The Commission on Education was established at the UBC-board meeting
in Klaipėda the 26th of June 1998. Responsible for the Commission are
the cities of Norrtälje in Sweden and Kärdla in Estonia.
The aims for this commission are:
- to offer the member cities good possibilities for exchange of
experiences,
- to bring up new initiatives for joint EU-projects on competence
improvement.
Commission on Education is dealing with the following main fields of
concrete activities:
1. Exchange of pupils and students
There are a lot of initiatives and exchange
activities that UBC members are experienced with. The commission will
support and take initiative to organise exchange between pupils and
students among UBC members.
The two running activities of the Commission on Education are:
The projects "The Meeting Point of Different Cultures"
and "The Summer School for potential researchers in the field of
aquatic ecology".
The project "The Meeting Point of Different
Cultures" is an exchange program for students in age 15-18
years. It's a possibility for communication, the development of English
speaking skills and motivation for learning foreign languages, culture
and history around the Baltic. Students participated in the project
become aware of their own roots and understand the differences between
different cultures. The project is organised in two steps: first the
students groups called UBC class has to work with aims of the
project at home and prepare a culture presentation program. Second
step is a Summer School together in a camp where the presentations will
be made, the workshops in the topics of the project and other
interesting activities.
The project "The Summer School for potential
researchers in the field of aquatic ecology" is a scientific
research Summer School project. The primary objective of the research
school is to let the students work with scientific research. The
students age 18-20 years meet in Erken Laboratory near to City of Norrtälje/
Sweden. In the leading of international supervisors the students have a
Summer School together. During 4 weeks they have lectures in general
limnology and a concluding week they have to summarise the work they
have done. The organisers hope that scientific discussions will become a
part of life for students participated in the project.
2. Distance education projects
We are already experienced with distance education projects between
cities and regions around the Baltic. Our experience is that this is a
very efficient mean in regional development, interregional cooperation
and networking. The commission is open to concrete ideas in the field of
distance education.
3. Other adult education projects
Many of the Baltic Sea Regions give priority to adult
educational national and EU-program. The Commission on Education will
support joint program for adult education and cooperation between
UBC-member organisations. The commission is open to concrete ideas in
the field of adult education
Activity
Report submitted during the IX UBC General Conference in Parnu, 27-28
September 2007.
Activity
Report submitted at the 47th UBC Execitive Board meeting, Gdynia, 19-20
October 2006
Activity
Report submitted during the VIII UBC General Conference in Turku, 29
September - 2 October 2005
Activity
Report submitted at the Executive Board meeting in Riga, on 16 October
2004
Activity Report
submitted during the VII UBC General Conference in Klaipėda, 18 October
2003
Activity Report submitted at the Executive Board meeting in
Umeå, 28-29 March 2003.
