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2008, year of (scarce) consolidation For navreme, 2008 (under the motto "ex abundantia carpere") was a year full of change: New office in Vienna, New company (GmbH), New assistants (Luisa Lobo, Evi Pomberger), New projects (Inter Alfa, NESOR, Migration, Inter Net, Russland, Integration, MobiSem), New books published(e-learning SMEs, Rassism Analysis, Rassisms-Guide, HE1, HE2, UNESCO PrHE, Intl HE, Guia Racismo), New Corporate Design, New Partners, Navreme in Romania founded, Navreme in Czech Republic active in EU-Projects, Navreme in Macedonia: 2 cajtig courses held, Navreme in Turkey: new courses delivered, bilgi gelistirme branded, Navreme Virtuversity in Second Life founded, Blog running, Monthly column in magazin at www.erfolgs.at, Margarita del Olmo in Vienna as researcher in residence, Premio Aula in Spain for INTER Guide, CMC Label awarded (Certified management consultant), Teaching dis-continued (Schlaining, Salzburg, Turin), Teaching starts (Krems, ev Cluj), a-stra 07 with David Jourdan, Contract with amazon, Virtual PhD-Seminar launched, and - our Office-Warming party and TT+ workshop held at the new premisses... - 2008 is under the motto "minus laboris, pluris pecuniae". posted by navreme @ 3:41 PM 0 comments links to this post Intern Eva Pomberger joins navreme as project assistant After a three-months period of internship with navreme, Eva Pomberger joins the navreme expert team as a project assistant as of January 2008. Ms Pomberger has been supporting the office move and set-up, helped organise workshops and the office-warming party, assisted in administrative matters, and already contributed to our EU-project NESOR on Higher Education and New Social Risks via interviews and input to the reports. Born in Mürzuschlag (Stiria, Austria) she is a student of international relations at the University of Vienna. posted by navreme @ 29 Dezember 2007 4:00 PM 0 comments links to
this post As the usual philantropy around Christmas, navreme in 2007 supports the Saharov Center in Moscow. The Center is active in running a permanent exhibition on Russia's history, organises events, publishes and organises educational events on human rights and democracy. However, it is facing a funding crisis: see our web page on social engagement. posted by navreme @ 3:55 PM 0 comments links to this post The second workshop of the NESOR project, funded by the EU Commission (Socrates Programme) is taking place in Reggio/Emilia in Northern Italy, at the merged university of Modena and Reggio. Eva Pomberger and Bernd Baumgartl participate in behalf of the navreme team, coordinated by Fatma Mizikaci. Previous reports by all partners on the "Knowledge Society" and on the "European Social Model" will be discussed in terms of their relevance for Higher Education. In 2008, national conferences will stimulate discussion on the "Role of Universities" vis-à-vis these social risks - which is title of the Work Package jointly lead by the University of Reggio and navreme. Amongst others, also a book is in preparation, with the working title "From Here to There: Mileposts for Higher Education Institutions" (i.e. the third part of navreme's HE triology). posted by navreme @ 12 Dezember 2007 4:23 PM 0 comments links to
this post From 25 November to 5 December, further work was carried out by Mr Baumgartl for the evaluation of EU-funded private sector support to the Russian Federation. Meetings took place in Moscow, a focus group was held in Yaroslav, and a number of (although not yet comprehensive) reports and documents were collected. The Russian evaluators undertook a trip to St Petersburg, in order to participate at the final conference of a case study project: e-skills. posted by navreme @ 10 Dezember 2007 1:52 PM 0 comments links to
this post navreme's new Vienna office receives partners, stakeholders and friends for a first party. Colleagues from the TT+ project will assist as well as those from Vienna and delegates from other navreme nods. See the 2007 edition of our arts programme a-stra, listen to music from the 1920s, and meet our office community. Be our guests on Friday 23 November, at 18.30!! posted by navreme @ 20 November 2007 2:46 PM 0 comments links to
this post The TT+ project, a EU-sponsored investigation into the roles and careers vocational trainers and their professional development, will hold a workshop in Vienna at navreme's new premisses, 22-23 November. Researchers from 8 countries will assist and exchange on case study research, use cases, instances of innovation and scenarios of practice. The project's innovative and creative method also includes a module on visualisation of processes and policies, which is undertaken by navreme in cooperation with icastic (IT). posted by navreme @ 2:28 PM 0 comments links to this post The NESOR project, investigating the way universities deal with,
and what there role is in, social risks, is moving forward: a second
input report was produced by navreme, and sent to our partners in
Hungary who are responsible for work package on the "European
Social Model and national educational policies". posted by navreme @ 2:21 PM 0 comments links to this post The Inception Report of an evaluation of EU support to the development of the private sector in the Russian Federation was sent to the Delegation of the European Commission via our contractor Pohl Consulting & Associates in Berlin. The evaluators are Bernd BAUMGARTL (team leader) with Irina ALEXEEVA and Olga GOLISHNIKOVA. The report foresees the application of standard evaluation tools like questionnaires, interviews, field trips, focus groups, correspondents, plus document study, in order to make sense of coherence, efficiency, effectiveness, impact and sustainability of this aid. (At the same time, we are studying Leopold Kohr's master piece "Development Without Aid", written in the 1970s ...). posted by navreme @ 16 November 2007 3:18 PM 0 comments links to
this post Generously hosted by the University of Tarapacá, the second workshop of all project members in Arica, in northern Chile resulted in a shared understanding of issues at stake, approaches needed, and contents preferred for a first version of the MA curriculum-to-be. On the basis of needs assessments carried out by all partners in the past months, their analyis, and workshop findings, a proposal will be available before the end of the year. navreme, with the hat of the evaluator, contributed analytical tools, a list of arguments for marketing (to institutions and target groups), and a synoptic table of stages of intensifying cooperation between Latin American and European universities. posted by navreme @ 15 November 2007 7:43 PM 0 comments links to
this post After work in Italy on the visualisation of the Leonardo-Project TT+, aiming at designing a framework for the professional development of trainers, the next engagement is in Chile: with the INTER-Alfa project Luisa Lobo and Bernd Baumgartl will visit the Universidad de Tarapacá in Northern Chile. Via the analysis of a needs assessment in 10 participating countries, steps are taken towards a M.A. curriculum in Intercultural Education, to be used in Europe and Latin America. posted by navreme @ 04 November 2007 2:40 PM 0 comments links to
this post Several interviews with university stakeholders for this EU funded research have been held in South-East Europe over the past weeks, by navreme's programme director in Turkey, Fatma Mizikaci. Interviews in Austria were speeded up in October, by collaborators Luisa Lobo and Eva Pomberger. A first interim report was sent mid October to another work package (investigating social risks), the next report is due mid November to work package 3 (on the European social model). Our own work package, jointly with the University of ReggioEmilia/Modena will produce a report in spring, on the "Role of universities" - and a book in the navreme series on mileposts for Higher Education (volume 7c). posted by navreme @ 01 November 2007 4:29 PM 0 comments links to
this post The days following the evaluation mission to Moscow were busy with tools finalisation, project selection and reporting - eventually a draft inception report was sent to the contracted Consortium in Paris and Berlin. Colleagues Irina Alekseeva and Olga Golnishnikova continue to collect (obviously not readily available) information on EU activities in Russia from EU offices... - meanwhile the office aquarium in Vienna had spilled 140 litres of water into the carpet and floor at Columbus Center. We are still busy with clean-up. posted by navreme @ 4:10 PM 0 comments links to this post In the framework of the impact evaluation of the EU support to private sector development in the Russian Federation, Dr Baumgartl is in Moscow 21-28 October. Together with his 2 Russian evaluation colleagues, he will participate in a briefing meeting at the Delegation of the European Commission, and several interviews with stakeholders. posted by navreme @ 20 Oktober 2007 9:27 AM 0 comments links to
this post The European Annual Conference of this major European women network took place in Graz, on 19-20 October. Mr Baumgartl was invited to participate as an observer, and engaged in exchange and discussion on issues of mainstreaming of disadvantaged groups and management of diversity, such as Ms Myrtha Casanova from Spain (Instituto Europeo para la Gestión de la Diversidad, IEGD), Ms Angelika Chen from Taiwan, or Ms Anke Fabian ("Inspirational Quality", Germany). Incidently, Austria President Ms Ursula Boehle inspired her speech by a study of navreme's CEO in Romania, Stefan Popenici ("Values in the Romanian legends, myths and faily tales"): asking for advise, reliance on teamwork, and strive for beauty were proposed also as values for women networking. posted by navreme @ 9:19 AM 0 comments links to this post A four-days visit to Romania allowed for a series of planning sessions, involving Stefan Popenici (Director of navreme resurse umane), Fatma Mizikaci (programme director of navreme bilgi gelistirme), and Florentina Ion (the new co-owner of our Romanian branch); of interviews with UNESCO-CEPES (Mr Vlasceanu), the Institute of Education Sciences, and Hare Spiru University; of meetings with the Austrian Trade Delegation and BeckerConsult (a company advising on EU funding); and a visit at the (deserted!) BRIE University in Giurgiu. Opportunities definitely exist: only in the next year 1 bn EUR will be released for (only!) Human Resources Development under the EU programmes for (only!) Romania... posted by navreme @ 12 Oktober 2007 7:27 PM 0 comments links to
