Background
Brainstorm session with present Consortia and other interested participants about a project idea for a KA2 Application under the ERASMUS+ programme in 2023
Geplaatst: 6 December 2022
Brainstorm session with present Consortia and other interested participants about a project idea for a KA2 Application under the ERASMUS+ programme in 2023
Geplaatst: 2 May 2022
Our 2021 seminar focused on the new Erasmus+ programme period in terms of traineeship mobilities, employability of students in a post-pandemic era, virtual traineeships, digital skills development, and new trends of University – Business collaboration, and more!
Thanks to everyone who joined us and the speakers for an interesting presentations.
Seminar Program
| Date: | June 16-17, 2022 |
| Venue: | Ghent University International Relations Office Het Pand – Onderbergen 1 9000 Gent Tel +32 (0)9 264 70 02 |
| Contact: | info@leo-net.org +31 4 02 47 43 36 +31 6 51 54 11 68 |
PRE-SEMINAR ACTIVITY
JUNE 15TH (20.00)
Meet & Greet your students and trainees
Participants can invite their students and trainees, who are at that moment in Ghent or nearby, for a drink offered by LEO-NET and listen to their traineeship experiences in the typical Ghent beer pub ‘De Dulle Griet’ http://www.dullegriet.be/nl/
JUNE 16TH (09.00 – 21.30)
09:00 –09:30 – Registration
09.30 – 10.00: Opening seminar
• Welcome by Mr. Frederik De Decker, Head of the UGhent International Relations Office
• Introduction to the seminar by the LEO-NET Board
10.00 – 11.00 – Impact of Erasmus+ placements on Higher Education
• Mrs. Magda Kirsch (Educonsult)
During this session we will discuss the impact of Erasmus+ placements on the development of competences, further studies and professional careers of the VET and higher education participants. Special attention will be given to discerning variables such as the duration of the placement, the moment when the placement took place (during studies or as recent graduates) and the degree held by the participants. Lastly recommendations will be given to enhance the impact of placements. Some remarkable differences between E+ SMP placements and E+ placements for VET students will be briefly pointed out.
11:00 – 11:30 – Coffee break
11.30 – 12.30 – Quality Framework for Traineeships – what makes a good traineeship?
• Mrs. Shui Beam Lam (European Commission, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion/Youth Employment)
Traineeships are a common way for young people to gain practical and professional experience before taking up regular jobs. However, various stakeholders have voiced concerns on working conditions of trainees. Therefore, the Commission is carrying out an evaluation of the 2014 Council Recommendation on a Quality Framework for Traineeships. The current quality framework lists 10 quality dimensions, which Mrs. Lam will explain. There will be time for an exchange of views on what a high quality traineeship entails, whether the current quality framework caters for this, and whether there are quality dimensions that may be missing.
12.30 – 13.00 – How Career Services, Career Development and Psychology Consultants join forces to boost the employability of 3rd cycle students
• Mrs. Fernanda Correia (University of Porto)
As an example of best practice Mrs. Correia will show how the Career Services of the faculties of the University of Porto together with the Career Development Unit and the Work Psychology Consulting Service started a programme capable of promoting the development of employability throughout the life of the students and graduates of the 3rd cycle of studies. The programme is differentiating, including diversity, enhancing uniqueness and promoting the participants autonomy and power to act; while being agile and scalable.
13:00 – 14:00 – Lunch
14.00 – 14.45 – Creating a Network for Traineeships in Medical and Health Sciences
• Mrs. Rosalyn Eder and Mr. Bruno Woeran (Paracelsus Medical university)
Based on experience, students in the field of medicine and other health sciences (broadly defined) face many challenges when looking and applying for traineeships abroad. In this session Mrs. Eger will discuss what these challenges are and possible ways how to overcome them. Specifically the creation of a networking group under LEO-NET will be suggested which will serve as a platform for collaboration on the issues of traineeships for the medical and health sciences field.
14.45 – 15.45 – How the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the UN and Hybrid Learning Environments (HLEs) are an ideal combination to foster innovation for education
• Mrs. Elke van der Valk (Fontys University of Applied Sciences)
We all want educational systems to become more innovative and aligned with society, but at the same time we are stuck in those systems because of the existing structures. However there is still hope and more and more universities in the Netherlands are experimenting with HLEs putting societal challenges linked to the SDGs at the basis. Elke will give some insights into their HLE for Circular Transition and let you experience yourself how SDGs can be used as a tool to tackle societal challenges within a HLE.
