ERASMUS MUNDUS – ACTION / R E A L I T Y Research Cooperation of European and Latin America Universities in Innovation Technologies

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 ( )

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

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 Δ EDUCATION - RESEARCH - INNOVATION = „Knowledge triangle“ Δ 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

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“

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES AND RELATED ACTIVITIES 1. TO RAISE AWARENES ON THE EU HIGHER EDUCATION  Promotional kit  Road show 2.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

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

ACTIVITY 2 ROAD 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

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 STUDENTS´RESEARCH PROJECTS WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE FINAL EVENT IN BRATISLAVA

ACTIVITY 4 WORKSHOPS WITH BUSINESSES DISCUSSING FEASIBILITY ISSUES AND POSSIBILITIES OF FURTHER COOPERATION Workshop 1: MEXICO CITY Workshop 2: BRATISLAVA (including the presentation of students´projects)

ACTIVITY 5 P O R T A L A TOOL for futher communication and cooperation during and after the project´s life Using experience from previous cooperation: HITEC + TRIANGLE projects

ACTIVITY 6 MODEL 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 PROJECT´S RESULTS

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

PROJECT CONSORTIUM 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

LAST BUT NOT LEAST: WHY LATIN AMERICA? 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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