The visit of the Serbian partners to Danube University Krems was organized within Act1.1 Analysis of EU policies and legal frameworks for establishing the third mission of universities and Act1.5 Benchmarking analysis and recommendations. The event was organized on 17th and 18th March 2016 at the Danube University Krems.
The main objectives of the visit were:

  • Analysis of the state-of-the-art at EU level in the areas of third mission policies and implementation at national and institutional level (Act.1.1)
  • Identification of the gaps between the Serbian and EU frameworks in order to  propose the main guidelines for further development of the third mission’s dimensions at Serbian universities
  • Capacity building of Serbian partners’ representatives

Visit to the Danube University Krems was designed as two-day event. Presentations were mainly focused on experiences of the Danube University Krems in the field of third mission, particularly on LLL dimension.
In accordance with agreed Agenda, following speeches and presentations were held:

  • Mag. Friedrich Faulhammer, the Rector of the Danube University Krems gave a welcome speech
  • Dr. habil. Attila Pausits, PhD, from the Centre for Educational Management and Higher Education Development at DUK introduced participants to the Austrian higher education as a whole
  • Mag. Roland Humer, MA, from the Centre for Educational Management and Higher Education Development at DUK gave an overview on LLL in Austria
  • Dr. habil. Attila Pausits, PhD, had another presentation on third mission indicators and challenges

After a short campus tour and lunch in mensa, program continued.

  • Aleksandar Avramović, participant in MARIHE - Master Programme in Research and Innovation in Higher Education gave a comparative analysis of higher education governance reforms in Europe and Serbia as a part of his Master thesis
  • Mihaela Rozman, MA, from the Centre for Educational Management and Higher Education Development at DUK had a presentation on DUK as a University exclusively specialized for LLL
  • Dr. DI Erwin Bratengeyer, Head of the E-learning centre, DUK talked about E learning in LLL

On the second day, the partners meeting was also organized at the university and presentations continued:

  • Mag. Dr. Brigitte Hahn, MAS, Head of the Office for Quality Management and Teaching Enhancement, DUK  talked about good practice in Quality assurance in LLL curriculum development
  • Mag. Lukas Madl, RTTP, Technology Transfer Manager introduced participants to the Austrian and his own experiences  in technology transfer process.
  • Mag. Roland Humer, MA, had a presentation on products and financing in LLL.

At the end, after final discussion about presented topics and forthcoming policy seminar, two day meeting was officially over.

Agenda
List of participants 17.03.2016.
List of participants 18.03.2016.
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