The question, Paul, is that talking to this or that DG at EU about the "need to
open the space" is not enough. There is a strong need to explain what Open
Space means!
In this case, they have used the name (Open Space), but nor the procedures of
an OST event, neither the spirit of Open Space.
Regards
Artur
From: Paul Nunesdea <[email protected]>
To: Artur Silva <[email protected]>; World wide Open Space Technology
email list <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2015 5:14 PM
Subject: Re: [OSList] Campus Europae Higher Education Open Space
A blessing Artur!I have engaged with one of EU DGs the DG Connect and talked
extensively about the need for opening space in their events.Who knows they are
talking to each other?BestPaul
>From my iPhone
On 15/8/2015, at 17:00, Artur Silva via OSList <[email protected]>
wrote:
Good morning OpenSpacers:I have received from afriend this mail that announces
a “Higher Education Open Space” organized bythe European Union. He sent me this
happy because EU was adopting Open Spaceand he expected me to be happy with
that.Here is the mail I have received:« Campus Europae Higher Education Open
Space
The HigherEducation Open Space (HEOS) 2015,following up the Council's
communiqué after Yerevan willprovide universities, students and stakeholder
representatives an open,innovative and creative space for discussion on joint
approaches to facethese challenges. It also aims to contribute in a concrete
way tothe modernisation of higher education and to buildalliances to reinforce
the competitiveness and governance of Europeanuniversities. It will allow for
policy discussions and practical workingsessions through two main events: a
conference on the 3rd of Novemberon how to reach 20% of student mobility by
2020 while maintaining the qualityof mobility flows; an Open Space on the
4th-5th of November addressingtopical issues of universities, students and
stakeholders in the field of the modernisation agenda. Registeruntil 30
September 2015! » (end of the mail)If one looks to the Program
(http://uni-foundation.eu/higher-education-open-space/conference)one finds the
Agenda below (after my signature).There are a lotof speakers all the time!!!
But even the sessions that could be "open" are like this: 1) The sessionon
”Disruptive innovation in the field of student mobility” has 4 experts speaking
about it(no students, as far as I can see)2) The session of “GroupDiscussion”
(14:00 - 15:00) has 4 predefinedsubjects:· Funding strategies to
increase exchanges· Length matters: 1 semester vs. 1 year abroad·
Ad-hoc partnerships and international consortia· The increasing
importance of QA and recognition of credits
3)The Round-table (15:30 - 17:00) has 2 speakers (Profs). So my questionsare:-
Is this Open Space?- What is the conceptof "Open Space" of the
European Union?- Did they get that name(Open Space) from OST facilitators
from Europe or it was only the fact that “Open”is cool (and “Closed” is awful)
and they don’t even know what OST is? I would like to have other opinions,
especially fromEuropean people more close to the center of Europe (somewhere in
the line fromBrussels to Berlin…)Regards and have anice week end Artur(From
Portugal, in theSouthwest of Europe - or is it in the North of Africa? See the
map bellow...) ----------------Attachment 1
Agenda
09:00 - 09:30: Arrival and registration09:30 - 10:30: Opening session·
Opening speech· Keynote speaker on the renewed framework of ET 2020
Speaker: Representative of the European Commission, Directorate
Education,Audiovisual and Culture· The challenges of universities to
maintain quality in mobilitywhile intensifying their mobility flows
Speaker: Prof. Miguel Ángel Sotelo, President of the European
UniversityFoundation· The students’ perspective on the challenge of
increasing mobility
Speaker: Safi Sabuni, President of the Erasmus Student Network10:30 - 11:00:
Coffee break11:00 - 12:30: Disruptive innovation in the field of
studentmobility· The automatic recognition of studies abroad
Speaker: Prof. Christoph Ehmann, Secretary-General of the European
UniversityFoundation· The Erasmus Without Papers network
Speaker: Valère Meus, International Relations Expert of the Ghent University·
Solving the challenge of fair grade conversion
Speaker: Dr. Anthony Vickers, Bologna Expert, University of Essex·
Towards 100% of student mobility
Speaker: Prof. Éric Tschirhart, Vice-President of the University of
Luxembourg12:30 - 14:00: Lunch14:00 - 15:00: Group discussionsIncreasing the
quantity and quality of student mobility· Funding strategies to increase
exchanges· Length matters: 1 semester vs. 1 year abroad· Ad-hoc
partnerships and international consortia· The increasing importance of
QA and recognition of credits15:00 - 15:30: Coffee break15:30 - 17:00:
Round-tableHow universities can best reach 20% of student mobility and
itsimpact on society· Prof. Georg Winckler, former Rector of the
University of Viennaand former President of the EUA· Prof. Éric Froment,
former President of the University LumièreLyon 2 and former President of the
EUA17:00- 17:30: Closing session Attachment 2 Map – Portugal in theworld
(and Azores as part of Portugal)…
https://www.google.pt/search?q=world+map+portugal&biw=1312&bih=921&tbm=isch&imgil=C2NUEHJZ0N389M%253A%253BCFLWhrA_yxek_M%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.hasslberger.com%25252Fterceira%25252Fpages%25252Fmap-terceira.html&source=iu&pf=m&fir=C2NUEHJZ0N389M%253A%252CCFLWhrA_yxek_M%252C_&usg=__5shYsIl1mtR9BUkQ2PY-5Dwwxt0%3D#imgrc=C2NUEHJZ0N389M%3A&usg=__5shYsIl1mtR9BUkQ2PY-5Dwwxt0%3D
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