New EO-related higher education / life- long learning initiatives in the Balkans Boris Antic BioSense Center - University of Novi Sad BIG-SKY-EARTH MC and all WG meetings Belgrade, March 30 th , 2015
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New EO-related higher education / life-long learning
initiatives in the Balkans Boris Antic BioSense Center - University
of Novi Sad BIG-SKY-EARTH MC and all WG meetings Belgrade, March 30
th, 2015
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Deliverable of the FP7 project EOPower www.eopower.eu
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Capacity building Economic empowerment
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Overview of initiatives 3. International related to Balkan 2.
Bilateral and regional 1. National 4. EOPower trainings
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Short comparison with developed countries USA UK moving from
high school to elementary school Most developed EU countries
migrated from MSc-only programmes to the BSc level In the Balkans
still restricted to the PhD level Challenge of access to training
materials from past and ongoing FP7,H2020 and ERASMUS+
projects
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University level curricula mostly on PhD level (common for all
Balkan countries) Private companys training courses for
professionals Very slow progress in the past 5 years due to crisis
Strong private sector in remote sensing SMEs closely related to
universities (spin offs, science parks, etc.) Advanced Studies and
Research Center Trainings supported by ESA - 750+ Teachers trained
to use tools developed by ESA and ASRC, such as LeoWorks Some
national initiatives Serbia Greece Romania
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University of Novi Sad PhD curricula in communications pattern
recognition detection and estimation coding theory image processing
computer vision
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Bilateral and Multilateral initiatives Joint MSc Curricula
CroatiaMontenegroSerbia Usually on PhD or MSc level Regional
Platform for Benchmarking and Cooperation in Higher Education and
Research (founded by ministries of all Western-Balkan countries +
Slovenia) UNS-UNIST Joint Master programme in Remote Sensing
Language barrier challenge (South Slavic languages)
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International initiatives Life-long leraning NASA Balkans ESA
NATO EEA
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ESA Trainings Trainings for High Schools Master programmes
Trainings for EU professionals Cooperation with BRIC countries and
developing regions
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NASA Regional Training Programs NASA Region 1 Region 2 Region 3
SCERIN South Central and East European Regional Information Network
Annual Capacity Buildings Workshops 13-15 of July, 2015, Brasov,
Romania Focus on: Remote sensing in forest management and
administration Monitoring of protected areas Assessment of forest
disturbance
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Marketing Toolkits and creating business opportunities for
earth observation Bringing GEOSS Services Into Practice EOPower
trainings
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Conclusions Small area quite diverse situation and approaches
Struggling economies rely on external funds Mostly restricted to
PhD level Access to training materials of past and ongoing FP7,
H2020 and ERASMUS+ projects
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www.eopower.eu Boris Antic [email protected] BioSense Center
University of Novi Sad Dr Zorana Djindjica 1 21000 Novi Sad Serbia
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