this post "Evaluierung der Instrumente Entwicklungspartnerschaften und Unternehmenspartnerschaften" is the title of a Call for Proposals by the Austrian Development Agency (ADA). navreme today submitted its expression of interest, jointly with Katharina Demel of CORE. posted by navreme @ 02 Oktober 2007 12:14 PM 0 comments links to
this post Since yesterday, navreme in Vienna has a new office at Columbusplatz in Wien-Favoriten. Moreover, from now on it will act under the new legal status of "navreme wissensentwicklung GmbH" (society with limited responsibility). The new office address is Columbusplatz 8/2/4, AT 1100 Wien, where we join forces with another three companies, all active in different aspects of communication: Columbus Center Communication Cluster - 4c! posted by navreme @ 12:08 PM 0 comments links to this post Via an interview with navreme's researcher in residence 2006 and 2007, Dr.a Margarita del Olmo Pintado, the CSIC (Consejo Superior de Investigación Científicia, the Spanish equivalent of an Academy of Sciences), prominently publicizes the most recent work of the INTER study group. The Guide to Talking About Racism was published in 2007, the English version was printed as volume 8 of - and is available from - navreme publications. An ongoing follow-up project between CSIC and navreme consequently focuses on integration in schools. The news read "CSIC in a guide for schoolchildren warns of 'camouflaged racism'" (full news in Spanish). Further interviews with Ms del Olmo were published by the Diario de Catalunya, Europa Press, and Radio Aragon. posted by navreme @ 26 September 2007 8:15 PM 0 comments links
to this post navreme is a member in two consortia applying for EU projects in Turkey: Capacity building support for the Ministry of National Education, and Continuation of the Jean Monnet Scholarship Programme. The former project's specific objective is to improve implementation capacity and strengthened mechanisms of the Ministry of National Education (MoNE) for an effective and efficient corporate governance of the sector. The consortium consists of CIRPS (University of Rome, consortium leader, IT), Inypsa (ES), and ZED Event Management and Consultancy, Ankara, TR). The second project is to develop human resources in Turkey and to broaden young people’s perspectives and perceptions of the European integration through post-graduate studies which will improve quality of negotiation process for accession. This application was sent under the lead of PRO Management GmbH in Essen (DE), CIRPS (University of Rome, IT) and with SIT (Strategic Communication Design Consulting Co.) in Ankara (TR). posted by navreme @ 25 September 2007 11:56 AM 0 comments links
to this post A series of meetings with network partners took place in Bulgaria, 20-23 September. Mr Baumgartl met Dr Tzako Pantaleev, to plan for next steps towards the registration of a navreme network company in Dalbok Dol (Trojan region). Under the name navreme sostra (after a nearby Roman settlement), the new enterprise is to engage in projects for regional development, or cross-border cooperation with our company resurse umane in Giurgiu (Romania). Finally, a pilot feasibility study was conceived to identify possible activities for young business women outside the capital, on behalf of a major European womens' network. posted by navreme @ 24 September 2007 1:16 PM 0 comments links
to this post This 2008-10 project is executed under the lead of the University of Vienna's Department for Distributed and Multimedia Systems, jointly with pSolutions, navreme wissensentwicklung in Vienna and navreme boheme in Prague. Under the title "Mobile Semantics: Offline Availability of RDF Repositories", the project will propose an extension to the existing infrastructure of Semantic Web applications, which are mainly based on RDF stores and SPARQL endpoints. We aim to interpose components that analyze various information sources of semantic applications (including ontologies, queries, and expressed user interest) and use this for selection of parts of the RDF data bases, which are then made available offline using a proxy SPARQL endpoint. Also, we aim to develop user interfaces for such a system, which can be used by non-expert users. posted by navreme @ 13 September 2007 1:31 PM 0 comments links
to this post The EU's Lifelong Learning programme for general education and teacher training (Comenius) will finance the set-up of a thematic network: "INTER network (134367-LLP-2007-ES-COMENIUS-CNW). Intercultural Education. Teacher training and school practice". Under the experienced coordination of our partner UNED (the Spanish University for Distance Education), navreme and 30+ institutional partners will regularly meet over the next 3 years to apply and further develop training materials in the field. posted by navreme @ 11 September 2007 12:31 PM 0 comments links
to this post OBSERVAL, a new project under the EU's Leonardo programme for vocational education will start in autumn. Its main objective is "to create a permanent European Observatory on validation of non formal and informal learning based on a network of national experts (including actors from learning and training organisations in all sectors, from NGOs) having a leading role in their countries and a global vision of existing practices. navreme in Vienna will undertake measures for validation and monitoring, and a short feasibility study on the idea of European Observatory. The proposal is coordinated by the Brussels-based representation of the European University Continuing Education Network (EUCEN), and will be realised with 30 partners across Europe, including navreme boheme in Prague. posted by navreme @ 06 September 2007 4:17 PM 0 comments links
to this post Erfolgs.at have published their issues 04 (July) and 05 (August), on "Kinderkrankeiten (infant illnesses)" and "Sommerloch (summer gap)". Mr Baumgartl contributes a regular column with title "Building Europe". The infant illness (learning occasion) of the EU was poor management of the constitutional procedure (and they corrected it meanwhile with the June Treaty); the EU summer gap task would be to get the West Balkan on board ASAP - no noticeable costs for the EU, enormous benefit for the Balkan. posted by navreme @ 03 September 2007 6:50 PM 0 comments links
to this post As a follow-up to the analysis of interviews with teenagers on racism in Spanish schools (vol. 6, "Racism - a teenagers' view"), a guide with teaching and training materials, that help to address questions of racism in the classroom and school-life, has been produced jointly with Spanish colleagues. Whatever diversities exist in our school-classes, the only way to address the resulting difficulties is to learn to manage them. The Guide draws on the work of our joint project on integration in schools, and its English version came back from our Macedonian printing house recently. It is now available for orders at navreme (publications@navreme.net) or via amazon. More on all navreme publications here. posted by navreme @ 30 August 2007 3:35 PM 0 comments links to
this post Final versions of analytical case studies by Mr.s Baumgartl and Daxner on the Balkans and Afghanistan have been sent to our British partners of CSES. The evaluation objective is to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of EU budget line B 7-667, which between 2001 and 2005 financed cooperation with third countries in the field of migration policy. This is now continued in the Aeneas Programme of the European Commission. Key Evaluation Issues included additionality, coherence with other EU-supported programmes, the role of the Commission in implementation, or policy implications for cooperation between the EU and third countries in the field of migration. The upcoming final report is for the attention of DG Justice, Liberty and Security in Brussels. posted by navreme @ 3:24 PM 0 comments links to this post a-stra, navreme's cooperation with artists (art for/of strategy) in 2007 will feature David Jourdan. David is a French concept artist living in Vienna, who employs diverse media and language to launch his cultural and political messages in public space. His 2004 poster campaign "willkommenimwunderland" (welcome to wonderland) framed a critical counter message on occasion of the EU enlargement. He also runs a publishing scheme of art books. The product of our cooperation is planned to be presented on 12 October, Columbus Day, in the new communication cluster office. posted by navreme @ 28 August 2007 4:31 PM 0 comments links to
this post Due to a wealth of new assignments, and the need for change and development in all our tasks, navreme's executive has retreated from a couple of long-lasting activities. Teaching at the European Peace University in Schlaining (AT, since 1999), at the ILO Master Programme in International Development (IT, since 2003), and at the Salzburg Seminar (now Salzburg Global Seminar) and its International Study Programme on Global Citizenship (AT, since 2004) will be continued by other colleagues. Also serving as the coordinator of the alumni chapter of the Salzburg Seminar has come to an end. Instead, new cooperation has been agreed and started with the Peace Institute PATRIR in Cluj (RO, peace training), with the University of Krems (AT, programme on intercultural competences), and the EID (European Institute for the furtherance of Democracy, www.eid.at) - where Dr Baumgartl was elected president recently. posted by navreme @ 27 August 2007 4:25 PM 0 comments links to
this post Dr Robert Dimitrovski, who collaborated with navreme in Macedonia, together with Dr Jove Kekenovski has published the book “Principles of the Public Administration” in Macedonian, and also in Albanian for Kosova. In 2007 the same authors edited “Public Administration” in Macedonian. Finally, Dimitrovski and Vladimir Pivovarov authored a book on "Diplomatic and Consulate Matters", also in Macedonian. posted by navreme @ 20 August 2007 5:27 PM 0 comments links to
this post Alfred died on 11 August. Besides his manifold public functions,
he was a wonderful friend, motivating adviser and inspiring mentor
of our work. Last year, he acted as the keynote speaker at navreme's
fifth anniversary: "Networking from the Middle Ages to the
21st Century" (download) was his witty and wise intervention.
