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Dans le cadre du projet sur « la construction des savoirs français sur l'Europe médiane » qui s'articule sur l'axe 2 de l'UMR IRICE et le Labex « Écrire une histoire nouvelle de l'Europe », axe 3, il s'agit d'approfondir la connaissance des différents médiateurs et des lieux de médiation qui ont permis de connaître, d'évaluer et de définir des politiques à l'égard de cette région de l'Europe. Un précédent colloque (printemps 2014) avait été consacré aux militaires, des guerres balkaniques aux (...)

La direction générale de l’aviation civile (DGAC) a délivré, mercredi 9 septembre 2015, la certification «level D» au Full Flight Simulator (FFS) de l'A400M.

Comentario Elcano 48/2015 - 11/9/2015
Ángel Badillo
El Instituto Cervantes, la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) y la Universidad de Salamanca han acordado la puesta en marcha del Servicio Internacional de Evaluación de la Lengua Española. Se espera que 750.000 hablantes de español certifiquen su competencia lingüística en los primeros cinco años.

A Brit Királyi Légierő újabb Typhoon-ja kapott díszfestést: a 41. repülőszázad 100. évfordulójára készült festés utal a század múltjára, jelenére és jövőjére. A függőleges vezérsíkra festett Szent Omer-kereszt utal a 41-esek múltjára: ezt a jelképet választották 1916. július 14-i megalakulásukkor is. A kereszt jellegzetes színe végigkísérte a századot hosszú története során, és remélhetőleg még fogja a 100. évforduló után is. 

Jean-Claude Juncker war es, der am vergangenen Mittwoch im Scheinwerferlicht der europäischen Öffentlichkeit stand: Der Präsident der EU-Kommission…

À quelques semaines de l'élection présidentielle, la Côte d'Ivoire est sous tension. Jeudi, des violences ont éclaté dans plusieurs villes du pays entre les partisans de l'ex-président Laurent Gbagbo, et ceux du chef d'État Alassane Ouattara.

Le nouvel avion de transport effectue des essais en terrain sommaire.

Le nouvel avion de transport effectue des essais en terrain sommaire.

Du 7 au 9 septembre 2015, la 53ème session du conseil de la fonction militaire air (CFM Air) s’est tenue sur la base aérienne 105 d’Évreux.

Un mois après l'assassinat du général Nshimirimana, le bras droit du président Nkurunziza, le chef d'état-major de l'armée, le général Niyongabo, a réchappé à un attentat à Bujumbura, vendredi, lors duquel sept militaires ont été tués.

Budapesten rendezi meg első alkalommal a Trans Europe Halles a TEH Tábort 2015 novemberében.

Durant un mois, le C160 Transall de l’escadron de transport 50 « Réunion » a effectué neuf rotations sur l’île d’Europa, située à quatre heures de vol de l’île de La Réunion, pour y projeter des engins du 25èmerégiment du génie de l’air.

A la suite de l'annonce du plan d'urgence de relocalisation et d'accueil des réfugiés lors du discours sur l'état de l'Union européenne, mercredi, le texte de la Commission a été adopté jeudi par le Parlement européen, à une large majorité. Cependant, les réticences des chefs d’État n'ont pas disparu pour autant. Aujourd'hui encore l'opposition à ce plan se manifeste, tant au niveau européen qu'au sein de certains États membres, dont la France.

There are 6 nominationsfor the 2015 Sakharov Prize:

• Edna ADAN ISMAIL
• Raif BADAWI
• Democratic oppositionin Venezuela embodied by the Mesa de la Unidad Democrática andpolitical prisoners
• Boris NEMTSOV
• Nadiya SAVCHENKO
• Edward SNOWDEN, AntoineDELTOUR, Stéphanie GIBAUD

The candidates will be presented at a Joint AFET / DEVE / DROI meetingon Monday 28 September 2015 scheduled at 15:00-17:00 in the József Antallmeeting room 2Q2.

For the list of nominees together with their biographies please see link below.
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Az ötödik generációs F-35-ös fejlesztése egyre gyorsabban halad, azonban a Pentagon illetékese szerint a tempó növelése nehézségeket okozhat a beszállítóknál, illetve az automatizált karbantartási rendszer (ALIS) továbbra sem tökéletes.

Dorota Dakowska and Robert Harmsen

Why are Central and Eastern European countries said to be particularly exposed to European and international organizations? How did the Bologna Process become a central reference in many domestic reform projects in the region?  This special issue of the European Journal of Higher Education (Volume 5, Issue 1, 2015) aims to refine our understanding of higher education (HE) transformations in a post-authoritarian context. It further contributes to debates on Europeanization and policy transfer in the field.

 

This special issue brings together an international and interdisciplinary team of contributors.  Particular attention is focused on the different actors, who appropriate international norms in the cause of domestic reform, or conversely develop strategies of resistance.  The range of national and thematic case studies included, spanning both EU member states and the wider post-Soviet area, allows for the drawing of a comparatively broad-based portrait of both the ‘uses’ and the ‘users’ of international norms in domestic debates. 

 

Central and Eastern European countries may adopt different positions facing European HE policies. Some of them eagerly adopt European policy prescriptions, while others prefer a more selective approach. In any case, the Bologna Process and the European Higher Education Area are noticed, debated or even integrated in domestic political games. This being said, Europe is neither the only nor necessarily the main external reference in these countries. The interplay between the different external factors and actors is also highlighted in this issue.

