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Universities networks contribution to the development of the Danube Region
Martin H. Gerzabek
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna - Universität für Bodenkultur Wien
Institute for Soil Research, Department for Forest and Soil Sciences,
Doru C. Pamfil
University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine
Life Science Institute, Cluj-Napoca
Vice-president
Danube Rectors’ Conference
ICA-CASEE
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2. European Research Area European Higher Education Area2
Universities: drivers of innovation and education
for more than 600 years
R&D expenditure in the EU-27:
Total 237 Billion € (basis 2011)
HEI: 54 Billion € (23%)
2,906 higher education institutions (EUA 2011)
1,364 research universities > awarding PhD
HEI: employ scientist (44%) out of
1, European R&D personnel
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3. Examples of already existing networks in the Danube Region3
DAC
DRC
ICA CASEE
INTERACT
CEEPUS
KNOWLEDGE CLUSTERS
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Danube Rectors Conference 4
54 members, high ranking network of significant universities of 13 Danube countries
1983 Vienna - Rectors from the universities of Ulm, Linz, Vienna and Budapest established the Danube Rectors' Conference
EU (9): Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania,Slovakia,Slovenia
Non EU (4): Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro, Ukraine
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Danube Rectors Conference 5
2013 Registrated in Brussels with a new hedqurter
Objectives:
to raise the general level of academic performance
to promote mobility
multilateral cooperation in the Danube region
support the Central European Exchange Program for University Studies (CEEPUS)
DRC Conference November 2013 in Cluj-Napoca
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6. Danube Rectors Conference6
Over 3 Million Students and Staf
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DRC members scientific publications SCOPUS (until VIII/2012) 7
Total publications:
General universities:
Specialized universities:
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Transport
Migration 8
DRC
Biodiversity
Pollution
Floods and Floodplains
Water and Groundwater
Population
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9. DRC/CASEE involvement in the EU Strategy for the Danube region9
High Level Conference , Brussels “SCIENTIFIC SUPPORT TO THE DANUBE STRATEGY - Environment protection, navigability, energy production, Irrigation and agricultural development and European governance” DRC:“Danube Basin development – environmental constraints, research needs and networks.”
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10. Association for European Life Science Universities - ICA10
> 60 Life Science universities 23 European countries relating to agriculture, forestry, food, natural resources, rural development, environment
linked with the European Higher Education Area
1988 registrated in Brusells, with objectives as:
stimulate the development education, research and innovation through the elaboration of joint actions and global engagement
support networking in the life sciences to share expertise and understanding
represent the general interest of our members at the European level and globally
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ICA 11
ICA-CASEE
22 members, Universities from regional network
ICA for Central and South Eastern Europe
active in sustainable ecological and economical development of the region (including Danube area)
R&D single or in consortia in 266 projects
over 1 million students
huge potential over 120,000 scientific papers written
by more than 40,000 authors (Scopus 2012)
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CASEE expectation 12
support the development and implementation of the EU Strategy for the Danube region
strengthen research, innovation, education and University development in this region (including Danube area)
develop joint research, educational and other projects (e.g. joint curricula, joint continuous educational offers, structural development, human resource development, QA, know-how-transfer, etc
make an inventory of relevant R&D data and collaboration potential of the network >>> DRC >>>> DAC >>> JRC
CASEE Conference 2-3 July 2013 in Croatia
(University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture)
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CASEE geographical coverage 13
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(Lostak 2011)

14. CASEE network in Daube area14
(Lostak 2011)
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15. Main areas of CASEE cooperation15
(Based on Scopus, Lostak2011)

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Chemistry
Agriculture
Food supply
Livestock
Biotechnology
Genetics
Socio economics
Logistics
Legislation
Botany
Zoology
Geology
Soil sciences 16
Navigation
Trafic
Logistics
Migration
Economics
Invasive species
Pollution
Biodiversity
Sediment transport
Groundwater
Sedimentation
Humanities
Hydrology
River construction
River restoration
Water abstraction
Irrigation
Sanitation
Waste management
Landfills
Universities
Academies
Research Institutions
Forestry
Game sciences
Physics
Hydrobiology
Fisheries 16
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JRC + DAC + DRC + CASEE partners for 17
Danube Common Data Platform and network accessible to decision-makers and other relevant stakeholders of the Danube Region
Related priority areas of the EUSDR:
PA 01 - Mobility – Waterways (coordinated by Austria and Romania)
PA 02 - Energy (coordinated by Hungary and the Czech Republic)
PA 04 - Water Quality (coordinated by Hungary and Slovakia)
PA 05 - Environmental Risks (coordinated by Hungary and Romania)
PA 06 - Biodiversity, landscapes, quality of air and soils (coordinated by
Bavaria and Croatia)
PA 07 - Knowledge society and ICT (coordinated by Slovakia and Serbia)
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JRC + DAC + DRC + CASEE partners for EUSDR
JRC 18
DAC
EUSDR
DRC 9 54
CASSE 24
DRC Conference 7-9 November 2013 in Cluj-Napoca
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19. Danube Strategy Progress Report
Brussels,
COM(2013) 181 final 19
EU Commissioner for Regional Development, Johannes Hahn:
 “We have made a very good start. The Danube Strategy is already showing that by working together we can have a far greater impact than if we try to tackle problems in isolation. Now we need to step up a gear.”
“Ensure systematic embedding of the Strategy in EU, national and regional programmes for the period , especially European Structural and EN 10 EN Investment Funds, Horizon 2020, using the expertise of Danube networks in programming and implementation”
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Thank you!
With the help of:
H. Waidbacher, H. Habersack, D. Mattanovich,
T. Rosenau, M. Lostak
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