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„Inclusion through Education and Culture”

Joint Conference of the
The University Network of the European Capitals of Culture
and the
Compostela Group of Universities

14-15 October 2010
University of Pécs
Pécs, European Capital of Culture 2010

Preliminary Programme

Thursday 14 October 2010
Venue: Faculty of Business and Economics

13.00 – 14.00 UNeECC General Assembly

14.00 – 14.30 Press Conference

14.30 – 15.30 Opening Ceremony

1. Plenary address by József Bódis, Rector of the University of Pécs
2. Plenary address by Mayor of the City of Pécs
3. Plenary address by Flora Carrijn, President of UNeECC
4. Plenary address by Maurits van Rooijen, President of Compostela Group of Universities
5. Plenary address by Csaba Ruzsa, Director of the Pécs 2010 European Capital of Culture Office
6. Plenary address by Şekib Avdagiç, Chairman of the Executive Board of the the Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture Agency
7. Plenary address by Maria Baumeister, Assistant of the Managing Director of the Ruhr 2010 Gmbh

15.30-16.30 Plenary Session

1.    Plenary address by Katalin Bogyay, Ambassador of the Republic of Hungary to UNESCO
2.    Plenary address by Ann Branch, Head of Culture Programme and actions Unit, Education and Culture DG, European Commission
3.    Plenary address by Mary McCarthy, Director National Sculpture Factory Cork Ireland. Former Director of Programmes Cork 2005
4.    Plenary address by Mary Tupan-Wenno, President of the European Access Network

16.30    – 17.00 Coffee Break

17.00– 18.00 Plenary Session: Social Inclusion and ECoC programmes

-    Michael Cooper, Executive Director, European Access Network, "Attitudes and mindsets. Higher Education' s opportunity to combat social exclusion"

-    Neil Peterson, Culture Liverpool, Liverpool: Culture Liverpool – building on the European Capital of Culture

-    Mike Osborne, Professor of Adult and Lifelong Education, and Co-director of the PASCAL Observatory, University of Glasgow, Glasgow: Universities and their role in combating social exclusion and poverty at regional level in Europe

-    László Komlósi, Senior Vice Rector of the University of Pécs – The Impact of Educational Policies and Internationalization on Learning Outcomes

18.00: Opening of the Exhibition of the Documentation Centre on European Capitals of Culture, Athens

20.00. Gala Dinner

Friday 15 October 2010
Venue: Faculty of Business and Economics

9.00 – 10.45 Parallel Sessions II.

Session A:
Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion

-    Ed Kuczaj – Jessica Carson, Corks Institute of Technology, Cork, Arts Participation and Development in a Social Context

-    Ana Ma Fuertes - Raquel Agost, Universitat Jaume, Jaume: Combating Social Exclusion through Social Capital. The importance of building networks in immigrant communities: A Spanish perspective.

-    Ádám Guld, University of Pécs, Pécs: The Media Discourse – Can Popular Culture Fight Against Poverty and Social Exclusion?

-    Ágnes Simon, Pécs2010 Management Centre Nonprofit Ltd., Pécs: The Pécs2010 programme in the light of the 25th anniversary of the European Capitals of Culture

-    Hatto Fischer, Poiein kai Prattein – NGO, Athens: Poverty of Experience – a real cultural challenge

Session B:
Assessment of ECoC programmes

-    Branimir Vukorepa- Petar Filipić, University of Split, Split: Assessment of social usefulness of the program of European Capital of Culture "European Capital of Culture" - economic goals and effects of the program

-    Daniel Paül i Agustí, University of Lleida, Lleida: Tourism, civil society and major events. How and when cultural celebrations can promote social mixture?

-    András Trócsányi, University of Pécs, Pécs: The spatial implications of urban renewal carried out by the ECC program Pécs

-    Christin Berg – Rune Dahl Fitjar – Hilmar Rommetvedt, International Research Institute of Stavanger (IRIS), University of Stavanger, Stavanger: European Capitals of Culture and the Citizens’ Participation: the Case of Stavanger 2008

-    Eva-Nicoleta Burdusel - Camelia Oprean, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Sibiu: A Holistic Approach to Higher Education: Challenges and Changes for the Sustainable University

Session C:
ECC efforts and the University against Social Exclusion

-    Bill Chambers, Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool: Liverpool Culture Campus: linking higher education and the arts

-    Ákos Tóth, Kecskemét College, Kecskemét: The impact of Human Capital on the economic performance of the cultural sector of the European Union

-    Katalin Dobrai – Ferenc Farkas, University of Pécs, Pécs: Nongovernmental Organizations for Equal Opportunities – Projects in the Framework of the European Capital of Culture

-    Asa Bergenheim, Umea University, Umea: Umea University – a power plant in the Culturized City

10.45 – 11.15 Coffee Break

11.15 – 13.00 Parallel Sessions III.

