th 11 ACRU Annual Conference Košice Slovakia 17

th 11 ACRU Annual Conference Košice, Slovakia 17 -18 October 2002

Program 17 October 2002 n Grand meeting of the Science Board of TU Kosice, Aula Maxima n 5. 00 pm – 6. 30 pm: Working session I n 8. 00 pm: Reception with cultural program, Ferrocentrum

Program (2) 18 October 2002 n n n 9. 00 am-11. 00 am: Working session II 12. 00 pm: Sightseeing (optional) 2. 00 pm: Lunch with the Rector of TU Kosice 4. 00 pm: Grand meeting in the National Theatre, Main street (cultural performance, . . . ) 8. 00 pm: Reception, Hotel Slovan

Program (3) 19 October 2002 n Departure of participants

Activity Report June 2001 - September 2002 Tomas Sabol Tomas. Sabol@tuke. sk

Activities Main activity: n Management of Continuing Education, Training Program – Part III. Joint project with Kennesaw State University, USA Part I: n 2 -week training in Slovakia – lecturers from KSU (led by Dean of Continuing Education at KSU Barbara Calhoun), September 27 – October 8, 1999 n Certificate from KSU “Manager of CE” n Travel expenses of US lecturers covered by KSU

Activities (2) Part II: n n n Visits to US partner universities + training at KSU, 24 April 24 – 7 May 2000 Certificate from KSU: “Senior Manager of CE” Travel expenses of ACRU participants and stay in US covered by the KSU Part III: n n For a new group of ACRU representatives Originally planned for Autumn 2001, organised by the University of Miskolc

Activities (3) n n n Date: 13 – 17 May 2002, Kosice Organised by TU Kosice Participants: n n n n Dorin Herlo, Aurel Vlaicu University from Arad, Romania Teresa Chorzepa, Rzeszow University of Technology Alžbieta Walewska, Rzeszow University of Technology Gábor Simó, Szent István University Kornélia Borzsonyi, University Miskolc Andrea Markušovská, TU Kosice Danica Klačková, TU Zvolen, Slovakia Jana Tereňová, TU Zvolen, Slovakia

Activities (4) Lecturers: n KSU: Barbara Calhoun, Teresa Gammill, Joyce Cheshier n ACRU: Maria Kocsis Baan, University of Miskolc n Eniko Batiz, Babes-Bolyai University n Nataša Urbančíková, TU Kosice n Gejza M. Timcak, TU Kosice n Tomas Sabol, TU Kosice n

Activities (5) Program: n n n n n Principles of Public Services and Adult Learning Strategic Planning Program Development Program Management Program Evaluation Marketing Staff Selection and Development Financial Systems Project Management

Activities (6) Presentations from the training available at: n http: //acru. tuke. sk/ , item “New” n n n Barbara and Joyce after the training visited also Poland – Rzeszow and Krakow Suggestion for further cooperation in the area of e -learning Who is interested from ACRU universities?

Activities (5) Program: n n n n n Principles of Public Services and Adult Learning Strategic Planning Program Development Program Management Program Evaluation Marketing Staff Selection and Development Financial Systems Project Management

Activities (6) Other activities: n n AFANET Hermes Project, Szent István University, Gödöllö, Hungary – Workshop on testing language competence in language classes for students of agriculture and related sciences. Contact: Beata Palfalvy, palfalvy@gikk. szie. hu Project “Intellectual Capacity for Innovation and Technology Management” (2003 -2002 -IVF), submitted to the Visegrad Foundation, prof. Kazimierz Tuszyñski, partners from PL, HU, SK; result unknown.