Our cooperation in Higher Education reform projects ranged from
Baku and Skopje to joint teaching at the Salzburg Seminar's University
Project and International Study Programme. posted by navreme @ 11:09 AM 0 comments links to this post Evaluation Brief 2 was submitted to the partners in the Leonardo-financed project "TT+". TT+ will investigate case studies on training in European companies, in order to distill ideal-typical scenarios of training. Elements of innovation will then be individuated, to be followed by "use cases" of innovatory training practice. Eventually a contribution will be made towards the development of a framework for the professional development of trainers, including policy recommendations (see a more detailed project description here). The accompanying evaluation by navreme includes a visualisation of project methods and findings, carried out jointly with ICASTIC in Florence. The next workshop will take place in Vienna in November, at navreme's new premises. posted by navreme @ 20 Juli 2007 8:40 PM 0 comments links to this
post The proposal for a three-year research project was submitted for funding by the University of Vienna (Prof Wolfgang Klas, Department of Distributed and Multimedia Systems), and pSolutions (Martin Povasay), an ICT company and the future office partner of navreme, with navreme in Vienna (Bernd Baumgartl), and navreme boheme in Prague (Petra Jedlicková). Aim of the project is to provide technology that enables applications and systems built upon Semantic Web technology to work independent from a network connection to their database, but instead use a intelligently chosen subset of the data which is made available off-line via mobile solutions, using intelligent algorithms. posted by navreme @ 8:31 PM 0 comments links to this post Together with the Vienna-based organisation Nexperity, navreme expressed its interest to the World Bank to conduct an Impact Evaluation Survey in Mongolia. The aim of the evaluation is to assist the Government of Mongolia and the World Bank to evaluate progress achieved in the Legal and Judicial Reform Project in the implementation of the three main project components, to assist in the identification of lessons learned, and to identify potential recommendations for future assistance. Experts proposed are Mr Marco Lorenzoni (Bridges, Brussels), Mr Bernd Baumgartl (navreme, Vienna), and 4 Mongolian experts: Narantuya Mend, Ulziisaikhan Luvsandorj, Ganzorig Dondov and Gelenkhuu Tumennast (Nexperity, Vienna). posted by navreme @ 16 Juli 2007 3:42 PM 0 comments links to this
post navreme bilgi gelistirme (meaning "navreme knowledge development") has started delivering online courses on EU project management for the first time in Turkey. The courses are being delivered in cooperation with (Interaktif Akademi) in their interactive studios in Ankara. The courses in Turkish are offered to national and international online linkers. Courses in English will start as of 15 August. Upon completion of courses the participants are awarded a certificate by navreme knowledge development. navreme online courses on “training of trainers”, “training of evaluators” and “communication skills” are already in the pipeline. posted by navreme @ 10:26 AM 0 comments links to this post Under a framework contract with our partners Eurotrends in Paris, the "Evaluation of Private Sector Support and its Links with Private Sector Development Policies" was assigned to an expert team, of which Bernd Baumgartl is the team leader. Under the EU-Russia Cooperation Programme, the object of evaluation is the Russian Private Sector Development (PSD). The evaluation is to address "the achievements of completed and ongoing projects of the EU-Russia Cooperation Programme in Russia in the area of support to the private sector development". It will mostly focus on Enterprise Restructuring and, in particular, Small and Medium-sized Enterprise support projects. Implementation will last from October 2007 to April 2008. Labels: evaluation posted by navreme @ 13 Juli 2007 10:15 AM 0 comments links to this
post The proposal sent by the joint project with Madrid "Welcome School - Escuela de Bienvenida" (on integration of immigrants in schools) to organise a workshop at the 16th ICAES (International Conference of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences) was accepted by the organising committee. The conference under the title "“Humanity, Development and Cultural Diversity” will take place in Kun-Ming, China, on 15-23 July 2008. navreme's current researcher in residence, Magarita del Olmo and Caridad Hernández, professor at Complutense University will lead the session on "Social Encounters of Cultural Diversity in Urban Areas", which draws heavily on the research under this project. posted by navreme @ 10:08 AM 0 comments links to this post As the accompanying evaluator of a major EU-sponsored project on improving stakeholder relations of technical universities and universities of applied sciences, navreme boheme in Prague completed its contribution with the production of the fifth evaluation brief. It focuses on issues of (rich) dissemination and capitalisation by members, on (successful) valorisation by partners from Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland and Turkey, and on (substantial) empowerment of project participants. A separate analysis of valorisation activities is being produced by Fatma Mizikaci. Some further results of DEQU (paper "From Interaction to Integration") are included in the navreme publication vol. 7b, on "Milestones for European Higher Education". posted by navreme @ 09 Juli 2007 10:49 AM 0 comments links to this
post Jointly with the Romanian researchers Dr Stefan Popenici, Ms Nadia Tarnoveanu, and Mr Cirprian Fartusnik, navreme resurse umane slr is set up in Giurgiu, Romania. Official registration takes place on 10 July, Mr Baumgartl will be the majority owner, and Mr Popenici the CEO of the new company. The Romanian nod of the network will focus on innovation in education and "imaginative education". Projects will be of national, international (eg. with Georgia), and European dimension. posted by navreme @ 10:38 AM 0 comments links to this post In Vienna, a series of working meetings and strategic discussions on the set-up and future activities of navreme in Turkey took place during the visit of Dr Fatma Mizikaci from Ankara. Ms Mizikaci will lead the NESOR project on the role of European universities for navreme. In the coming weeks, final agreements will be made with respect of formal registration of a network nod in Ankara. The new company will also undertake activities in Northern Cyprus. posted by navreme @ 10:32 AM 0 comments links to this post navreme senior expert Prof Michael Daxner paid a visit to the navreme office, in order to discuss ongoing collaboration (evaluation of EU cooperation with third countries in the field of migration, NESOR project on the role of universities with regard to the European Social Model, participation of Mr Daxner in the future GmbH/srl). Mr Daxner has been elected President of the European Magna Charta in Bologna recently. posted by navreme @ 10:27 AM 0 comments links to this post A comprehensive volume was eventually published by UNESCO, concluding the research process on "Private Higher Education in Europe", which had started in 2004, and culminated in the Warsaw Conference in November 2005. Two contributions in the book are from navreme partners: Fatma Mizikaci describes the situation in Turkey (pp. 483-518), and a joint conclusion by Jochen Fried, Anna Glass and Bernd Baumgartl takes a bird's view and analyses "Shades of Privateness: Non-Public Higher Education in Europe" (pp. 585-664). The publication was edited by Mr.s Wells, Sadlak and Vlâsceanu under the title "The Rising Role and Relevance of Private Higher Education in Europe", and was published in the UNESCO series "Higher Education for a Knowledge Society" by UNESCO-CEPES in Bucharest. posted by navreme @ 04 Juli 2007 12:08 PM 0 comments links to this
post The second issue of the on-line magazin Erfolgs.at was published recently. The column "Building Europe" (Europa Erarbeiten) by Bernd Baumgartl focuses on mobility. The magazin is written by experts from companies, and distributed to some 30,000 SMEs in Austria. posted by navreme @ 12:04 PM 0 comments links to this post The evaluation team who was charged to investigate the outcome of the first three years of EU cooperation with third countries on migration policy met in Vienna: CSES from the UK (Jack Malan and Annamari Salonen) and navreme (including Fatma Mizikaci, Luisa Lobo and Bernd Baumgartl, but unfortunately without Michael Daxner), Katharina Demel (CORE) and Bernhard Perchinig from the Austrian Academy of Sciences. The workshop aims at revising the interim report, and at outlining policy recommendations for the ongoing AENEAS programme in the same field. posted by navreme @ 03 Juli 2007 8:22 AM 0 comments links to this
post Luisa Lobo de Rezende and Bernd Baumgartl participate at the first face-to-face meeting of our new project with Latin America in intercultural education financed by the EU (ALFA). Coordinators are the University of Veravruz (MX) and UNED (ES). Double aim of the project is to identify teacher training needs in all participating countries from an intercultural education perspective: a. Images of diversity: what and how cultural differences are addressed; b. Educational policies and laws regarding cultural diversity; c. Teacher training initiatives in higher education (goals, contents, audiences, resources, evaluation). On the basis of this analysis we will design a Euro-Latinamerican teacher training proposal (face to face and ODL education) in year 2. posted by navreme @ 27 Juni 2007 8:30 AM 0 comments links to this
post Solemn and future-looking festivities took place at Schloss Leopoldskron
this weekend, on occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Salzburg
Seminar. Austrian Federal President Heinz Fischer provided the keynote
on "Europe: Then and Now", followed by Andrew Moravcsik
from Princeton on "The Future of the European Union".
