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UNIMED GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Jounieh, 23-24-25 October 2019

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About the UNIMED General Assembly

The UNIMED General Assembly, organised by UNIMED in collaboration with the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik in Jounieh, Lebanon, represents an important yearly event. Rectors, presidents and their representatives meet to exchange views and to determine policy for UNIMED, setting the stage for a full and rich year of initiatives, activities and conferences that shape the academic calendar around the Mediterranean. It is an opportunity to meet and network with representatives of international organisations, government officials, students, influential contributors to the cultural and political spheres and representatives of NGOs.

Venue: Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, Jounieh, Lebanon

Shaping the MediterraneanFrom Cooperation to Integration

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Under the patronage of

Commissioner Johannes HahnMember of the European Commission

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WEDNESDAY23 OCTOBER 2019

Start Cup Competition 2019“Entrepreneurship in the Mediterranean Basin”Organised by the Lebanese University in the framework of the UNIMED SubNetwork on Employability, in collaboration with ETF, AUF and RDCL LebanonVenue: Lebanese University, Rafic Hariri Campus, Hadath

Horizon 2020 Regional SeminarOrganised by the European Commission, Directorate–General for Research and InnovationVenue: Jean El Hawa Auditorium, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik Campus, Jounieh

Intercultural trends in the Euro–Mediterranean regionOrganised by the Anna Lindh FoundationVenue: Auditorium HS 315, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik Campus, Jounieh

09:00 am – 05:30 pm

10:00 am – 12:00 am

10:00 am – 05:00 pm

Pre–Assembly events

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THURSDAY24 OCTOBER 2019

Registration of participants

Openings

Francisco Matte BonUNIMED President

Hmaid Ben AzizaUNIMED Secretary General

Talal HachemPresident of Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK)

UNIMED activities and future plans

Marcello ScalisiUNIMED Director

Institutional greetings

Amr Ezzat SalamaSecretary General of the Association of Arab Universities (AArU)

Representative from the Delegation of the European Union to Lebanon

Massimo MarottiItalian Ambassador in Beirut

Keynote speech

Besnik MustafajWriter and former Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Albania

Coffee break and networking

08:30 am – 09:00 am

09:45 am – 10:00 am

10:00 am – 10:45 am

10:45 am – 11:15 am

09:00 am – 09:45 am

11:15 am – 11:45 am

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New challenges for the EuroMed Cooperation: Talks with Institutional partners

Itaf Ben AbdallahSenior Advisor of Higher Education and Research Division of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM)

Mohamed Aboussalah Secretary General of Higher Education and Scientific Research Sector, Ministry of National Education, Morocco

Flavia PalanzaDirector Neighbouring Countries of the European Investment Bank (EIB)

Cesare OnestiniDirector of the European Training Foundation (ETF)

Fadila BoughanemiDeputy Head of Unit for Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, Directorate–General for Research and Innovation, European Commission

Light lunch and networking

The role of Higher Education and Vocational Training on Employability and Entrepreneurship: European Training Foundation (ETF) and UNIMED join forces for a common challenge


Academic cooperation through capacity building and research: opportunities and examples

Cocktail and networking

11:45 am – 01:00 pm

01:00 pm – 02:00 pm

02:00 pm – 03:30 pm

03:30 pm – 04:00 pm

04:00 pm – 05:30 pm

05:30 pm – 07:30 pm

EN/FR translation will be provided

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FRIDAY25 OCTOBER 2019

UNIMED Assembly (only for members)


Parallel workshops

WS1 – Fostering the creation of Open Education Ecosystems in the Mediterranean, organised by the UNIMED SubNetwork on Open Education

WS2 – UNIMED meets students in collaboration with the Erasmus Student Network (ESN)

Light lunch and networking

Social Responsibility of Higher Education Institutions in the Mediterranean region

Keynote speech

Working with academia to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Maurice SaadeRepresentative of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Lebanon