Session A:
Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion

-    Márta B. Erdős – Éva Knyihar, University of Pécs, Pécs2010 Management Centre, Pécs: From Audience to Participants

-    Renáta Anna Dezső, University of Pécs, Pécs: Raising awareness of socially excluded groups in teacher training

-    Peter Sköld, Centre for Sami Research, Umea University, Umea: Sami Identity in the Cross-Fire between Politics and Culture – Representations in the Cultural Capital Process Umea 2014

-    James Kenyon, Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool: ‘Youth gangs and the value of sport in the 2008 European Capital of Culture’

-    Arianna Mazzeo - Andrea Solans, University of Lleida, Lleida Government, Lleida: Cities for All. Social inclusion and public space

Session B:
Assessment of ECoC programmes

-    Georg Simet, University of Applied Sciences of Neuss, Neuss, The Importance of Creativity and Innovation for Adopting Istanbul as European Capital of Culture

-    Antonio Talone – Enrico Tommarchi, IUAV University of Venice: Unity in diversity in the European Capital of Culture

-    Céline Blondeau, Lille Catholic University, Lille: Lille 2004: consequences and impacts

-    Sabina-Adina Luca – Drago Dragoman, ‘Lucian Blaga’ University of Sibiu, Sibiu: Sibiu – European Capital of Culture 2007. An assesment of its impact on local development and identity

-    Anna Arvanitaki, General Secretariat for Spatial Planning and Urban Environment, Greece: Urban Development and Culture: conditions for osmoses

Session C:
ECC efforts and the University against Social Exclusion

-    Witold Ostafinski, The Pontifical University of John Paul II in Cracow, Cracow: Poverty in the University and Its Effects on the Student Academic Experience

-    Susana de Andrés del Campo – Rodrigo González Martín, University of Valladolid, Valladolid: Creative Social Responsibility. An educative experience against disability exclusion

-    Balázs Németh, University of Pécs, Pécs: Fighting back Poverty and Social Exclusion with Better Adult Learning: A Challenging Work for Universities

-    Katalin Füzér, University of Pécs, Pécs: Social Urban Rehabilitation Policies and Universities: the Case of Pécs, European Capital of Culture 2010 and the University of Pécs

13.00 – 14.00 Lunch

14.00 – 15.45 Parallel Sessions IV.

Session A:
Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion

-    Ria Vermote, University college of West Flanders, Kortrijk: Social Work Education and Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion

-    Myriam Deroo, University college of West Flanders, Kortrijk: Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion: “De Katrol as a good practice: research and impact”

-    Tamás Bartus, University of Pécs, Pécs: Spatial mismatch, commuting and unemployment. Evidence from Hungary

-    Silvia Florea, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania : Higher Education for All: The Roma Minority and the Way from Virtual Chance to Real Access to English Studies

Session B:
Assessment of ECoC programmes

-    Zsófia Zadravecz, University of Pécs: The European Capital of Culture Programme: Strategic Weapon or a failure in the war of competition?

-    Jonas Ericson, Umea University, Umea: Creativity at lunchtime, inspiring with culture in a scientific environment. Culture on Campus and Culture Trade

-    Tuuli Lähdesmäki, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä: Europeanness in the making: from policy to practice

-    Domenico Crisafulli, University of Messina, Messina: European Capital of Culture – branding and belonging strategy

Session C:
ECC efforts and the University against Social Exclusion

-    Szabolcs Zalay, University of Pécs, Pécs: Special andragogy strategy against the poverty and the social exclusion – The application of drama pedagogy method in the cultural project managers' training

-    Eszter Sayed-Mohammed, University of Pécs, Pécs: Analysis of the Hungarian higher education system in the aspects of equal opportunities and rural development

-    Valero-Valero, Ma del Mar. - Lázaro-Guillamón, Universitat Jaume, Jaume: Permanent Observatory of the Immigration: a new psychosocial approach of the cultures and the migrations