Another fascinating presentation lead to the strategy and policy
of the British Museum. During discussion, when asked by Mr Baumgartl
what a Musée de l'Europe (which is actually prepared for
in Brussels) should contain, the Museum's director Neil MacGregor
answered: "it can not be about Europe alone - it must contain
Europe in the world, and the world in Europe"! Mr Baumgartl
had been invited as one of the Special Guests due to his chairmanship
of the Austrian Alumni Chapter of the Seminar, sometimes half-jokingly
referred to as the intellectual Marshal Plan. posted by navreme @ 24 Juni 2007 6:41 PM 0 comments links to this
post During the annual celebration of best practice within the Austrian consulting sector in Salzburg, Dr Bernd Baumgartl was awarded the title "Certified Management Consultant" by the Austrian Chamber of Commerce. CMCs are recognised in 40+ countries around the world, and are conditional on a thorough process of revision and examination of portfolio projects. The highly formal Gala evening contained a however stimulating part, i.e. a lecture of extreme climber Thomas Bubendorfer, also called a "philosopher of success". posted by navreme @ 6:36 PM 0 comments links to this post Under a grant agreement between the Austrian Academy of Sciences and its Spanish equivalent CSIC (Consejo Superior de Investigación Científica), anthropologist Margarita del Olmo will spend six weeks in Vienna, as researcher in residence at navreme. Cooperation dates back to 1999, e.g. the INTER project or the ISP of the Salzburg Seminar. Ongoing joint projects include "INTER-ALFA" on intercultural education, the project "integration strategies and prevention of racism in schools", and a teacher guide "Racism: what it is and how to talk about it" (forthcoming as navreme publication vol. 8). Moreover, Dr.a del Olmo will continue her research and interviews on integration policy by identifying relevant practice and innovation in the Viennese school system. posted by navreme @ 16 Juni 2007 7:35 AM 0 comments links to this
post CORE is a specialised evaluation company in Vienna, with sophisticated expertise in the fields of migration and integration (see www.evaluation.co.at). Via an agreement of cooperation, CORE and navreme will share knowledge, resources and an office. The first joint activity is the ongoing evaluation of the European Union's cooperation with third countries in the field of migration. Moreover, on 16 June, a seminar session will be held together for those students of development policy at the university of Vienna, who are taking a course on "evaluation" with CORE's director Katharina Demel. Bernd Baumgartl presented the navreme approach to process evaluation, and our game "LUDOVALUATE", a game to learn about evaluation practice. posted by navreme @ 15 Juni 2007 2:41 PM 0 comments links to this
post A series of evaluation interview protocols was sent to our partners in England, who act as the principal contractor with the European Commission: CSES. The evaluation objective is to evaluate budget line B 7-667, the pre-decessor of the Aeneas Programme, which between 2001 and 2005 financed cooperation with third countries in the field of migration policy. Projects which were interviewed by navreme were implemented by IOM (Tirana and Kabul) in Albania and Afghanistan, UNHCR (Kabul) in Afghanistan, CISP (Roma) in Algeria, COOPI (Milano) in Algeria and Senegal, Tampep (Turino) in Nigeria, IntEnt (Den Haag) in Morocco, Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (Bonn) in Turkey, and ICMPD (Vienna) in Sri Lanka, the Balkan, and the Mediterranean. The interim report has been recently approved by DG Justice, Liberty and Security in Brussels. posted by navreme @ 1:23 AM 0 comments links to this post On behalf of navreme Betina Halmschlager and Bernd Baumgartl (last day only) participated at the global network meeting of the peace network TRANSCEND in Vienna today. The network has several hundred members worldwide, who teach peace theory and conflict resolution tools, many of which were developed by network founder Prof Johan Galtung. Given the announced retreat of Mr Galtung, intensive discussions took place about the future leadership structure of the network and its 13 regional centres. Cooperation with the peace centre PATRIR in Cluj (RO) was agreed in an exchange with its director Kai Frithjof Brand-Jacobsen. At the end of the meeting, Mr Baumgartl was interviewed by a peace radio station (www.friedensnews.at) on the results of the conference. posted by navreme @ 11 Juni 2007 9:00 PM 0 comments links to this
post Mr Baumgartl was participant at a seminar lead by Maria Menz (mediatorin.at) and Patrizia Collard (www.stressminus.co.uk) in Sivas (Crete, GR) from 2-9 June. The sessions around the theme of "Mindful Being" contained a mix of self-reflection, meditation and constellation work, connecting both professional and private issues. In addition, coaching sessions were held with individual participants. posted by navreme @ 8:52 PM 0 comments links to this post To plan the detailed realisation of the work stage 5 ("the role of universities") during the NESOR project, Michele Mariani (University of Reggio-Emilia/Modena) and Bernd Baumgartl (navreme) had a one-day meeting in Impruneta (Chianti). A succinct interpretation of tasks and content was agreed, which will allow a series of interviews and focus groups, not at national level, but in a thematic and transnational setting, based on relevant experience of institutions and systems. A second meeting took place at the European University Institute, to discuss migration questions with Rainer Bauböck. He had been hired by the EUI as chair in political sciences. posted by navreme @ 02 Juni 2007 8:19 AM 0 comments links to this
post Today a video conference took place within the framework of the recently started INTER-ALFA project. The project will develop materials for a M.A. programme in Intercultural Education, based on materials of our INTER Guide, but adjusted to the situation in México, Chile, Ecuador and Colombia. For the first time we heard and saw our partners from these countries, as well as the "old" European partners from España, Reino Unido (UK), Irlanda, Letonia (Latvia) - and Austria. The first face-to-face project meeting will be in Madrid, end June. posted by navreme @ 28 Mai 2007 9:41 PM 0 comments links to this
post Three former students are in the final stage of their PhD dissertations, and have agreed to a informal mentoring cooperation with Bernd Baumgartl: Nina Kolybashkina from Simferopol (EPU Schlaining 2002, UA, at Oxford University), who works on "Theory-based evaluation methods for participatory community development policies"; Selma Muhic-Dizdarevic (CEU Budapest 2002, YU, at Charles University in Prague), who writes on "Immigration and Integration Policies of the European Union and the Czech Republic and their Relation to Civil Society Organizations"; and Simona Velea (CEU Budapest 2000, RO, at University of Bucharest), who investigates "Programme Evaluations in the Field of Education". Aim in all three cases is to finish with high quality - and ASAP. This is why a restricted space at navreme's platform has been created to serve as a virtual PhD seminar. Labels: teaching posted by navreme @ 26 Mai 2007 10:13 PM 0 comments links to this
post The second meeting of a EU/Leonardo project is held in Sinaia (RO). TT+ (teacher training plus) members will aim at defining the methodology of use cases for a Europe-wide examination of issues involved in the training and professionalisation of trainers in the European Member States. One of the main project results (see web-site ttplus.bazaar.org) should be a framework for the continuing professional development of trainers. Partners are from Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Portugal and Romania. navreme was charged with the accompanying evaluation of this two-years project, and at the meeting in Romania will propose to the partners innovative ways to visualise concepts and findings. BTW, this was the cheapest flight ever: 80 Euro-Cents for Vienna-Bucharest-Vienna! posted by navreme @ 23 Mai 2007 12:29 PM 0 comments links to this
post The founding stone for a virtual university, and first virtual nod of the navreme network, in Second Life was laid today by our colleague Jakub Štogr from navreme boheme. See a photo of the small island, which will soon host seminar facilities, offer courses, feature seminars, and - contain a library, currently under construction by Petra Jedlicková and her students at Charles University in Prague. posted by navreme @ 15 Mai 2007 11:15 PM 0 comments links to this
