBaxtalo!- Health Policies and the Romanian Gypsy Community • The aim of the research project is to evaluate the impact of the specific international and national health policies for the Roma community in Romania • Both quantitative (surveys) and qualitative (interviews, focus groups) methods will be used to assess the strength of these policies • The findings are to be considered for further policy implementation 6th DRC Summer School on Regional Cooperation, Budapest, 5 - 12 July 2009
Motivation for Migration Return and the Sustainability of Return in the Case of Bulgaria • Emigration should not be considered as the last stage of mobility • Snowball online questionairy was used because of the lack of data on this topic • The primary motivation for emigration was education followed by economic reasons • The reason for coming back to Bulgaria was mostly the family and the network there, with which a strong connection was maintained during their stay abroad. 6th DRC Summer School on Regional Cooperation, Budapest, 5 - 12 July 2009
Fears of Economic Change in Today’s Ukraine • Analysis of recent economic data used to show the way in which the Global Crisis influences all spheres of Ukraine’s economy • Advantages and disadvantages of the position of Ukraine today from the point of view of its foreign relations • Useful links and directions to follow were welcomed in order to further continue the research in this field 6th DRC Summer School on Regional Cooperation, Budapest, 5 - 12 July 2009
ScapegoatsorVictims: Challenges of the Roma/Gypsy Population during the Transition Years (1989-2009) in Hungary – a BasicConcern: EDUCATION • Relevance of thetopic: increasingextreme right • Briefsummaryonthe Roma/Gypsymigration – linksto Europe • The case of Roma/Gypsyeducationbefore 1989 in Hungary • Most importanteducationalconcerns: Perception of literacy Languagepolicies SEGREGETION OR INTEGRATION? Specialschoolattendance Modelinstitutions • Forthcomingeducationalpolicies 6th DRC Summer School on Regional Cooperation, Budapest, 5 - 12 July 2009
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION … and goodluckwithyourfurthercarreer and organisingthe 7th DRC Summer University in 2010 6th DRC Summer School on Regional Cooperation, Budapest, 5 - 12 July 2009