Inclusion through Education and Culture October 13, 2010

Preliminary Programme

Thursday 14 October 2010

Venue: Faculty of Business and Economics

13.00 – 14.00 UNeECC General Assembly

14.00 – 14.30 Press Conference

14.30 – 15.30 Opening Ceremony

1. Plenary address by József Bódis, Rector of the University of Pécs

2. Plenary address by Mayor of the City of Pécs

3. Plenary address by Flora Carrijn, President of UNeECC

4. Plenary address by Maurits van Rooijen, President of Compostela Group of Universities

5. Plenary address by Csaba Ruzsa, Director of the Pécs 2010 European Capital of Culture Office

6. Plenary address by Şekib Avdagiç, Chairman of the Executive Board of the the Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture Agency ( 10’)

7. Plenary address by dr. h.c. Fritz Pleitgen, Director of the Ruhr 2010 Gmbh

15.30-16.30 Plenary Session

1. Plenary address by Katalin Bogyay, Ambassador of the Republic of Hungary to UNESCO – The Relationship between higher education and culture

2. Plenary address by Ann Branch, Head of Culture Programme and actions Unit, Education and Culture DG, European Commission

3. Plenary address by Mary McCarthy, Director National Sculpture Factory Cork Ireland. Former Director of Programmes Cork 2005

4. Plenary address by Mary Tupan-Wenno, Executive Director, European Access Network

16.30 – 17.00 Coffee Break

17.00 – 18.00 Plenary Session: Social Inclusion and ECoC programmes

- Neil Peterson, Culture Liverpool, Liverpool: Culture Liverpool – building on the European Capital of Culture

- Arianna Mazzeo – Andrea Solans, University of Lleida, Lleida Government, Lleida: Cities for All. Social inclusion and public space

- András Trócsányi, University of Pécs, Pécs: The spatial implications of urban renewal carried out by the ECC program Pécs

18.00: Opening of the Exhibition of the Documentation Centre on European Capitals of Culture, Athens

20.00. Dinner

Friday 15 October 2010

Venue: Faculty of Business and Economics

9.00 – 10.45 Parallel Sessions II.

Session A:

Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion

- Ed Kuczaj – Jessica Carson, Corks Institute of Technology, Cork, Arts Participation and Development in a Social Context

- Ana Ma Fuertes – Raquel Agost, Universitat Jaume, Jaume: Combating Social Exclusion through Social Capital. The importance of building networks in immigrant communities: A Spanish perspective.

- Ádám Guld, University of Pécs, Pécs: The Media Discourse – Can Popular Culture Fight Against Poverty and Social Exclusion?

- Ágnes Simon, Pécs2010 Management Centre Nonprofit Ltd., Pécs: The Pécs2010 programme in the light of the 25th anniversary of the European Capitals of Culture

- Hatto Fischer, Poiein kai Prattein – NGO, Athens: Poverty of Experience – a real cultural challenge

Session B:

Assessment of ECoC programmes

- Branimir Vukorepa- Petar Filipić, University of Split, Split: Assessment of social usefulness of the program of European Capital of Culture “European Capital of Culture” – economic goals and effects of the program

- Daniel Paül i Agustí, University of Lleida, Lleida: Tourism, civil society and major events. How and when cultural celebrations can promote social mixture?

- Christin Berg – Rune Dahl Fitjar – Hilmar Rommetvedt, International Research Institute of Stavanger (IRIS), University of Stavanger, Stavanger: European Capitals of Culture and the Citizens’ Participation: the Case of Stavanger 2008

- Eva-Nicoleta Burdusel, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Sibiu: A Holistic Approach to Higher Education: Challenges and Changes for the Sustainable University

Session C:

ECC efforts and the University against Social Exclusion

- Bill Chambers, Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool: Liverpool Culture Campus: linking higher education and the arts

- Ákos Tóth, Kecskemét College, Kecskemét: The impact of Human Capital on the economic performance of the cultural sector of the European Union

- Katalin Dobrai – Ferenc Farkas, University of Pécs, Pécs: Nongovernmental Organizations for Equal Opportunities – Projects in the Framework of the European Capital of Culture

- Asa Bergenheim, Umea University, Umea: Umea University – a power plant in the Culturized City

10.45 – 11.15 Coffee Break

11.15 – 13.00 Parallel Sessions III.

