Think Global - Act Localin Kwidzyn

Krystyna Strzała - President

rektor@wsz.kwidzyn.edu.pl

Jolanta Sala – Vice President

prorektor@wsz.kwidzyn.edu.pl

November 2002

Kwidzyn School of Managementhttp://www.wsz.kwidzyn.edu.pl

Localisation & scale

National co-operation

International co-operation

Where is Kwidzyn?

Where is Kwidzyn & KSoM?Local & global attributes

• small scale of the town - 40 000 inhabitants - in the Pomeranian Region

• small scale of the university - over 400 students, 100 academic teachers - the best in the region

• small distance to bigger academic centers - about 100 km

• fast social & economic development in international co-operation

• no unemployment problems

• strong idea of life-long-learning

• Pomeranian Region, Poland

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Kwidzyn School of ManagementLocal & global attributes

Postgraduate studies

• Pedagogical Therapy

• Education Management

• Health Services Management

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• Entrepreneurship for Teachers

• Quality & Environment Management

• Finance Management

• European Studies

• Preparation for Family Life

Undergraduate day studies and extramural studies

• Local initiative for realisation of knowledge based society in Economic Sciences:– Finance and Management

– Information Science and Management

– Local Government Policy

• in preparation - Medicine Sciences:– Nursing, Physiotherapy, Medical

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• in preparation - Environment & Economics:– Design & Manufacturing Technologies

of Natural Materials, Environment Management

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IST Potential for FP6

IST Potential for FP6 in Kwidzyn Think Global - Act Local, Think Local - Act Global

• Experience & experiment in the area of Knowledge Based Society

• Experience & experiment in the area of e-Learning and videoconference in Internet

• interdisciplinary team of reasearch workers + active and clever students

• research topics (7 priority):– Science and technology in the knowledge based society (1.1.3.)– Societal trends in the knowledge based society and their

implications for the quality of life (2.1.1.)– Promoting the knowledge based society through life-long-

learning (2.1.4.)– Cultural dialogue and European society (7.1.2.)– Multilevel governance, democracy and new policy instruments

(5.1.2.)

Thank You for Attantion

Think Global - Act Local in Kwidzyn

We look forward to contacts and co-operation