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EUROPEAN INTEGRATION
– THE ROLE OF HIGHER
EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
UPDATED VERSION 17 SEPTEMBER 2017
Welcome to our Session!
Friday 15 September – 10.30-11-30 Room Paris B
September 17, 2017 Slide 2
Goals of the Session
1. Identification of concrete areas of
action/initatives of universities to promote
European integration and EU values (National +
EU Programme Good Practice Examples)
2. Identification of concrete needs and wishes to
go beyond the present level and reach out to
civil society (civil outreach/“third mission“ of
universities)
Speakers:
• Edith Genser, Jean Monnet Unit, EACEA
• Beate Körner, DAAD/National Agency for Higher
Education and Cooperation
Chair:
• Alexandra Angress, Aschaffenburg University, Germany
September 17, 2017 Slide 3
Who are we? The session team
1.Setting the Scene
2.Brainstorming: Exchange of Experience &
Expertise
• Role of HEIs in promoting EU integration/EU related
values
• Good Practice Examples
• Needs/Wishes/Ideas
3.Good Practice Examples: National and EU
Programme Initiatives
“Europa macht Schule” – Europe meets School (DAAD)
Erasmus+/Jean Monnet Programme
September 17, 2017 Slide 4
Agenda
1.Setting the Scene –
Founding Rationale of the EU
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The EU was founded to
• maintain peace among nations
• create European culture based on diversity
• provide political stability through economic cooperation
Art. 2 “The Union is founded on the values of
respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy,
equality, the rule of law and respect for human
rights, including the rights of persons belonging to
minorities. These values are common to the
Member States in a society in which pluralism,
non-discrimination, tolerance, justice, solidarity
and equality between men and women prevail“.
September 17, 2017 Slide 6
1.Setting the Scene – EU Treaties
Art. 3
1.“The Union‘s aim is to promote peace, its valuesand the well-being of its people. …
3…It shall combat social exclusion anddiscrimination, and shall promote social justicesand protection…
It shall promote economic, social and territorial cohesion, and solidarity among Member States
It shall respect its rich cultural and linguisticdiversity, and shall ensure that Europe‘s culturalheritage is safeguarded and enhanced“….
September 17, 2017 Slide 7
1.Setting the Scene – EU Treaties
• Unity of values (e.g. freedom, democracy,
human rights…) and rule of law,
fundamental rights
• Diversity of culture, languages, religions etc.
September 17, 2017 Slide 8
1.Setting the Scene – EU = Unity in
Diversity
• New Political Leadership/Paradigms
• Terror Threats
• Refugee Crisis
• Economic Crisis
• Euroscepticism
• European values/Rule of Law
September 17, 2017 Slide 9
1.Setting the Scene: Europe under
pressure
1.Setting the Scene – Example
Pulse of Europe but no EU Civil
Society
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Source:http://www.euronews.com/video/2017/03/20/pulse-of-europe-rallies-show-support-for-a-united-europe
http://pulseofeurope.eu/?lang=en
• HEIs’ Education Mandate for Society: Strong and responsible universities for an open, democratic, inclusive (European) society
• This “third mission” (“services”/”third stream”/”communities engagement””) of HEIs can comprise activities such as
– engagement with industry at local community level
– engagement with civil society e.g. supporting grass root level initiatives e.g. through students/youth commitment
– creation of EU added value/dimension with the help of international contacts and networks of HEIs
September 17, 2017 Slide 11
1.Setting the Scene:
HEIs’ (Third) Mission
HEI should more
actively engage in
dissemination the
European idea!!
HEI have an educational
role and responsibility to
play in society in fostering
internationalisation,
tolerance and intercultural
dialogue!!!
1.Setting the Scene –
Results from a DAAD workshop
September 17, 2017 Slide 13
Is your university actively involved
in promoting the European idea
through projects?
September 17, 2017 Slide 14
In which fields is your university(most) actively involved?
1. University - (VET)/School Cooperation
2. Outreach to civil society through regional embeddedness of actions (“third mission“)
3. Active civic and societal engagement
1.What role can HEIs play to promote EU
integration/EU related values (“third mission”)?
2.Which Good Practice Examples would you
like to share here?
3.What are your needs, wishes, ideas for the
future?