post Our partner firm Erfolgs.at, powered by the agency Destino, has launched a .pdf online-magazin for SMEs. One section is contributed by navreme on a monthly basis: Building Europe (tips and tricks for European cooperation). The magazin can be viewed at www.erfolgs.at. posted by navreme @ 10:45 PM 0 comments links to this post New trainings and cooperations in Turkey: navreme türkiye signed a one-year protocol of cooperation with the virtual training institution Interaktif Akademi (www.interaktif.com.tr) for the delivery of online EU Project Management courses. Six navreme türkiye trainers will be in charge to execute e-training for the Ankara Chamber of Trade (ATO) and the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB). The new partnership also plans to establish distance joint programs with prominent European Universities. With Plus Akademi (www.plusakademi.com.tr), another partner in Ankara navreme türkiye delivers a seminar for the METU Student Union on 23 May 2007. Last not least, a project partnership with Rönesans (renaissance) of Istanbul has also been fashioned with a visit of programme director Dr Mizikaci to Rönesans Institution last week. posted by navreme @ 8:35 PM 0 comments links to this post The European Union supports the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the South Caucasus Region. In a Technical Assistance project Universities and the national Research and Educational Networking Associations (ARENA for Armenia, AzRENA for Azerbaijan, GRENA for Georgia) has been provided with Hard- and Software and with expert know how to develop distance learning / e-Learning applications. In each country a development center (content factory) with the adequate technical equipment and a team of experts has been established. In close cooperation with local universities internet based lectures has been developed. Since October 2005, and until September 2007 the IMC consortium and its team leader Dr Helmut Schramke of navreme, who had been selected by the EC manage and support this project. posted by navreme @ 14 Mai 2007 8:05 PM 0 comments links to this
post Dr. Mizikaci held a meeting with Turkish Rönesans (www.rdbe.com.tr), namely “Institute of Transformation Sciences” on 10 May in Istanbul. Rönesans is an expertise network on know-how for organizational development, training and consultancy providing solutions and models with hands-on practice. Possible cooperation and networks share between navreme and Rönesans were agreed. Cooperation on re-engineering organizations, corporate governance, institutional effectiveness, modeling systems, EU projects and trainings are potential agreement points. posted by navreme @ 12:13 PM 0 comments links to this post Final exams of courses for Macedonian students of economy and entrepreneurs (amongst them dentists) are held this weekend in Skopje (MK). A commission of Macedonian professors and cajtig's director Bernd Baumgartl will examine participants' progress and theses on the themes of "Leadership in Management" (LEAD 1) and the third-level course started in autumn 2006 on "Enterprise Success by Teamwork" (TEAM 1). Certificates of achievement will be awarded thereafter. posted by navreme @ 10 Mai 2007 9:20 PM 0 comments links to this
post The VQTS project, coordinated by our colleagues of 3s, and evaluated jointly by Pontydysgu and navreme, has again received an EU award (the second one after the Helsinki Award 2006). At an award ceremony held in Berlin on 6-7 May for the launch of the Lifelong Learning Programme, the new flagship EU funding programme in the area of education and training, 18 outstanding projects under the ERASMUS, COMENIUS, GRUNDTVIG, LEONARDO DA VINCI and JEAN MONNET programmes were awarded the 2007 Lifelong Learning Awards. The VQTS project was awarded with the Lifelong Learning Award in GOLD! This means that the VQTS project was selected as the best one from more than 2000 Leonardo projects! Pictures of the awards ceremony and some more information here in German or English. posted by navreme @ 9:13 PM 0 comments links to this post Dr Fatma Mizikaci held an interview today with a representative of the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees on Support to the Turkish Immigration authorities in the area of asylum. The evaluation meeting is taking place in Ankara. posted by navreme @ 07 Mai 2007 8:47 AM 0 comments links to this
post Mr Baumgartl was in Turin for another module of the M.A. Programme run by the University of Turin and the ILO training centre: "Training Beyond Transfer: Empowerment, Activities and Budget". He also held an evaluation interview with TAMPEP, an NGO assisting refugees, to hold an interview on a major EU-Project with Albania, Nigeria and Morocco (ALNIMA). In Milan he interviewed COOPI (the Italian development cooperation), and met with CESPI in Rome - all for the evaluation. A NESOR project meeting with our partner University of Reggio Emilia in Florence, and with Economisti Associati in Bologna complete the tour. posted by navreme @ 06 Mai 2007 1:35 AM 0 comments links to this
post In an evaluation assignment commissioned by the European Commission and carried out jointly with CSES (UK), navreme's experts are busy undertaking interviews with project coordinators, partners and stakeholders across Europe and - also in Afghanistan. In order to provide the Commission with recommendations regarding its cooperation with third countries in the field of migration policy, Prof Daxner has just returned from Kabul (AF), where he met with UNHCR and IOM, amonst others. An interim report is due mid May. posted by navreme @ 30 April 2007 1:56 AM 0 comments links to this
post Bernd Baumgartl served as a lecturer at the Danube University in Krems, on intercultural competences. 27-29 April, these were analysed and discussed in a seminar with MA students and professionals on the basis of examples of and experiences from transnational European projects. Culture is understood in the broadest way, as comprising all attitudes, behaviours and multiple identities which people bring into trans-cultural cooperation. Specific needs settings were identified with a view to communication and conflict prevention in intercultural cooperation. Eventually, traps and preventive tools for transnational projects were elaborated for own interventions, containing elements of clarification and a checklist for transcultural cooperation. posted by navreme @ 27 April 2007 1:56 PM 0 comments links to this
post The 2006 book on Higher Education in Turkey (pdf-version), by our colleague Dr Fatma Mizikaci from navreme türkiye was further promoted by UNESCO-CEPES as part of a monograph series on Higher Education. The study had also been awarded the International Book Award 2006 by the Turkish Academy of Science. posted by navreme @ 25 April 2007 10:49 AM 0 comments links to
this post In preparation of the 2008 Year of Intercultural Dialogue, the European Cultural Foundation has asked us to conduct interviews with a number of foundations which have a particular focus on fostering and promoting active European citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity based on common values. However, before addressing this in a comprehensive format, we opted for a brief with 5 questions, followed by a fictious discussion on the themes of culture and integration, conducted by two archetypical antagonists: Travnicek and his “friend” who represents the mainstream voice of the ‘Gutmensch’, somewhat mimicking the line of foundations as they present themselves in their published materials. Travnicek, on the other hand, is the typical nagger who finds fault in everything and is only seemingly ignorant, yet full of pointed and somewhat grim pessimism about the prospects of integration and a multi-cultural society. The play-acting serves as a heuristic tool and concludes with 5 provocative hypotheses that are meant to guide us through the empirical work for this study. posted by navreme @ 23 April 2007 10:17 AM 0 comments links to
this post A new issue of the on-line journal International Higher Education was published by Boston University. Amongst others, it contains short papers from the November session of the Salzburg Seminar on Higher Education and Demography. From navreme, Jochen Fried co-authored the umbrella paper, and Fatma Mizikaci and Bernd Baumgartl in their contribution summarise demographic trends in European Higher Education. posted by navreme @ 10:03 AM 0 comments links to this post DEQU, a EU-financed project to development quality at technical universities across Europe, held its last workshop in Prague, 19-21 April. "Old" DEQU partners (from AT; CZ; ES; FI; UK) have concluded their work on key processes (www.dequ-info.net) how to improve stakeholder relations. The "new" valorisation partners from BG, HU, PL, and TR have extended these processes with a view to the specific situation at their organisations, challenged the DEQU model in a productive manner, and deepened the understanding of the DEQU sequence and complexity of processes of stakeholder inclusion - in other words, true added value and - "valor"-isation. Parts of the DEQU cognisance are contained in the twin-volume on higher education, published by navreme. posted by navreme @ 19 April 2007 12:22 PM 0 comments links to
this post The first activity of this project was a virtual conference, to clarify project objectives and a timetable. The project is part of EU-ALFA, a programme of co-operation between higher education institutions of the European Union and Latin America, and will elaborate a proposal on Intercultural Education at the Euro-Latin-American post graduation level. Based on a proposal by the INTER project group for expansion of the 2002-2005 INTER project to Latin America, the work plan foresees a localisation of teacher training materials on intercultural education developed for Chile, Columbia, Ecuador and Mexico, starting in early 2007, and involving INTER partners from Austria, Ireland, Latvia, Spain and the UK. posted by navreme @ 17 April 2007 6:52 PM 0 comments links to this
post The DEQU project was started in 2005, and has developed a framework of stakeholder relations for (technical universities). Partners are companies, universities and higher education agencies from 6 countries (Vienna - AT, Castelló - ES, Jyväskylä - FI, Prague - CZ, Leeds - UK, and - navreme boheme s.r.o (CZ, evaluator). A second group of validation partners in Prague present their experiences with the DEQU method: unversities of Varna (BG), Debrecin (HU), Cracov (PL), Bratislava (SK), and Ankara (TR). DEQU is holding its final workshop in Prague 19-21 April. The cordinator is navreme's partner firm 3s Unternehmensberatung GmbH (AT), and detailed information can be found on DEQU's project web-site. posted by navreme @ 15 April 2007 10:22 AM 0 comments links to
