| Events archive Fundraising
for Universities: Exploring Options While
in the US and increasingly in the UK fund raising is part of life
for university leaders it is not yet part of the culture in most
continental European institutions. This is partly due to national
legislation which does not fiscally or otherwise reward donations
and similar financial transfers to educational institutions. It
is also a matter of culture where universities have long been used
to public funding and struggle to diversify their revenue through
other channels. EUA
Funding Strong Universities: Diversification, Student Support and
Good Governance The
EUA Glasgow Declaration 2005 underlines that adequate and sustainable
funding is a prerequisite for securing universities’ future and
with it, their capacity for promoting cultural, social and technological
innovation. Europe cannot hope to be competitive if higher education
and research budgets are not viewed as an investment in the future,
and urgently increased. Danaube Rectors' Conference in Zagreb
FIRST
CONGRESS OF CROATIAN SCIENTISTS FROM CROATIA AND ABROAD The Ministry of Science, Education and Sport organised the first Congress of Croatian scientists from Croatia and abroad due in Zagreb and Vukovar November 15-19, 2004. The basic goal of the Congress was to offer meeting opportunities to scientists of Croatian descendance who live and work abroad and their colleagues from Croatia and to present guidelines to the development of science and economy in Croatia. Additionally, the Congress aimed to enhance cooperation in all areas of scientific work, and to aid the creation of concrete agreements on the different forms of scientific cooperation: -
cooperation on projects primarily funded from abroad and co-funded
by the Republic of Croatia The VIII Assembly of the World Council of Croatian Doctors was also organised within the Congress. The opening ceremony of the Congress, the plenary sessions and the beginning of the work in sections were held in Zagreb, while the remaining work in sections, discussions, passing of conclusions and the signing of the declaration took place in Vukovar. The intention of the Congress was to bring together scientists from all fields of science and to form a congress section for each field. The section will consist of 30-35 scientists from Croatia and abroad and moderated by two hosts from Croatia and abroad. All information about the Congress can be found at the web site of the Ministry at www.mzos.hr (in Croatian). Contact address for applications and for the information about the Congress - Dubravka Skender, PhD (National and University Library, Hrvatske bratske zajednice bb, PO Box 550, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia) III Covention of AMAC/AMCA associations The
3rd Convention of AMAC/AMCA associations (associations of alumni
of Croatian universities) took place June 30 - July 3 2004 at the
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing at the University
of Zagreb. The topic of the Convention was "University, Science
and Globalisation" and invited speakers included, among others,
the minister of science, technology and sport, Dragan Primorac and
professor Miroslav Radman. The Convention also provided reports
on the work of AMAC/AMCA associations. The Organisation committee
of the Convention was chaired by professor Greta Pifat-Mrzljak,
and the Convention was financially supported by the Ministry of
Science, Education and Sport, the University of Zagreb and individual
faculties.
Salzburg seminar visit to the University of Zagreb An evaluation
team from the Salzburg seminar visited the University of Zagreb
April 12 - 16, 2004. Based on the University's self-evaluation report,
the discussions about the Bologna process at Zagreb university with
members of the rector's and deans' teams, Senate committees members
and students, the experts will make an evaluation of the progress
that the Universiy has made in its reforms. Workshop
on University Management at Tuheljske toplice,
Croatia, 20-24 May 2002  |