Final conference with EC and Erasmus+ pilots "A blueprint for a European degree"

5 April 2024
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The SMARTT pilot project and its partner university, Université libre de Bruxelles, have the honour to host the final event of the Erasmus+ pilot project on the European degree (label) and a possible European legal status for alliances of higher education institutions, in close cooperation with the other 9 pilot projects. The event is also an opportunity for the European Commission to present the European degree package, adopted on 27 March 2024.

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: Vanessa Debiais-Sainton (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 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 Dana Reignier-Tayar, student at the University of Amsterdam
  • Mr Elmar Pichl, Director-General of Education, Science and Research (Austria) 
  • Ms Laurence Ris, Vice-Rector of international relations, mobility and cooperation, University of Mons 
  • Mr Peter Lievens, Vice-Rector international policy, KU Leuven 
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)
17.45 - 20.00 Networking cocktail

 

See all the SMARTT project outcomes