1. 15 th Annual ACRU Conference Trencin, Slovakia September 13 – 14, 2007

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

3. Activity Report June 2006 - August 2007 Ioan Horga

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

5. Activities (2) Under the Jean Monnet Action, we have submitted the following projects: 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

6. Activities (3) - in 2007: A. 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

7. Activities (4) Summer Schools: Summer Schools: A. Summer School on Applications of Intercultural Dialogue, 4 th edition (July 20 – 30, 2006) and 5 th 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.

8. Activities (5) Erasmus student exchange between the member universities: 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

9. Activities (6) Erasmus student exchange between the member universities: Erasmus student exchange between the member universities: University of Miskolc - University of Rzeszow - Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca - University of Oradea

10. Activities (7) Erasmus student exchange between the member universities: Erasmus student exchange between the member universities: University of Oradea - University of Rzeszow - University of Miskolc - Technical University of Kosice - Szent Istvan University, Godollo

11. Activities (8) Socrates Erasmus student and teacher´mobility among partners: Socrates Erasmus student and teacher´mobility among partners: Technical University of Kosice : Technical University of Kosice : Szent Istvan University Gödöllö Szent Istvan University Gödöllö University of Miskolc Karol Adamiecki University of Economics, Katowice Krakow University of Technology University of Oradea AGH Krakow

12. Activities (9) PhD mobility Program PhD mobility Program 2 doctoral students from TU of Košice 2 doctoral students from TU of Košice Support of active participation in conference, July 2006 organized by the University of Miskolc Support of active participation in conference, July 2006 organized by the University of Miskolc 140 EUR 140 EUR

13. ACRU has 23 members

14. ACRU Members (SK) Technical University of Kosice P.J. Šafárik University in Košice University of Veterinary Medicine, Kosice Alexander Dubcek University in Trencin

15. ACRU Members (HU) University of Miskolc College of Nyíregyháza Szent Istvan University, Godollo

16. 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

17. Members (UA) Lviv Polytechnic State University Uzhgorod National University Transcarpathian State University Ivano ‑ Frankivsk National Technical Oil and Gas University

18. Members (SB) University of Novi Sad

19. 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

20. Financial Report 1 April 2006 - 31 August 2007

21. Membership fees for 2006 (EUR) Technical University of Košice, SK 700 Technical University of Košice, SK 700 Alexander Dubcek University of Trencin, SK 700 Alexander Dubcek University of Trencin, SK 700 University of Novi Sad, SB 700 University of Novi Sad, SB 700 University of Miskolc, HU 700 University of Miskolc, HU 700 University of Rzeszow, PL / 700 University of Rzeszow, PL /AC organizer/ 700 University of Oradea, RO 700 University of Oradea, RO 700 University of P.J. Safarik, Kosice, SK 700 University of P.J. Safarik, Kosice, SK 700 700 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 Gōdōllő, HU 700 Szent István University Gōdōllő, HU 700 TOTAL: 7,700 Bank interest: 110 GRANDTOTAL: 7, 810 7,675

22. Expenses: April 2006 – August 2007 (EUR) Rent of office 0 Rent of office 0 Honoraria ( Assistant, Admin., Accountant, Honoraria ( Assistant, Admin., Accountant, web admin.) 2,320 Travel expenses 250 Travel expenses 250 EUA membership fee 2006-07 1,350 EUA membership fee 2006-07 1,350 Consumables 59 Consumables 59 Communication expenses 241 Communication expenses 241 PhD mobility (Grant) 140 PhD mobility (Grant) 140 Bank fees 170 Bank fees 170 TOTAL: 4,530 TOTAL: 4,530

23. FINANCIAL REPORT: Expenses 1 April 2006 – 31 August 2007 49, 120 EUR Balance of the bank account (as of 31/8/2007): 49, 120 EUR Membership fee: 700 EUR Membership fee: 700 EUR Note: Note: Annual average exchange rate Annual average exchange rate 2006- 1 EUR = 37 Slovak crowns 2007- 1 EUR= 34 Slovak crowns

24. The Future?

25. Proposals 1. Preparing projects within the LLP a) IP, TN, Virtual Campus b) Erasmus placements (TA, TS, ST) c) Leonardo da Vinci - Call for proposals: January – March 2008

26. Proposals for the future (2) 2. Under the Jean Monnet Action a) Projects for modules in Novi Sad, Trencin, TU Kosice, Ivano-Frankivsk, b) 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

27. 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

28. 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: a) 1100 Euro granted by ACRU b) 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.

29. Looking forward to the further cooperation!