A blueprint for a European degree
Results of Erasmus+ pilots on the European degree label & a possible European legal status for alliances of higher education institutions
29th of April 2024 (Brussels & online)
Venue: Université Libre de Bruxelles (only registered participants can attend the meeting in person)
The event will be streamed and you can attend online at the youtube channel: CIVIS a European Civic University
Event Agenda:
| 08:00 – 09:00 | Registration & Welcome Coffee |
| 09:00 – 09:15 | Opening by Annemie Schaus rector of Université libre de Bruxelles, part of the SMARTT pilot project |
| 09:15 – 09:30 | Keynote speech “A blueprint for a European degree” by Pia Ahrenkilde Hansen, European Commission, Director-General of the Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture |
| 09.30 – 10.15 | Challenges for joint degree programmes, Presentation by and discussion with the pilot projects Moderator: Sophia Eriksson- Waterschoot (European Commission) Speakers: Kurt Willems (ED-AFFICHE), Laura Howard (EDLab), Teet Teinemaa (ETIKETA), Aleksandar Šušnjar (FOCI), Rafael Toledo (JEDI), Nadia Fernández de Pinedo (SMARTT) |
| 10.15 – 11.00 | Added value of a European degree, Presentation by and discussion with the pilot projects Moderator: Vanessa Debiais-Sainton (European Commission) Speakers: Laura Colò (ED-AFFICHE), Ana Lebre (EDLab), Barry Digman (ETIKETA), Dorota Piotrowska/Jainaina Frizzarin (FOCI), Ramón Martínez (JEDI), Alexandru Cartis (SMARTT) |
| 11:00 – 11.30 | Coffee Break |
| 11.30 – 12.15 | The proposed European criteria, Presentation by and discussion with the pilot projects Moderator: Yann-Maël Bideau (European Commission) Speakers: Raquel Blave Gomez (ED-AFFICHE), Dorothy Kelly (EDLab), Marc Vandewalle (ETIKETA), Mario Calabrese (FOCI), Ramón Martínez (JEDI), Simona Iftimescu (SMARTT) |
| 12.15 – 13.00 | Recommendations for the future, Panel discussion with all 6 pilot projects Moderator: Sophia Eriksson- Waterschoot (European Commission) Speakers: Josef Matousek (ED-AFFICHE), Andries Verspeeten (EDLab), Manuel José Damásio (ETIKETA), Aleksandar Šušnjar (FOCI), Timothée Toury (JEDI), Romita Iucu (SMARTT) |
| 13.00 – 14.00 | Lunch Break |
| 14.00 – 14.45 | Legal status for alliances: added value, Presentation by and discussion with the pilot projects Moderator: María LuisaGarcia Minguez (European Commision) Speakers: Alexandre Guigue (EGAI), Daniela Craciun (ESEU), Eric Tschirhart (Leg Uni-GR), Janina Fengel (STYX) |
| 14.45 – 15.30 | Legal status for alliances: the way forward, Presentation by and discussion with the pilot projects Moderator: Tine Delva (European Commission) Speakers: Barbara Gagliardi (EGAI), Daniela Craciun (ESEU), Eric Tschirhart (Leg Uni-GR), Timothée Toury (STYX) |
| 15.30 – 16.00 | Coffee Break and Poster session |
| 16.00 – 16.45 | Moving forward with Member States and the Higher Education sector Moderator: Sophia Eriksson Waterschoot, European Commission, Director for Youth, Education and Erasmus Speakers: Mr Patrick Nédellec, Delegate for European and International Affairs, Ministry for Higher Education and Research (France) Mr Elmar Pichl, Director-General of Education, Science and Research (Austria) Mr Josep M. Garrell, President of the European University Association Ms Aurelija Valeikiene, Deputy Director of the Lithuanian Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education and Head of Lithuanian ENIC/NARIC Ms Laurence Ris, Vice-Rector of international relations, mobility and cooperation, University of Mons Mr Peter Lievens, Vice-Rector international policy, KU Leuven Ms Dana Reignier-Tayar, student at the University of Amsterdam |
| 16:45-17:00 | Closing, by Sophia Eriksson Waterschoot, European Commission, Director for Youth, Education and Erasmus |
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Joint session with the event European University Alliances: Drivers of Change and Innovation in Higher Education, organised by 10 Belgian universities in the framework of the Belgian Presidency of the European Union
Venue: Université Libre de Bruxelles
| 17.15 -18.00 | Reaching out to the wider Higher Education community: linking with the event of Belgian universities in the framework of the Belgian Presidency • Jan Danckaert, Rector of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel • Pia Ahrenkilde Hansen, European Commission, Director-General of the Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture • Minister Caroline Gennez, Minister of Development Cooperation and Urban Policy (Belgium) • Tom De Smedt, European Commission representation in Belgium, Deputy Head of Representation |
| 17.45 – 20.00 | Networking cocktail |