Final session and closing remarks

09:00 am – 11:00 am

11:00 am – 11:30 am

11:30 am – 01:30 pm

01:30 pm – 02:30 pm

02:30 pm – 04:00 pm

04:00 pm – 04:30 pm

04:30 pm – 05:00 pm

EN/FR translation will be provided except for WS1

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Pre-Assembly eventsand Workshops

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Venue: Lebanese University – Campus Rafic Hariri – Hadath

Date: 23rd October, 2019, 09:00 am – 05:30 pm

Rationale

The “Start Cup Competition 2019” follows the “RESUME Start Cup 2018” which

took place in Messina (Italy) in September 2018 within the framework of the

RESUME project (https://www.resumeproject.eu/).

The “Start Cup Competition 2019” is a competition calling for entrepreneurial

ideas developed by students enrolled in Mediterranean universities. This

competition aims to encourage students of the universities of the two shores of the

Mediterranean basin to present innovative ideas in the field of entrepreneurship.

The “Start Cup Competition 2019” is an event jointly organised by UNIMED,

coordinator of the SubNetwork on Employability and by the Lebanese University,

with the Centre MINE, the Careers, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center,

the Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences and the Faculty of Tourism

and Hospital Management, together with the collaboration of the Agence

Universitaire de la Francophonie – Moyen Orient (AUF), the European Training

Foundation (ETF) and the Rally of Lebanese Leaders and Entrepreneurs (RDCL).

START CUP COMPETITION 2019“Entrepreneurship in the Mediterranean Basin”

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Opening

Riad MakdessiDirector of the Careers, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center, Lebanese University (Centre MINE)

Aref Al SoufiCoordinator of the National Erasmus+ office in Lebanon (NEO)

Sabina NariNational Coordinator for Algeria and Morocco, Focal point for Southern and Eastern Mediterranean, European Training Foundation (ETF)

Hervé SabourinMiddle East Regional Director of Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF)

Zeinab SaadGeneral Coordinator, International Relations Office, Lebanese University

Round table 1 «Innovation and Entrepreneurship»

Moderator: Alaa TARSHISHI, News reporter and Presenter at NBN

Christophe SchmittVice President Entrepreneurship and Incubation, University of Lorraine, France

Sabia DibaRegional Programs Director – Challenge to Change

Fouad ZmokholPresident of the Association of the Lebanese Business People in the World (RDCL World)

Maurice MattaBusiness news producer/presenter at MTV Lebanon, Financial analyst, Economic media expert

Coffee Break

09:00 am – 09:45 am

09:45 am – 11:15 am

11:15 am – 11:30 am

Programme

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Projection of the ETF video «Winner of the good practice for entrepreneurship»

Round table 2 «Young entrepreneurs’ testimonies: perspectives and challenges»

Moderator: Rima MAWLOUD, Professor, Lebanese University

Maud JabbourSolidarity for Sustainability (Women and Youth Empowerment)

Hussein SleimanFind a nurse (Health Technology)

Georges GhafariChreek (Environment)

Ali MakhzoumiLifeLab (Agriculture Technology)

Samer SfeirProabled (Employability)

Haytham DboukInnovating Green Technology (Renewable Energy)

Tamara GhandourFabricaid (Distribution)

Lunch

«Start Cup Competition 2019: Mediterranean students Pitch»

Moderator: Lynda ACHKOUTY MOUAWAD, Business Coach

Teams from: University of Petra (Jordan), Holy Spirit University of Kaslik – USEK (Lebanon), Lebanese International University (Lebanon), Lebanese University (Lebanon), University of Tripoli (Libya), University Ibn Tofail, Kenitra (Morocco), Mohammed V University of Rabat (Morocco), Palestine Technical University Kadoorie

11:30 am – 11:45 am

11:45 am – 01:30 pm

01:30 pm – 02:30 pm

02:30 pm – 05:15 pm

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(Palestine), University of Birzeit (Palestine), University of Sousse (Tunisia), University of Tunis El Manar (Tunisia).