this post Via the platform of our local partner organisation DESTINO, and their platform www.erfolgs.at, Dr Baumgartl answered questions of dozens of users on the European Union and funding opportunities for SMEs. The second expert involved was Thomas Forstmayr from the consulting agency foerderfinder.at. The chat session can be accessed on-line. posted by navreme @ 13 April 2007 7:51 PM 0 comments links to this
post Bernd Baumgartl is again guest professor at the Master's programme of the European University Centre for Peace Studies. The one-week course will address the "Design, Management and Evaluation of Peace Projects", and contains the presentation and application of tools for management, evaluation theory, a simulation of a call for proposals, and the evaluation game ludovaluate. Students from all continents are about to finish their year of studies, to be completed by Master thesis. posted by navreme @ 08 April 2007 7:24 PM 0 comments links to this
post In the framework of the evaluation of the first series of projects in the field of EU cooperation with 3rd countries in the field of migration policy, commissioned by DG Justice of the European Commission, Mr Baumgartl is in Tirana. With the support of network partners, he is holding meetings with International Organisations, EU, Member States representatives, NGOs - and of course national government officials. Much of the problems in recipient countries, for Albania and for the migrants is due to the restrictive visa regime of the Member States, according to the prevalent view of interviewees. posted by navreme @ 03 April 2007 9:50 PM 0 comments links to this
post Dr Tzako Pantaleev and Dr Helmut Schramke, two navreme veterans, were in Vienna, and met with Bernd Baumgartl for planning meetings. One issue is the creation of another navreme nod in Bulgaria, in Dalbok Dol: "SOSTRA dnd". A project tracer study in Botswana was another issue; and the ongoing search for a partner organisation to share office, infrastructure and staff is another major theme, also in the coaching process for strategy, with coach Anita Rainer of bab consultants. posted by navreme @ 28 März 2007 11:46 AM 0 comments links
to this post Vol 5: Searching, Lurking, and the Zone of Proximal Development [ e-learning in small and medium enterprises in Europe, ISBN 9989-50-052-5 ] has been printed. Editor is navreme associate Graham Attwell from Pontydysgu in Wales (UK). He states that "perhaps the most important question is the relationship between education and training systems and informal learning. There is currently much attention paid to informal learning at a policy level. As such the concern is to develop an exchange value to learning which at present is seen only as having use value. A better approach might be to recognise the use value of informal learning through profiling learning in non-constrained (e)-portfolios. Such an approach would provide a major move to learner driven learning where all learning is valid rather than only recognising that learning supported by qualification frameworks". Available from the navreme website or via amazon! posted by navreme @ 27 März 2007 6:00 PM 0 comments links
to this post navreme has subscribed to three more proposed projects for the imminent call by the European Commission's education programmes: with EUCEN from Brussels (BE), we are going to operate as a partner to carry out a project on a European observatory of validation of non-formal and informal learning; with ADPM from Mértola (PT), we intend to carry out the project "learning without barriers" on adults' education; and with APQ–CISL from Roma (IT), in the Leonardo da Vinci programme a project with the acronym Open K-Net, on transfer of a model of Complex Learning to create a professional profile for “Distributors of Know-How”. posted by navreme @ 5:48 PM 0 comments links to this post Also Volume 7b of the navreme|publications series ("From Here to There: Mileposts of European Higher Education" - ISBN 9989-50-049-5. 191p.) will be available shortly. Its editors are Bernd Baumgartl, Fatma Mizikaci, and Dean Owen. While the first part dealt (7a) with some of the ‘big issues’ that are high on the agenda of almost any policy debate about higher education globally (see/click post of 27 February below), the second part of this volume (7b) moves from policy to implementation, from the general to the specific, and from the long-term to the present. We take a closer look at a number of navreme projects with a particular focus on developments in East and Southeast Europe: there is "general commitment and energy to implement Bologna. Nevertheless, and not only in South-East Europe, patterns of difficulties are different in each country in nature, and frequently the Bologna Process is clashing with inertia and fear of change...". posted by navreme @ 23 März 2007 11:07 AM 0 comments links
to this post In the framework of the ongoing evaluation of the first years of "Evaluation of Preparatory Actions B7-667 – Cooperation with third countries in the field of migration", an interview was held with a Dutch NGO active in Morocco. Migrants to the Netherlands are supported to set up businesses back in Morocco. Another NGO is providing humanitarian help to illegal would-be-immigrants outside the EU/Slovak border. Mainly Asian migrants are detained in camps in Western Ukraine under poor conditions. Subsequent analysis of further cases will show, if these interventions contribute to a meaningful solution of the migration challenge at European level. posted by navreme @ 10:58 AM 0 comments links to this post navreme tried first to hire competent staff who happen to be non-EU citizens; a work permit was first refused, and then issued too late, so the incumbent had already left for a job in Brussels. Then an expert from our nods abroad should take part in EU-commissioned research - and was denied visa for weeks. Eventually 2 important project meetings took place without them. While the Ministry of Interior Affairs laconically regrets the "inconveniences" and refers to the "legal status quo agreed in Parliament", the Chamber of Commerce in the words of its president Christoph Leitl states that "Austria must become an attractive immigration country for qualified foreign workforce". At present, the damage for navreme due to the lack of qualified collaborators is reaching several 10s of k€ - and the political discussion points rather to a further tightening of immigration rules. posted by navreme @ 10:44 AM 0 comments links to this post In meetings with director Gottfried Wagner and head of policy development Isabelle Schwarz at the European Cultural Foundation in Amsterdam it was agreed that a short briefing paper be produced instead of a previously planned detailed research exercise. The brief, lead by Jochen Fried on behalf of navreme, will try to perceive trends in the funding policy of major European foundations active in the fields of integration and culture. Cooperation with ECF is envisaged to continue later, with a view to the Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008. posted by navreme @ 10:38 AM 0 comments links to this post The protest letter by navreme on a series of utterly delayed payments had a positive effect: the European Commission has investigated three cases raised by navreme, and - while in the 2 more recent cases final reports have not been handed in by coordinators - has urged payment for the INTER project which ended in September 2005. Payment will happen in the next few days. posted by navreme @ 9:35 AM 0 comments links to this post In the first project meeting 19-20 March, in Nijmegen, a 2-year research cooperation under the lead of Universitat de Barcelona was started. It will investigate the role of higher education in the enhancement of the European social model - as a completion or alternative to the Lisbon agenda of global competitiveness. More to come on this! posted by navreme @ 17 März 2007 3:33 PM 0 comments links
to this post navreme has subscribed to three proposed projects for the imminent call by the European Commission's education programmes: with INDOR from Valencia, we apply to develop recognition schemes for migrants and their knowledge and skills; with AFORII from Palermo, we intend to create specific tools to allow distance study in universities; with UNED from Madrid, a network on intercultural education is (re-)proposed, which should include universities, authorities and schools; with EUCEN from Brussels, we are not yet sure if and how to join another project on a European observatory of validation of non-formal and informal learning. posted by navreme @ 3:22 PM 0 comments links to this post Since March, a new colleague has joined the navreme headquarter as project manager: Luisa Lobo de Rezende is originally from Brazil, where she gathered education and evaluation experience with indigenous peoples. posted by navreme @ 16 März 2007 12:56 AM 0 comments links
to this post navreme has participated in several EU-funded projects, 3 of which
finished in the last couple of years: INTER (Comenius - September
2005, on teacher training for intercultural education), MC-DIP (Minerva
- December 2006, on Multicultural Diagnostics Information Profiling)
and EVAL4 (Leonardo - September 2006, on testing of evaluation tools).
