The workshop was postponed due to the air traffic perturbations but has now been set for the 7th of June in Brussels.

PLEASE NOTE that the SURVEY ON ADULT EDUCATION to be carried out prior to the workshop can still be answered until 28th May 2010. We count on the participation of SG members to represent the voice of our network.

Continuous education is an important factor of growth in the knowledge economy and this is the reason why the European Commission makes all efforts to encourage its development. Adults are however much better positioned to undertake new professional paths than fresh graduates; after a certain experience as employed and perhaps with a stronger financial foundation the adults often find their ways as entrepreneurs. It is therefore clear that university education in Europe should integrate massively this target group. However, in the absence of strong previous experience in this direction, the content and methodological framework for such education need to be developed in a genuine cooperation between university and the world of entrepreneurs. Therefore the adult entrepreneurship should be the next focus both for the education sector in general but also on the University – Enterprise cooperation agenda for the following years.

The workshop aims to identify answers to fundamental questions like “How University – Enterprise cooperation instruments could be of benefit for Adult Education?”

The workshop is addressed to university and enterprises representatives in charge of the university-enterprise cooperation relations and continuous education, organisation dealing with placement programmes, vocation training and adult education.

Key words of the seminar: University-Enterprise dialogue, Adult Education, Entrepreneurship, European approach towards continuous education.
 

REGISTRATION
To register, please send back to sgadmin@sgroup.be the following REGISTRATION FORM .

We also ask you to complete the short registration form below.

PROGRAMME
For the pdf version of the programme, please click here

Moderator: Ettore Deodato, Principal Administrator for Relations with the European Community Studies Association in the DG Education and Culture

09.30
Registration

09.45 – 10.00 Welcome from organisers
Wioletta Węgorowska, Executive Secretary, Santander Group European Universities’ Network

10.00 – 10.20 EU Policy on Adult Education and Training
Marta Ferreira da Lourenco, Head of Unit Vocational training and adult education, DG Education and Culture, European Commission

10.20-10.40 University and Enterprise: a new dialogue involving Adult Education
Ettore Deodato, Principal Administrator for Relations with the European Community Studies Association in the DG Education and Culture

10.40-11.15 Context for European Universities. Best practices and outcomes of Erasmus Networks
Doru Talaba, Manager of the Erasmus Network European University Enterprise Network (http://www.eue-net.org )

11.15-11.30 Discussion

11.30-11.45 Coffee break

11.45-12.20 Context for European SMEs. Best practices to cooperate in the fields of adult education and training
Suat Lemi Sisik, Director General of the European Confederation of Young Entrepreneurs (http://www.yes.be )

12.20 -12.30 Discussion

12.30-13.30 Lunch break

13.30-14.00 Brabant Centre of Entrepreneurship: A new comprehensive approach in knowledge valorisation and in start-up support.
Prof. Leo Verhoef, Professor at the Eindhoven University of Technology

14.00 -14.15 Discussion

14.15-14.45 Context for European (recent) graduates. Best practices to cooperate in the field of graduate training
Marjo van der Valk, Leonet Executive Board

14.45-15.00 Discussion

15.00-15.15 Coffee break

15.15-15.45 An approach to the training needs of experienced entrepreneurs: the case of the University of Santiago de Compostela
Gustavo Marcos Cancelas, Manager of UNINOVA (USC Business Incubator), University of Santiago de Compostela

15.45-16.00 Conclusions


FEES
The workshop is free of charge for the member universities of all three networks.

Non-members will be charged 150 Euros for their participation.

LOCATION
The Workshop will be held at the following address:

Fundación Galicia Europa Rue de la Loi / Wetstraat 38 - 2°, bte. 2 1040 Bruxelles / Brussel   How to get there? Click here .

ACCOMMODATION

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