Description
European Centre of Charles University and the Centre for Research in the Humanitites/Division of Science and Innovation/Office for International Education of University of Iceland would like to develop an opportunity to exchange good practice, experience and knowledge of administration of European research and exchange programmes in order to create bonds between the two universities and increase the volume of mutual academic exchange. The particular activity - job shadowing - would be done with emphasis on administration of European research/exchange programmes, evaluation of performance in humanities, activities carried out within international associations such as European University Association, OECD etc., and measures of scientific excellence. Those are factors that both universitites are interested in and would like to learn more about.
Summary of project results
Thanks to this project European Centre of Charles University and the Centre for Research in the Humanitites/Division of Science and Innovation/Office for International Education of University of Iceland developed an opportunity to exchange good practice, experience and knowledge of administration of European research and exchange programmes. The objectives of the project were 1) gaining more expertise on individual level of project team members and 2) strengthening co-operation on institutional level via an increased number of exchanged students and researchers and raised number of mutual research/educational projects. We believe both objectives were identified and strengthened very well through the course of the project in 2016. The most important for the team members were the job shadowing visits at partner institutions. All together six people (three from CUNI and three from UoI) took part in such visits, spending a week meeting colleagues and other experts from the hosting institution. While visiting the hosting institution, presentations of home institution were conducted, all team members taking part in them. Also, presentation of the visits and their outcomes were carried out at home institution, introducing not only the project itself but also EHP funds and the funding schemes. The main benefit was that we have learned about structures existing around application and implementation process of international (mainly European) projects at the partner university. Also to learn how is knowledge about administration gained and shared and what are the possible ways of supporting university researchers in achieving better results in highly competitive schemes of European science. Second main benefit were newly established partnerships and links useful for future H2020 and/or Erasmus+ mutual applications.
Summary of bilateral results
CUNI team iniciated the dialogue with UoI, designed a major part of project and applied for financing. The administrative part of the project as well as sharing the budget and organisational side such as booking of flight tickets were also done by CUNI team members. CUNI team also helped with projet´s audit carried out by the national agency. Both team prepared detailed programme for their partners and two presentations to introduce the home institution and the project experience. Project team was also actively giving support and information to EEA applicants at both universities to researchers, teachers nad students. Within the presentation, there was also floor given to other EEA beneficiaries in order to promote their projects as well. The main benefit was to learn what kind of structures exist around application and implementation process of iternational (mainly European) projects at the partner university. We had an opportunity to learn how is knowledge about administration gained and shared, which processes are established around this kind of administration and what are possible ways of supporting university researchers in achieving better results in highly competitive schemes of European science. Second main benefit were newly established partnership and link useful for future H2020 and/or Erasmus+ mutual applications.