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ERASMUS MUNDUS ACTION 3 2012 - 3974 / 001 -
001 R E A L I T Y Research Cooperation of
European and Latin America Universities in
Innovation Technologies

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CHALLENGES FOR EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES IN THE ERA
OF GLOBALIZATION

• Today more than ever the world is only one.
  The interrelation of trends is so close that the
  mining crisis in Central Asia, the floods in
  South America or the war in Sub-Saharan Africa
  may influence our daily life. It may be because
  of a virus like Aids or a pandemic caused by
  prions water pollution or the danger of nuclear
  proliferation uncontrolled emigration or
  drug-trafficking, the fate of every man and woman
  of any race, culture or religion is
  inextricably linked to all inhabitants of the
  globe.
• Federico Mayor Zaragoza
• UNESCO General Director (1987-1999)

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STRATEGIES

• INTERRELATION
• OF EDUCATION RESEARCH
• WITH SOCIETAL PRACTICE
• INTERNATIONALISATION
• REFLECTING THE REALITY
• OF THE GLOBALISED WORLD

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R A T I O N A L E AND G E N E R A L O B J E C
T I V E

• ? EDUCATION - RESEARCH - INNOVATION
  Knowledge triangle
• ? DIALOGUE - KNOWLEDGE - COOPERATION
  Relations EU-LAC
• WE WANT TO ACHIEVE ...
• ? sustainable relationship between participating
  universities
• from EU-LAC (4 EU countries 1LA country
  Mexico)
• ? based on knowledge triangle
• ? supporting dialogue, knowledgem cooperation
• between stakeholders/universities from both
  regions

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M O D E L OF STUDENTS PERIOD ABROAD

• - Applied-research projects
• - Interdisciplinarity
• (technology economics/marketing/management)
• - International teams
• - Support to international cooperation between
  stakeholders from both regions
• - Area studies courses discovering the
  partner region

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• SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES AND
• RELATED ACTIVITIES
• 1. TO RAISE AWARENES ON THE EU HIGHER EDUCATION
  
• ? Promotional kit
• ? Road show
• EXPLOIT POTENTIAL SYNERGIES BETWEEN HIGHER
  EDUCATION
• RESEARCH AND BETWEEN UNIVERSITY BUSINESS
  SPHERES
• ? Students creative workshops testing a
  model of students periods abroad
• ? Workshops with businesses
• 3. TO SECURE THE ACCESIBILITY TO EDUCATIONAL AND
  RESEARCH
• PROCESSES BETWEEN EU-LAC UNIVERSITIES AND
  EXCHANGE OF
• STUDENTS AND EXPERTS BETWEEN PARTNERS FROM
  BOTH
• REGIONS
• ? Model cooperation agreement
• ? Portal for sustainable cooperation

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ACTIVITY 1 PRESENTATION AND PROMOTION KIT

• CONTENT
• EU Higher Education Sector
• Programmes for internationalisation
• Participating universities and related countries
• Messages of EU-LAC dialogue
• Knowledge triangle
• FORMS
• Booklets
• Videos
• Roll-ups
• Fliers
• Posters

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ACTIVITY 2ROAD SHOW TO MEXICO

• EXHIBITION
• (MEXICO CITY PUEBLA)
• INTERACTIVE PRESENTATION EVENTS
• (Uni Austria, UniCzech Republic,
  UniSlovakia, Uni Spain)
• PROJECT PRESENTATION
• to the decission taking bodies of TEC MONTERREY

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ACTIVITY 3 STUDENTS CREATIVE WORKSHOPS

• 12 STUDENTS FROM TEC
• MONTERREY
• Applied research period
• combining technology economic aspects
  (together with local students)
• Visits to Prague, Bratislava, Vienna
• Area study courses
• RESULTS OF THE STUDENTSRESEARCH PROJECTS WILL
  BE PRESENTED AT THE FINAL EVENT IN BRATISLAVA

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ACTIVITY 4 WORKSHOPS WITH BUSINESSES

• DISCUSSING
• FEASIBILITY ISSUES AND POSSIBILITIES OF
  FURTHER COOPERATION
• Workshop 1 MEXICO CITY
• Workshop 2 BRATISLAVA
• (including the presentation
• of studentsprojects)

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ACTIVITY 5 P O R T A L

• A TOOL
• for futher communication and
• cooperation during and after
• the projects life
• Using experience
• from previous cooperation
• HITEC TRIANGLE projects

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ACTIVITY 6MODEL AGREEMENT ON SUSTAINABLE
COOPERATION

• Multilateral agreement on cooperation based on
  knowledge triangle
• after the project life
• To be signed at the Final event in Bratislava
• PUBLICATION ON PROJECTS
• RESULTS

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F I N A L E V E N T

• Presentation of students
• research projects
• Interactive presentations
• to a wide audience
• Using synergies from previous international
  cooperation

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PROJECT CONSORTIUM Coordinating
institution University
of Economics in Bratislava, Slovak
Republic Partner institutions EU
Vienna University of Economics and
Business, Austria
Vienna University of
Technology, Austria
Slovak University of
Technology, Slovak Republic
University of
Economics, Prague, Czech Republic
University of
Granada, Spain Mexico
Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico
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• LAST BUT NOT LEAST
• WHY LATIN
  AMERICA?
• - Challenges of EU-LAC SUMMITS
• - Opportunities for cooperation and innovation
  transfer
• health-care, education, environment, ICT, HITEC,
  infrastructure
• - Educational reasons

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• KICK-OFF MEETING