The first is the development of guidelines for responsible partnerships in university-industry research collaborations. See announcement below.
...EUA President Jean-Marc Rapp officially launched the new ‘Responsible Partnering’ Guidelines for collaborative research between universities and industry.
The guidelines - published jointly by EUA, the European Industrial Research Management Association (EIRMA), the European Association of Research and Technology Organisations (EARTO), and the Public Research Organisations Transfer Offices Network (ProTon Europe) - are a voluntary code of conduct for enterprises and public research designed to maximise the benefits of collaborative research for all parties in a sustainable way.
Originally launched in 2004, the updated guidelines include analyses of issues such as State Aid, European Community recommendations on IPR management and the results of the EUA DOC-CAREERS project on university-industry partnerships in doctoral research.
Professor Rapp called on the European Commission to endorse these revised guidelines, underlining they could be an important first step in developing the ‘Open Innovation Charter' that has been proposed by the Commission’s high-level advisory group (ERAB).
Download the Responsible Partnering Guidelines.
The second is the development of a Charter for European Universities on Lifelong Learning.EUA, in a Consortium with the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU), the European University Continuing Education Network (EUCEN) and the European Access Network (EAN), is launching a new project entitled ‘Shaping Inclusive and Responsive University Strategies (SIRUS)’.
The EU-funded project is designed to support Europe’s universities in implementing the commitments made in the European Universities’ Charter on Lifelong Learning and thus to assist them in developing their specific role as lifelong learning institutions forming a central pillar of the Europe of Knowledge.
This project will offer approximately twenty universities with different profiles and interests in lifelong learning (LLL), and which are at different stages of LLL implementation, an opportunity to develop and enhance their strategic approaches to this issue, through interactive discussion with colleagues from all over Europe. At the same time, it will allow them to contribute to the development of policy recommendations for the European Higher Education Area.
The participating universities will be selected through this call for participation and interested universities are invited to use the following application form. The deadline for receipt of applications is 11 December 2009, 12.00 (midday) CET.
Please visit the project webpage or email Michael Horig for further information.