September 17, 2017 Slide 15
2.Exchange of Experience &
Expertise
September 17, 2017 Slide 16
2.Exchange of Experience &
Expertise: Participants‘ Input at a
Glance – Role of HEI
HEIs should
• provide more online learning resources esp. language trainingand transferrable skills (contact: Susanne Feiertag, NUFFIC)
• involve different stakeholders in projects
• develop intercultural competences
• ensure teaching EU values in language classes and designatedsubject areas
• disseminate research based facts to wider public and politics toreduce fear-based rhethorics in public
• facilitate more inclusion and make first step easier forintegration e.g. of refugees
• provide good examples of why we do this (mission)
• engage more in societal outreach and engagement as third rolebesides education and research
• promote open sciences
• tell stories on EU and integration and success stories of EU (e.g. freedom of movement)
September 17, 2017 Slide 17
2.Participants‘ Input - Role of HEIs 1/2
HEIs should
• make Erasmus+ more inclusive
• stimulate open mindedness
• encourage + involve students
• leave their ivory tower e.g. by getting the right people on
board for these actions
• share knowlege and work together
• engage more in projects with the participation of civil
society and local associations
• focus on real life problems e.g. traffic issues, sustainabilty
• think not only of host country but also of EU
integration/values during orientation week for
Erasmus+/incoming students (e.g. when presenting France
as host country integrate a lesson on EU and integration and
success stories of EU e.g. freedom of movement)
• September 17, 2017 Slide 18
2.Participants‘ Input - Role of HEI 2/2
September 17, 2017 Slide 19
2.Participants‘ Input at a Glance –
Good Practice Examples
• European Voluntay Service (EVS)
• World@school new project, volunteers work of TWC students and other
students: TWC internships combined with community services by Flemish
students in Washington (contact: Magalie Soenen, Flemish Government,
Department Education and Training)
• Temporary EU campus in Amsterdam last year in the framework of EU
presidency of the Netherlands (main theme: sustainable future)
• Dialogue Pilots: subject at university of Oslo with study points, dialogue
method and cultural understanding, create a network of youths//young
adultus and include pupils from high schools
• Contact: Academic Dugnad at Unviersity of Oslo/all of Norway
(www.uio.no/akademisk-dugnad) + Language Cafes where students and
refugees can meet; email: akademisk-dugnad@admin.uio.no - Academic
dugnad for refugees and asylum seekers)
• Design Faculty helps promote a local newspaper of the homeless in the
city (University of Applied Sciences of Düsseldorf = UAS)
• Roemenre exchange with students and teachers/staff
and work in the fieldSeptember 17, 2017 Slide 20
2.Participants‘ Input – G.P. Examples 1/2
• Refugee projects from social sicences faculty to integrate refugees in the
city (Düsseldorf UAS)
• Internationalisation at home projects/cooperation with EU universities on
these subjects
• 46 nationalities on campus and give opportunties to each nationality to
present their language, culture and food (!) during the International Week
• Involvement of students & alumni
• Integration of internat./civic society related topics in Masters programme
e.g. global food issues, citizenship
• Refugee support by volunteers (students) on campus
• Projects with real integration of students (foreign and domestic) into local
community
• Plan Refugium: Integration of Refugees into University, Training and
Awareness (email: morillas@um.es. Universidad de Murcia)
• Usage of Erasmus + and in addition EVS at university (AGU Youth
Factory,www.agu.edu.tr)
September 17, 2017 Slide 21
2.Participants‘ Input – G.P. Examples 2/2
September 17, 2017 Slide 22
2.Participants‘ Input at a Glance -
Wishes/Needs/Ideas
HEI should
• be responsible at regional level and reach out more to civil society
• involve regional politicians/decision makers for support in this
• organise Storytelling of returned students in schools (erasmus/outgoing
students)
• use/value refugees as person and source and not as problem
• provide English courses for free
• make this EU actions more visible to more people
• give more attention to local issues instead of EU or global issues (= that is
also European)
• register sessions and programmes for students and Phd programmes to
promote EU integration and values
• invite European companies and organisations to come to universities and
tell about what they do and then organise session/event aroudn this (EU
values/mission etc)
• Develop EU values catalogue/teaching material to hand out in classes and
also to exchange students
September 17, 2017 Slide 23
2.Participants‘ Input – Needs/Ideas 1/4
HEI should…
• organise bridging courses
• promote active civic and societal engagement in their HEI mission
• know more about curricula of their (Erasmus+) partners in the area of EU
related studies and cooperate in this field
• promote EU values in countries of Erasmus students‘ mobility and have
them talk in HEIs and colleges
• support EU integration and EU related values through leadership
• integrate EU values/EU in ongoing mobility preparatory
trainings/preparations and mix foreign and (former) outgoing students
• make EU/EU dimension a compulsory element for Erasmus+
outgoings/incoming students e.g. in their preparaton
• organise partner institutions exchange on that topic (e.g. integrate that in
teaching mobiity/curriculum development etc.)