15.45 – 16.15 – coffee break
16.15 – 17.00 – LEO-NET member meeting
18.30 – 21.30 – Cooking workshop/dinner
9:30 – 10:30 – Project idea for a KA2 Application under the ERASMUS+ programme in 2023
Brainstorm session with present Consortia and other interested participants
10.30 – 11.00 – Coffee break
11.00 – 12.30 – Does digital technology make us happier?
• Mr. Rens van der Vorst (CIMB)
We live in a world full of digital technology, but when does technology make things better? And, more importantly, what do we mean by better? Rens van der Vorst takes you on an insightful, sometimes painful, sometimes hilarious, but always relevant quest for the answer to this important question.
13.00 – 14.00: Lunch /Boat trip
14.30 – 16.00 – How to enhance internship mobility for students and graduates with special needs? Time for action!
• Mrs. Valérie van Hees, Mr.s Nadie Baudry and Mrs. Valerie Mertens (SIHO)
Students with fewer opportunities, like students from more vulnerable socio-economic backgrounds, students with disabilities or a refugee background, are underrepresented in mobility programmes and specifically in internships abroad. As the new Erasmus Programme aims to achieve better inclusiveness in mobility programmes, higher education institutions are in the process of planning and implementing reforms to widen participation of disadvantaged and underrepresented students in mobility programmes. During this interactive workshop session participants will gain in depth insight into the key criteria of inclusive mobility in connection to internships, following a 360° approach in which the needs and expectations of disadvantaged students, university staff and national authorities are highlighted. This workshop is supplemented by frameworks, assessment tools and case studies of good practices that are implementable right away when back at the workplace.
16.00 – 16.45 – Erasmus+ Programme 2021-2027: challenges and new opportunities for traineeship mobility
• Mr. Johannes Gehringer (European Commission, DG Education, Youth, Sport & Culture / Higher Education)
Mr. Gehringer will take us through the new opportunities in the new Erasmus+ Programme, especially for traineeship mobility. After one year we have experienced the improvements and challenges. This session is a great opportunity for discussion and Q&A’s.
16.45 – 17.00 – Wrap up & Closing
Contact: Leo-Net secretariat – info@leo-net.org – +31402474336 / +31651541168
Venue:
Ghent University
International Relations Office
Het Pand – Onderbergen 1
B- 9000 Gent Tel +32 (0)9 264 70 02
How to get to the meeting venue / UGent IRO?
See the map & route description
https://www.ugent.be/en/ghentuniv/principles/internationalisation/iro/route.htm
Seminar Fees
| Seminar June 16-17 | |
| Leo-Net member Early Bird (deadline 22.05.2022) | € 425 |
| Leo-Net member | € 490 |
| Non Leo-Net member | € 625 |
Seminar fees include:
| June | 16 | 17 |
| Lunch | X | X |
| Refreshments during seminar | X | X |
| Materials | X | X |
| Social programme / dinner | X |
Please note:
After June 8, 2022: no refund is applicable
No VAT applicable.