Session A:

Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion

- Márta B. Erdős – Éva Knyihar, University of Pécs, Pécs2010 Management Centre, Pécs: From Audience to Participants

- Renáta Anna Dezső, University of Pécs, Pécs: Raising awareness of socially excluded groups in teacher training

- Peter Sköld, Centre for Sami Research, Umea University, Umea: Sami Identity in the Cross-Fire between Politics and Culture – Representations in the Cultural Capital Process Umea 2014

- James Kenyon, Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool: ‘Youth gangs and the value of sport in the 2008 European Capital of Culture’

Session B:

Assessment of ECoC programmes

- Georg Simet, University of Applied Sciences of Neuss, Neuss, The Importance of Creativity and Innovation for Adopting Istanbul as European Capital of Culture

- Antonio Talone – Enrico Tommarchi, IUAV University of Venice: Unity in diversity in the European Capital of Culture

- Céline Blondeau, Lille Catholic University, Lille: Lille 2004: consequences and impacts

- Sabina-Adina Luca – Drago Dragoman, ‘Lucian Blaga’ University of Sibiu, Sibiu: Sibiu – European Capital of Culture 2007. An assesment of its impact on local development and identity

Session C:

ECC efforts and the University against Social Exclusion

- Witold Ostafinski, The Pontifical University of John Paul II in Cracow, Cracow: Poverty in the University and Its Effects on the Student Academic Experience

- Susana de Andrés del Campo – Rodrigo González Martín, University of Valladolid, Valladolid: Creative Social Responsibility. An educative experience against disability exclusion

- Balázs Németh, University of Pécs, Pécs: Fighting back Poverty and Social Exclusion with Better Adult Learning: A Challenging Work for Universities

- Katalin Füzér, University of Pécs, Pécs: Social Urban Rehabilitation Policies and Universities: the Case of Pécs, European Capital of Culture 2010 and the University of Pécs

13.00 – 14.00 Lunch

14.00 – 15.45 Parallel Sessions IV.

Session A:

Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion

- Myriam Deroo, University college of West Flanders, Kortrijk: Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion: “De Katrol as a good practice: research and impact”

- Valero-Valero, Ma del Mar. – Lázaro-Guillamón, Universitat Jaume, Jaume: Permanent Observatory of the Immigration: a new psychosocial approach of the cultures and the migrations

- Tamás Bartus, University of Pécs, Pécs: Spatial mismatch, commuting and unemployment. Evidence from Hungary

Session B:

Assessment of ECoC programmes

- Zsófia Zadravecz, University of Pécs: The European Capital of Culture Programme: Strategic Weapon or a failure in the war of competition?

- Jonas Ericson, Umea University, Umea: Creativity at lunchtime, inspiring with culture in a scientific environment. Culture on Campus and Culture Trade

- Tuuli Lähdesmäki, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä: Europeanness in the making: from policy to practice

- Domenico Crisafulli, University of Messina, Messina: European Capital of Culture – branding and belonging strategy

Session C:

ECC efforts and the University against Social Exclusion

- Szabolcs Zalay, University of Pécs, Pécs: Special andragogy strategy against the poverty and the social exclusion – The application of drama pedagogy method in the cultural project managers’ training

- Eszter Sayed-Mohammed, University of Pécs, Pécs: Analysis of the Hungarian higher education system in the aspects of equal opportunities and rural development

- Ria Vermote, University college of West Flanders, Kortrijk: Social Work Education and Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion

15.45 – 16.15 Coffee Break

16.15 – 17.15 Conclusions

17.15 Closing address by László Andor, European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal opportunities

19.00 Dinner

Saturday 16 October 2010

10:00 – 13.00: Optional tour of Pécs

Visit at the UNESCO World Heritage site of Pécs, guided tour in the city of Pécs (by bus and on foot)

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