15.45 – 16.15 Coffee Break

16.15 – 17.15 Conclusions

17.15 Closing address by László Andor, European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal opportunities

19.00 Closing Dinner

Saturday 16 October 2010

10:00 – 13.00: Optional tour of Pécs
Visit at the UNESCO World Heritage site of Pécs, guided tour in the city of Pécs (by bus and on foot)

For more information please contact:

Gyöngyi Pozsgai
Secretary General
pozsgai.gyongyi@pte.hu

III. UNeECC Student Workshop, 13-16 October 2010, Pécs, Hungary

We are pleased to inform you that the

University Network of the European Capitals of Culture (UNeECC)
will hold its
III. UNeECC Student Workshop: ’Youth involvement: international students communication through ECoC Programme’
in Pécs, one of the European Capital of Culture in 2010.

The participants will be leaders or representatives of UNeECC members' Student Associations

UNeECC provides its the participants with accommodation, meals and transportation for free of charge during the workshop. The students only have to pay for their travel expenses.
Students arriving from non-member universities are asked to pay a 90 eur registration fee.

Please download the Call, registration form and preminilary programme

A film about a previous UNeECC workshop can be seen at:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/University-Network-of-the-European-Capitals-of-Culture/116787261680672?v=app_2392950137&ref=ts#!/video/video.php?v=1535152811893

For more information please contact Krisztina László at laszlo.krisztina@pte.hu

The deadline of registration is 10 September 2010

I. UNeECC Student Workshop, Pécs, Hungary, 2009

II. UNeECC Student Workshop, Vilnius, Lithuania, 2009

New social platform for the students from the member universities of the University Network of the European Capitals of Culture!

In October 2009, the UNeECC student committee met in Vilnius, Lithuania. During one of the brainstorming sessions, different means of communication to promote the UNeECC student committee were discussed; that is how the idea of the website arose.
The UNeECC student website has different goals. The main goal of creating this website is to encourage international communication between students and to make the idea of the student network more visible and real.
A second purpose of the website is to facilitate finding partners for different projects and ideas.
Finally, a third goal is to provide more information about UNeECC and the UNeECC student committee.
In the idea box, members will be able to post ideas concerning projects etc. The forum and the chat are places where members will be able to keep in touch and have discussions. Upcoming projects and activities can be placed under the category agenda.
Hopefully this website will be the first step in making collaboration between student organizations and students more efficient.

Come and join us at http://uneeccstudents.ning.com/

Join the University Network of the European Capitals of Culture on Facebook!

Address from the President

Dear visitor,

Welcome to the website of UNeECC, the University Network of the European Capitals of Culture.
UNeECC is a unique academic network since its member universities are all located in cities which have been, are or will be European Capitals of Culture. As such, UNeECC not only aspires to stimulate regular academic cooperation, i.e. education and research, between its members, but also aims at developing and reshaping the universities' regional position. UNeECC wants to foster collaboration between cities and universities and is convinced that together 'town' and 'gown' will contribute to the success of the European Capitals of Culture.
Since its creation in 2006 our network has known a considerable growth and now comprises almost 50 member universities from 20 countries. Moreover we are proud of the ‘European mix’ UNeECC represents: members universities come form both ‘old’ and ‘new’ EU Member States, as well as from Candidate countries; among them are institutions with a long-standing tradition as well as recently founded universities. They all share a true vocation in the development of a more outspoken European dimension in their research and education and the engagement to join forces with local authorities so to strengthen the impact of the European Capitals of Culture by giving academic support to the organization of the programmes and initiating additional events aimed at specific audiences. From our website and the activity reports it contains, you will learn that UNeECC does not restrict itself to advocacy of the European cultural cause, but actively participates in it through conferences, lectures series, student activities, research dating and active networking, notably in the field of internationalisation.
‘Thinking European and acting regional’ is a UNeECC-ly added academic value we can offer since it emanates from our cultural diversity, interchange of ideas, international collaboration, and our thirst for new challenges and opportunities. We invite all our colleague universities in past, present and future European Capitals of Culture to join our network and share their experience and aspirations with us.
Looking forward to meeting you at one of our activities!

Prof. dr. Flora Carrijn
President

About UNEECC

The University Network of the European Capitals of Culture (UNeECC), an international non-profit ass ociation, was founded in Péécs Hungary in December 2006, by 15 founding members.

The creation of UNeECC originates from the idea that it would be useful for Universities and establishments of Higher Education based in European Capitals of Culture to use this well known and prestigious European institution to stimulate new forms of academic and educational institutional collaboration.