University of Rouen (France)

The Norman University Pole (France)

University of Caen Lower Normandy (France)

Ministry of Education and Research The National Agency for Partnerships between Universities and the Economic and Social Environment (APART) (Romania)

Regional Council of Upper Normandy (France)

Regional Council of Lower Normandy (France)

Dear Madam /Sir, The Norman University Pole (PUN) and the National Agency for Partnerships between Universities and the Economic and Social Environment (APART), with support from the University of Rouen, the University of le Havre, the University of Caen Lower Normandy, the Regional Council of Upper Normandy, and the Regional Council of Lower Normandy, are organising in Cherbourg, between July 18 to 23, 2005, the fourth Summer University edition of ‘University in Society – UNISO 2005’, on the subject of ‘University and Employment’. The main objective of the Summer University is the local and regional development of vocational training in order to expand university-enterprise partnerships. The directions suggested for this edition are: Assessing employers’ demands – building the training offer; Competences – product of universities and of enterprises; Strategy of universities based on the Lisbon Strategy; Is the university a knowledge enterprise? Career development in universities and follow-through of graduates Intangible assets, tacit knowledge of universities and the labour market; Evolution of the labour market in the knowledge society; Adjustments between the training offer and the needs of enterprises; International mobility: an asset for the access to employment; University studies and work integration;

Continuing training and employability; The apprenticeship, value added to competence; Entrepreneurial university and knowledge enterprise. We kindly ask you to confirm your participation by April 15th, 2005 and to communicate the topic of your contribution by sending a max. 500-word abstract which can be the object of an oral presentation of 15-20 minutes or of a contribution during a round-table discussion. The full text of your contribution should reach us in electronic format by June 1st, 2005. The language used must be French or English. The draft agenda and the inscription form are attached. Your abstract and full text, as well as any mail, should be addressed to: Sorin Eugen ZAHARIA UNISO 2005 Summer University Bd. Schitu Magureanu, nr.1, etj. 3 phone: +40 (21) 313 00 50, 313 00 51, fax: +40 (21) 313 00 53 e-mail : [email protected] SECTOR 5, BUCHAREST 050025 ROMANIA Organising committee: Jean Pierre GOHEL, general secretary of the Norman University Pole (France); Mohamed KETATA - Head of the University of Rouen Institute of Technology (France); Nicole LE QUERLER - President of the University of Caen Lower Normandy (France); Philippe MAKANY- Head of Cherbourg Manche Institute of Technology – University of Caen Lower Normandy (France) ; Jean Luc NAHËL - President of the University of Rouen (France); Margareta Simona PATRICHE – National Agency for Partnerships between Universities and the Economic and Social Environment – APART (Romania); Pierre Bruno RUFFINI – President of the University of le Havre; Sorin Eugen ZAHARIA - Head of the National Agency for Partnerships between Universities and the Economic and Social Environment - APART (Romania). Scientific committee: Petru ANDEA - Professor at the Polytechnical University of Timisoara (Romania) ; Ecaterina ANDRONESCU- President of the Polytechnical University of Bucharest (Romania) ; Gheorghe BARBU- Vice-president of the University of Pitesti (Romania); Marius BOJITAPresident of ‘Iuliu Hatieganu’ University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Cluj-Napoca (Romania); Emil CONSTANTIN – Vice-president of ‘Dunarea de Jos’ University of Galati (Romania); Radu Mircea DAMIAN - Professor at the Technical University of Constructions of Bucharest (Romania); Ernest GIBERT- Professor at the University of Rouen (France) ; Xavier HUSSON, Vice-president of the University of Caen Lower Normandy (France) ; Mihai MANGRA- Dean of the University of Craiova (Romania) ; Daniel MELLIER –Vicepresident of the University of Rouen (France); Laura MARINAS the National Agency for Partnerships between Universities and the Economic and Social Environment APART (Romania); Jean UEBERSFELD – Professor emeritus, ‘Pierre et Marie Curie’ University of Paris VI (France).