Award of trophies

Riad MakdessiDirector of the Careers, Innovation and EntrepreneurshipCenter (Centre MINE), Lebanese University

Announcement of the winning team

Silvia MarchionneProject Manager, Mediterranean Universities Union (UNIMED)

05:15 pm – 05:25 pm

05:25 pm – 05:30 pm

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Venue: Jean El Hawa Auditorium, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik Campus, JouniehDate: 23rd October, 2019, 10:00 am – 05:00 pm

RationaleThis workshop wants to enhance the participation of the Mediterranean Partner Countries’ in the last rounds of calls H2020 Programme. It is organised in cooperation with UNIMED. The workshop particularly aims to:• Inform participants on the most recent developments EUROMED R&I cooperation initiatives;• Inform participants about H2020 and presenting its different elements, with specific focus on final calls for proposals;• Provide participants with a networking opportunity.

ParticipantsThis workshop aims to bring together around 50 researchers, representatives from academia (including UNIMED partners) and industry and research institutes, technology transfer centers, incubators, technology platforms, grant offices at universities and research centers, from EUROMED countries.

HORIZON 2020 REGIONAL SEMINAR

Opening & registration

Francisco Matte BonUNIMED President

Fadila BoughanemiDeputy Head of Unit for Africa, the Middle East, andAsia, Directorate–General for Research and Innovation,European Commission

Talal HachemPresident of Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK)

EUROMED R&I cooperation

Heba GaberResearch and Innovation Regional Officer, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, European Commission

10:00 am – 10.30 am

10:30 am – 11:30 am

Speakers

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11:30 am – 12:00 am

12:00 am – 01:00 pm

01:00 pm – 01:30 pm

01:30 pm – 02:30 pm

02:30 pm – 03:30 pm

03:30 pm – 04:30 pm

04:30 pm – 05:00 pm

Coffee break

Presentations by H2020 Participants from the South MED

5TOI 4EWAS and WeHubs projects

Ramy BoujawdehBerytech

E-shape project

Omar ElbadawyCentre for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe (CEDARE)

COST Platform and Actions targeted to South Mediterranean

RANCARE Action

Evridiki PapastavrouCyprus University of Technology, Cyprus

Suzanne R. DhainiAmerican University of Beirut, Lebanon

South MED Participation in H2020 – Reflections by National Contact Points

Abdelouahid EzzarfiMember of National Contact Point on European Research Projects, Ministry of National Education, Vocational Training, Higher Education and Scientific Research, Morocco

Zeinab El SadrH2020 National coordinator, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Egypt

Lunch

H2020 WP 2018- 2020 (Final calls)

Jacopo BordignonPolicy officer, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, European Commission

Closing - Overview of EU New R&I Funding Programme – Horizon Europe

Fadila BoughanemiDeputy Head of Unit for Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, Directorate–General for Research and Innovation, European Commission

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INTERCULTURAL TRENDS IN THE EURO–MEDITERRANEAN REGIONPresentation and debate around the resultsof the Anna Lindh Report 2018 on Intercultural Trends and Social Change in the Euro–Mediterranean Region

Venue: Auditorium HS315, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, JouniehDate: 23rd October 2019 from 10:00 am – 12:00 am

Speakers

Eleonora Insalaco Head of Intercultural trends research and programming, Anna Lindh Foundation (ALF)

Tala Zein Secretary General of the Lebanese National Commission for UNESCO and Head of the Anna Lindh Foundation Lebanese Network

Nayla Tabbara Director of the Institute of Citizenship and Diversity Management, Adyan Foundation

Rima Mattar Deputy President for International Affairs and Global Initiatives, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK)

Hmaid Ben Aziza UNIMED Secretary General

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This plenary workshop is jointly organised by UNIMED and the European Training

Foundation (ETF)