Activities (6) n n n 22 nd Congress of Microbiology to be organized in Kosice by the University of Veterinary Medicine, Mobility grant to Ms. I. Nowotynska from Rzeszow University of Technology, to international conference More …

Activities (7) IST-1999 -29088 Project PRISMA n IST Programme, 5 th Framework Programme n http: //www. prisma-eu. net n Partners: D, UK, S, G, A, HU, CR, SL, CY + TU Kosice n Analysis of application of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in: n n n e-Administration e-Health e-Transport e-Tourism e-Environment Persons with Special Needs

PRISMA Objectives: Mapping overall trends and changes affecting citizen services n Identifying current best practice in the provision of citizen services n Conducting foresight and scenario-building exercises over the next 10 years n n n Developing future-oriented best practice for these services Providing practical tools for policy makers, service providers and other stakeholders

PRISMA Objectives: Mapping overall trends and changes affecting citizen services n Identifying current best practice in the provision of citizen services n Conducting foresight and scenario-building exercises over the next 10 years n n n Developing future-oriented best practice for these services Providing practical tools for policy makers, service providers and other stakeholders

PRISMA Results may be of interest also for you n Please support Dissemination of the Project results – towards academic community, policy makers, service providers, different stakeholder groups, … n n All results on: n http: //www. prisma-eu. net

Other n n n ACRU Constitution, Article 11, paragraph 1 to delete the text “excluding the country of residence of the President and the Secretary General” - DONE. Suggestion of the Secretary General: To award Honorary membership of ACRU to Ms. Barbara Calhoun, Dean of Continuing Education at Kennesaw State University, Georgia, USA for her contribution and long-term personal commitment to ACRU mission. ACRU leaflet (published in 2000)– still some copies available

Other n Offer of Florida Virtual College (Randy Stein, Rstein@fvconline. com) - offering student marketing agreement in the area n Providing bachelor/master degrees in: n n n n n Business Administration E-Commerce Business Marketing Business Finance Small Business Management Business Communication Human Resource Management, etc. http: //www. fvconline. com

Other n Not too much traffic on ACRU web site http: //acru. tuke. sk/ - Announcement should be published by member universities Student exchange program/Ph. D mobility program? Proposal of the Lviv Polytechnic State University? n MBA program (starting also at TU Kosice) … n Other projects … n

Other Issues n n 2003 – Election of the ACRU President and Secretary General (Hungary) …

Members (SK, HU) n n n n Technical University of Kosice University of P. J. Šafárik in Košice University of Veterinary Medicine, Kosice Military Aviation Academy of General Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Kosice University of Miskolc Debrecen University College of Nyíregyháza Szent Istvan University

Members (PL) n n n Rzeszow University of Technology Pedagogical University Rzeszow University of Mining and Metallurgy Krakow Technical University of Lublin Military University of Technology, Warsaw

Members (UA) n n n Lviv Polytechnic State University Lviv Academy of Commerce Uzhgorod State University Uzhgorod Institute of Information Science, Economics and Law Kolomiya College of Law and Business Ivano‑Frankivsk State Technical Oil and Gas University

Members (RO) n Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca University "Politechnica" of Bucharest University of "Aurel Vlaicu" din Arad University of Oradea University of Petrosani n 24 members n n

Members - Issues n n n Check and update your data – contact person, telephone/fax/email/Web address Update of the ACRU Web site How to deal with “non-participating members” – problems with voting at Annual Conferences New members/Interest to join – Romania Cluj, … …

Proposals for the future n n n Workshop on the development of tourism in Carpathian region. Target group: lecturers, senior and Ph. D students. Organized by TU Kosice. Contact person: Dr. Gejza Timcak, Gejza. Timcak@tuke. sk. Preliminary date: July 2003. Interest? 6 th Framework Programme – Integrated Projects, Network of Excellence, … Workshop “Regional Development in Carpathian Region. Contact person: Dr. Oto Hudec, Oto. Hudec@tuke. sk (Institute of Regional and Community Development established at TU)

Proposals for the future (2) n n Visegrad Fund, http: //www. visegrad. org/ Carpathian Foundation, http: //www. carpathianfoundation. org/ n n n Cross-border Cooperation in the Carpathian Euroregion Carpathian Research Program Preserving Carpathian Cultural Heritage … Place of the Annual Conference 2003? Hungary?

Looking forward to the further cooperation!