4th DRC (Danube Rector´s Conference) Summer School on Regional Cooperation; Pécs, Hungary

in co-operation with IDResearch Ltd (IDR), Pécs; Faculty of Humanities of the University of Pécs and the International House of Pécs

Website of the DRC Summer School on Regional Cooperation 

Aims of the project:
- to enhance the awareness for the significance and possibilities of regional co-operation;
- to discuss and to develop strategies for the improvement of co-operation in the region;
- to bring young scientists from the countries of the Danube Region and Central Europe together to establish a regional scientific network within the European Research Area;
- to foster the relations between the partner universities of the Danube Rectors’ Conference and with other regional actors;
- to prepare a sustainable series of events to be able to meet the tasks mentioned above.

Main organisers:
Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe (IDM), Vienna
Mag. Dr. Susan Milford, Deputy Director

IDResearch Ltd. (IDR), Pécs
István Tarrósy, M.Sc., Managing Director, as initiator of the school

Target group:
30 young scientists from the Danube Region and Central Europe who have records in Political Science or other social science disciplines. 

Graduates who want to present their research projects to the students of the Summer School in the lectures.

Interested persons from regional organisations, public administration and scientific institutions.

Workshop items:
1. Life long learning: opportunities and challenges
2. Brain-circulation and aspects of migration in the EU of 27
3. University management – tasks for the 21st century
4. European Higher Education in a changing global environment

Working methods: 
- Lectures by high level scientists, young graduates and experts (politicians, civil servants, representatives of regional organisations, NGOs, EU officials);
- Presentation of Best Practice projects;
- Presentation of papers prepared by the participants;
- Discussion in parallel workshops;
- Presentation of the results of each working group and plenary discussion.
- The working language is English.
- The results of the Summer School will be published in a proceedings volume.