Hotels:
The hotels below are situated in the city centre, within short walking distance from the meeting venue
4****
Pillows Grand Hotel Reylof
Address: Hoogstraat 36, 9000 Ghent
Website: www.pillowshotels.com/ghent/
Booking:
Tel: +32 9 235 40 70
Email: grandhotelreylof@pillowshotels.com
Ghent Marriott
Address: Korenlei 10, 9000 Ghent
Website: www.marriottghent.com
Booking:
Tel: +32 9 233 93 93
Email: reservations@marriottghent.com
NH Gent Belfort
Address: Hoogpoort 63, 9000 Ghent
Website: www.nh-hotels.com/hotel/nh-gent-belfort
Booking:
Tel: +32 9 233 33 31
Email: nhgentbelfort@nh-hotels.com
Ghent River hotel
Address: Waaistraat 5, 9000 Ghent
Website: www.ghent-river-hotel.be/en/
Booking:
Tel: +32 92 66 10 10
Email: info@ghent-river-hotel.be
Hotel de Flandre
Address: Poel 1-2, 9000 Ghent
Website: www.hoteldeflandre.be/en/
Booking:
Tel: +32 9 266 06 00
Email: info@hoteldeflandre.be
Hotel Harmony
Address: Kraanlei 37, 9000 Ghent
Website: www.hotel-harmony.be/en/
Booking:
Tel: +32 9 324 26 80
Email: info@hotel-harmony.be
3***
Novotel Gent Centrum
Address: Hoogpoort 52, 9000 Ghent
Website: www.novotel.com/gb/hotel-0840-novotel-gent-centrum/index.shtml
Booking:
Tel: +32 9 293 90 02
Email: H0840@accor.com (individual) or H0840-RE@accor.com (group)
Hotel Gravensteen Gent
Address: Jan Breydelstraat 35, 9000 Ghent
Website: www.gravensteen.be/en/
Booking:
Tel: +32 9 225 11 50
Email: info@gravensteen.be
Hotel Monasterium Poortackere
Address: Oude Houtlei 56, 9000 Gent
Website: https://monasterium.be/en/p/home
Booking:
Tel: +32 9 269 22 10
Email: info@monasterium.be
2**
Ibis Gent Centrum St-Baafs Kathedraal
Address: Limburgstraat 2, 9000 Ghent
Website: www.accorhotels.com/nl/hotel-0961-ibis-gent-centrum-st-baafs-kathedraal/index.shtml
Booking:
Tel: +32 9 233 00 00
Email: H0961@accor.com (individual) or H0961-RE@accor.com (group)
Ibis Gent Centrum Opera
Address: Nederkouter 24, 9000 Ghent
Website: www.accorhotels.com/nl/hotel-1455-ibis-gent-centrum-opera/index.shtml
Booking:
Tel: +32 9 225 07 07
Email: H1455@accor.com (individual) or H1455-RE@accor.com (group)
New hotels
YALO hotel
Address: Brabantdam 33, 9000 Ghent
Website: www.yalohotel.com/en/
Booking:
Tel: +32 (0) 9 395 92 00
Email: hello@yalohotel.com
B&B HOTEL Gent Centrum
Address: Voldersstraat 17, 9000 Ghent
Website: www.hotel-bb.com/nl/hotel/gent-centrum
Booking:
Tel: +32 93 96 61 30
Email: gent.centrum@hotelbb.com
Leo-Net warmly welcomes new potential members.
We are looking forward to seeing all of you at our next seminars!
Geplaatst: 29 April 2022
For nearly 20 years LEO-NET is active in the field of traineeship mobility and traineeship consortia. This as an international network connecting experts from mobility consortia, International Relation offices, career centers, student counselling services.
All sharing the collective ambition to boost students and young graduates for sustainable careers in a globalizing, inclusive society where each talent counts.
Right from the start of LEO-NET (1999) consortia have been embraced and valued for their specific role in enhancing European traineeship mobility.
Currently the European Commission is working on the design of the successor of the present ERASMUS+ Programme. Therefore many of our Consortia members are convinced that extra attention for the role of Consortia is at stake (cf. chapter 1 in the position paper drawn up by LEO-NET in October 2017).
The Programme will start at 09.30 (registration and coffee at 09.00) and closes at 17.00
09.00 – Coffee and registration
09.30 – 09.45: Opening seminar
09.45 – 10.15: ERASMUS+
Mr. Johannes Gehringer, representative of the European Commission, BE
10.15 – 11.00: Consortia
Mr. Thomas Berger, Fulda University of Applied Sciences, Germany
11.00 – Coffee break
11.30 – 12.30: Consortia
Mr. Thomas Berger, Fulda University of Applied Sciences, Germany
12.30 – Lunch
13.30 – 14.30: Quality of Traineeships
14.30 – 15.15: Host Organisation
15.15 – Coffee break
15.45 – 16.45: Cooperation
16.45 – 17.00: Wrap up and Closure of the Consortia Day
Geplaatst: 23 September 2020
LEO-NET is happy to invite you to join the webinar about the important contribution from the SPRINT-project to quality internships.
SPRINT is the acronym for STANDARDIZE BEST PRACTICES ABOUT INTERNSHIPS. A 3 year European strategic partnership with HEIs, employers, students unions and other stakeholders on board.
