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BTC Second International Annual Conference

Non-EU OECD Countries’ Response to the Bologna Process

The Conference will deal mainly with the question, how countries outside the EU deal with the Bologna Process (Europeanization of higher education) and what impact this has on their own university systems.
June 16, 2013 13.00 bis 18.00 o'clock

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13:00-13:30 - Gathering and Greetings

  • Mr. Michael Mertes - Director, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in Israel

  • Dr. Sharon Pardo – Director, Centre for the Studies of European Politics and Society, BGU

13:30-14:15 – Keynote Speaker

  • Dr. Jürgen Rüttgers, former Federal Minister of Education, Science, Research and Technology, former Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Member of the Board of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and one of the four signatories of the Sorbonne Declaration of May 28, 1998

14:15-15:45 1st Session

"Europe and the Bologna Process – an Initiative or Response?"

  • Chair: Prof. Sarah Guri-Rosenblit, Dean, Development and Technology, The Open University of Israel

  • Prof. Pavel Zgaga, Director, Center for Educational Policy Studies, University of Ljubljana

  • Prof. Joel Bernstein, Faculty of Science, New York University, Abu Dhabi (TBC)

  • Prof. Melita Kovacevic, Vice Rector for Research and Technology, University of Zagreb

  • Prof. Paul D.Feigin, Senior Executive Vice President, Technion- Israel Institute of Technology

16:00-18:00 Power Panel: Bologna Process and the Implications for the Israeli Context

  • Chair: Mr. Moshe Amir – Director, Bologna Training Center, BGU.

  • Prof. Pavel Zgaga

  • Prof. Joel Bernstein

  • Prof. Paul D. Feigin

  • Prof. Melita Kovacevic

  • Prof. Sarah Guri-Rosenblit

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Date and time

June 16, 2013
13.00 bis 18.00 o'clock
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Venue

Jerusalem

Publication

Israel and the European Higher Education Area: Towards a joint system of higher education for the 21st century
Jun 20, 2013
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Israel und der Europäische Hochschulraum: Ein gemeinsames Projekt für das 21. Jahrhundert
Jun 18, 2013
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Contact

Catherine Hirschwitz

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Project Manager (Women’s Projects, Human Rights, European Affairs)

Catherine.Hirschwitz@kas.de +972 2 567 1830 +972 2 567 1831

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Topics

European and International Affairs

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Partner

The Centre for the Study of European Politics and Society, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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Foundation Office Israel