We have delivered ALL deliverables, and fulfilled ALL contractual
obligations. ALL products have been considered as high quality,
and were selected as model projects or for European Awards. ALL
necessary documentation was submitted in time, and in the correct
EU-required formats. For INTER we are waiting for the final payment
of ~ 12,000 EUR; for MC-DIP we are due the final payment of 11,600
EUR; for EVAL4 we wait for a interim payment of 7,000 EUR - and
do not even know when we can think of a final invoice. posted by navreme @ 15 März 2007 3:28 PM 0 comments links
to this post The expert team who will carry out desk research, interviews, surveys, case studies and field trips to investigate the outcome of the first three years of EU migration policy met in Vienna. After a meeting on method at the navreme premisses, a pilot interview with Caritas Austria (on a migrants support project in Ukraine), and de-briefing with Dr Perchinig from the Austrian Academy of Sciences were held. Contractor CSES from the UK (Jack Malan and Annamari Salonen) will be assisted by a Russian NGO and navreme (including Fatma Mizikaci who could not assist the workshop due to visa problems). posted by navreme @ 1:08 PM 0 comments links to this post Students from Macedonia are in Vienna to complete their courses on leadership and teamwork, which are offered by "cajtig", the Skopje-based node of navreme. On 03 March, exams were held by an international commission of academics and experts, and feedback on written works was given - before certificates of achievements were handed over to 19 successful (of a total of 23) participants. posted by navreme @ 02 März 2007 10:06 PM 0 comments links
to this post Dr Mizikaci’s efforts bear fruit already: navreme türkiye received a request from the state treasury office to train their personal on strategic planning via practice-based workshops. Navreme is now preparing a proposal with suggestions for the training process, which should be followed by practical advise on the strategy production according to the state planning organisation (DPT) and EU regulations. Moreover, AK Energi, an energy company in Istanbul has aked for support to produce a tender dossier for a EU project which they want to apply for. posted by navreme @ 10:04 PM 0 comments links to this post The INTER Project on intercultural education, already laureate of the European Evens Award for intercultural education in 2005 (see press communiqué), was again premiated. For its "INTER Guide" on intercultural education (initial and continuing training materials for teachers), it was conferred the Premio AULA of the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science. AULA is awarded to "the best educational materials of the year (2006)". The INTER Guide is available in several languages from the web-sites of navreme's project partners Universidade do Porto and UNED in Madrid. posted by navreme @ 10:03 PM 0 comments links to this post Volume 7a of the navreme|publications series ("From Here to There: Mileposts in Higher Education" - ISBN 9989-50-050-9, 112p.) will be available shortly. Its editors are Bernd Baumgartl, Jochen Fried, Anna Glass and contributions from all continents describe changes in governance, demography and research/teaching tasks, with remarkable differences between the continents. As author Daxner states: "we tend to speak of the university. The idea has proven to be stronger than the effects of real diversification ... and its future? It seems that the future has become either an extrapolation of the present into infinite space and time, or set of scenarios which reflect more of our fears and hopes than our options... indeed, has the university a future?". Forthcoming volume 7b will exemplify the themes raised on vol. 7a with concrete examples from Europe. Labels: publications posted by navreme @ 27 Februar 2007 11:04 AM 0 comments links to
this post Jan Øberg, peace activist at the Transnational Foundation
for Peace and Future Research in Lund, and teacher colleague of
Mr Baumgartl at the European Peace University in Schlaining, has
published yet another relevant insight ("treasure") into
peace development: "Peace is to develop security and secure
development of the whole human being and all human beings. It weaves
together a series of ‘balances’ – inner and outer,
self- and other-reliance, material and spiritual – as well
as conflict and consensus. posted by navreme @ 9:01 AM 0 comments links to this post Dr Baumgartl met network partners in Bulgaria last weekend. Planning moved ahead to found a joint company, with its seat in Dalbok Dol, a town in the Balkan mountains. Together with long-term collaborator Dr Pantaleev, a visit was undertaken to review progress in setting up the future headquarters. posted by navreme @ 26 Februar 2007 7:35 PM 0 comments links to
this post The bilingual Vol 6 of our publication series is in print: Racism:
A Teenagers' Perspective. Results of Preliminary Research from Madrid
[ Racismo, adolescencia e inmigración. Imágenes y
experiencia del racismo en adolescentes y jóvenes ]. Authors
are from the Grupo INTER in Madrid, researchers from UNED, Universidad
Complutense and CSIC, with a prologue on “Denied Racism or
Diversified Racialisation?”, by Bernd Baumgartl. The book
will be published as navreme|publications No. 6, ISBN 9989-50-048-5,
Madrid/Vienna, February 2007. posted by navreme @ 22 Februar 2007 11:56 PM 0 comments links to
this post navreme has registered as a partner of amazon, and our publication series can soon be bought via their bookstore. posted by navreme @ 11:47 PM 0 comments links to this post At the Moravian EU Centre, Bernd Baumgartl participated in a public conference together with newropeans president Franck Biancheri (Paris) and Zdenek Zalis (Prague). In front of an audience of predominantly students, the speakers addressed the current crisis of the EU, the incapacity of the system to exit the institutional blockage, and ways out via bottom-up citizens involvement. posted by navreme @ 20 Februar 2007 9:47 AM 0 comments links to
this post navreme, with the support of a number of network partners and organizations,
has the intention to build a university in Second Life, and to offer
higher education, i.e. seminars, workshops, courses and –
in the long run – also study programmes. Navreme would welcome
the cooperation in the development, and implementation of existing
and new e-learning offers in the “navreme university SL”. posted by navreme @ 17 Februar 2007 2:24 PM 0 comments links to
this post Two wonderful babies were born in Prague this month: the twins Viktor and Katerina! Their parents Petra Jedlicková and Jakub Štogr (both from navreme boheme) took them home recently (see first photos). We sincerely wish them all the best for their lives in the 21st century... posted by navreme @ 16 Februar 2007 10:43 AM 0 comments links to
this post navreme's historic meeting point, Café Drechsler on Vienna's Central Market Naschmarkt, has been lifted, and opened today. Dr Jochen Fried and Bernd Baumgartl tested the setting (foto), and found it still appropriate for Europe-wide brainstorming (see the related contribution in our volume No. 3 "Let Nets Work"). posted by navreme @ 15 Februar 2007 3:59 PM 0 comments links to
this post Early Black newspapers in America were an inspiration to all who cared to take note of the bevy published mostly out of New York City during perlious times. navreme associate Frankie Hutton in her re-issued book THE EARLY BLACK PRESS IN AMERICA does an exceptional analysis of the editors' intent and the undercurrents of their democratic idealism as applied in such forerunners as Freedom's Journal, The Colored American and The North Star. This is why many of us in Europe are inspired by the spirit and conscience of African American newspapers that have managed to stay alive for nearly 200 years. posted by navreme @ 12 Februar 2007 2:04 PM 0 comments links to
this post navreme boheme was selected to execute a package of ICT tasks for the EU-financed project "Educational Competency Assessments Core Competency Framework for the €uropean Financial Advisor" (€FA). Aims of the project are: 1. elaborate the knowledge based educational curriculum, accreditation and certification system currently employed by the European Financial Planning Association by creating a full competence framework for financial planning advisors, and; 2. produce a clear, and easy to use educational competence assessment matrix for educational program providers. This will facilitate educational program development, design of assessments and accreditation of educational programs across Europe. posted by navreme @ 11:46 AM 0 comments links to this post Since 01 February, Dr Fatma Mizikaci, programme director of navreme in Ankara has started to work for navreme türkiye, the Turkish nod of the navreme network, on a permanent basis. In order to further enhance the navreme programmes and activities in Turkey, she reduced her teaching assignments to a fortnightly supervision of graduate students at Near Eastern University in Northern Cyprus. Trainings and expert services offered in Turkey and Northern Cyprus range from EU programmes to Higher Education consulting, as well as capacity and institution building. posted by navreme @ 11:36 AM 0 comments links to this post 2 periodic evaluation briefs were produced and sent to ongoing EU-Leonardo projects by the navreme team (Petra Jedlicková, Fatma Mizikaci and Bernd Baumgartl): EB1 to the recently started TT+ (navreme KEG, Vienna), and EB4 to DEQU (navreme boheme, Prague). Via an innovative method of assembling "use cases", TT+ investigates the continuing professional development of trainers, while DEQU develops key processes for stakeholder relations of universities. posted by navreme @ 01 Februar 2007 7:45 AM 0 comments links to