• provide active inclusion of international students also into e.g. gay/lesbian
communities etc.
September 17, 2017 Slide 24
2.Participants‘ Input – Needs/Ideas 2/4
Respective Countries/Ministries should
• introduce European idea/topics of EU integraton in each school
• plan seed early: get mindset at early stage in primary school
• establish pre-course on EU before access to HEI
• ensure Lifelong learning internationalisation for all - i.e. in all educational
institutions from primary educaton to HEI (think of those who are left out)
e.g. National Initiative in the Netherlands (contact: Susanne Feiertag,
NUFFIC emai: feiertag@nuffic.nl)
September 18, 2017 Slide 25
2.Participants‘ Input – Needs/Ideas 3/4
EU institutions should
• spend budget well on respective EU programmes
• integrate EU mission horizontally into programmes
• better address and explain themselves EU integration/added
value/values themselves to EU citizens and international
population/foreigners - have regional activities and link with
regional universities to engage on regional level and explain
better the EU – send EU staff out more to the field
• connect JM projects with more schools for cooperations
• provide more money for grass root projects
• make sure that EU citizen/values are counted as impact (!)
indicator in EU programme evaluation/review
September 17, 2017 Slide 26
2.Participants‘ Input – Needs/Ideas 4/4
September 17, 2017 Slide 27
3.Good Practice Examples:
„Europa macht Schule” –
“Europe meets School”
© Private/DAAD
September 17, 2017 Slide 28
The idea of the Programme
• February 2006: student conference „What keeps Europe together?”
• Invitation of European students (‚mini ambassadors‘) to local school
classes
• presentation of their home country by creating a project which
reveals specific aspects of their culture in cooperation with pupils
and a supervising teacher
• concrete access to the topic „Europe“: bring the idea of inter-
European exchange to life and increase the knowledge of European
cultures
• Per year: 30 teams at HEI locations organize school projects with
over 150 schools and about 200 European students
From 2006 to 2017: 1,700 guest students in 1,600 school projects
reached around 40,000 pupils
September 17, 2017 Slide 29
The Benefits of the Programme
• Cross-sectoral cooperation: Living together in a Europe of
manifold cultures becomes obvious through direct personal
contact
• Strengthening the European unity: Contribution to intra-
European dialogue, encouraging a sense of belonging and
togetherness in Europe
• Civil engagement by young Europeans: Student teams at
HEI locations realize EmS as volunteers
• Contribution to the success of Erasmus mobility by its
integrative aspects and to future mobility
September 17, 2017 Slide 30
Figures and Testimonials
Pupils‘ Evaluation
I know Europe better now. I would like to learn
more about Europe now.
1
(= I fully agree.)
31%
2
46%
3 20%
4 (= I do not agree
at all.)3%
1(= I fully agree.)
39%
237%
318%
4 (= I do not
agree at all.)6%
„To go abroad myself.“
(A-Levels-student, Bielefeld, answering to the question:
What would you like to do in the next „Europa macht
Schule“-project?)
September 17, 2017 Slide 31
Good Practise Examples
Europe in one day
• A trip through Europe in just one day
• 4 students from the Ukraine, Turkey,
Switzerland and France and the
pupils of a comprehensive school
• Discussions about European
integration
• Traditional songs, arts and culture
The pupils went home with a
passport full of European stamps
September 17, 2017 Slide 32
Good Practise Examples
Europe at its limits? – its frontiers, its
development, its current challenges
• 2 students from Greece and Italy in
Berlin in a 10th grade class
• Topic: refugee crisis, flight and
migration in the Mediterranean
• Visit of a so-called welcome class
• Production of a documentary
the project not just resulted in
friendships, it also reduced frontiers
and stimulated a reflection process.
© Private/DAAD
© von Allwörden/DAAD
September 17, 2017 Slide 33
„Europa macht Schule“ –
Promotional video
More information: www.europamachtschule.de (soon available in English)
September 17, 2017 Slide 34
3.Good Practice Example:
Erasmus+/
Jean Monnet – What is it about?
