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To implement
the above-mentioned objectives the National
Committee of the WUS-Romania has developed three
types of tasks, namely:
A. Organising Seminars and Public Information
Events
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for the further developing of the individual
personality
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for gaining management know how and acquiring
certain professional skills which are
normally not offered in the academic university
curricula
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and for strengthening their knowledge in civic
education and international co- operation
B.
Developing Projects of Innovative Higher
Education
primarily in the field of post-graduate
study and for interdisciplinary work
C.
Offering a Service of Professional Counselling
and Career Guidance
and,
under certain circumstances, rendering practical
assistance for students and post-
graduates to obtain scholarships for
international experience abroad and a good
profes-
sional position after their return to Romania..
In detail:
Organizing
Seminars and Public Information Events:
Last year
(2006) we have organised five seminars -
abbreviated as (S) or (T), the latter one stands
for “training seminars”- for our members and
special guests and eight public information
events – abbreviated as (P) - which are
primarily addressed to the general public. We
wish to point out that all of these events in
the public were organised with and, as a rule,
financed by other semi-governmental or private
institutions of adult education. In form of a
job-sharing a good load of the organisational
work is then performed by the WUS-Romania. –
Below you will see which seminars and public
information events we have performed during the
last year (2006):
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In the field of
“Development of the Individual Personality”
l. The
Quality of Life (S) in February 2006 – Casa de
Cultura Friedrich Schiller, Bucharest
2.
About Friends and Friendship(S) in December 2006
– Casa Friedrich Schiller, Bucharest
3.
Stress and Stress Management (T) in October 2006
–Evangelical Academy, Sibiu
4.
Dreams – Phantasm or Reality? (P) in November
2006 – House of Teachers, Braila
▪In
the field of
“Management Know how and Professional Skills”
1.
General Management
Training (T) March 2006 – Technical University
of Bucharest
2.
Financial
Management (S) April 2006 – Casa de Cultura
Friedrich Schiller, Bucharest
3.
Rhetoric Training
(T) March 2006 – Casa de Cultura Friedrich
Schiller, Bucharest
4.
Social Competences
(P) November 2006 – Public Library, Galati
▪
In the field of
“Civic Education and International Co-operation”
1.
What does it mean
to be liberal? (S) January 2006, Casa de Cultura
Friedrich Schiller, Bucharest
2.
Representative
Democracy, does it really work? (S) – Casa de
Cultura Friedrich Schiller, Bucharest
3.
Advantages &
Disadvantages of Romania’s Access to the EU (P)
– September 2006
in the Judet
of Gorj
4.
Adult Education in
Germany (P) November 2006 – in the Judet Council
Alba Julia
With regard
to Romania’s access to the European Union wehave
also performed a public information event at the
University of Erfurt in Germany under the title
“What do you really know about Romania?” which
was attended by over 50 participants. In this
event most of the speakers were members of the
WUS-Romania who are at present studying or
working in Germany.
Projects
of Innovative Higher Education
The
WUS-Romania wishes to contribute to the
improvement of science and university education
in Romania by initiating, developing and
sustaining new forms or study and new types
oftraining courses for students, teachers and
other professional staff, particularly in the
field of adult education, post-graduate training
and interdisciplinary work or science
co-operation. This task is more of a strategic
nature than the above-mentioned seminar and
public information events and most of them
stretch over a longer period of time – During
the last two years we were more or less engaged
in the following projects:
1.
Developing a “Professional and Study
Counselling Service in Romania”
as
initiated by the German Association of Adult
Education (Project Romania) in 2004
in
co-operation with the Goethe College in
Bucharest,
2. Organising
an “International Conference on the
Development of Danube Regions”
in
co-operation with the ´German-Romanian Institute
for Interdisciplinary Research´
(I.C.I.RG.).
After the first conference in Galati which took
place in November 2005 a
follow-up
conference was envisaged, but financial means
for that have not been secured.
3. Developing
a project for the “Training
of University Teachers in Science Manage-
ment”.
After an appropriate WUS-workshop in 2004 the
draft of a training program
was
presented to the Polytechnic University of
Bucharest which is planning to
realize
the project
4.
Developing an “Information
Campaign about the Advantages and Disadvantages
of Romania’s Access to the European Union”
in co-operation with the Konrad
Adenauer Foundation (Representation in Romania)
which was tried out in Bucharest
and
various communities in the Judet of Gorj,
organized in June 2006. A similar
training for public servants will follow this
year in other parts of the country,
5. “Information
and Training of Members of Staff in Institutions
of Adult Education
in our own seminars and during
the promotion week “Festival Sanselor Tale”
which
was
organized by the German Association of Adult
Education (DVV) in November
2006 in various Romanian towns.
Providing
a Service of Professional Counselling and Career
Guidance for Students
and
Young Professionals.
This service
is rendered to our members and other students
alike. But practical assistance for study and
work abroad and for finding place of work is
reserved to active members of the WUS-Romania.
The following questions which were discussed in
our office or by correspondence with our
“clients” last year demonstrate this type of
work:
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What and where
should I study?
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Is it more
advisable to study economics or business
administration in Romania
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I wish to study
German language and literature, isn’t it better
to do this in Germany or Austria?
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I study
architecture, which kind of master study is
advisable upon that?
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Is it advisable to
obtain a doctorate degree after my law studies
in Romania?
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How do I become a
psychotherapist in Romania?
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Where can I study
aeronautics and space technique in Germany?
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W here can I find
an internationally recognized MBA-study in
Canada?
- If I
finish my post-graduate studies in the USA, can
I stay there for a temporary work
later
on?-
- What
is the difference between a so-called practical
training, an internship and a
traineeship abroad?
- If I
legally work in France will my deductions for
social security later on be paid out in
Romania?
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How are my
professional chances when I finish my study of
musical sciences?
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What do they do
with me in an `assessment centre`?
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If I apply for a
position through a private job agency, can they
ask me for paying a fee?
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How much money do I
need to establish my own business in IT-software
production?
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What can I do if my
employer constantly expects me to do unpaid
overtime work?
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