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1st MCC Staff Training in Tbilisi, 11-12 April
The 1st training within the UNIMIG project "Migration and Higher Education - Building Skills and Capacities" provided by the KFU Graz to the staff of the three MCCs and one representative of each PCU was held 11th and 12th April 2013 at Tbilisi State University.
The training was aimed to provide the participants with a deeper understanding of organizational processes and the functioning of competence centers structured as University institutes. Furthermore, ideas have been developed on the development of future cooperation between the three MCCs and the other PCU within the Regional Research Network that is to be established in the upcoming months. Finally, the training was aimed to support the participants in the elaboration of concrete activities to be carried out in the future.
The delegation from KFU Graz, consisting of Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Wolfgang Benedek, Mag. Reinmar Nindler and Maga Lisa Heschl E.MA, presented and discussed on a broad variety of questions like “How to organize a competence center?”, “How to establish an online journal?”, "How to make the MCCs attractive partners in research, policy making and other partners?" and " How to establish functioning research networks?".
The 1st training within the UNIMIG project "Migration
and Higher Education - Building Skills and Capacities" provided by the
KFU Graz to the staff of the three MCCs and one representative of each
PCU was held 11th and 12th April 2013 at Tbilisi State University.
The
training was aimed to provide the participants with a deeper
understanding of organizational processes and the functioning of
competence centers structured as University institutes. Furthermore,
ideas have been developed on the development of future cooperation
between the three MCCs and the other PCU within the Regional Research
Network that is to be established in the upcoming months. Finally, the
training was aimed to support the participants in the elaboration of
concrete activities to be carried out in the future.
The
delegation from KFU Graz, consisting of Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Wolfgang
Benedek, Mag. Reinmar Nindler and Maga Lisa Heschl E.MA, presented and
discussed on a broad variety of questions like “How to organize a
competence center?”, “How to establish an online journal?”, "How to make
the MCCs attractive partners in research, policy making and other
partners?" and " How to establish functioning research networks?".
Within
the successful two-day training,intense discussions on the coordination
of the further course of action took place. These discussions concerned
inter alia the MCCs’ homepages, the documentation, the teaching
schedule, working programs and activity plans of the MCCs, the Regional
Research Network and the development of a joint online journal dealing
with migration issues in the South Caucasian region.
Besides the
important capacity building, the training was also used by the
participants to deepen contact amongst each other, which will not only
be helpful for the close cooperation of the MCCs and their staff in the
future, but might also be the foundation of a regional academic
cooperation reaching beyond the scope of the current project.
The
participants from Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Austria look back at
an interesting, challenging and fruitful training, which has not only
be beneficial to the further development of the UNIMIG project, but also
increased the experience of the participants with useful knowledge and
insights, which can be utilized outside and afterwards the project as
well.