this post The Austrian League of Human Rights approached navreme to design a research exercise on the "European Democratic Society and its New Enemies", which should document and analyse existing threats for democracy and Human Rights in Central Europe. New enemies for democracy and human rights seem the have spread and consolidated at the beginning of the 21st century. This is why the first draft of the joint activity proposes to a) understand the size, character and potential growth of right-wing extremists in Central Europe since 2000; b) document their main activity, influence and impact on public discourse and politics; c) draw attention to the threats and consequences of accepting (and fighting) right-wing groups; and d) develop counter-measures and policies to protect, enhance and develop democratic society and the application of Human Rights. posted by navreme @ 30 Jänner 2007 4:58 PM 0 comments links
to this post Under the editorship of Jochen Fried, Bernd Baumgartl and Anna Glass, volume 7 of the navreme publications series will address "Megatrends in Higher Education: Lessons from Practice and Challenges for 21st Century". It touches on the areas of governance, stakeholders, demography, and looks beyond research and teaching: "We tend to speak of the university. The idea has proven to be stronger than the effects of real diversification, and even in serious debates the questions what a real university has to be are not infrequent. And future?" reads a contribution by Michael Daxner, former president of Oldenburg University. Contributions were sent by top scientist in Europe, America, Africa and Asia. posted by navreme @ 29 Jänner 2007 8:00 PM 0 comments links
to this post The Leonardo project €FA is developing a new pan-Europe qualification for Financial Advisors (who work with insurance, banking and savings/investments). The project is led by the European Financial Planning Association (EFPA) and CamProf is the international coordinator. navreme boheme will send its proposal to create a website offering the project's core competence framework and Educational Competence Assessment tool. posted by navreme @ 3:25 AM 0 comments links to this post navreme türkiye is in cooperation with plus akademi to recruit courses on EU project management for Turkish companies. Plus akademi has contacts with Kayseri Ticaret Odasi and TR Ministry of Education to take on navreme türkiye seminars on regular base. Dr. Mizikaci had a meeting with the vice presidents of the Near East University in Cyprus to set up long-term relation on joint masters programs on peace studies and conflict resolution in Cyprus with an international consortium. navreme türkiye is also on the way to apply for UNDP and EU programs to realize EU training courses in Northern Cyprus. The presidency of the Cyprus Turkish Chamber of Industry in Nicosia has proposed navreme türkiye coaching and a tailor made model consultancy for EU project management for Northern Cypriot companies. navreme türkiye's trainers are putting forward a new model to sign up this proposal. posted by navreme @ 28 Jänner 2007 11:46 AM 0 comments links
to this post This is a test if one can rely post on this blog via simple email to this address. - And obviously it works: just email baumgartl.navreme@blogger.com. posted by navreme @ 23 Jänner 2007 9:09 PM 0 comments links
to this post "5 fabricas" is a impressive documentary film, made in Venezuela. It describes the management of these former idle factories which is now completely in the hands of the workers. In assemblies, they define the factory's objectives (e.g. instead of serving the international market support the region, instead of profit create welfare in the community, or instead of efficiency reduce worktime). The success and empowerment of these workers is striking. Many things spring to mind when thinking about their potential application at navreme: social and cultural aims, co-decision-making, quality of life, etc. For a start, our "philantropy" was re-named "social engagement". posted by navreme @ 8:54 PM 0 comments links to this post A new partner in marketing our courses on EU programmes in Turkey is Plus Akademi, who already announce the courses of navreme türkiye on their web-site. Also the Austrian Chamber of Commerce has posted our courses on their web-site. Information in Turkish is now online as well. posted by navreme @ 1:37 PM 0 comments links to this post Corinna Milborn, the editor of Liga, the magazine of the Austrian League of Human Rights (of which navreme is a member), has been awarded the prestigious "Kreisky Award for the Political Book". Indeed her book "Gestürmte Festung Europa" (Stormed Fortress Europe) points to the very source of European problems: immigration which is hence unwanted and impeded, hence accepted and needed. The increasing lawlessness and precarity of millions of foreigners working in the EU is reinforced with the construction of concentration camps for refugees-to-be outside the EU borders (budget line EU migration policy!). Indeed - there is no (im)migration policy which merits this name. Cordial congratulations to Corinna! posted by navreme @ 1:04 PM 0 comments links to this post The killing in Turkey of a marvellous man by a 17-old boy alone (??) is of course a welcome message for all kinds of extremists, inside Turkey and in the EU. The Turkish army will underline the security threat - hence a stronger role for them; The anti-Turkish forces will point to the lawless state in Turkey; The nationalists triumph; The Islamists underline the need for national unity; etc. The only ones who lose are those interested in cooperation, de-escalation, dialogue. Who will dare to raise the issue of a (always preceded by "so-called") genocide or not in Turkey, if this incurs a mortal risk?? However, it is the Turks who need to sort out their history and identity, foreign interference will only cause an outcry. If the USA follow indeed France in officially condemning denial of an Armenian genocide in Turkey, anti-modernist and nationalist forces will grow even stronger. It is a unhealthy spiral, and the way out ever more complicated. posted by navreme @ 12:52 PM 0 comments links to this post Today both Gerhard Bronner died in Vienna and Hrant Dink was killed in Istanbul. The Austrian cabaret artist told this story recently: A man enters a room, shits in its centre, and leaves. Another man enters the room, and notes: "It stinks!" It is the latter one who is the Nestbeschmutzer (somebody putting dirt on one's one nest, i.e. criticizing his own people, nation, country). Let us continue to denounce those who talk or bring shit, and honour those who raised the issues and will be badly missed, like Bronner or the Armenian-Turkish publisher and "offender of Turkishness" Dink - RIP (17 January 2007). posted by navreme @ 19 Jänner 2007 5:26 PM 0 comments links
to this post A joint three-year project of Spanish universities, navreme and the Council of Scientific Research (a Spanish academy of sciences) CSIC has been approved by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science. Under the leadership of navreme's scholar in residence 2006, Dr.a Margarita del Olmo Pintado, "Strategies of Social Integration and Prevention of Racism in Schools" will be investigated. The project follows on research undertaken in 2006 in Spanish schools which found high levels of racism amongst students (see announcement of 09 January below), and is also related to the EU/ALFA-funded expansion of previous work in Intercultural Education to Latin America - (14 January 2007). posted by navreme @ 4:01 PM 0 comments links to this post The forth edition of economics courses of our Macedonian node CAJTIG has started in autumn 2006: "Through Training To Business Excellence" (TTBE 4), together with the second-level "Leadership in Enterprise" (LEAD 2) and "Enterprise Success by Teamwork" (TEAM 1). TTBE 4, LEAD 2 and a course for "Management for Dentists" were launched in Sofia in October, and continued for the whole winter semester in different Macedonian cities. The final session is planned to be held on 25-29 January (13 January 2007). posted by navreme @ 3:57 PM 0 comments links to this post Bernd Baumgartl has been asked to act as a lecturer in intercultural competences within a MA programme at the Danube University in Krems (AT). His session is scheduled end April 2007, and will focus on the experiences of navreme in transnational/European projects and assignments. The course is announced at the university's web-site. Other teaching assignments are again at the European University of Peace Studies in Schlaining (AT), and the ILO Training Centre in Torino (IT) - (12 January 2007). posted by navreme @ 3:56 PM 0 comments links to this post Dr Fatma Mizikaci, programme director of navreme's activities in Turkey and Northern Cyprus (navreme türkiye), is organising further delivery of our training course "Tips and Tricks on EU programmes and tenders", and new offers to Turkish companies and organisations for advanced training by our Turkish trainers (11 January 2007). posted by navreme @ 3:48 PM 0 comments links to this post The findings from interviews carried out in schools in Madrid (ES) in 2006 by the INTER group are surprising, and shocking: Youngsters emphatically state that they 1) are exposed to and involved in acts of racism on a regular basis, 2) understood the mechanisms of racist attitudes and behaviours, although they can not explain why racism is present in our society and they do not really know how to cope with racist situations, and 3) - most striking – they do not talk to adults about it, as students contend that adults make racial problems worse. The results of this study are in the process of publication ("Racism: A Teenagers' Perspective") as volume 6 in navreme's series (09 January 2007). posted by navreme @ 3:46 PM 0 comments links to this post For the third time, navreme started the year in Salzburg. As part of the international faculty, Dr Baumgartl conducted a seminar day during the Salzburg Seminar's International Study Programme (ISP) session 16. Under the title "Colleges as Sites of Global Citizenship: America and the World" some 50 college students and their faculty from the USA gathered in Leopoldskron Castle. The objective of the programme is for Community Colleges and State Universities to learn about, and prepare for, opening their campus and curricula to a global dimension. The section of the seminar run by Dr Baumgartl was on the themes "Global Responsibility, Human Rights, Intercultural Education" (04 January 2007).
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