Venue: Jean El Hawa Auditorium, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik Campus, JouniehDate: 24th October 2019, 02:00 pm – 03:30 pm

RationaleThis plenary workshop aims to address the main topic “The role of Higher Education and Vocational Training on Employability and Entrepreneurship” in the Southern Mediterranean countries. Jointly organised by UNIMED and the European Training Foundation (ETF), the workshop is within the framework of a larger collaboration and cooperation context with the ETF on employability and entrepreneurship issues, following the creation of the UNIMED SubNetwork on Employability.The workshop would be a place for sharing experiences and dialogue, points of view among academic leaders, socio–economic actors, experts and students from the higher education sector, by drawing up the state of the actions already undertaken in the Euro–Mediterranean region, their impact on the universities and to determine their concrete actions for the regional cooperation in this field.The speakers who will intervene will share and reflect on good practices, difficulties and prospects to strengthen the connection and cooperation between private sector, university and students to better respond to the challenge of employability.In particular, after the keynote speech by ETF, the workshop will focus firstly, on the role of employers and how it could be enhanced in facilitating policy dialogue with the private sector in skills development; secondly, the two interventions from academia will point out what actions are put in place to enhance employability of university graduates through the experience with RESUME project (www.resumeproject.eu) and what is inscribed in the university mission. Lastly, the session will try to explore how to join forces to address the challenge from different perspectives of intervention: the private sector, the students, the university staff.

THE ROLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING ON EMPLOYABILITY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP: EUROPEAN TRAINING FOUNDATION (ETF) AND UNIMED JOIN FORCES FOR A COMMON CHALLENGE

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Moderator: Cesare Onestini, Director of the European Training Foundation (ETF)

Speakers

Keynote speech

Sabina NariCountry Coordinator for Algeria and Morocco, Focal Point for Southern and Eastern Mediterranean, European Training Foundation (ETF)

Simona RinaldiCountry Coordinator Lebanon, European Training Foundation (ETF)

Partnership opportunities between private sector and universities

Toufik Cherradi Observatory of Trades and Skills of the Professional Divisions of the General Confederation of Enterprises of Morocco

The career path from the perspective of students: sharing lessons learnt and good practices

Khalil AbboudDirector of the Career Centre, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK)

Daniella Chamoun Student at Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK)

The RESUME experience: lessons learnt and challenges on university employability

Sélim MekdessiDean of the Faculty of Economics and Business administration, Lebanese University

Employability challenge for today’s universities

Hervé SabourinMiddle East Regional Director of Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF)

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Venue: Jean El Hawa Auditorium, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik Campus, JouniehDate: 24th October 2019, 04:00 pm – 05:30 pm

Rationale

Academic cooperation in the Euro–Mediterranean Region works in particular

through capacity building and jointly research actions.

The international cooperation tools provided by the European Union and

international organisations such as the Food and Agriculture Organisation – FAO,

largely contribute to creating bridges among people and societies, reinforcing

scientific dialogue, cultural cooperation, trust, and mutual understanding.

The European Union tools and other international actors play a crucial role

in building stable and effective relations among European and Southern

Mediterranean countries.

Academic communities, students, faculty members and administrators have

benefited from a wide range of programmes promoting cooperation, mobility,

research and capacity building.

The activities undertaken by the Euro–Mediterranean academic community show

the value of encouraging and supporting this work, while also seeking more

synergies in light of current multifaceted dynamics and challenges.

This workshop seeks to propose a reflection by the Euro–Mediterranean academic

community on the relationships between the European Union, international

institutions and the Mediterranean region, offering an opportunity for evaluation

and revaluation of regional policies.

Concurrently, it allows improving the knowledge and use of EU–supported

programmes in the Euro–Mediterranean cooperation for the foreseeable future,

thus facilitating the identification of further needs.

