Overcoming Boundaries - Learning from Each Other Structural change in border regions

POKONYWANIE GRANIC - UCZYMY SIĘ OD SIEBIE NAWZAJEM ZMIANY STRUKTURALNE W REGIONACH PRZYGRANICZNYCH

From October 19 to 21, 2022 the meeting of Polish and German students took place in Cottbus to initiate a cross-border meeting platform in the framework of the German-Polish study programme Social Work and the guest study programme KNOWLEDGE FOR ALL of BTU Cottbus Senftenberg for students and guest students (senior:innen) of the Universities BTU Cottbus Senftenberg and Jakub's Academy from Paradyż in Gorzów Wielkopolski.

W dniach 19-21 października 2022 r. odbędzie sie spotkanie polskich i niemieckich studentów w Cottbus, które zainicjuje transgraniczną platformę spotkań w ramach polsko-niemieckiego programu studiów na kierunku Praca Socjalna oraz gościnnego programu studenckiego "WISSEN FÜR ALLE" dla studentów i studentów gościnnych (senioròw) uczelni BTU Cottbus Senftenberg i Akademii im. Jakuba z Paradyża w Gorzowie Wielkopolskim.

 

Impressions

Overcoming boundaries, learning from each other.
Meeting of the participants.

Program

Wednesday, October 19: Inauguracja - Block startowy B2 / Środa, 19. października: Inauguracja - Block startowy B2

12:00 - 12.30 Opening of the conference office, registration with coffee, water and pretzels.

12:30 - 13.00 Welcome to Cottbus, Welcome to the BTU

  • BTU Executive Committee: Prof. Dr. Peer Schmidt, Vice-President for Academic Affairs of the BTU
  • Marietta Tzschoppe, Mayor of the City of Cottbus
  • Prof. AJP dr hab. Beata A. Orłowska, Dziekan Wydziału Administracji i Bezpieczeństwa Narodowego

13.00 - 13.15 The region "Sprewa-Nysa-Bóbr".

  • Czesław Fiedorowicz, Prezes Konwentu Euroregionu "Sprewa-Nysa-Bóbr".

13.15 - 13.40 Opening Key Grade

  • Prof. Dr. Alexandra Retkowski, BTU, Chair Social Services for Structurally Weak Regions

13:40 - 14.15 Pitches: thoughts on the topic

  • Prof. Simone Schröder, BTU, Dean of Faculty 4 Social Work, Health and Music
  • Dr. Joanna Lubimow, Akademia im. Jakuba z Paradyża w Gorzowie Wlkp. opiekun studentów
  • Steffen Tuschling, student pastor
  • Thomas Bertram, Spokesman of the Federal Working Group for Academic Continuing Education for Older Students, Leibniz Universität Hannover
  • Dr. Jennifer Maria Krah, Head of the Coordination Office for Sustainability at Brandenburg Universities

14:15 - 14.30 Active break

  • Catharina Buchenau, BTU, Central Institution for University Sports

14:30 - 14:45 Worldcafé with coffee and cookies

  • What are our learning goals? Discussion topics, questions

14:45 - 15:45Panel 1: Community and Collaboration

15:45 - 16:00 Coffee break

16:00 - 17.30 Workshops

Panel 2Panel 3Panel 4
German-Polish meetings: It was worth it to meetSustainability - What is it really?Intergenerational and lifelong learning
Prof. AJP dr hab. Beata A. OrłowskaProf. dr. RetkowskiHeike Bartholomew

17:30 - 18:00 Securing the results, end of the day

19:00 Conclusion with a joint dinner

Venues

Start block B2
Starting Block B2 Regional and Cottbus start-up center at the BTU campus

Location

Let's get started and inspired at this special place:

With more than 5,000 m² of offices, workshops, common rooms and meeting spaces, STARTBLOCK B2 creates entrepreneurial prospects for founders and start-ups and offers the incentive to develop ideas to market maturity on site. Startblock B2 is a municipal property, open weekdays from 8am-6pm. Parking, reception service and e-charging station as well as fast W-LAN complete the offer for the public and in particular for the start-up ecosystem, it has several event h alls and meeting rooms furthermore coworking workspaces,workspaces for start-ups, seminar and meeting rooms.

City and region
  • City tour Cottbus

The church tour is dedicated to the church space in Cottbus with its spiritual and historical characteristics and shows approaches to its meaning, history and symbolism.

Experience with Thomas Kornek the

TheCottbus City Museumand the City Archives are the historical memory of our city. The head of the city historical collections, Steffen Krestin, provides insights into important periods of development and addresses the modern era of the city's history.

  • Dissen-Striesow

In the Dissen-Striesow Museum of Local History, you will experience an exhibition on the way of life of the Sorbian/Wendish rural population. The exhibition draws pictures of the hard work in the fields, the former life of the children, but also of festivals, celebrations and the many living customs.
Location

  • Cottbus State Theatre

The Cottbus theater owes its construction to the wishes of its citizens. On November 1, 1905, the city council decided to build a new city theater in the Art Nouveau style. In 1992, the Cottbus Municipal Theater became the property of the state and thus the only state theater in the state of Brandenburg.
Location

  • Railroad station for the ICE 4 and the old RAW

Rail traffic is set to increase, with Cottbus playing a key role in meeting the growing maintenance needs of rail vehicles. A new, modern plant with around 1,200 workplaces for high-speed electric multiple units will be built on the site of the traditional DB maintenance plant.
Location

  • Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS)

The Competence Center Electromagnetic Fields (KEMF) of the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) works to ensure the safety and protection of people and the environment from harm caused by ionizing and non-ionizing radiation.
Location

 

 

Information, Communication and Media Centre
BTU Information, Communication and Media Centre

Location

This knowledge palace (according to our head of the library, Dr. Mittelbach) is the best place for our conclusion and for the agreement for further cooperation with the view over the roofs.

The Information, Communication and Media Centre (IKMZ) is a central institution of the BTU Cottbus - Senftenberg, in which the structural areas of information, communication and media supply of the university are combined under a common management. The mission of the IKMZ is the efficient and user-friendly supply of research, teaching, studies and administration through the following areas:

At the same time, the IKMZ has a coordinating role for the university in these areas.

The building was designed by the architects Herzog & de Meuron and won the following awards:

 

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