The aim was to build common European criteria and common tools for quality internships. The existing rules, the brakes and barriers to quality internships as well as the best practices were the first bases of the work of Sprint. Hard work, synergies and consultation rounds, all with the support of the French standardization agency (AFNOR) representing the European standardization committee, resulted in eight important criteria for quality internships: recruitment, written agreement, remuneration, skills development, tutoring, career development and employment, work environment and working conditions, and social protection and insurance.
Moreover SPRINT developed tools to implement these criteria for HEI’s as well as for organizations hosting interns: guides and a self-assessment website. Staff trainings will be offered too.
Right from its initial start, LEO-NET has always been concerned about quality internships, so we are indeed very happy to cooperate in the dissemination of the outputs of the SPRINT-project.
The webinar starts at 11 o’clock. After the introduction and presentation (45’), we include time for Q&A and a lively discussion (until 12.15 max).
LEO-NET membership is institutional. You are kindly invited to spread this invitation within your own institution. You and your colleagues are welcome join the webinar after individual registration
The link to the webinar will be shared Wednesday at the latest.
Geplaatst: 7 July 2020
On July 1, 2020 Leo-Net organised its first webinar on Erasmus+ topics. It was very nice to see our members again and discuss the interesting topics they had raised.
Due to the great success Leo-Net will deliver more webinars in the future. In order to prepare the best content for the members, we would like to ask you for your help in suggesting what topics you would like to be included.
Please state your topic ideas in this online form.
Thank you very much and looking forward to see you at the next webinar after the summer!
Geplaatst: 23 September 2019
Are you interested in how we can further extend and shape a Community of Consortia?
Geplaatst:
Geplaatst:
For nearly 20 years LEO-NET is active in the field of traineeship mobility and traineeship consortia. This as an international network connecting experts from mobility consortia, International Relation offices, career centers, student counselling services.
All sharing the collective ambition to boost students and young graduates for sustainable careers in a globalizing, inclusive society where each talent counts.
Right from the start of LEO-NET (1999) consortia have been embraced and valued for their specific role in enhancing European traineeship mobility.
Currently the European Commission is working on the design of the successor of the present ERASMUS+ Programme. Therefore many of our Consortia members are convinced that extra attention for the role of Consortia is at stake (cf. chapter 1 in the position paper drawn up by LEO-NET in October 2017).
The Programme will start at 09.30 (registration and coffee at 09.00) and closes at 17.00
09.00 – Coffee and registration
09.30 – 09.45: Opening seminar
09.45 – 10.15: ERASMUS+
Mr. Johannes Gehringer, representative of the European Commission, BE
10.15 – 11.00: Consortia
Mrs. Marjo van der Valk, Eindhoven University of Technology, NL –Executive board member Leo-Net
11.00 – Coffee break
11.30 – 12.30: Consortia
12.30 – Lunch
13.45 – 14.15: Consortia
European Universities – YUFE – Young Universities for the Future of Europe
Mr. Tim Engels, Antwerp University, BE
14.15 – 15.15: Consortia
Mrs. Patricia Burssens, Ghent University, BE – Board member Leo-Net
15.15 – Coffee break
15.45 – 16.45: Consortia
16.45 – 17.00: Wrap up and Closure of the Consortia Day
Geplaatst: 23 April 2018
Geplaatst: 12 March 2018
Barcelona, April 12-13, 2018
Johannes Gehringer is Policy Officer for Erasmus+ Higher Education at European Commission in Brussels. He is mainly dealing with the management of intra-European Erasmus+ student and staff mobility as well as higher education strategic partnership projects.
Johannes has more than ten years of work experience in EU education and training policies and programmes. Previously, he worked in EU external relations and cooperation (audiovisual, culture). His academic background ranges from computer science, languages, international politics to business administration. He studied in Vienna, Paris, Zaragoza, Chicago and Brussels.
Ana Cecilia Boa- Ventura has over 20 years’ experience in European Programs. She is International Officer at the Polytechnic of Leiria, in the coastal center part of Portugal where she works in the framework of international traineeships, faculty members mobility, a Consortium of 8 Polytechnics and 122 companies- unique in Europe given the special characteristics it holds- and she has experience in organizing international events and working with Joint Master Degrees.