ACADEMIC COOPERATION THROUGH CAPACITY BUILDING AND RESEARCH: OPPORTUNITIES AND EXAMPLES

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Speakers

Heba GaberResearch and Innovation Regional Officer, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, European Commission

Aref Al SoufiCoordinator of the National Erasmus+ office in Lebanon (NEO)

RAISD Project: Reshaping Attention and Inclusion Strategies for Distinctively vulnerable people among the forcibly displaced, funded by Horizon 2020 Programme

Ruben Fuentes FernandezUniversidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

PAGES Project: Post–Crisis Journalism in Post–Crisis Libya: A Bottom–up Approach to the Development of a Cross–Media Journalism Master Program, funded by Erasmus+, KA2 – Capacity–building in the Field of Higher Education

Andrea MiconiInternational University of Languages and Media (IULM), Italy

EUMED – Europe and the MENA region: Issues and Challenges in the Trans–Mediterranean Relations, co–funded by Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Programme

Nassif HittiHoly Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK), Lebanon

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Session by the UNIMED SubNetwork on eLearning and Open Education

Venue: Auditorium HS315, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, Jounieh

Date: 25th October 2019, 11:30 am – 01:30 pm

Rationale

Open Education and Open Educational Resources (OER) are gaining ground in the

Mediterranean region, also thanks to the increased use of ICT in higher education.

These developments can have a tremendous impact to increase access and equity

of the Mediterranean Higher Education area, and to better integrate Mediterranean

university systems into a global academic and scientific cooperation network.

In particular, Lebanon has been very active in the last years in setting up a national

Open Education ecosystem with the OER Lebanon project, and at the same time

the OpenMed project has contributed substantially to place open education on

the regional educational agenda, also producing a number of recommendations to

mainstream innovative pilot projects in the Open Education field.

Building on these important developments, the UNIMED SubNetwork on eLearning

and Open Education will organise a workshop where successful strategies to

mainstream Open Education can be discussed, towards the creation of an Open

Higher Education Mediterranean Area.

The workshop will be organised in two sessions. The first one will aim to present

the latest developments of the UNIMED SubNetwork in eLearning and Open

Education, as well as the activities of some of its members. The second will aim

to explore the possibility of replicating successful initiatives in other South

Mediterranean countries, with the aim of fostering national and regional eLearning

and Open Education ecosystems.

FOSTERING THE CREATION OF OPEN EDUCATION ECOSYSTEMS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN

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Speakers

Latest and future activities of the SubNetwork

Cristina StefanelliProject Manager, Mediterranean Universities Union (UNIMED)

Showcase from the SubNetwork

Sulaiman MouselliResponsible for International Relations, Arab International University, Syria

Jilani LamloumiVice President, eOmed Network

Yasmeen AbuhasirahHead of training, e–Learning center, Palestine Technical University Kadoorie (PTUK), Palestine

Nicola ParavatiDirector of International Affairs, UNINETTUNO, Italy

Supporting Open Education ecosystems in the South Mediterranean region

The OER Lebanon experience

Fawzi BaroudAssistant Vice President for Information Technology, Notre Dame University, Lebanon

Discussion on how to build OER ecosystems in other MED countries

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Venue: Jean El Hawa Auditorium, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik Campus, Jounieh

Date: 25th October 2019, 11:30 am – 01:30 pm

Rationale

As the recent events have demonstrated, both in Northern and Southern

Mediterranean countries, students are actors of university and society life. Since

its beginning, UNIMED aims at giving them opportunities, by strengthening their

academic and non–academic development, by supporting their mobility mostly

through Erasmus programme, by working with their universities for improving

their employability. Giving to the actual and future generations tools and

space for increasing dialogue and cooperation within the Region is one of our

responsibilities.

To enhance our understanding of students expectations and to define together

how we can better support them, UNIMED decided to give them the floor. This

workshop, involving students and staff from the two shores, will be the occasion

to talk about students network, mobility – South to North, North to South, South

to South, and empowerment.

