[UOS] Global South Partnerships Event 'Connect4Change'

Prof.Guido Van Huylenbroeck, Academic Director of Internationalisation, and the Partnerships Global South team are inviting you to this networking event on the theme of University Development Cooperation.

The conference is free to attend, but registration is necessary at https://eventmanager.ugent.be/connectforchange.

 

 

Programme:

11h00 - Opening by Vice-Rector Mieke Van Herreweghe and Director Internationalisation Guido Van Huylenbroeck

11h15 -  Plenary speaker Prof. Doris Schroeder, Director of Centre for Professional Ethics, UCLan (UK) as lead author of the “Global Code of Conduct for Research in Resource-Poor Settings”.

12h00 - Mr. Koen Doens, Director-General, European Commission, Directorate General for International Partnerships : “Global Gateway, and the role of universities in building partnerships with the Global South”.

13h00 - Walking lunch

14h00-15h00 Workshops and Infobooths

• Workshop 1: Ghent University’s instruments for strategic international collaboration
• Workshop 2: How do I get more internal connections, how do I involve other faculties, Universities of applied sciences or NGO’s in my project
• Workshop 3: Building bridges towards the private sector

15h15-15h00 Workshops and Infobooths

• Workshop 4 : Research ethics and ethics dumping policy at Ghent University: from benefit-sharing to human rights
• Workshop 5: Funding for Partnerships Global South
• Workshop 6: International Master programmes integrating global (South) perspectives and students at UGent (ICP Connect, EM, …)

 

See the more detailed programme here.

 

May 5, 2022, 2:38 p.m.