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ALMA LAUREA Conference
"Investing in human capital: the Italian and European future"
Friday 19th March 2010 at the University of Calabria in Cosenza
On that occasion AL will present the results of the 12th ALMALAUREA survey on Italian graduates’ employment conditions. On the whole 185 thousand interviews of graduates have been carried out one, three and five years on from graduation in 49 Italian universities. The response rate reached about as much as 90%.
Moreover, what makes the Cosenza event particularly relevant in the opening of a thorough debate among the Euro-Mediterranean integration and the implementation of relevant and concrete cooperation across the Universities. The recent start of GrInsA Project aimed to foster graduate’s job insertion and education assessment in the Moroccan Higher Education context is an excellent point of departure. The project, coordinated by AlmaLaurea, and funded by Tempus programme of European Commission, involves the Universities of Meknes, Marrakesh and Oujda while the European universities of Turin (IT), Toulon (FR) and Tarragona (ES) are taking part as knowledge partners.
GrInsA Project
The discussion on this issue would be extended to a greater spectrum of countries and Higher Education Institutions. The issue will be appropriately treated by the concluding speech addressed by Pr Michèle Gendreau-Massaloux, Rector, Union for the Mediterranean, Director of Training, Higher Education and Research.
Further information at www.almalaurea.net
Participation of EPUF in a HE Conference in Dubai
"Higher Education Cooperation Opportunities between the EU and the GCC"
December 7, 2009
On December 7, 2009 the European Commission and the Gulf Cooperation Council hosted a one-day conference titled “Higher Education Cooperation Opportunities between the EU and the GCC”. The conference aimed to highlight the framework of EU cooperation in higher education and to specifically focus on both available and new opportunities in the framework of the Erasmus Mundus program of the European Commission. The conference, organized by the Gulf Research Center, was held in Dubai.
The forum was attended by leading officials from higher education institution of all six GCC countries and thus provided an ideal opportunity to meet and build networks for further partnerships.
Antonia Calvo Puerta, Deputy Chief of Mission at the Delegation of the EC in Riyadh highlighted the many qualities that Europe provides when it comes to higher education but she also acknowledged that there is recognition within the EU that higher education cannot be confined to the geographical limits of the European Union or the wider Europe.As a result, the EU has been spearheading various cooperation programs that seek to build closer relations with different parts of the world. Professor Silvia Monserrate, Coordinator of the EuroMed Permanent University Forum then provided a overview of the EPUF which brings together 89 Universities, 7 Euromed Higher Education and Research Institutions, 10 Networks and 24 Euromed countries.
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IUA Conference 4-6 November 2009
Given the diversity of cultural communities in Lebanon which is mirrored in its educational institutions, the country serves as a microcosm for exploring issues of intercultural dialogue and understanding. The conference will bring together higher educational leaders, scholars and students to discuss how higher education today, contributes or could contribute to creating a culture of dialogue at the institutional, local, regional and international levels.
The theme of the Conference is in line with the IAU’s goal to promote cooperation and understanding at the international, regional and national levels and contribute to freedom and justice, human dignity and solidarity through teaching and learning, research and service.
The IAU International Conference will explore and offer a forum for sharing ideas, examples of good practice as well as innovative ways by which higher education can foster dialogue and understanding in the context of diversity. It will offer excellent opportunities to network and discuss subjects of interest to this important topic.
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FORUM
The Université Saint Joseph and the EPUF jointly organize the VI EURO-MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY FORUM, which will be held on 27 and 28 October 2009 in Beirut (Lebanon).
The Forum constitutes a platform where to develop a common vision and concrete proposals for Higher Education and Research in the Euro-Mediterranean Area, thanks to its capacity of gathering scholars; young researchers and representatives of universities, university networks, international organizations and Higher Education national agencies from all the 44 countries of the Union pour la Méditerranée (UPM).
This year’s programme focuses on the analysis of the “Mechanisms of Transformation of the Euro-Mediterranean Universities”, especially considering Quality Assurance, Research and Mobility issues.
The Forum is open to all interested.
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GENERAL ASSEMBLY
This year’s General Assembly will take place in Beirut, hosted by the Université Saint Joseph. The General Assembly will be held the 26 October 2009. All EPUF members and newly added associated to the EuroMed Permanent University Forum are welcomed to come and participate.
Please contact the Executive Secretariat of the EPUF to know more about it.