It will be also the occasion to recall for an even more important endorsement

of the Petition for a Erasmus Mediterranean generation that UNIMED launched

during its General Assembly in Paris, in 2017. The results of this Petition will be

presented to the European Parliament, in March 2020, during the UNIMED week

in Brussels.

UNIMED MEETS STUDENTS IN COLLABORATION WITH THE ERASMUS STUDENTS NETWORK (ESN)

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Speakers

Keynote speech

Kostis GiannidisPresident of Erasmus Student Network (ESN)

The StEER–Leb project: students engagement in university life

Students representatives from Lebanese universities

The South–South Mobility perspective: the DIRE–MED experience

Mouad El AboudiFormer student at University Abdelamalek Essaadi, Morocco

The International Credit Mobility: perspective from the South

Eliane BraidySenior student mobility coordinator, International Relations Office, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK), Lebanon

Mobility. Beyond Invisible Walls

Eric ValletAssociate professor at Paris1 Panthéon–Sorbonne University, France

The International Credit Mobility: Perspective from National Agencies and

proposal for a new mobility scheme with Sicilian Universities

Sara PagliaiCoordinator of the National Agency ERASMUS+/INDIRE, Italy

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Venue: Jean El Hawa Auditorium, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik Campus, Jounieh

Date: 25th October 2019, 02:30 pm – 04:00 pm

Rationale

The social responsibility of universities is their awareness of the role they can

play in the collective resolution of society’s major challenges. This means taking

concrete action in their own areas (training and research), in order to:

1. Help to resolve major societal challenges;

2. Contribute to the reasonable development of the society;

3. Spread the universities’ core values within society: freedom of expression,

tolerance, solidarity and humanism.

A long–standing awareness

Today, the challenges of Euro–Mediterranean countries have to face are many.

Universities already contribute, either actively and consciously or through indirect

actions, to solving these problems. An obvious example is unemployment, which

has been affecting many countries and for which universities have decided to

transform their former academic programmes into more “professionalising” ones,

and to link their curricula to the needs of the labour market. Now, universities

are called upon to organise their curricula and degrees according to the needs

of society. They must even anticipate future developments, in order to train

tomorrow’s professionals today.

An (often) paradoxical situation today

The situation of universities with regard to their social responsibility is paradoxical

today. On the one hand, they have carried out actions that clearly demonstrate

that they are aware of the role they have to play, as a public actor, in the problems

and developments of our societies: the example of training is one such example,

that of welcoming migrants is another. On the other hand, the discourse on each

of these actions is isolated, if at all.

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION

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Have an overview of what is still done for a better political support

Overall, there is therefore first of all a real need to make the initiatives of “social

responsibility” more visible, both in what is done and in what is said. This requires

action to be taken at two levels:

1. Carry out a comparative study of what is being done in the different countries,

how the subject is being addressed politically;

2. Set up events to exchange good practices between universities. In a second

step, this sharing will have to be presented to university leaders, in order to

ensure a better political support for these actions and to bring out politically

the notion of “social responsibility”. This will help to better show the real link

that universities have with their environment.

Actions to make this commitment a reality

In parallel with this inventory, it is important to rely on a network of universities

to better respond in concrete terms to the major challenges facing the Euro–

Mediterranean region today. The ambition is not to find solutions to all problems,

but to identify some major issues that most directly concern universities and that

also engage the dialogue between Europe and the Mediterranean. These topics, as

starting points of a UNIMED initiative on Social Responsibility, are:

1. Migration and intercultural dialogue

2. Student engagement for social, cultural and humanitarian purposes outside

the university;

3. Open access to science for researchers (“OpenScience”) and the sharing of

science with a wide audience;

4. Entrepreneurship and professional integration;

5. Governance.

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Speakers

Keynote speech

Mathieu Schneider Vice President of University of Strasbourg, France

Mashhoor Refai President of Princess Sumaya University of Technology, Jordan

Hmaid Ben Aziza UNIMED Secretary General

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