University cooperation with employers

Belgrade, 14 June 2012 – Within the Tempus CareerS project work package for development of cooperation with employers the round table “University cooperation with employers” was organized at the University of Novi Sad.

The event was officially opened by prof.dr Miroslav Veskovic, Rector of the University of Novi Sad who pointed out importance of connecting the business and academic world and stressed the need of graduates to gain relevant work experience through internship programs in companies and institutions.

Beside the representatives of the university career centers from Serbia and EU partner countries (UK, Italy, Poland), this event gathered representatives of selected employers, ministries, media and other stakeholders.

Representatives of European universities (Swansea, Padua and Silesia) spoke about and presented the best practices and models of university cooperation with employers in Great Britain, Italy and Poland.  Representatives of Serbian universities (University of Novi Sad, University of Belgrade, University of Kragujevac and University of Nis) presented the cooperation schemes and programs realized in cooperation with employers. Their view of cooperation with universities and their experiences were presented by representatives of companies and organizations from Serbia (Petroleum Industry of Serbia, Public Enterprise for electric energy transmission, American Chamber of Commerce and Government of Autonomous Province of Vojvodina).

Conclusions and closing remarks on fostering greater participation of employers in the activities of universities in Serbia aimed at improving the graduate employability and their career management skills were made by representative of the Ministry of Youth and Sport Vesna Vidojevic.            

OKRUGLI STO O SARADNJI UNIVERZITETA SA POSLODAVCIMA

Beograd, 14. Jun 2012. – Povodom rada na razvoju saradnje sa poslodavcima i uključivanju što većeg broja poslodavaca u aktivnosti univerzitetskih centara za razvoj karijere i savetovanje studenata na univerzitetima u Srbiji, a u okviru Tempus projekta „Razvoj karijernog vođenja u cilju unapređenja visokog obrazovanja u Srbiji“ organizovan je juče na Univerzitetu u Novom Sadu okrugli sto pod nazivom „University cooperation with employers“.
Okrugli sto otvorio je prof.dr. Miroslav Vesković, rektor Univerziteta u Novom Sadu, koji je istakao značaj povezivanja privrede i obrazovanja i u svom obraćanju poseban akcenat stavio na važnost organizovanja stručnih praksi.
Na okruglom stolu učestvovali su predstavnici tri evropska univerziteta (Svonsi, Padova i Sajlešija) koji su govorili o najboljim praksama i modelima saradnje univerziteta i poslodavaca u Velikoj Britaniji, Italiji i Poljskoj. O saradnji koja se realizuje na domaćim univerzitetima govorili su predstavnici Univerzitet u Novom Sadu, Univerziteta u Beogradu, Univerziteta u Kragujevcu i Univerziteta u Nišu. Svoje viđenje saradnje sa univerzitetom i dosadašnja iskustva izneli su predstavnici kompanija i organizacija iz Srbije (Naftna industrija Srbije, Elektromreža Srbije, Američka privredna komora, Skupština AP Vojvodine).
U prisustvu poslodavaca, studenata i medija, na ovom skupu zaključnu reč uzela je predstavnica Ministarstva omladine i sporta Republike Srbije, Vesna Vidojević.