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Universities networks contribution to the development of the Danube Region

Universities networks contribution to the development of the Danube Region. Martin H. Gerzabek University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna - Universität für Bodenkultur Wien Institute for Soil Research, Department for Forest and Soil Sciences, Doru C. Pamfil

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Universities networks contribution to the development of the Danube Region

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  1. Universities networks contribution to the development of the Danube Region Martin H. Gerzabek University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna - Universität für Bodenkultur Wien Institute for Soil Research, Department for Forest and Soil Sciences, Doru C. Pamfil University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Life Science Institute, Cluj-Napoca Vice-president Danube Rectors’ Conference ICA-CASEE 4th Danube Academies Conference, Bucharest

  2. European Research AreaEuropean Higher Education Area Universities: drivers of innovation and education for more than 600 years R&D expenditure in the EU-27: Total 237 Billion € (basis 2011) HEI: 54 Billion € (23%) 2,906 higher education institutions (EUA 2011) 1,364 research universities > 850 awarding PhD HEI: employ 700.000 scientist (44%) out of 1,600.000 European R&D personnel 2 4th Danube Academies Conference, Bucharest

  3. Examples of already existing networks in the Danube Region DAC DRC ICA CASEE INTERACT CEEPUS KNOWLEDGE CLUSTERS 3 4th Danube Academies Conference, Bucharest

  4. Danube Rectors Conference 4 • 54 members, high ranking network of significant universities of 13 Danube countries • 1983 Vienna - Rectors from the universities of Ulm, Linz, Vienna and Budapest established the Danube Rectors' Conference • EU (9): Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania,Slovakia,Slovenia • Non EU (4): Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro, Ukraine 4th Danube Academies Conference, Bucharest 4 02.11.2014

  5. Danube Rectors Conference 5 • 2013 Registrated in Brussels with a new hedqurter • Objectives: • to raise the general level of academic performance • to promote mobility • multilateral cooperation in the Danube region • support the Central European Exchange Program for University Studies (CEEPUS) • DRC Conference 7 - 9 November 2013 in Cluj-Napoca 4th Danube Academies Conference, Bucharest 5 02.11.2014

  6. Danube Rectors Conference 6 Over 3 Million Students and Staf 4th Danube Academies Conference, Bucharest

  7. DRC members scientific publicationsSCOPUS (until VIII/2012) 7 Total publications: 392.683 General universities: 331.196 Specialized universities: 61.487 4th Danube Academies Conference, Bucharest

  8. Transport Migration 8 DRC Biodiversity Pollution Floods and Floodplains Water and Groundwater Population 8 4th Danube Academies Conference, Bucharest 02.11.2014

  9. DRC/CASEE involvement in the EU Strategy for the Danube region High Level Conference 24.4.2012, Brussels “SCIENTIFIC SUPPORT TO THE DANUBE STRATEGY - Environment protection, navigability, energy production, Irrigation and agricultural development and European governance” DRC:“Danube Basin development – environmental constraints, research needs and networks.” 9 4th Danube Academies Conference, Bucharest

  10. Association for European Life Science Universities - ICA > 60 Life Science universities 23 European countries relating to agriculture, forestry, food, natural resources, rural development, environment linked with the European Higher Education Area 1988registrated in Brusells, with objectives as: stimulate the development education, research and innovation through the elaboration of joint actions and global engagement support networking in the life sciences to share expertise and understanding represent the general interest of our members at the European level and globally 10 4th Danube Academies Conference, Bucharest

  11. ICA 11 ICA-CASEE • 22 members, Universities from regional network • ICA for Central and South Eastern Europe • active in sustainable ecological and economical development of the region (including Danube area) • R&D single or in consortia in 266 projects • over 1 million students • huge potential over 120,000 scientific papers written • by more than 40,000 authors (Scopus 2012) 4th Danube Academies Conference, Bucharest 11 02.11.2014

  12. CASEE expectation support the development and implementation of the EU Strategy for the Danube region strengthen research, innovation, education and University development in this region (including Danube area) develop joint research, educational and other projects (e.g. joint curricula, joint continuous educational offers, structural development, human resource development, QA, know-how-transfer, etc make an inventory of relevant R&D data and collaboration potential of the network >>> DRC >>>> DAC >>> JRC CASEE Conference 2-3 July 2013 in Croatia (University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture) 12 12 4th Danube Academies Conference, Bucharest

  13. CASEE geographical coverage 13 13 (Lostak 2011) 4th Danube Academies Conference, Bucharest

  14. CASEE network in Daube area 14 (Lostak 2011) 4th Danube Academies Conference, Bucharest

  15. Main areas of CASEE cooperation 15 (Based on Scopus, Lostak2011)

  16. Chemistry Socio economics Botany Agriculture Logistics Zoology Genetics Legislation Geology Food supply Soil sciences Livestock Biotechnology Navigation Trafic Logistics Economics Pollution Migration Invasive species Biodiversity Sediment transport Sedimentation Hydrology Groundwater River construction River restoration Water abstraction Irrigation Forestry Sanitation Game sciences Waste management Physics Landfills Hydrobiology Fisheries 16 Humanities Universities Academies Research Institutions 16 02.11.2014 4th Danube Academies Conference, Bucharest

  17. JRC + DAC + DRC + CASEE partners for 17 Danube Common Data Platform and network accessible to decision-makers and other relevant stakeholders of the Danube Region Related priority areas of the EUSDR: PA 01 - Mobility – Waterways (coordinated by Austria and Romania) PA 02 - Energy (coordinated by Hungary and the Czech Republic) PA 04 - Water Quality (coordinated by Hungary and Slovakia) PA 05 - Environmental Risks (coordinated by Hungary and Romania) PA 06 - Biodiversity, landscapes, quality of air and soils (coordinated by Bavaria and Croatia) PA 07 - Knowledge society and ICT (coordinated by Slovakia and Serbia) 4th Danube Academies Conference, Bucharest

  18. JRC + DAC + DRC + CASEE partners for EUSDR JRC 18 DRC EUSDR DAC 54 9 CASSE 24 • DRC Conference 7-9 November 2013 in Cluj-Napoca 4th Danube Academies Conference, Bucharest

  19. Danube Strategy Progress Report Brussels, 8.4.2013 COM(2013) 181 final 19 EU Commissioner for Regional Development, Johannes Hahn: “We have made a very good start. The Danube Strategy is already showing that by working together we can have a far greater impactthan if we try to tackle problems in isolation. Now we need to step up a gear.” “Ensure systematic embedding of the Strategy in EU, national and regional programmes for the period 2014-2020, especially European Structural and EN 10 EN Investment Funds, Horizon 2020, using the expertise of Danube networksin programming and implementation” 4th Danube Academies Conference, Bucharest

  20. www.d-r-c.org www.ica-europe.info/casee/ 20 Thank you! With the help of: H. Waidbacher, H. Habersack, D. Mattanovich, T. Rosenau, M. Lostak 4th Danube Academies Conference, Bucharest

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