The Polytechnic of Leiria is one of the 3 biggest Polytechnics in Portugal and has over than 1200 international students- she has the background and the know- how of working directly with the students during all the changes of the Erasmus program from a pilot program in Business administration as the first Polytechnic in Portugal applying to Erasmus until to Erasmus + . She is from Lisbon and holds a grade in Law (University of Lisbon) and a grade in Para Legal Studies (Polytechnic of Leiria) and a Master in International Relations- European Studies namely in the area of International Higher Education Studies (University of Coimbra) and she is preparing her doctoral degree in the frame of EU relations with Eastern Countries in what concerns Higher Education (University of Coimbra). She was also a Fulbright grantee of market driven Higher Education and has several papers published namely on financial aspect of the European Commission funding, Multilingualism, Relationship between University-Industry. Attended numerous workshops and seminars both as speaker or attendee mostly in issues connected with European Higher Education programs and she speaks four languages.
Regarding LeoNet she has been attending to the Barcelona meeting for the last 12 years and she has a special interest in activities connected with Higher Education with the intervention of the European Commission.
Karol Ovesny is an experienced project manager in business and education area with main focus on EU programs and Higher Education and business cooperation.
He is Managing Director and Founder of the first Slovak Consortium of Universities called WorkSpace Europe, focused on university – business cooperation and international mobilities supported by EU program Erasmus+. WorkSpace Europe represents 12 prestigious Slovak Universities with a branch in Czech Republic with another 3 Universities.
Karol also operates as a business consultant for Slovak and international companies and Universities and is a member of several international associations related to Business-Academic cooperation.
Jaana Mutanen works currently as a programme manager at EDUFI Finnish National Agency for Education (former CIMO and National Board of Education) in the Unit of International Traineeships and Postgraduate Studies. Her tasks include various types of projects designed to improve traineeships, practical traineeship exchanges to Latin America, Asia and Russia. JM also manages the national network TraiNet, experts on Traineeships in Finnish HEIs.
During 20years JM have been promoting Finland as study destination in Educational Fairs and writing 80 professional articles. JM has been doing abroad more or less 10 traineeship periods for professionals. She is in the Board of Foundation of Finnish cultural institutes in Madrid and Berlin.
In the first half of the 90’s JM worked in the international matters –unit of the Ministry of Education, after which she moved onto the corresponding unit in Helsinki University dealing with Finnish HEIs and exchanges. Before coming to CIMO, JM had one more taste of internationalism by working abroad in the Finnish Institute in Berlin in promoting Finland as a prospective studying and training destination.
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Bert Verdonck is a global LinkedIn expert, an international master trainer and passionate lifehacker. Bert is the author of 8 books, including the Little LinkedIn for Dummies (in Dutch). He also co-authored the best seller How To REALLY Use LinkedIn and The Power of LinkedIn. His most recent book is the Little WhatsApp for Dummies (in Dutch). LinkedIn Learning also published several of his courses on social recruiting.
Bert is the General Manager for the Professional Development & Training (PDT) department of Scredible, a
UK startup. Scredible helps organisations and professionals to become socially credible, thought leaders and more successful by embracing the power of LinkedIn, social selling & social recruiting. Scredible has next to PDT also a brilliant platform, supported by AI to get faster results with social media.
Together with his international team of 27 certified LinkedIn trainers, which is the #1 LinkedIn training group in the world, Bert is giving presentations and training sessions about LinkedIn, social media, social selling and social recruiting for SMEs, freelancers and global organisations like Deloitte, IBM, ING, Oracle, PwC, BNPParibas and Siemens.
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Fascinated by the leaders who make impact in the world with a capacity to live and develop positively in spite of challenges, Line has discovered interesting patterns in how they think, act and communicate. Faithful to their values and aspirations, they learn from every situation and circumstance in life as a great and valuable experience and are not afraid of re-inventing themselves and their way of doing things. They develop agility and resiliency which allow to respond and adapt positively to change without falling into the trap of rancor, hostility or bitterness.
With a background in philosophy and system thinking and an experience of 20 years as manager and project manager in different industries, Line is running now her own company providing training, guidance and coaching to organizations, teams & individuals facing major transformations impacting employment, skills and education.
Pierre-Julien Bosser-Lamy is a social entrepreneur and youth activist. He co-founded InternsGoPro because he believes in real democracy and in the power of communities to organize to pursue their interests. His background in philosophy and European studies led him to investigate the enormous potential of people for social transformation. He is convinced that if every young person could access quality education and quality trainings, youth could bring the most to society. He is passionate about helping people take a stand and make a difference in the world.