[OSList] Higher Education Open Space organized by the EU

Sun Aug 16 09:12:16 PDT 2015

It does not walk like a duck, it doesnt squak like a duck and it doesnt 
look like a duck.
My assumption is that it is not a duck.

 From my own experience, OST has arrived in several of the many facets 
of the work of the European Union. In fact, some of the most long range 
and sustained and robust processes in the work sponsored and financed by 
the European Union are being done using OST.
One I have been associated with in International Youth Work has been 
described by the CEO of the Agency. You can see the 20 page report in 
the e-book (including six languages) here
> https://www.westkreuz-verlag.de/de/Practicing-Open-Space-Our-First-Ten-Years-E-Book

Other projects supported by EU I have been associated with as an os-worker:
--- Are with on target with integration? Diversity is the potential for 
the future os our region (2009)
--- International Youth Work - Experiencing diversity (2009)
--- Creating a European social franchising and replication network (2006)
--- Imagine Europe - Impulses for partnering and projects (2006)
--- We plan the development of our Euro-Region to improve business, 
tourism, cooperation and friendship! (Poland and Lithuania)
--- We work together for tolerance and democracy (youths from all 33 
European countries) (2001)

As you can see this has been going on for 14 years.

Other os-workers I know have been involved in EU sponsored/funded, such as
--- How we empower civil society? Opportunities / obstacles/ impact 
(Moldova) (2015)

ok,  I gather the list is endless...

Aside of these projects, I have heard of contracts with the EU where you 
needed to have a university degree to facilitate an os event or where 
you had to agree to the inner circle of concentric circles to be fitted 
with especially large and comfortable chairs for members of the 
Commission...

Greetings from Berlin
mmp

On 15.08.2015 19:09, Artur Silva via OSList wrote:
> Sorry for the duplication (with some small corrections...). Can you
> please answer to this one?
>
> Thanks
>
> Artur
>
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> *From:* Artur Silva via OSList <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>
> *To:* World Wide Open Space Technology Email List
> <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>
> *Sent:* Saturday, August 15, 2015 5:11 PM
> *Subject:* [OSList] Higher Education Open Space organized by the EU
>
> Good morning Open Spacers:
> I have received from a friend this mail that announces a “Higher
> Education Open Space” organized by the European Union. He sent this to
> me, I think, because EU was adopting "Open Space" and he expected me to
> be happy with that.
> Here is the mail I have received:
> *Campus Europe Higher Education Open Space*
> https://ci5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/j3D5QLVQoIUZFJh6yH6JJUH9AetBjX2-b5eXIibKlI2I4l7xIPb79R7TtiWkjyOjR3-59RSECf9oIXEilr7o_cGrtkdBOO3hwE6oYtG7OndlbUQeFukscONjTK3vJhZB44LEe6HQYwR7j3fS6N2_F6U-KiSKDvAaoP2jq8M=s0-d-e1-ft#https://gallery.mailchimp.com/e0ba59dcb487a8983ceda27d9/images/081b2de9-cf33-4708-8890-fb8f96ab7807.pngThe
> /Higher Education Open Space
> <http://eucis-lll.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=e0ba59dcb487a8983ceda27d9&id=7c89775e7c&e=3bba19aa9f>/ (HEOS)
> 2015, following up the /Council's communiqué after Yerevan/
> <http://eucis-lll.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e0ba59dcb487a8983ceda27d9&id=e8bd74d07c&e=3bba19aa9f> will
> provide universities, students and stakeholder representatives an open,
> innovative and creative space for discussion on joint approaches to face
> these challenges. It also aims to contribute in a concrete way to
> the modernisation of higher education and to build alliances to
> reinforce the competitiveness and governance of European
> universities. It will allow for policy discussions and practical working
> sessions through two main events: a conference on the 3rd of November on
> how to reach 20% of student mobility by 2020 while maintaining the
> quality of mobility flows; an Open Space on the 4th-5th of November
> addressing topical issues of universities, students and stakeholders in
> the field of the /modernisation agenda.
> /<http://eucis-lll.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e0ba59dcb487a8983ceda27d9&id=79c041547d&e=3bba19aa9f>Register
> until 30 September 2015!
> <http://eucis-lll.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e0ba59dcb487a8983ceda27d9&id=79c041547d&e=3bba19aa9f>////
> /If one looks for the Program
> (/http://uni-foundation.eu/higher-education-open-space/conference/) one
> finds the Agenda below (after my signature)./
> /There are a lot of speakers!!! But even in relation with the sessions
> that could be "open": /
> /1) The session on /*”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 **“Group Discussion” (14:00 - 15:00) **has **4
> predefined subjects**:*
> ·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 questions are:*
> *-**Is this Open Space?***
> *-**What is the concept of "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 from European
> facilitators more close to the center of Europe (somewhere in the line
> from Brussels to Berlin…)*
> *Regards and have a nice week end*
> **
> *Artur*
> *(From Portugal, in the Southwest of Europe - or is it in the North of
> Africa?)*
> **
> *----------------*
> /*Attachment 1 */
>
>
>       Agenda
>
> *09:00 - 09:30: Arrival and registration*
> *09:30 - 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 mobility while
> intensifying their mobility flows
> Speaker: Prof. Miguel Ángel Sotelo, President of the European University
> Foundation
> ·The students’ perspective on the challenge of increasing mobility
> Speaker: Safi Sabuni, President of the Erasmus Student Network
> *10:30 - 11:00: Coffee break*
> *11:00 - 12:30: Disruptive innovation in the field of student mobility*
> ·The automatic recognition of studies abroad
> Speaker: Prof. Christoph Ehmann, Secretary-General of the European
> University Foundation
> ·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
> Luxembourg
> *12:30 - 14:00: Lunch*
> *14:00 - 15:00: Group discussions*
> *Increasing 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 credits
> *15:00 - 15:30: Coffee break*
> *15:30 - 17:00: Round-table*
> *How universities can best reach 20% of student mobility and its impact
> on society*
> ·Prof. Georg Winckler, former Rector of the University of Vienna and
> former President of the EUA
> ·Prof. Éric Froment, former President of the University Lumière Lyon 2
> and former President of the EUA
> *17:00 - 17:30: Closing session*
> *Attachment 2 *
> Map – Portugal in the world (and Açores/Azores in Portugal)…
>
> world map portugal - Pesquisa Google
> <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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> image
> <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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> world map portugal - Pesquisa Google
> <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>
> hasslberger.com map with Portugal clearly 400 × 359 - 91k - jpg
> worldatlas.com Locator Map of Portugal 320 × 350 - 37k - gif
> euratlas.net Portugal 728 × 340 - 54k -...
> View on www.google.pt
> <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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