• Focus on EU studies to promote
teaching and research on the European
integration process in various disciplines
September 17, 2017 Slide 35
Jean Monnet activities – examplesErasmus+ Project Results: Erasmus+ platform for dissemination
and exploitation of project results:http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/projects/
September 17, 2017 Slide 36
Jean Monnet Project - example
TaLMID provides well-tailored new approaches and methodologies for the integration of children of refugees in the educational system of the host countries
Duration 2016-2018 Grant € 59.916
Participants: young academics, researchers, stakeholders active in the field, experts from different fields, backgrounds and cultures (Armenia, Belgium, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Turkey) students, school teachers
September 17, 2017 Slide 37
Jean Monnet Project - example
Title: Teaching and Learning: Migration - Integration - Democracy (TaLMID)
Project Nr: 575533-EPP-1-2016-1-DE-EPPJMO-PROJECT
Country: GERMANY, Siegen
University: UNIVERSITAET SIEGEN
Website: http://www.uni-siegen.de/phil/geschichte/lehrstuehle/mittelalter/talmid/?lang=de
Aims: Stress importance of specific topics – migration, integration, democracy - in the fields of EU studies for the curricula of primary and secondary schools
Results: Production of innovative open education material and its implementation in primary and secondary schools; conferences, training seminars for teachers
September 17, 2017 Slide 38
Jean Monnet Project - example
Project Nr: 575533-EPP-1-2016-1-DE-EPPJMO-PROJECT
Country: GERMANY, Siegen
University: UNIVERSITAET SIEGEN
Aims: Stress importance of specific topics – migration, integration, democracy - in the fields of EU studies for the curricula of primary and secondary schools
Results: Production of innovative open education material and its implementation in primary and secondary schools; conferences, training seminars for teachers
September 17, 2017 Slide 39
Jean Monnet Module - example
Promoting the study and discussion of EU-multilingualism politics and bringing it closer to students of Humanities, the general public and professionals in various fields
Duration 2015–2018 Grant: € 30.000
Title: EU Multilingualism, Intercultural Dialogue and Language Education
Project Nr: 562068-EPP-1-2015-1-ES-EPPJMO-MODULE
Participants: students, linguists, translators,
researchers, civil society representatives,
September 17, 2017 Slide 40
Jean Monnet Module - example
Country: SPAIN, La Mancha
University: UNIVERSIDAD DE CASTILLA - LA MANCHA
Website: http://blog.uclm.es/multilinguism/
Aims: examination of the European and national language policies designed to promote multilingualism as a European added value, discussions and debates regarding the consequences of these policies
Results: teaching activities, different courses on European multilingualism and social inclusion, educational website, film, research papers and lectures
• Published in autumn 2017
• Application via eForm and 3 attachements: (Project Description, Budget and DoH)
• Participant Portal / Participant Identification Code (PIC)
• Deadline for applications: 22/02/2018 (tbc)
• Starting date of projects: 01/09/2018
• Funding - Jean Monnet Activities within Erasmus+:
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/funding_en
September 17, 2017 Slide 41
Jean Monnet – Call for proposals 2018
• Erasmus+ Programme Guide and General Call for proposals:
http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/discover/guide/index_en.htm
• Jean Monnet Activities:
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/actions/jean-monnet_en
• Funding - Jean Monnet Activities within Erasmus+:
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/funding_en
• Jean Monnet Directory:
https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/JeanMonnetDirectory/#/search-screen/
• Jean Monnet selection results:
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/selection-results_en
• Erasmus+ Project Results: Erasmus+ platform for dissemination and exploitation of project results:
http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/projects/
• Jean Monnet Cluster 2016: Good practices in the context of 'A Union of shared values – The role of
Education & Civil Society'
https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/sites/eacea-site/files/jean_monnet_cluster_2016_1607_0.pdf
• Jean Monnet Cluster 2017 - Network activities :
https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/events/jean-monnet-network-activities-%E2%80%93-cluster_en
• Jean Monnet functional mailbox: EACEA-AJM@ec.europa.eu
September 17, 2017 Slide 42
Jean Monnet infos
Thank you all for your attention &
contributions! Beate, Edith and Alexandra
Contact:
alexandra.angress@h-ab.de
koerner@daad.de
edith.genser@ec.europa.eu
September 17, 2017 Slide 43
Thank you & Contact