15th Annual ACRU Conference

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15th Annual ACRU Conference

• Trencin, Slovakia
• September 13 14, 2007

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Programme

• September 14th, 2007
• Registration
• Opening of the ACRU Annual Conference, Rector of
  ADUT
• Introductory statement, President of ACRU Prof.
  Stanislaw Sagan
• Report of ACRU activities since the 2006 Annual
  Conference, Secretary General of ACRU Prof.
  Ioan Horga
• Financial report, Secretary General of ACRU
  Prof. Ioan Horga
• Discussion
• Approval of ACRU activities reports
• Presentation of applicants
• Approval of new members
• Closing of the conference

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Activity ReportJune 2006 - August 2007

• Ioan Horga

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Activities

• July 2006 ACRU became an associate member of
  the EUA
• October 2006 Prof. Stanislaw Sagan attended
  the EUA meeting in Brno
• December 2006 Prof. Ioan Horga attended the
  EUA meeting in Nice
• EUA EACEA meeting in Lisbon on October 4 5,
  2007
• EUA meeting in Wroclaw on October 25 27, 2007

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Activities (2)

• Under the Jean Monnet Action, we have submitted
  the following projects
• In 2006
• Seminar on Regional and Euroregional Structures
  Efficiency at the Romanian Hungarian
  Ukrainian Moldavian Border, July 7-18, 2006
• Partners ACRU, University of Oradea, University
  of Debrecen, National University of Uzhgorod,
  State University of Chisinau

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Activities (3)

• - in 2007
• Project on "EU Parliament to Campus for
  Intercultural Dialogue and the European
  Neighbourhood Policy in the Carpathian Area,
  June 4-11, 2008
• Partners Universities of Oradea, Rzeszow,
  Debrecen, Technical University of Kosice,
  National University of Uzhgorod
• B. Chair "Jean Monnet" in Intercultural Studies
  in the Carpathian Euroregion University of
  Rzeszow
• C. Module "Jean Monnet in EU Neighbourhood
  Policy at the EU Eastern Border National
  University of Uzhgorod
• D. Module "Jean Monnet" on Media and
  Intercultural Dialogue in a Borderless Europe
  University of Oradea

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Activities (4)

• Summer Schools
• A. Summer School on Applications of Intercultural
  Dialogue, 4th edition (July 20 30, 2006) and
  5th edition (July 15 26, 2007) in Oradea
  attendants students from the ACRU member
  universities Debrecen, Rzeszow, Uzhgorod,
  Oradea, Ivano-Frankivsk, Alba Iulia, Cluj-Napoca
• B. Summer School on Polish Language and Culture
  in Rzeszow on July 3 24, 2006 and July 2 22,
  2007 attendants students from the ACRU member
  universities Godollo, Miskolc, Kosice, Oradea,
  Rzeszow, Lvov, a.s.o.

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Activities (5)

• Erasmus student exchange between the member
  universities
• University of Rzeszow
• P.J. Safarik University, Kosice
• University of Oradea
• Szent Istvan University, Godollo
• College of Nyiregyhaza

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Activities (6)

• Erasmus student exchange between the member
  universities
• University of Miskolc
• University of Rzeszow
• Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca
• University of Oradea

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Activities (7)

• Erasmus student exchange between the member
  universities
• University of Oradea
• University of Rzeszow
• University of Miskolc
• Technical University of Kosice
• Szent Istvan University, Godollo

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Activities (8)

• Socrates Erasmus student and teachermobility
  among partners
• Technical University of Kosice
• Szent Istvan University Gödöllö
• University of Miskolc
• Karol Adamiecki University of Economics, Katowice
• Krakow University of Technology
• University of Oradea
• AGH Krakow

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Activities (9)

• PhD mobility Program
• 2 doctoral students from TU of Koice
• Support of active participation in conference,
  July 2006 organized by the University of Miskolc
  
• 140 EUR

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• ACRU has 23 members

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ACRU Members (SK)

• Technical University of Kosice
• P.J. afárik University in Koice
• University of Veterinary Medicine, Kosice
• Alexander Dubcek University in Trencin

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ACRU Members (HU)

• University of Miskolc
• College of Nyíregyháza
• Szent Istvan University, Godollo

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ACRU Members (PL)

• University of Rzeszow
• Rzeszow University of Technology
• AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow
• Krakow University of Technology
• Karol Adamiecki University of Economics, Katowice

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Members (UA)

• Lviv Polytechnic State University
• Uzhgorod National University
• Transcarpathian State University
• Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical Oil and Gas
  University

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Members (SB)

• University of Novi Sad

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Members (RO)

• Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca
• University "Politechnica" of Bucharest
• University of "Aurel Vlaicu" of Arad
• University of Oradea
• University of Petrosani
• 1 Decembrie 1918 University of Alba Iulia

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Financial Report

• 1 April 2006 - 31 August 2007

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Membership fees for 2006 (EUR)

• Technical University of Koice, SK 700
• Alexander Dubcek University of Trencin, SK 700
  
• University of Novi Sad, SB 700
• University of Miskolc, HU 700
• University of Rzeszow, PL /AC organizer/ 700
• University of Oradea, RO 700
• University of P.J. Safarik, Kosice, SK 700
• Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca , RO
  700
• Karol Adamiecki University of Economics, Katowice
  , PL 700
• Rzeszow University of Technology ,PL
  700
• Szent István University Godollo, HU 700
• TOTAL
  7,700
• Bank interest 110
• GRANDTOTAL
  7,810
• 7,675

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Expenses April 2006 August 2007 (EUR)

• Rent of office
  0
• Honoraria ( Assistant, Admin., Accountant,
• web admin.)
  2,320
• Travel expenses
  250
• EUA membership fee 2006-07
  1,350
• Consumables 59
• Communication expenses 241
• PhD mobility (Grant)
  140
• Bank fees
  170
• TOTAL 4,530

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FINANCIAL REPORT Expenses1 April 2006 31
August 2007

• Balance of the bank account (as of 31/8/2007)
  49, 120 EUR
• Membership fee 700 EUR
• Note
• Annual average exchange rate
• 2006- 1 EUR 37 Slovak crowns
• 2007- 1 EUR 34 Slovak crowns

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The Future?
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Proposals

• Preparing projects within the LLP
• IP, TN, Virtual Campus
• Erasmus placements (TA, TS, ST)
• Leonardo da Vinci
• - Call for proposals January March 2008

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Proposals for the future (2)

• 2. Under the Jean Monnet Action
• Projects for modules in Novi Sad, Trencin, TU
  Kosice, Ivano-Frankivsk,
• Establishing an ACRU European Studies Group
  (ACRU-ESnet) to bring together all Jean Monnet
  structures on European Studies in the Carpathian
  Euroregion
• - Call for proposals January March 2008

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Proposals for the future (3)

• 3. Participation of ACRU to academic exhibitions
• Europe Best (Vienna), Bratislava, Budapest,
  Bucharest, Warsaw
• Asia association to the Asialink European
  project
• 4. RECTORS BOARD supervisor of the ACRU
  activities

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Proposals for the future (4)

• 5. Creating a package of 5 grants (ACRU Research
  Fellowship)
• The grant will reach the amount of 1800
  Euro/student/6 months for doctoral studies
  focused on Euro-Carpathian issues, or joint
  doctoral theses in ACRU member universities
• 1100 Euro granted by ACRU
• The host university will be exempt from the 700
  euro annual fee if they provide accommodation and
  board to the student for the 6 months.
• P.S. Only students coming from universities that
  have paid the annual fee in the past two years
  are eligible.

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• Looking forward to the further cooperation!