Prague, 16 November 2020. The Annual Meeting of the 4EU+ Alliance was be held as an online event, organized by Charles University. It consists of three main parts:
In the morning, various stakeholders from the 4EU+ Community explore selected topics of central relevance for the Alliance during the micro think-tank sessions. In parallel, the 4EU+ Governing Board holds its regular meeting with the 4EU+ Management Committee and Vice-Rectors/Vice-Presidents of member universities.
Charles University Rector Tomáš Zima officially takes over the position of the Chair of the 4EU+ Governing Board from the President of Sorbonne University Jean Chambaz at the General Assembly.
4EU+ Academic Council will be officially inaugurated as a Governance Body of the Alliance.
The Open Session of the Annual Meeting, organised with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, starts at 16:00. All the partners and friends of the 4EU+ European University Alliance are invited to join. Main outcomes of the micro think-tanks sessions are being shared, successful Flagship projects are being presented and a round-table discussion on the topic “4EU+ as a prototype for synergy between research and education” is being held.
The detailed programme of the Open Session:
Welcome by the Rectors, Ambassadors, European Commissioner, Members of the Czech Government
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Welcome by CU Rector Tomáš Zima
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Welcome by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Tomáš Petříček
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Greetings by the Deputy Minister of Education Václav Velčovský
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Greetings by the ambassadors
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President of Sorbonne University Jean Chambaz: achievements of 4EU+ in 2020
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Rector of Charles University Tomáš Zima: Priorities of 4EU+ under the GB Chair of CU Rector Tomáš Zima
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Greetings by the European Commissioner Mariya Gabriel
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Reports from the micro think-tanks sessions by student co-chairs
Topic 1: Just Wishful Thinking? The claim of synergy between research and teaching in 4EU+ Janathan Juarez Altuzar (HU)
Topic 2: 4EU+ and Europe: Can 4EU+ make us better Europeans? Can 4EU+ strengthen Europe? And should it? If yes, how? Eliška Černovská (CU)
Topic 3: Mobility, connectivity, exchange: Which mix of modes cooperating within 4EU+ works best? What can be gained by certain modes? And what is lost? Bret Doerksen (UM)
Key topic: 4EU+ as a prototype for synergy between research and education
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Presentation of one successful project per Flagship
Flagship 1: Urban Health Case Challenge
Flagship 2: Cooperative Network Philotrans
Flagship 3: Joint master degree in Mathematics and Applications
Flagship 4: Extension of competences and knowledge-based education of natural hazards and environmental change -
Round-table discussion with representatives of the European Commission, Rectors and students, moderated by Tomáš Zima, Rector of Charles University
- Vanessa Debiais-Sainton, Head of the Unit Higher Education, DG EAC
- Apostolia Karamali, Head of Unit Academic R&I and Research Organisations, DG RTD
- Bernhard Eitel, Rector of Heidelberg University
- Henrik C. Wegener, Rector of the University of Copenhagen
- Student representatives: Mike Gudbergsen (UCPH), Julia Kostro (UW), Bérangère Poncet (SU)