 

Background

The special issue derives from an international research collaboration, launched with a conference organised at the University of Luxembourg in November 2010 and continued with a two-year research and training project funded by the Interdisciplinary Centre for Studies and Research on Germany (CIERA): ‘Rebuilding Academia: The Transformations of Central-East European Universities since 1989’ (2011-2013). The current issue derives from a workshop held in Strasbourg in 2013 (‘Bologna and Beyond: Experts, Entrepreneurs, Users and the Internationalisation of Higher Education Institutions’). Further collaborative work was made possible owing to the funding secured through the Strasbourg School of European Studies ‘Excellence project’ and the University of Luxembourg’s ‘Global-Uni’ project (2013-16).

 

Inside the Central European Academic Laboratory

In the introductory article Dorota Dakowska and Robert Harmsen deal with higher education (HE) transformations in Central and Eastern Europe in the context of democratization and globalization. The authors briefly survey the wider canvas of reform since 1989, probing the extent to which the countries of the region may be treated as a distinctive or a cohesive group. Diverging experiences with communism, international organizations and the European Union are highlighted, while attention is also focused on the differing degrees of marketization exhibited by academic systems across the countries of region. Notwithstanding their differences, the latter emerge as distinctive ‘laboratories of reform’, privileged sites for understanding the interplay of external and domestic influences in the reshaping of the HE sector. The introduction then turns to understanding the domestic mediation of the processes of Europeanization and internationalization, identifying a series of key factors broadly discussed in terms of structures, norms and actors.

 

In the first article that follows, Michael Dobbins analyses developments in Polish public higher education (HE) based on historical institutionalism and organizational isomorphism. The author argues that Polish public HE has been characterized by fragmentary state-driven attempts to inject more competition into the system and altogether relative policy inertia, despite an internal and external environment which is highly conducive to policy change and in particular marketization.

 

The second contribution, by Ligia Deca, focuses on the uses of international norms in the Romanian higher education reforms. By focusing on three phases of policy change, the author observes when, why and by whom the international influences were strategically used in Romanian public discourse on higher education reform. She draws a balance sheet across the two decades of higher education reforms in Romania to provide insights into wider problematics of reform, Europeanization and internationalization in a context of transition and peripherality.

 

In the third article, Liudvika Leisyte, Rimantas Zelvys and Lina Zenkieneexplore the implementation of selected Bologna action lines in Lithuanian higher education institutions (HEIs) from an organizational perspective. Although the Bologna process is likely to be normatively accepted by institutions in the context of high uncertainty, a phenomenon of national re-contextualization can be observed depending on the type of HEIs and the competitive horizons of academic disciplines.

 

In the fourth contribution Renáta Králiková sheds light on the domestic translation of international models basing on the Romanian and Lithuanian case of university governing boards. First, she stresses the importance of path dependent logics that go back to the transition period in the early 1990s. Second, she confirms that actors’ perceptions of institutions influence policy translation.

 

The fifth article written by Olga Gille-Belova, deals with the case of Belarus, which challenges the limits of the European Higher Education Area as the country is the only one that had at the time of writing not been accepted to join the Bologna Process. The contribution examines the strategic uses of the Bologna Process. The initial refusal of the Belarusian application reveals a complex interplay between the increasing importance of ‘technical’ criteria inside the EHEA and EU external policy considerations.

 

In her concluding comments Martina Vukasovic identifies a number of transversal themes and highlights the interplay between international, European and domestic influences on national policy changes. She then sketches a research agenda, outlines a theoretical framework and suggests topics for further research.

 

 

Dorota Dakowska is Professor of Political Science at the University of Lyon 2. She has published on EU Eastern Enlargement, German and European political foundations and the Europeanization of Polish Higher Education. Her current research project deals with the international dimension of academic reforms in Central and Eastern Europe.

 

Robert Harmsen is Professor of Political Science at the University of Luxembourg, where he directs the Master in European Governance. He has published extensively in the areas of European Politics and Public Policy, and is an editor of the Brill/Rodopi European Studies series.  His publications include Debating Europe (Nomos, 2011; co-edited with Joachim Schild).

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Plenartagung : EU-Kommissionspräsident Juncker hielt am Mittwoch (9.9.) seine erste Rede zur Lage der Union. Schwerpunkt seiner Rede waren die Themen Migration und Griechenland. Am selben Tag hat das Plenum den Notfallplan zur Umsiedlung von Asylsuchenden aus Italien und Griechenland gebilligt. Weitere neue Vorschläge der EU-Kommission zur Migrations- und Asylpolitik wurden positiv aufgenommen. Außerdem wurde ein Klonverbot für Nutztiere und eine Verschärfung des Handelsverbots für Robbenprodukte beschlossen.

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Séance plénière : Le Président de la Commission Jean-Claude Juncker a tenu son premier discours sur l'état de l'Union mercredi. Devant le Parlement réuni en plénière, il a surtout évoqué la crise migratoire et la Grèce. Les députés ont approuvé le même jour des mesures d'urgence visant à relocaliser des demandeurs d'asile depuis l'Italie et la Grèce vers d'autres États membres. Ils ont aussi soutenu l'interdiction du clonage animal ainsi que des mesures plus strictes sur le commerce de produits dérivés du phoque.

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