MASTERAT IN STRAINATATE:'INTER-ADRIATIC CO-OPERATION AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT' - UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO (ITALY)
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UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO (Italy) WITH THE SUPPORT OF The Italian Ministry of University and Scientific Research (MUR), INCE/CEI Central European Initiative, UNIADRION – Virtual University of the Adriatic and Ionian Basin CALL FOR APPLICATIONS MASTER IN `INTER-ADRIATIC CO-OPERATION AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT` (MIAC) Academic Year 2007-2008

DURATION: 1 year divided in three parts:

Part 1: October 2007-February 2008 includes on-line activities and meeting frontal lecturing.

Part 2: March 2008-April 2008 Internship with International/national relevant institutions, or Individual Research Project

Part 3: May 2008-July 2008 elaboration and discussion (by videoconference also) of a final thesis.


THE PROGRAMME

The first part of the Master Programme will consist of lectures, panel discussions, seminars, training sessions and interactive working groups on the following areas:

1. Geopolitics of the Adriatic Region

2. EU Politics and Programs of Cooperation and Proximity

3. The Adriatic Corridor and the European Maritime Spaces

4. SME Development in the Adriatic Region

5. Sustainable Tourism, Urban Development and Territorial Marketing

6. Local Economies and Typical Production Development

7. Community Planning and Institution Buildingin Post-conflict Areas

8. New Economies, Communication & Servicesin the Adriatic Space

9. Environmental Challenges and the Development of the Adriatic Region

10. Croatian-Montenegri an Language for Italian

Students and Italian Language for Croatian-Montenegrian Students

On-line activities will be scheduled and organised by a scientific tutor; they includes videolectures, inter-active work, on-line discussion groups and data sharing.

The frontal lectures will take place in three different weeks.

The first week will take place at the University of Teramo

The Second week at the University of Zadar

The third week at the University of Montenegro, in Kotor

The main activity of the second part of the Master will be to work as a stagiaire/intern in the field of national or international institutions chosen by the candidate (stage or internship). This practical experience can be substituted by an Inidivdual research

worked aimed at writing a fully fledged research project on Inter-Adriatic Cooperation.

The third part of the Master Programme will be to submit a written thesis on a specific subject chosen by the candidate.

GOAL OF THE MASTER

The specific objective of the Master program is the qualification of the human resources, the professional formation and the pursuit of innovative actions of social promotion and economic development, through the promotion of the local development and the cooperation in the Adriatic region. The Master will qualify and improve the value of the human resources involved in the processes of cooperation to the local development, with particular attention to the tied up local economic activities, the typical production and the sustainable tourism in the Adriatic-Ionian region. The course will furnish a specific formation in the field of the socio-economic and environmental studies, on the themes of the sustainable development and the local development.

A further objective is the professional retraining of the many young graduated in the field of the human and social sciences - to a large extent women - who hardly have access to the local labour market. The latter asks for necessary technical competences to manage and coordinate the processes of local territorial development. Therefore, the master aims at shaping professional managers of the local development, able to work at the international level for the promotion and the exploitation of the Adriatic-Ionian region.



Besides, the Master aims at re-training the professionals and officials that already work in public and private structures, with the purpose to improve the processes of local development and the cooperation among the countries of the two coasts.

LANGUAGES: Programme activities will be in English.

EXAMS AND THESIS

1) An intermediary evaluation of the internship/individu al research project.

2) Final thesis, to be assessed by anonymous referees.

Admission to the thesis work will be granted to those who have been actively participated to the on-line activities and have attended at least two over three of the frontal courses.

TITLE AWARDED

Following successful completion of the final discussion, the University of Teramo will appoint a First Degree Master title in `Inter-Adriatic Co-operation and Local Development` of the Academic Year 2007-2008 (60 cfu).

SUPERVISORY BOARD OF THE MASTER

The Supervisory Board is constituted by the academic institutions.

EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE MASTER

Professor Everardo Minardi – University of Teramo (Co-ordinator of the Master)

Professor Giorgio Praderio, University of Bologna

Professor Fausto Pugnaloni, Marche Polythecnic University

Professor Danica Skara, University of Zadar

Dr. Andriela Vitic, University of Montenegro

Dr. Emilio Cocco, University of Teramo

MASTER PARTNERS

University of Teramo, Italy - Professor Everardo Minardi and Dr. Emilio Cocco

University of Bologna, Italy – Professor Giorgio Praderio

University of Zadar– Croatia - Professor Danica Skara

University of Montenegro, Kotor, Montenegro – Dr. Andriela Vitic

Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy - Professor Fausto Pugnaloni

Insitute of International Sociology of Gorizia, Italy – Professor Alberto Gasparini

Aleksanteri Institute, Helsinki, Finland - Professor Markku Kivinen

REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATION

Candidates, independently of their nationality, should possess a good knowledge of English spoken and written.

They should have at least a three years degree (BA) or a four year degree in Law, Political Science, SocialScience, Economics, Architecture, Civil Engineering, Spatial Planning, or Humanities. The Executive Board will assess the validity of foreign degrees and evaluate studies computed abroad.

MAXIMUM No. OF PARTICIPANTS: 30

PROCEDURE FOR ADMISSION

Each applicant shall submit:

1. A completed application form (available at www.unite.it/ masters )

2. A letter of intent containing the reasons of interest for participation in this Master

3. A detailed Curriculum Vitae

4. Certification of university degree

5. At least one letter of reference from a University Professor, a representative of an institution or organisation containing full details of the name, address and telephone number of the author of the letter.

All applications shall be sent via regular mail to: Prof. Everardo Minardi

University of Teramo - Faculty of Political Science

Campus Coste S. Agostino Colleparco 64100 TERAMO

On the envelope the candidate will specify: `Candidature to the Master in Inter-Adriatic Cooperation and Local Development`.

SELECTION OF PARTICIPANTS

The Executive Board of the Master will make the selection of participants on the basis of titles presented and certified.

The list of selected candidates will appear by 30st of September 2007 on the University of Teramo website (www.unite.it/ masters). All candidates will also receive a response by e-mail.

ENROLMENT FEE

All selected candidates are required to pay an enrolment fee of 2000 Euro. A first payment of 1000 Euro has to be done before 15th of November 2007. The second by the 30th of January 2008 A delay in obtaining the visa to travel to Italy may justify a delayed payment of the enrolment fee.

FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS:

There are 6 scholarship (enrolment fees) offered by the Central European Initiative (CEI) reserved to selected candidates from CEI non EU countries (with special regards to Croatia and Montenegro) that cover taxes. The applicants must specify in the application form that they ask for such scholarship. A selection will be carried out by the Executive Committee.

DEADLINE FOR THE APPLICATION: 20th September 2007

Mariana Nicuta

Center for Interdisciplinary

Postgraduate Studies

Zmaja od Bosne 8

71000 Sarajevo

Bosnia and Herzegovina

web: www.cps.edu. ba

e-mail: mariana@cps. edu.ba

phone/fax: +387 33 668 683