The Polytechnic actively participates in the preparation and implementation of EU research and development projects, financed from existing national and international programs and funds (ESI funds, European territorial cooperation programs and European Union programs).
The joint action of professional and teaching staff in the implementation of the entire project cycle contributes to the further development of new and improvement of the quality of existing study programs, ensuring the quality of educational services and strengthening the recognition of the Polytechnic as a relevant factor in the socio-economic development of the community in which it operates.
Students are actively involved in all project activities, so that they can apply the knowledge acquired during their studies and gain new skills and experiences.
The Dean of the Polytechnic participated in the Jean Monnet conference as part of the Erasmus+ program
Activities of the Jean Monnet program will be supported by:
– Academic modules, chairs, centers of excellence with the aim of deepening teaching in European integration studies that are incorporated into the official curriculum of higher education institutions and with the aim of implementing, monitoring and supervising research on EU content, including for other educational levels, such as adult education and compulsory education. The aim of these activities is also to provide in-depth teaching on European integration issues for future experts in areas for which there is demand on the labor market, and at the same time to encourage, advise and guide the young generation of teachers and researchers in the areas of European integration projects;
– Policy dialogue with the academic world, which is supported by:
a) a network for strengthening cooperation between various universities in Europe and the world, encouraging cooperation and creating a platform for knowledge exchange with public stakeholders and Commission services and very important EU subjects;
b) projects for innovation and mutual stimulation and dissemination of EU content intended to promote discussions, thinking about EU issues and to increase knowledge about the EU and its processes;
– Support to institutions and associations, for the organization and implementation of legal activities of associations dealing with studies and questions about the EU and for the publication of facts about the EU to the general public while encouraging active European citizenship. The activities of the Jean Monnet program provide operational grants for certain institutions that achieve a goal of European interest;
– Studies and conferences with the aim of providing new conclusions and concrete proposals to policy makers based on critical, independent academic viewpoints and with the aim of reflecting on existing EU issues, especially through large international conferences on policy topics in which policy makers, civil society representatives and top level academics participate.
The expert team of the University of Applied Science Baltazar in cooperation with the Zagreb County created the Strategy for the Cultural Development of the Zagreb County under the name #kultura697. The goal of the Strategy is to improve cultural life in all 697 settlements of the County, encourage creative entrepreneurship, artistic and cultural creativity, preserve and revitalize cultural heritage and create conditions for the further development of cultural tourism.
The strategy brings a number of measures to create prerequisites and achieve goals for the development of culture in the next ten-year period. Following European trends and the Europe 2020 strategy, the economy and society should strive to take advantage of digitalization. Thus, the intention of the Strategy, among other things, is the creation of the network platform culture#697, which will be a virtual meeting place for the real culture community of Zagreb County.
As part of the Cultural Development Strategy of the Zagreb County, the #culture697 project was launched, in which residents of all 697 settlements of the Zagreb County could express their suggestions, wishes and needs in the sphere of culture in a questionnaire. The results of the survey questionnaire were published in November 2016 and are an integral part of the Strategy.
At the session of the County Assembly held on February 23, 2017, the Cultural Development Strategy of Zagreb County #kultura697 was adopted, which aims to improve cultural life in all 697 settlements of the County, encourage creative entrepreneurship, artistic and cultural creativity, preserve and revitalize cultural heritage, and create conditions for further development of cultural tourism.
The AWO project is financed from the ERASMUS+ KA2 program - Cooperation for innovation and exchange of good practice. The project leader is our professor Ksenija Stojaković, who together with her colleagues from Fachhochschule Burgenland (the Austrian University of Burgenland from Eisenstadt) and five other partners from Central and Eastern Europe are creating online course AWO or Academic letter.
It is a series of recorded lectures, texts and presentations with instructions for the preparation of the final thesis and/or the preparation of a scientific or professional paper. The goal of the project is in line with one of the goals of the Europe 2020 strategy, which is to increase the number of graduate undergraduate students: by 2020, 40% of graduates between the ages of 30 and 34 should successfully complete undergraduate studies. Since the project was raised to the European level, it was financed with EU funds. It will be available to everyone who wants to easily master the last step towards the diploma and master the technique of writing a professional and/or scientific paper.
The original course template is in German and English, and the project partners are translating it into five other European languages and adapting it. The modules impart the appropriate academic writing skills to the students, while the additional module serves the professional development of the teachers so that they can help and support the students during the writing of the paper.
Download the AWO project brochure here, a web-stranicu projekta posjetite here.
Clustering Creativity is the name of the Erasmus+ international project whose goal is to connect the academic community with the challenges brought by the digital economy and to keep up with fast-growing creative companies whose business models are based on creativity and digital literacy in creative media. Teachers Lana Domšić, Stella Antolović and Stjepan Lacković participate in this complex project, which brings a modern module focused on professional knowledge, and the coordinator of the project on behalf of the Polytechnic is Vesna Kotarski.
Project Clustering Creativity brings together numerous partners from the fields of education and marketing, some of which are: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Digital Academy, VRP Hill+Knowlton Strategies, Stuttgart Media University, RISEBA and Edinburgh Napier University.
It was created as part of the project online a platform that, through educational modules and tasks, connects students of higher education institutions with marketing professionals and small and medium-sized enterprises. Future students should be the ones to offer their creative solutions on various platforms online of marketing specifically to marketing professionals and various companies.
LAG is an instrument within the framework of LEADER-CLLD (Community Led Local Development) implementation mechanism of rural development measures by connecting local stakeholders of the public, civil and business sectors.
More details about LAG SAVA: http://www.lagsava.hr/
